By The Rakyat

In today’s episode, we talk about a group of people who seem to think that the world revolves around them: INFLUENCERS! From the antics of YBB, the Jo-Whoring around of Bryan Wee, to Cathryn Li’s belief that M stands for Obesity, we explore this complicated world filled with weird people, while trying our best to make sense of what essentially could be senseless.

Politics is the favourite pastime for every Malaysian, but we decided to take it one step further and talk about it via Nasi Politikukus, a special spin-off from By The Rakyat! 

In our first ever episode, we talk about the fallout from the recent Johor State Elections, including Warisan’s big loss, the Big Drama in DAP, and the rise(?) of newcomer MUDA.

On this episode, we take a look at the notorious Pudu Prison starting from its humble beginnings as a Chinese cemetery to its current position as ‘just another mall in KL’. We look at its construction, the prison break attempt that happened in 1986, some famous names that vacationed in Pudu, a kinda, sorta interesting mural and – most importantly – whether the prison and the mall that now lies on it is haunted.

Wanna get scared ah? Guess what, that’s not on the menu. We’re all about jokes here, especially when it comes to the things that scare us. From the Pontianak to the Banana Ghost as well as the significance of Friday the 13th, listen as the boys breakdown what normally gets your hairs up and turn everything into a bad sex joke. 

PS: You’ve been warned.

Wake up, September just ended and it’s time to check out the final chapter in the story of SSKM – the notorious secessionist movement that aimed to pull Sabah and Sarawak out of the Federation. In this episode, we look at the mysterious lady behind the movement, the movement itself, how Malaysia responded, and whether Sabah and Sarawak’s pull out game is strong enough to leave the Federation.

For Malaysia Day, we have decided to turn our gaze to East Malaysia and check out the Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia (SSKM) movement, which calls for the East Malaysian regions of Sabah and Sarawak to back out of the nation that they formed in 1963. 

In this first episode, we get into the historical context behind the creation of Malaysia, as well as how the autonomy promised to both regions were slowly eroded and taken away, and finally, how a little thing called ‘social media’ helped push the government to keep a promise that was made 58 years ago.

We conclude our foray into 1Malaysia with the many cracks that started appearing not too long after the campaign was formed. Along with the harsh criticisms that the campaign faced for being too ‘confusing’, the gang also look at some of the problems that the 1Malaysia-branded public services went through before a large portion of them were shut down, while finally concluding with the mother of all scandals that led to the ‘historic’ GE14 and fall of 1Malaysia and the nation’s 6th Prime Minister.

We’re still in Merdeka Month and as we march forward to Malaysia’s Independence Day, we’ve decided to do a special TWO episode on 1Malaysia, Najib Razak’s dream of creating a Malaysia that is united in the face of everything! 

In this first episode, we look at the formation of 1Malaysia in 2009, the components that made up the campaign, and the many (less than stellar) offerings of 1Malaysia that became a staple for the nation until it’s untimely end in 2018.

We’re in Merdeka Month! That means reflecting on ourselves as Malaysians. Are some of us Malaysians? If it’s a ‘yes’, then why are some people still using the term Pendatang? And is the term really that bad? Or should we just shrug it off as bad politicians doing what they do best: Divide Malaysians? You be the judge.