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Audiobooks — Is Listening Really Reading?

Kam Raslan | Matt Armitage | Vernon Adrian Emuang

24-Nov-25 20:00

Audiobooks — Is Listening Really Reading?

Does listening to audiobooks count as reading? That's the question our guest Matt Armitage poses to our host, the venerable Kam Raslan, and our other guest, Vernon Adrian Emuang. They dissect the differences between the two in the second part of the show, but prior to that, they talk about historians' roles in the age of AI and whether they'll be displaced, followed by the uniqueness of "pasar malams" and whether they should be given UNESCO accreditation. Another episode of A Bit of Culture that will get your mind racing and pondering!

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Produced by: Haniff Baharudin

Presented by: Kam Raslan


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