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Top 5 at 5: Will the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Hold?

Top 5 at 5: Will the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Hold?

Ferooze Ali, Senior Fellow, Asia Middle East Center for Research & Dialogue

From Breaking Clocks To Saving The Environment

From Breaking Clocks To Saving The Environment

Dr Kong Xin Ying, Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University & Recipient of 2023 Merdeka Award Grant for International Attachment

Top 5 at 5: US TikTok Users Find Refuge in Xiaohongshu

Top 5 at 5: US TikTok Users Find Refuge in Xiaohongshu

Niki Cheong, Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society, King's College London

Preserving Malaysia’s Largest Rainforest Nursery in Behrang Ulu

Preserving Malaysia’s Largest Rainforest Nursery in Behrang Ulu

Professor Dato' Er Ts Dr Santharasekaran Subramaniam, President, Nature Conservation Organisation of Malaysia (PERKAM) | PY Wong, Director, Greenleaf@Kampar | Danielle Kuang, Managing Partner, Greenleaf@Kampar

Gratitude + Mindfulness = Better Workplaces

Gratitude + Mindfulness = Better Workplaces

Caleen Caseryn Chua, Founder, Yoga for Mums and Enliven Women | Dr Siti Khadijah Zainal Badri, Associate Professor of Applied Psychology and Wellbeing, Institute of Work, Organisation & Wellbeing, University of Nottingham Malaysia

Unlocking $1 Billion for MSMEs In Asia-Pacific

Unlocking $1 Billion for MSMEs In Asia-Pacific

Subhashini Chandran, Senior Vice President for APAC, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Local Context Crucial For Climate Adaptation

Local Context Crucial For Climate Adaptation

Dr Camelia May Li Kusumo, Head of School, School of Architecture, Building & Design, Taylor's University

Petting Zoos: Conservation or Exploitation

Petting Zoos: Conservation or Exploitation

Wong Siew Lyn, Co-Founder and Editor, Macaranga | Lee Kwai Han, Environmental Journalist and Contributing Writer, Macaranga

Is Penang's Transportation Infrastructure Well Thought Out?

Is Penang's Transportation Infrastructure Well Thought Out?

Dr Rosli Azad Khan, Transport Consultant

Top 5 at 5: Future-Proofing Malaysian Education

Top 5 at 5: Future-Proofing Malaysian Education

Chan Soon Seng, CEO, Teach for Malaysia

ReMeal - Save Food, Save Money, Reduce Waste

ReMeal - Save Food, Save Money, Reduce Waste

Wan Emir Astar, Co-Founder, ReMeal | Falah Hamidi, Co-Founder, ReMeal

Witness the Unseen: How Corporations Exploit Land

Witness the Unseen: How Corporations Exploit Land

Kurt Langbein, Director, Landraub/Landgrabbing

Palm Oil 4.0: Tradition Meets Tech

Palm Oil 4.0: Tradition Meets Tech

Surendran Kuranadan, Founder and CEO, AIREI

Empowering Smallholders for Sustainable Palm Oil

Empowering Smallholders for Sustainable Palm Oil

Dr Reza Azmi, Director and Founder, Wild Asia

Addressing Issues In The Proposed Crop Seed Quality Bill

Addressing Issues In The Proposed Crop Seed Quality Bill

Nurfitri Amir Muhammad, Head Coordinator, Forum Kedaulatan Makanan Malaysia (FKMM)

Top 5 at 5: Meta Removes Independent Fact-Checkers

Top 5 at 5: Meta Removes Independent Fact-Checkers

Dr Benjamin Loh, Director, Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions Impact Lab, Taylor’s University

 
 




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Today’s Shows



6:00 AM

The 6AM Stretch

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

7:00 AM

World Market Watch

Yeap Jun Rong of IG International | 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

The Lunar New Year is fast approaching - there’s less than two weeks to go until we officially greet the year of the Snake. CLSA, a Hong Kong-based capital markets and investment group releases a tongue-in-cheek Feng Shui guide every year in conjunction with this festive season, so we’ll be taking a look at what the guide has to say. Susan Zhang, the Sorcerer’s Apprentice from CLSA will be joining us for the conversation.

7:45 AM

Morning Brief

As the world seeks cleaner energy options, nuclear power is gaining attention as a potential solution to meet rising demands and reduce carbon emissions. While some countries like Germany are moving away from it, others including Malaysia are considering nuclear energy with an emphasis on safety and sustainability. We discuss these developments with Dr Alvin Chew, Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.

8:00 AM

The Breakfast Grille

In the hot seat this morning is Serene Gay, the group country manager for Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand for Visa Inc, the global payments network. There is no doubt that the world and definitely Malaysia is going increasingly cashless which means more revenue for Visa. I will be talking to her about the challenges going forward because with increasing usage of digital payments, comes increased risks of fraud cases, cybersecurity issues. Also where does cryptocurrency feature in Visa’s ecosystem?

8:30 AM

Morning Brief

The EPF launched the latest Belanjawanku Guide 2024/2025 last December, which gives estimates of the monthly expenditure needed for different categories of society. How is this being used to inform retirement policymaking? We get insights on this with Balqais Yusoff, Head of Strategy and Policy at EPF.

8:45 AM

Morning Brief

After four years in office, outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden is set to step down next week to make way for Donald Trump, whom he defeated in 2020. Biden had his accomplishments, but he leaves the White House with approval ratings near their lowest point of his presidency. We’ll be speaking with Dr. Adrian Ang, Research Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, to unpack the highs and lows of the Biden administration.

9:00 AM

Opening Bell

(REPEAT) Yeap Jun Rong of IG International | An update on local and international capital markets, including a look at how Bursa Malaysia begins the trading day. We speak with local and foreign analysts to find out how different asset classes and markets react to the latest news, results, and geopolitical events.

9:15 AM

Opening Bell

(REPEAT) The Lunar New Year is fast approaching - there’s less than two weeks to go until we officially greet the year of the Snake. CLSA, a Hong Kong-based capital markets and investment group releases a tongue-in-cheek Feng Shui guide every year in conjunction with this festive season, so we’ll be taking a look at what the guide has to say. Susan Zhang, the Sorcerer’s Apprentice from CLSA will be joining us for the conversation.

9:35 AM

What's The Focus

The Morning Run crew condenses the top conversations from the week, and keeps you clued in on the stories you might have missed.

10:05 AM

Open For Business

Dou Dou Bake: Where Pastries, Coffee, And Design Collide; Keith Koay, Founder, Dou Dou Bake

11:00 AM

Mattsplained

Matt Armitage, Founder, Kulturpop

12:00 PM

Enterprise Explores

Ong Johnson, Partner, Head of Technology Practice Group, and Lo Khai Yi, Partner, Co-Head of Technology Practice Group, Halim Hong & Quek

1:00 PM

The Breakfast Grille Repeat

2:05 PM

Discovery Hour

By the Book: A Perspective on American Literature (REPEAT); Dr Nicholas Pagan, Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, Universiti Malaya

3:05 PM

Front Row

DFP Punchline Series: Harith Iskander, 35 Years Of Laughter; Harith Iskander, Standup Comedian

3:20 PM

Front Row

4:05 PM

Health & Living

How T-Cells Help With Tracking Cancer Treatment; Assistant Professor Dr Anthony Tan, Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School

5:00 PM

Top 5 at 5

6:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

Wolf Man + Scariest On Screen Creatures

7:00 PM

Just For Kicks

8:00 PM

A Bit of Culture