WTF: The Anything But Politics Episode

11-Aug-23 09:30

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As we head into the Malaysian state elections, we cover everything but politics on this episode from the failure of We Work to the train wreck which was the Scout Jamboree in Seoul. We also throw in the possibility of China being the next Japan and will a new executive order from the White House just sour ties with China even more.

Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar, Mark Tan, Christine Wong

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Christine Wong, Mark Tan

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Categories: government, international, music, economy

Tags: scout jamboree, wework, us-china tensions,

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