Is It Okay To Be Boring?

28-Apr-22 06:00

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We get you out of bed, to your first cup of coffee or to your first destination of your day with thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping all our lives.

2:04 - What's wrong with being boring?

8:29 - Did WALL-E predict the future?

15:03 - International headlines

20:28 - Local headlines

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Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Khoo Hsu Chuang, Wong Shou Ning, Tan Chen Li

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Tags: wall-e, consumer culture, personalities, boring, climate change, overconsumption, local news, international news, daily news, local headlines, international headlines, current affairs,

Today’s Shows

11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) CF Fong, Executive Chairman of LGMS Berhad on how hijacked browser extensions became global security threats, and what SMEs can do to protect their data and workflows.

12:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

(REPEAT) A review of the latest attempt to reboot Superman and launch a DC movie franchise, followed by a discussion about the best superheroes of all time.

1:00 PM

Cruise Control

(REPEAT) Should you consider a used Proton X50, especially now? Daniel Fernandez from dsf.my shares his thoughts on the subject!

2:00 PM

Matt-Splained

(REPEAT) Matt and Richard discuss the narratives behind Builder.ai and what led to its downfall.

3:00 PM

Earth Matters

(REPEAT) The Bonn climate talks concluded with more gaps than gains, raising concerns for developing nations and the 1.5°C global warming limit on the road to COP30. Meenakshi Raman, the President of Sahabat Alam Malaysia, helps to unpack these implications.

4:00 PM

Bar None

(REPEAT) Sports journalist T. Avineshwaran joins us to talk about Harimau Malaya and the upcoming Malaysia Super League.

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

Two doctors from South Africa and Australia tell Ella Al-Shamahi from The Conversation about the rewards of working in rural communities and the challenges of being hundreds of miles from the nearest large hospital.

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