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Zack Yusof gives you an interesting selection of music and his insights on the style, the singers and the stories behind the songs.

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0:07 - The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

6:23 - Numb - Max Jury

10:20 - Cold Little Heart - Michael Kiwanuka

16:16 - Hang Me Up To Dry - Cold War Kids

21:07 - These Words - The Lemon Twigs

24:44 - I Don’t Wanna Be Funny More - Lucy Dacus

28:03 - Can’t See At All - Woods

34:03 - Human Performance - Parquet Courts

38:23 - The Garden Of Death - Little Green Cars

42:55 - People On The High Line - New Order

48:31 - California - On Dead Waves

51:39 - Wounded Wing - The Duke Spirit

Even the most loved companies are not immune to the traps of organizational politics. So how can we better understand the rules of the game and make it work to our advantage, as well as that of our company? Michael Kossler, Director of Research and Curriculum at the Iclif Leadership & Governance Centre joins us to discuss the impact that politics can have and offers up a different way of thinking about workplace politics.

Have you ran into investment problems which were made through capital market intermediaries such as brokers, fund mangers, unit trust or PRS agents?

Tune in as we speak to Sujatha Sekhar Naik, CEO of SIDREC to find out more about their free and fair services offered for investment related disputes.

A music show like no other - Rich will be introducing you to some lesser known gems from the past, present and future. Join him as he predicts where music will be in the future with his crystal ball of tunes.

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2:01 - The Black Keys - Next Girl

7:35 - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Do The Get Down

10:22 - The White Stripes - There's No Home For You Here

15:07 - The Weeks - Buttons

22:55 - Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

26:16 - Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know

31:48 - The Kooks - Down

34:32 - Rolling Stones - Little Red Rooster

39:32 - The Strokes - Last Nite

44:20 - Kings Of Leon - Molly's Chamber

46:34 - Muddy Waters - I Got My Mojo Working

51:20 - Eric Clapton - Crossroads

Cheryl Tan is a Singaporean author by way of New York City. Her memoir A Tiger in the Kitchen is a fantastic journey through her life as told through the food and recipes of her childhood. She was a journalist with the Wall Street Journal, she was the senior fashion writer for In Style magazine, and now, she’s got a brand new book out - her first piece of fiction - a novel called Sarong Party Girls.

This week on Afterwords, Uma speaks Cheryl Tan, about the unique Singaporean phenomenon that is Singlish and Sarong Party Girls.

Show Notes:

i. You can find Sarong Party Girls here.

ii. For more of her work, be sure to check out Cheryl's website here. I highly recommend reading her "intergenerational food memoir" - A Tiger in the Kitchen.

The failed coup d'etat in Turkey has increased the risk profiles of Emerging Markets. Listen to Hasif Murad, Investment Manager at Aberdeen Islamic Asset Management explain how this has affected Turkish bond issuers in Malaysia.

With the advent of technology, it is changing the nature of our work. David Creelman recently published a book called Lead The Work: Navigating a World Beyond Employment.  It is especially applicable today with the amount of people being laid off, budget cuts, stress at work and the list goes on. David uses the IBM framework on how the organisation led the work.

Originally from Ipoh, Maria's Steakcafe was founded by a husband-&-wife team 15 years ago, only because they wanted to share their passion and zest for food with everyone else. Upon graduating as an actuarist and working in an insurance company for 3 years, Angeline Tan, daughter of the founders took on the responsibility to carry out her late father's legacy by rebranding their steaks as a go-to steak cafes to stand ahead of competition. How did she manage to continue expanding to hot spots like Damansara Perdana and Jalan Maarof, Bangsar? Also, what were the secret ingredients to being nominated for "Best Meat" and "Best Western Food" by TimeOut KL? Freda Liu speaks to Angeline as she shares the story behind Maria's Steakcafe which was also interestingly named after her mother's name by her late father.

The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines:

- Khazanah interested in Hong Leong's insurance business

- Temasek's SMRT move?

- Parking rates driven up

The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines:

- SoftBank bets $32billion on Internet of Things

- Fiat's False Figures Fiasco