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Does Budget 2025 Address the Needs of the Working Class?

Does Budget 2025 Address the Needs of the Working Class?

Arveent Kathirchelvan, Central Committee Member, Parti Sosialis Malaysia

How Should Budget 2025 Address the Needs of the Marhaen

How Should Budget 2025 Address the Needs of the Marhaen

Adrian Pereira, North-South Initiative | J. Solomon, National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) | Alex Ong, Migrant Care

Reflections on James C. Scott’s Views of Resistance, Capital and the State

Reflections on James C. Scott’s Views of Resistance, Capital and the State

Meredith Weiss, Professor of Political Science, University of Albany | Ooi Kok Hin, Political Sociologist

Why Do We Celebrate Labour Day?

Why Do We Celebrate Labour Day?

Audi Ali, Labour Rights Activist

Does Budget 2024 Address the Needs of the Working Class?

Does Budget 2024 Address the Needs of the Working Class?

Alex Ong, Labour Rights Activist & Malaysian Coordinator of Migrant Care

Budget 2023: Government Should Introduce Wealth Tax on Billionaires

Budget 2023: Government Should Introduce Wealth Tax on Billionaires

Sivarajan Arumugam, Secretary General, Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)

Why Do Some Working Class People Vote Against their Interests?

Why Do Some Working Class People Vote Against their Interests?

Associate Professor Peter Beattie, Lecturer (Social Psychology, Media, Political Economy), Chinese University of Hong Kong

Time to Unionize!

Time to Unionize!

Irene Xavier, Co-chairperson, Labour Law Reform Coalition (LLRC)

ThinkLeft #1: What Does Socialism Mean in the 21st Century?

ThinkLeft #1: What Does Socialism Mean in the 21st Century?

Sivarajan Arumugam, Secretary General, Parti Sosialis Malaysia

The Senario of Malaysian Television Culture (1996-2003)

The Senario of Malaysian Television Culture (1996-2003)

Luqman Lee, University of Malaya

May 9th - Battle For Malaysia

May 9th - Battle For Malaysia

Ben Suffian, Merdeka Centre | Jahabar Sadiq

Marxism: Back to Basics

Marxism: Back to Basics

Yuva Balan, Sosialis Alternatif | Ahmad Fuad Rahmat, University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus

Engels and Materialism

Engels and Materialism

Yuva Balan, Sosialis Alternatif | Ahmad Fuad Rahmat, University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus

Trump's Learning Curve

Trump's Learning Curve

Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California

Nasib Golongan Pekerja

Nasib Golongan Pekerja

Nasir Hashim, Presiden, Parti Sosialis Malaysia

Not A Pervert’s Guide to Film Studies

Not A Pervert’s Guide to Film Studies

Lee Grieveson, University College London | Sharaad Kuttan, BFM89.9

 
 




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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

Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management, 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

Geetha Ranganathan, Senior Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence gives us her analysis on the streaming sector.

7:45 AM

Morning Brief

Dr Consilz Tan of the Centre for Market Education unpacks the government’s proposal to make the ‘build-then-sell’ (BTS) model mandatory.

8:00 AM

The Breakfast Grille

Dr. Deborah Elms of the Hinrich Foundation discusses the factors shaping the current shifts in the global trading system.

8:30 AM

Morning Brief

Calvin Cheng, Director of Economics, Trade and Regional Integration at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies, discusses the importance of the Gig Worker Bill 2025

8:45 AM

Morning Brief

Lailatul Akma, Deputy Director, Consumer & Market Conduct Department, Bank Negara Malaysia talks us through some of the enhancements the central bank made to its Claims Settlement Practices policy.

9:00 AM

Opening Bell

(REPEAT) Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management, tells us where international markets are heading.

9:15 AM

Opening Bell

(REPEAT) We take a look at the FBM KLCI as well as regional capital markets.

9:35 AM

People, Planet, Profit

Alexander Chia of RHB Research discusses the ESG "Diamonds in the Rough" report on undervalued ASEAN companies with strong financials and ESG practices.

10:05 AM

Open For Business

Riaz Mehta, Founder & CEO of Ritestream, a decentralised platform where creators can fund, distribute, and monetise content using blockchain, NFTs, and smart contracts, shares how his journey from creating global TV hits like The Contender Asia to joining the CryptoKnights collective inspired him to build the business.

11:00 AM

Marketing Mojo

Shane Loh, Founder & Chief Strategist at IDTG Asia, joins us to dive deeper into the findings from The Loyalty Blueprint — from TikTok as a trust signal to why “sounding Malaysian” matters more than ever.

12:00 PM

Enterprise Explores

CrowdStrike’s Fabio Fratucello breaks down the 2025 Threat Hunting Report, exploring a 130% surge in cloud attacks, how adversaries are weaponizing AI with deepfakes, GenAI-built malware, and targeting AI systems themselves — and what enterprises can do to stay ahead with agentic AI, real-time behaviour analysis, and cross-domain detection.

1:00 PM

The Breakfast Grille Repeat

Dr. Deborah K. Elms, Head of Trade Policy, Hinrich Foundation

2:05 PM

Discovery Hour

3:05 PM

Beyond the Ballot Box

We speak to student activist Alyaah Hani on academic freedom, dissent and what young people want from Malaysia.

4:05 PM

Health & Living

We speak to two volunteers from Befrienders KL to find out how they man the Befrienders helpline, and support people in emotional distress.

5:00 PM

Top 5 at 5

6:00 PM

Talkback Tuesday

What is one thing you wish you can change about Malaysia?

8:00 PM

BBC World Service

On this episode of The Food Chain, the team looks at care home food and the intricacies behind them.