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News on seat allocations of the different political coalitions have started to trickle in as we approach Nomination Day on 5 November. We discuss the candidate announcements coming from PKR, DAP, Umno and Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA) with political analyst Dr Azmi Hassan.

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Scicom (MSC) Bhd has evolved from being just a call centre provider to now an end-to-end service provider in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). The market globally is projected to grow by a CAGR of 9% from 2022 to 2030. Chong Tjen San will ask its CEO, Dato’ Sri Leo Ariyanayakam whether Scicom can capitalise on this trend and why its stock is not so loved.

Over the past year, Malaysia has witnessed more natural disasters stemming from extreme weather patterns, which has put the spotlight on how government authorities have been managing environmental resources as well as what they’re doing to mitigate climate change consequences. Will political parties and coalitions take this opportunity to prioritise environmental issues in their campaign? We speak to Meenakshi Raman of Sahabat Alam Malaysia on what issues should be prioritized in election manifestos.

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Soo Sek Yow, Head of the Soya Nutrition Unit from Ace Canning Corporation joins us to discuss Homesoy Soya Nutrition’s breast cancer awareness initiatives. For more information check out our HOMESOY Facebook Page.

Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Alphabet reported numbers which disappointed the street. Punishment was swift with share prices coming under pressure but is it time to bottom fish? Daniel Ives, Managing Director at Wedbush Securities tells us if he is still a tech bull or bear.

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Will the results of big tech, which are an indicator of a weak economy, cause the Federal Reserve to slow down the pace of their rate hikes and adopt a more dovish stance? Peter Esho, co-founder of Wealthi tells us his views whilst telling us if Australia is still a lucky country.

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In conjunction with Kendrick Lamar's sophomore release Good Kid, M.A.A.D City's 10th birthday, we go Back-to-Back into the pulitzer prize winner's essential tracks.

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King Kunta [To Pimp A Butterfly]

HiiiPoWeR [Section.80]

LOYALTY. FEAT. RIHANNA. [DAMN.]

Purple Hearts [Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers]

GUEST CAPSULE - AZIFF AZUDDIN

Rigamortus [Section.80]

Untitled 05 | 09.21.2014 [untitled unmastered.] .

United In Grief [Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers]

LUST. [DAMN.]

Alright [To Pimp A Butterfly]

We've all looked at a highly successful, critically acclaimed film and wondered what all the fuss is about, right? Avatar is the biggest film of all time, but is it worthy of that title? Citizen Kane is... just okay? No Country For Old Men is kinda boring. And Black Panther is good but, is it a 10/10? From hot takes on Christopher Nolan's filmography to shrugging at Nomadland, we're talking about overrated movies on this Supercut episode.

In-fighting, party-hopping, powerlessness - the reasons why we might hate politics just keep going. In this episode of Trauma, Triggers and Traps, we discuss this with political analysts, as well as former politicians, and try to unpack why, despite all of this, engaging with politics is still important. (Maybe even worth it?)

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The NRC has proposed the creation of a centralized system to ease the process of distributing aid and assistance to the poor and the needy. This was going to be given the highest level of priority as there had been an increase in the number of the poor due to Covid-19. We discuss this evolution, and what the future has in store for the NRC.

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