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Date Programmes Podcast Title  
17-Jul-24 Top 5 At 5
(5:00 PM)
Top 5 At 5: The Plight of Pulau Pangkor's Fisher Folk
Tharma Pillai, Coordinator, Lawan Lapar
27-Sep-23 Live & Learn
(2:00 PM)
Who Decides What’s “Disrespectful” and “Insulting”?
Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ)
26-Aug-22 Enterprise Explores
(12:00 PM)
Are The Sands Shifting For Social Media Companies?
Jan Wong, Founder & Online Strategist , OpenMinds Resources
19-Jul-22 Today I Learned
(3:00 PM)
Musk & Twitter: The Saga Continues
Assistant Professor Peter Beattie, Media Researcher , Chinese University of Hong Kong
28-Jun-22 Today I Learned
(3:00 PM)
Julian Assange Saga Explained
Barbora Bukovska, Senior Director of Law and Policy, Article 19
10-May-22 Today I Learned
(3:00 PM)
How Billionaire-Owned Social Media Sites Hurt Free Speech & Democracy
Assistant Professor Peter Beattie, Lecturer, Global Political Economy & Political Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
06-May-22 Morning Brief
(7:45 AM)
Malaysia Plumbs New Depths On Press Freedom
Ding Jo-Ann, Advisor, Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ)
29-Apr-22 The 6AM Stretch
(6:00 AM)
What Brings Friends Together?
24-Dec-21 Evening Edition
(5:00 PM)
Twitter Rejects MCMC's Request To Remove Tweets
Ng Miaoling, Media Strengthening Officer, Centre For Independent Journalism (CIJ)
13-Oct-21 Live & Learn
(2:00 PM)
Journalism Wins the Nobel Peace Prize!
Ding Jo Ann, Advisor, Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ)
07-Oct-21 Live & Learn
(2:00 PM)
A Thousand Cuts to Press Freedom
Anna Har, Co-founder & Executive Director, Freedom Film Network | Ian Yee, Co-founder of The Fourth & Investigative Journalist & Producer, R.AGE
24-May-21 Live & Learn
(2:00 PM)
Stop Suppressing the Media. The Police Need to Be Held Accountable!
Katrina Jorene Maliamauv, Executive Director, Amnesty International Malaysia | Ding Jo Ann, Adviser, Centre For Independent Journalist; Legal Researcher
26-Apr-21 The Daily Digest
(2:00 PM)
Kita Semua Penghasut
Nalini Elumalai, Programme Officer, Article 19 (Malaysia)
26-Apr-21 Pressing Matters
(9:30 AM)
Is Satire A Crime?
Norman Goh, Independent Journalist | New Sin Yew, Lawyer
15-Mar-21 The Daily Digest
(2:00 PM)
Fight 'fake news' with facts, not Acts!
Nalini Elumalai, Malaysia Program Officer, ARTICLE 19
12-Mar-21 Evening Edition
(6:00 PM)
Understanding The New Ordinance On Fake News Relating to Covid-19, Emergency
Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Centre For Independent Journalism
 
 




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6:00 AM

The 6AM Stretch

7:00 AM

World Market Watch with Kingsley Jones of Jevons Global

Dovish or hawkish? Over or underweight? Bull or Bear? We speak to local and foreign analysts to find out how the different asset classes and markets react to the latest news, results and even geopolitical events.

7:15 AM

Morning Brief

A recap of global and local headlines in today's papers and portals.

7:30 AM

Morning Brief with Thilan Wickramasinghe of Maybank Investment Bank

The Singapore equity market has been the sleeper hit of Asean, starting on a wobbly note but now the best performing market in the region, up 16% on a year to date basis. Thilan Wickramasinghe, Head of Research, Singapore and Regional Head of Financials, Maybank Investment Bank tells us the reasons for this and will the rally still have legs in 2025.

7:45 AM

Top Story with Lucas Myers of Wilson Center's Indo-Pacific Program

The crisis in Myanmar has been ongoing for over three years, and a fresh escalation of fighting between the junta and opposition groups is drawing attention back to the largely forgotten crisis. What can Malaysia as ASEAN Chair do to make progress towards a ceasefire? We discuss the situation in Myanmar with Lucas Myers of the Wilson Centre.

8:00 AM

Best of the Breakfast Grille - Foreign Policy

2024 was the year geopolitical fault lines became even more pronounced between the US, China and Russia amid the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza. How are Malaysia and other countries navigating the currents? We revisit conversations on foreign policy issues that dominated the year.

8:30 AM

Morning Brief with Dr Oh Ei Sun of Pacific Research Centre

An anti-corruption rally organised by Suara Mahasiswa is expected to draw at least 10,000 participants, as Sabah grapples with a corruption scandal involving Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor and several state assembly members. Besides encountering calls for cancellation and other hurdles, the gathering is also set to face a counter rally in support of Hajiji. We’ll be speaking with Dr Oh Ei Sun, Principal Adviser at Pacific Research Centre to unpack the political ramifications of these developments in Sabah.

8:45 AM

Morning Brief with

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9:00 AM

Opening Bell with

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9:15 AM

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9:35 AM

Pressing Matters, BBC - The Inquiry

The Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan is perhaps best known around the globe for its unconventional measure of national development: Gross National Happiness. It assesses the country’s overall wellbeing on the basis of sustainable and equitable socio-economic development; environmental conservation; as well as preservation and promotion of culture. But the Bhutanese are now finding that their approach to balancing economic growth with the well-being of their citizens, is proving difficult to sustain in light of mounting economic problems. So can Bhutan retain its happiness?

10:05 AM

Open For Business

(REPEAT) Dione Song, CEO, Love, Bonito

11:05 AM

P&L

(REPEAT) Kevin Brockland, Managing Partner, Indelible Ventures | Ng Sai Kit, Managing Partner, Artem Ventures

12:00 PM

Enterprise Explores

(REPEAT) Balqais Yusoff, Head of Policy and Strategy Department, The Employees Provident Fund (EPF)

1:00 PM

The Breakfast Grille Repeat

2:05 PM

Discovery Hour

3:05 PM

Earth Matters

3:30 PM

Earth Matters

Macaranga Wrap-up

4:05 PM

Health & Living

5:00 PM

Top 5 at 5 (REPEAT)

6:00 PM

Today I Learned (REPEAT)

Do Video Games Cause Brain Rot?; Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar, Neurogeneticist & Jon, 60-year-old gamer

7:00 PM

Just For Kicks

8:00 PM

GGWP

9:00 PM

Wavelength