Evening Edition

The episode where Uma welcomes special guests Bea and Yasu Tanaka for a conversation about their upcoming film Terbalik.

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The episode where Uma - and special guest Iain McNally - can't quite get behind Marvel's latest television effort. (It's really quite terrible.)

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We’ve all just come off a really long weekend, and it’s not yet over. In September alone, we have 6 public holidays, including replacement days. In total, we have 15 official public holidays every year. To put that in context, globally, we rank number 5 on the list of countries with the most public holidays. After the announcement of the extra September 4th holiday during the SEA Games closing ceremony, we had the usual debates. A lot of folk celebrated it, but there were some that felt that the extra holiday was unnecessary. So we’re asking you on Talkback today: Do you think Malaysia has too many public holidays? Our lines will be open.

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Rage Against the Machine shot to fame with their loud, distinctive and politically charged music. Combining elements of rap, heavy metal and funk, their first two albums became instant successes with the disenfranchised youth of America. Their third album - "The Battle of Los Angeles" - showed little difference lyrically, but it was better executed - striking a noticeable balance between music and message. This week on Untitled, Uma and Ezra bob their heads to the band's last original album.

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The episode where Uma - and special guest Bahir Yeusuff - have absolutely nothing nice to say about this year's shocking Merdeka release.

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The episode where Uma - and special guests Iain McNally and Bahir Yeusuff - try to work out truth from fiction in the brand new Tom Cruise vehicle.

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Most of us know at least one disgruntled Malaysian who has packed his/her bags and made that move overseas in search of greener pastures. Their reasons are similar; “I want better education for my kids” or “It’s better being a 2nd class citizen overseas than here in Malaysia”, etc. On the flip side however, are people, often migrants, desperately wanting to move to Malaysia for a better life, for a better job, for a better future. And in an ironic twist, it feels as if the number of Malaysians we hear wanting to get out of Malaysia almost equals the number of migrants wanting to move in to Malaysia. We hear from both perspectives in this Malaysia Day special.

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The episode where Uma and Iain force Bahir to watch the 2017 remake of Stephen King's It against his will.

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Sachal Studios in Lahore is home to a group of traditional musicians and singers brought together by a benefactor named Izzat Majeed to form the Sachal Studios Orchestra and its offshoot, the Sachal Jazz Ensemble. Reinterpreting classical and folk melodies, sometimes with jazz influences, the group has shot to international acclaim, topping Western charts and performing to sold out venues in New York, London, and Paris.

Uma speaks to Izzat Majeed and Noor Fatima - the founder and CEO of Sachal Studios respectively - about their incredible work reclaiming and preserving Lahore’s rich musical heritage.

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Dez, Craig & Nicolas join Ross to talk about WC2018 qualifying. In Europe, Spain look a force again and Real's Isco seems to be running the show. How much is Isco worth in today's market? Then there's the booing from the England fans in Malta. Are they entitled to show their distaste? France suffer a shock home draw against minnows, Luxembourg. Are the minnows getting better? In Asia, there's talk agout Iran, Japan and the possibilities of South Korea and Australia missing out. Also a look at South America qualification and Malaysia v Hong Kong.

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