Evening Edition

Greenpeace has launched its first office in Malaysia. We speak with Naderev ‘Yeb’ Saño, Executive Director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, about the state of environmental activism in Malaysia, and what they aim to achieve having established the new office in Kuala Lumpur.

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The episode where Uma - and special guest Alex von Tunzelmann - ponder if historical accuracy always makes for the most compelling cinema.

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A Malaysian woman, Cheng and her son, also of Malaysian citizenship, have been banned from leaving China. This comes as a result of a long and complicated child custody struggle, involving Cheng’s ex-husband, who is a Chinese national. According to reports, her ex-husband abducted their son twice. After 820 days, Cheng was reunified with her son, only to find out two days later that a travel ban had been imposed on them.

Cheng's family has started a petition to get the Chinese government to address this issue. You can find out more at http://bit.ly/petition-Free2MalaysiansInChina

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In the news today, it was reported that there was a 30% drop in the number of patients going to private hospitals. The report outlined cost as one of the main factors as to why patients turn to public hospitals. But there are people who still opt for private health care even when it burns a hole in their pockets. What's the perception people have on public vs private health care? So, on Talkback Thursday this evening, we're curious to find out what your first choice of healthcare is: private or public? Our lines will be open.

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We're featuring Malaysia's Queen of Jazz as we'll be taking a look at some of her biggest hits like Sinaran, Antara Anyer dan Jakarta and Lagenda, just to name a few. Dato' Sheila Majid talks candidly with Ezra offering some personal insights into some of her top-charting hits. And she also speaks about her latest offering released this year, Boneka.

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We rush through our days, trying to merge our professional and personal lives, living in a narrative that can often be parochial or even inward-looking.. just as a means to get by. Sometimes it feels as though everyone lives in their own little bubble.

But every once in awhile, there'll be some random story that we read or see online that remind us to reflect... or to pause for thought. The Best of You is a social awareness movement that is collecting those moments and sharing them. We speak to Sai Tzy Horng, the mastermind of The Best of You, on why he founded the movement. Two of the movement's featured personalities, Siti Rahayu (or Cikgu Ayu), the founder of Buku Jalanan Chow Kit, and Wan Shah, a teacher at Bukit Bintang Boys Secondary School and a person with disabilities also joins us to tell us their tale.

You can find more stories or take part in the social movement at thebestofyou.my

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The episode where Uma - and special guests Iain McNally, Bahir Yeusuff, and Jason Leong, who shall, from this day forth, be collectively referred to as "The Boys of Summer" - are concerned with some of the narrative inconsistencies that are starting to plague this penultimate season of the series.

(We do apologize for parts of this episode not being up to our exacting audio standards. Uma was dialing in from the United States and couldn't quite land a perfect telephone connection.)

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Happily Ever After? -- the show where we revisit the fairy tales we fell in love with once upon a time. Whether it's from the East or West, fairy tales have always been boldly weaved together by magic. Enchanted forests, evil witches, anthropomorphic clocks… the supernatural awaits at every turn. But is it all childish nonsense that must be outgrown? Or is there something more to the pull that magic has and the way we, as human beings, relate to it? We explore with Marion Gibson.

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In Hong Kong, Cantonese is the default language for most of the population. But there's been an increasing number of people who speak Putonghua in the country. For many Hong Kongers, this signals the increasing "mainlandisation" of the country, and a threat to a central part of their identity. Caroline Oh speaks with Lau Chaak-Ming, a linguistics expert in Hong Kong who is passionate about preserving Cantonese. Chaak-Ming is in the midst of compiling an online Cantonese-to-Cantonese dictionary at words.hk.

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The Qatar diplomatic crisis happened out of the blue in June when several Middle East nations abruptly cut off diplomatic relations with Qatar. Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt severed relations with Qatar by withdrawing ambassadors and imposing trade and travel bans. To end the rift, the Middle East nations presented a list of 13 demands to Qatar. Among the things Qatar had to do was to close a Turkish military base, scale down ties with Iran...and shut down Al Jazeera. Why did they target Al Jazeera specifically? We find out why by speaking to Hugh Miles, journalist and the author of Al Jazeera: How Arab TV News Challenged The World.

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