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Out on a mission to change your perception on vegetarian dining, husband & wife duo Prabodh & Meeta joins us this week to share their journey of pushing the boundaries of meatless cuisines – along with a Gujarati recipe for Khandvi.

There’s just something about badminton that excites and unites Malaysians. It doesn’t matter what race your are, what religion you practice or even how old you are - if you’re Malaysian, you probably love badminton. And for one young man, this love for badminton has shaped his life. From a state player, to a coach and now a commentator for the sport, Samuel Nesan talks to us about everything badminton, and what Malaysia needs to get back to the very top of the game.

Founded by two sisters, Helen and Heliene Tan, Doublewoot has grown since starting off as an online blogshop in 2007. Helen shares with us about the beginnings of Doublewoot and how their fashion label has grown since back then. Emma Chong Johnston, Managing Editor of ELLE Malaysia, breaks down style trend: slides.

How do you talk to your children about sex and sexuality? It may be an awkward and sensitive issue for most parents, especially if they never had that talk with their parents when they were younger. Consultant Developmental Paediatrician, Dr Rajini Sarvananthan provides age-appropriate tips on how to start the conversation about sex with the kids.

If you are interested to learn more about children development and sexuality, check out our conversation here. You can also check out a report on the content of the Education Ministry's Reproduction and Social Health syllabus under Current Affairs.

Plain packaging is the practice of restricting information placed on cigarette packets to health warnings and brand names with standardized fonts. Yesterday, Wan Saiful Wan Jan from the Institute of Democracy and Economic Affairs, better known as IDEAS, explained why it is a bad policy move as it infringes on intellectual property rights. Today we continue our discussion on plain packaging by looking at the public health argument with National Cancer Society of Malaysia’s President Dr. Saunthari Somasundaram.

Our first episode on this issue was "The Case Against Plain Packaging - Intellectual Property Rights", and we spoke to Wan Saiful Wan Jan of IDEAS about his views on the issue. Find the podcase of the other episode at http://bit.ly/299t4nu.

Our guests point out the differences between classical Indian dances and “tribal and folk” dances and why the need to showcase the latter. Today we get a little performance history and a peek into an upcoming celebration called ‘Dhanyosmi’.

Rarely do we get to see a full dance performance with hip-hop and breakdancing at its core. But we had three dancers from the Par Terre Company who told us how hip hop is different from ballet and contemporary as well as the influence of the internet on the style of hip hop dance around the world. 

Nik Ahmad Mukharriz, Regional Fixed Income Director at CIMB Investment provides a review of the week following the surprise result of the Brexit referendum that shocked global markets.

In Malaysia, the Product of the Year seal is backed by the votes from more than 2,000 consumers, through a nationally representative online and face-to- face survey conducted by The Nielsen Company. Joining us today is Harmandar Singh to talk about the recently announced winners and what can SMEs learn from them. ​

A few months ago Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage came on this show and predicted the end of jobs within a few decades. What will replace them and what we will all do for money he didn’t know. Now he does. Apparently.