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Date Programmes Podcast Title  
14-Aug-25 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: Health in Budget 2026 - Spending or Investment?
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Professor Dr Datuk Norma Mansor, Director, Social Wellbeing Research Centre, Universiti Malaya
10-Jul-25 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: PERKESO As A Safety Net For Health
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Dr Azlan Darus, Head of Prevention, Medical and Rehabilitation Division, Social Security Organization (PERKESO)
12-Jun-25 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: State Of Our Nation’s Nutrition
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Dr Tee E Siong, Immediate-Past President, Nutrition Society of Malaysia | Professor Dr Adina Abdullah, Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty Of Medicine, Universiti Malaya
08-May-25 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: How Will Malaysia Afford Aged Care?
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Associate Professor Dr Rahimah Ibrahim, Director, MyAgeing, Universiti Putra Malaysia | Dr Ramnan Jeyasingam, CEO and Director of Health Services, Pacific Senior Living
10-Apr-25 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: Sorry, Your Life-Saving Drug Is Beyond Our Budget
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Professor Dr Asrul Akmal Shafie, Professor of Pharmacoeconomics, Universiti Sains Malaysia
13-Feb-25 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: The Health Workforce Crisis
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Dr Timothy Cheng, Chairman, MMA SCHOMOS
16-Jan-25 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: Alarm Bells Over Medical Insurance Hike
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Datuk Indrani Thuraisingham, Vice-President, FOMCA
12-Dec-24 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: Healthcare In A Politically Polarised World
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Professor Dr David McCoy, Research Lead, UNU International Institute for Global Health | Dr Kelvin Yii, MP for Bandar Kuching
13-Nov-24 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: Why Was Pneumonia The Top Cause Of Death in 2023?
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Professor Dr Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail, President, Malaysian Thoracic Society | Dr Mohd Arif Mohd Zim, Consultant Respiratory Physician
10-Oct-24 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: Could Private Wings in Public Hospitals Work?
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy
15-Aug-24 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: Exploring Unconventional Health Financing Options
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Jonathan Teoh, Founder & CEO, KALSIS | Ranjit Singh, CEO, Amden Capital
13-Jun-24 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: How (Un)Healthy Are Malaysians, According to NHMS 2023?
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Professor Dr Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh, Professor in Health Economics, Hospital & Health Management, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
09-May-24 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: There Is No Health Without Planetary Health
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Tan Sri Professor Dr Jemilah Mahmood, Executive Director, Sunway Centre for Planetary Health, Sunway University | Hazami Habib, CEO, Akademi Sains Malaysia
11-Jan-24 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: Invisible Barriers to Accessing Healthcare
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Maheswari Jaganathan, Deputy Head Community Outreach, Cancer Research Malaysia
14-Dec-23 Health & Living
(4:35 PM)
Public Health: Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad’s Top Priorities
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy
14-Dec-23 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: Managing Malaysia’s Low Fertility Rate
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Dr Gitau Mburu, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research Scientist, World Bank Special Programme - HRP, World Health Organization
 
 




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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

Brian Arcese, Portfolio Manager & Equity Analyst, Foord Asset 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

George Chen, partner and co-chair of the Digital Practice at The Asia on the future of the tech industry.

7:45 AM

Morning Brief

Hafiza Abdul Samath of Women Aid Organization (WAO) discusses teenage pregnancy and what more can be done to support at-risk teens.

8:00 AM

The Breakfast Grille

Jason Fong of Invest Hong Kong discusses the department’s strategy for attracting family offices to the territory.

8:30 AM

Morning Brief

Dr. Amit Ranjan, National University of Singapore gives us an update on Bangladeshi politics.

8:45 AM

Morning Brief

(REPEAT) We dive into the local and international news that matters to you.

9:00 AM

Opening Bell

(REPEAT) Brian Arcese, Portfolio Manager & Equity Analyst, Foord Asset 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

What's The Focus

We wrap up the week’s biggest conversations to keep you in the know.

10:05 AM

Open For Business

Yoann Gueguen & Onno Pfeiffer, Co-founders of Diolko, on building Southeast Asia’s first urban logistics-on-rail system to cut delivery emissions and congestion.

11:00 AM

Mattsplained

Matt Armitage, Founder, Kulturpop

12:00 PM

Enterprise Explores

Kiranjit Singh, Regional APAC Lead at Ipsos Strategy3, on why Malaysians are redefining “old age” and showing greater optimism about later life.

1:00 PM

The Breakfast Grille Repeat

Jason Fong of Invest Hong Kong discusses the department’s strategy for attracting family offices to the territory.

2:05 PM

Discovery Hour

3:05 PM

Front Row

Award-winning playwright Adriana Nordin Manan's "Wacky Double Bill: Borong & Encyclopedia" explores the wit, warmth, and weirdness of two scenarios: colleagues vying for their boss's approval and a cross-cultural encounter gone wrong. We speak with Adriana and producer/designer Sidhart Joe Dev.

3:20 PM

Front Row

"Fragments of Tuah," a new documentary theatre work, deconstructs the historical figure of Hang Tuah through music, performance, and archival research, exposing gaps and contradictions in the familiar tale. Co-creators Mark Teh and Faiq Syazwan Kuhiri discuss their collaborative process.

4:05 PM

Health & Living

Are MRI machines safe? We explore the unusual death of a man sucked into an MRI machine and how to improve safety.

5:00 PM

Top 5 at 5

6:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

This week we review the latest creepy-child horror film to hit the scene, Zach Cregger’s Weapons, followed by a discussion about the different types of horror movies out there.

7:00 PM

Just For Kicks

The 2025/26 Premier League kicks off with Manchester United hosting Arsenal amid blockbuster signings across the top clubs, as Liverpool reload, City splurge, Chelsea splash out, and Spurs reboot—all covered in this week’s Just For Kicks.

8:00 PM

Bar None

Lauren Hoh Ruyi joins us to share her football journey so far and her observations of the women's game here.

9:00 PM

The Selector

Covering all styles of music from indie, dubstep, folk, soul, electro and everything in between.