BFM :: The Bigger Picture

People who stutter are often misunderstood and shunned in our society. Stuttering is actually an undermined communication disorder, and has nothing to do with a person’s intelligence or upbringing. To help us understand more about it is speech-language therapist Dr Etain Vong.

India goes to the polls this month in what will be the biggest democratic exercise in history, with 815 million people registered to vote in an election that will be held over a six-week period. We speak with two journalists from India to gain insight into the major issues involved, and why this general election could be a pivotal one for the country.

Youtuber parents recently pulled an April Fools’ prank on their 6-year old daughter. But what happens when the business of documenting your domestic antics goes from cute to cruel? We discuss the dangers of family vlogging, to children.

Can art be both popular and meaningful? This was one of the big questions being discussed at the Culture Summit that is currently happening in Abu Dhabi.

For most of us who spend our days hunched over at work, neck and shoulder aches become par for the course. But could we be missing something more serious? Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr Rajesh Singh discusses neck and shoulder problems.

The Dancebox Festival is a mini-festival stretching over 4 days, featuring 27 local dance groups in 4 different programmes. The festival will feature a mix of revived choreographies and new works, as well as performances from the wider dance community in Malaysia. We speak with the show’s producer and two practitioners who reconstructed performances from Malaysia’s dance history.

Discovery Channel premiered an advertisement yesterday, and it is a TOTAL bro-fest. So female scientists are clapping back in the coolest way - with a video of their own.

The CDC has described it as “a creature from the black lagoon. It bubbled up and now it is everywhere.” What is it? You’ll find out.

Some of us see celebrities with physiques like Hugh Jackman and Chris Evans and wonder how they do it. Sculpting a figure like that takes a lot of work, like a rigorous gym schedule. But for some of us, that alone might not feel enough. Today we discuss steroid abuse at the gym and how this endangers our health.

Sampah-Menyampah has been going from strength to strength since it was launched back in 2017, helping to get us all moving towards a cleaner, healthier, unpolluted, and community-spirited Malaysia. Carolyn Joan Lau, the co-founder of the Sampah, Menyampah! joins us to give us updates on the movement and also to fill us in on all the events lined up at this year's Sampah, Menyampah and Friends' Earth Weekend event. Also joining us is Jasmine Tuan of Rent My Wardrobe - KL, to talk about how fast fashion is destructive to the environment and what we can do to move towards a healthy, trash-free lifestyle.