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The Morning Run crew condenses the top conversations from the week, and keeps you clued in on the stories you might have missed. In this episode, we discuss whether EU unity can be sustained as the 1 year mark in the Ukraine war approaches; the race among tech giants to stake a claim in the A.I. chatbot space; and political rumblings ahead of Malaysia's state elections.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrived in Thailand yesterday for a two-day official visit to elevate bilateral ties between Malaysia and Thailand. The focus areas of the visit include economic cooperation, border area development and key connectivity projects crossing the land borders. Will this trip be fruitful as Anwar’s previous diplomatic visits to our neighbours? For some answers, we speak to Dr Rahul Mishra, Director at the Centre of ASEAN Regionalism

Dr. Noraishah Mydin Abdul Aziz gained public prominence when she was fielded as the Pakatan Harapan candidate for Putrajaya in GE15, representing the disabled community. But the neurobiologist has been long known in scientific and medical circles through her work with the Malaysian Neural Tube Defects support group. To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February, we speak to Dr. Aishah on the challenges she's had to overcome sitting at the intersection of gender and disability in science, as well as her future prospects in politics.

Despite Malaysia ‘s efforts to be carbon neutral by 2050, solar players had a challenging 2022 with the intense competition and rising panel prices. We speak to Sean Lim, Regional Oil & Gas Head from RHB Investment Bank for an outlook and who are the winners in this growing sector.

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The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) released its 2022 Democracy Index recently, which showed that despite a broad easing of pandemic-era restrictions, the status of global democracy remains at similar levels to the prior year. What impacted trends in democracy over the past year, and is the world heading in the right direction? Syetarn Hansakul of EIU shares insights from the report.

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The recent job numbers from the US has thrown a spanner in the works for equity markets. This may lead to more rate hikes from the Fed Funds and lead to a higher terminal rate. Also is the retail participation in the US stock market still buoyant which may lead to more Meme stocks in play? For insights, we speak to Tim Mulholland, President, TJM Limited, in Chicago.

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Last weekend saw the 65th Grammy Awards ceremony where records were broken, history was celebrated and some artists marked major firsts in their fields. On this episode, we go Back-to-Back - digging up stories from the music of the artists who were crowned winners.

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Album Of The Year: Harry Styles - As It Was

Best New Artist: Samara Joy - Can’t Get Out Of This Mood

Best Pop Solo Performance: Adele - Easy On Me .

Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5

Best R&B Song: Beyonce - Cuff It

Best R&B Album: Robert Glasper - Why We Speak (ft.Q-Tip & Esperanza Spalding)

Best Metal Performance: Ozzy Osbourne - Degradation Rules (ft.Tony Iommi)

Best Alternative Album: Wet Leg - Chaise Longue

Song Of The Year: Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That

Record Of The Year: Lizzo - About Damn Time

Are you an anime fan who loves collecting anime merchandise and wearing anime shirts? Have you ever scratched your head looking for places to buy them, especially those rare collectibles? Anivintej is here to save the day! They sell anime and Japanese merchandise ranging from shirts, mugs, tapestries, music albums, towels, pillowcases and more! We speak to the owner of Anivitej, Daniel Abdullah to learn more about the business, anime, and Japanese merch collecting scene.

From the kitschy joy of The Flintstones, to the sweeping gowns and lavish trappings of period dramas, historical films and shows have an appeal uniquely their own. In this episode of Supercut, we talk about some favourites who have done it well, and what they get right.