The show that aims to expand and showcase the boundaries & limitations of jazz music from the old classics to futuristic compositions from all over the world. Nu-jazz, afro beat, acid jazz, hard bop, free jazz - we cover them all!

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Nicholas Payton - Four

Larry Ridley - Feelin’ Blue

WVR BVBY - Custard Shoulder

Nate Smith - Bounce pts I+II

Yellowjackets & WDR Big Band - One Day

Oscar Jerome - Gravitate

Lydian Collective - Loops

Nate Mercereau - This Simulation Is A Good One

Azymuth - Morning

Fatah Dan Farah is a new webcomic series by Projek Dialog that tries to tackle inter-community engagements and issues in a more youth-friendly way. We speak to writer Faisal Tehrani and artist Arif Rafhan Othman about their journey in creating the webcomic, as well as their hopes and expectations for it.

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When it comes to film and television, families - whether good, bad, or plain dysfunctional - are a mainstay. We look at our favourite screen relatives from the Addams to the Corleones, and discuss why fraught familial ties provide so much fodder for onscreen drama.

Joe Biden is now the 46th President of the United States. We take a look at his inauguration address, and his recently signed executive orders for clues on what his presidency might look like.

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PM Muhyiddin Yassin has called for ASEAN to have a tougher stance against hate speech on gender and sexual orientation, amidst calls from a minister in his cabinet to increase punishment towards Malaysia's LGBT community. We speak to human rights lawyer Andrew Khoo to understand what the constitution says when it comes to discrimination and hate speech on gender and sexual orientation.

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Kedah MB Muhammad Sanusi has declared that Thaipusam will not be marked as a "cuti peristiwa" this year because all activities celebrating it will be cancelled due to the MCO. We speak to Datuk Mohan to understand the implications of this move.

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Users of WhatsApp on their laptop and computers may find their contacts available to the public through indexing, amidst recent backlash on their change of privacy concerns. Sabrina gives us the details.

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Night markets in states under the MCO are suffering great losses due to the MCO, and will be further hampered if they are not allowed to open pre-CNY. We speak to Roy to find out the plight of night market traders.

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“When I was in second or third grade, I started thinking about how can we use science and technology to create social change.” That’s a quote from Time's first-ever Kid of the Year 2020, 15-year-old Gitanjali Rao. In numerous interviews, Gitanjali has spoken about how her achievements and pursuits in creating inventions are rooted in her sense of curiosity about how to solve problems around her. We find out from Dr Rajini Sarvananthan what value curiosity brings to children’s development, and how to nurture this trait.

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This past Monday, award-winning performing arts training centre Enfinity Academy in collaboration with The Artisans Haven AND SCHOLARSHIPS2U, announced the recipients of the academy’s Performing Arts Certificate course scholarship, today, worth 1000 USD. This scholarship comes at a time where many are struggling to fund their education and the performing arts scene has been hit particularly hard, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On this episode, we talk about the scholarship as well as the importance of performing arts, particularly during the pandemic, with Joanna Bessey, Head of Enfiniti Academy and Course Director, Jade Lee, Founder of The Artisans Haven, as well as, Matthew Gan, the CEO of Scholarships2U.

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