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Reviving Potehi: Penang’s Puppet Theatre Legacy

Reviving Potehi: Penang’s Puppet Theatre Legacy

Hon. Professor Dr Tan Sooi Beng, Ethnomusicologist, Activist and Scholar, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Monkey Neighbours: Coexisting With Malaysia’s Macaques

Monkey Neighbours: Coexisting With Malaysia’s Macaques

Dr Nadine Ruppert, Vice-President, Malaysian Primatological Society | Dr Sharmini Julita Paramasivam, Founder & Project Lead, The Animal Neighbours Project | Dr Jo Leen Yap, Wildlife Researcher and Environmental Educator, Langur Project Penang (LPP)

Top 5 at 5: Can a Prime Minister Claim Legal Immunity?

Top 5 at 5: Can a Prime Minister Claim Legal Immunity?

New Sin Yew, Constitutional Lawyer

Hot Takes on Food

Hot Takes on Food

Power And Purse Strings: Penang’s Bid For Greater Autonomy

Power And Purse Strings: Penang’s Bid For Greater Autonomy

YB Gooi Hsiao Leung, State Assemblyman for Bukit Tengah

Top 5 at 5: The Road Ahead for the ASEAN Summit

Top 5 at 5: The Road Ahead for the ASEAN Summit

Bunn Nagara, Director and Senior Fellow, Renaissance Strategic Research Institute

Top 5 at 5: Measles Surge in Southeast Asia

Top 5 at 5: Measles Surge in Southeast Asia

Dr Sanjay Woodhull , Consultant Paediatrician

Top 5 at 5: What We Know (And Don't Know) About Pamela Ling's Abduction

Top 5 at 5: What We Know (And Don't Know) About Pamela Ling's Abduction

Fahri Azzat, Lawyer

Top 5 at 5: What to Anticipate in Tomorrow's Ayer Kuning Elections

Top 5 at 5: What to Anticipate in Tomorrow's Ayer Kuning Elections

Danesh Prakash Chacko, Director, Tindak Malaysia

The One-Stop Labour Centre Solution For Human Resources

The One-Stop Labour Centre Solution For Human Resources

Anthony Raja Devadoss, Country Managing Director, Korn Ferry Malaysia

Top 5 at 5: A Different Perspective On Reacting To Casual Racism

Top 5 at 5: A Different Perspective On Reacting To Casual Racism

Nicholas Chan, Research Fellow, Australian National University and co-founder of IMAN Research

Learning to Love Your Mother Tongue

Learning to Love Your Mother Tongue

Hereckson Frex Rubin, Founder, Linduk Studios | Professor Dr Stefanie Shamila Pillai, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya | Sim Tze Wei, Founder, Speak Hokkien Campaign

What Is The Chingay Parade All About?

What Is The Chingay Parade All About?

Rayner Tan, Vice Chairman, Johor Old Ancient Temple

Chap Goh Mei - CNY’s Final Curtain

Chap Goh Mei - CNY’s Final Curtain

Joe Liaw, Assistant Professor and Dean, Faculty of Communication, Cinematic and Performing Arts, New Era University College

Is Penang's Transportation Infrastructure Well Thought Out?

Is Penang's Transportation Infrastructure Well Thought Out?

Dr Rosli Azad Khan, Transport Consultant

榴梿之王归来——余政达与法咪咪的文化与艺术之旅

榴梿之王归来——余政达与法咪咪的文化与艺术之旅

 
 




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6:00 AM

The 6AM Stretch

Thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping our lives.

7:00 AM

World Market Watch

Tim Waterer, Chief Market Analyst, KCM Trade tells us where international markets are heading.

7:15 AM

Morning Brief

We recap global and local headlines from today's papers and portals.

7:30 AM

Morning Brief

Lavanya Venkateswaran of OCBC discusses the outlook for ASEAN and Malaysia’s economies in the second half of the year.

7:45 AM

Morning Brief

P. Gunasegaram, Independent Business Writer discusses Najib's DNAA.

8:00 AM

The Breakfast Grille

Zulkifli Jaafar, Managing Director of Pharmaniaga, shares how the company plans to recover from its PN17 status through a comprehensive regularisation and restructuring strategy.

8:30 AM

Morning Brief

Dr James Dorsey, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies discusses the US attack on Iran.

8:45 AM

Morning Brief

Mohd Shamsor Mohd Zain, President of the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA), shares how the industry is preparing for softer sales, SST expansion, RON95 subsidy cuts, and potential U.S. tariffs.

9:00 AM

Opening Bell

(REPEAT) Tim Waterer, Chief Market Analyst, KCM Trade tells us where international markets are heading.

9:15 AM

Opening Bell

(REPEAT) Lavanya Venkateswaran of OCBC discusses the outlook for ASEAN and Malaysia’s economies in the second half of the year.

9:35 AM

Pinnacle Perspectives

Anushia Kandasamy, Management Consultant & Senior Leadership Facilitator, shares insights on how to design impactful company retreats and successfully manage transformation programmes to drive lasting results.

10:05 AM

Open For Business

Mark Choo, Founder of Pickle Social Club, shares how he's turning the world's fastest-growing sport into a community-focused business and fostering a new social scene in Malaysia.

11:05 AM

P&L

FinKnight's co-founders share practical strategies for startups to manage cash flow, control burn rate, and extend their financial runway without sacrificing growth.

12:00 PM

Enterprise Explores

Geoffrey Williams, Economist and Founder of Williams Business Consultancy breaks down what Malaysia’s retirement system needs to stay relevant and sustainable.

1:00 PM

The Breakfast Grille Repeat

Zulkifli Jaafar, Managing Director of Pharmaniaga, shares how the company plans to recover from its PN17 status through a comprehensive regularisation and restructuring strategy.

2:05 PM

Discovery Hour

A Theatre Practitioner was advised not to dance after spraining her ankle, but has kept performing ever since. She joins us to share how fitness training changed her life, and why her perspective of success always changes.

3:05 PM

Earth Matters

We explore artivism - where art meets activism to reimagine our environmental future. Joining us are the creators of a Malaysia-based initiative using art to inspire change: Dr Thomas Smith, Dr Felicia Liu, and Jakob van Klang.

4:05 PM

Health & Living

In the US, doctors successfully treated a baby boy with a rare genetic disorder with a tailor-made gene editing treatment. We explore what this means for all types of rare disorders.

5:00 PM

Top 5 at 5

6:00 PM

Today I Learned

We sit down with historian Hafsa Kanjwal to explore the conflict in Kashmir.

7:00 PM

BBC World Service

This week on Science in Action, we look at how half of the normal matter in the universe is finally confirmed to exist, not that most of us knew it wasn’t. Also, why the next big collider should be muon-muon, and a spider that hangs out around underwater methane seeps.

8:00 PM

A Bit of Culture

Kam, Dhanya and Kar Jin get together to talk about ancestors, archives and the JK Rowling conundrum!