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We get you out of bed, to your first cup of coffee or to your first destination of your day with thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping all our lives.

1:51 - What Skills Should Higher Education Institutions Teach? 
8:08 - Kim Kardashian's Private Equity Firm
14:25 - International headlines
20:03 - Local headlines

Patrick Teoh takes you on another foot-stomping, hand-clapping ride down memory lane as he blows dust off his vinyl collection to bring you a selection of hits from the 60s to 80s.

Join Daryl Ong & Othniel Ting as they delve into an album of our chosen artist of the week, running you through the stories & history of the album track by track. In conjunction with the announcement of Arctic Monkeys' brand new forthcoming seventh studio album, we revisit their most successful album yet called "AM".

Kam Raslan returns, alongside BFM producer Sim Wie Boon and documentary filmmaker Ahmad Yazid on another exciting episode of A Bit of Culture. They start the show by talking about the Malaysia Day narrative and whether it’s an exciting story that can be made into a film, compared to our Merdeka narrative. From that, they then jump to talking about space technology, inspired by Yazid’s recent experience of documenting the launch of a satellite. In the second part of the show, Sim Wie Boon asks the group where they stand when it comes to adaptations.

Thomas Tuchel's journey with Chelsea ended in Croatia after he was sacked after the loss against Dinamo Zagreb. Did he deserve the sack, or are the new owners channeling the ruthlessness of previous owner, Roman Abramovich? The pundits unpack that story, and look back at some of the European midweek matches, including Real Madrid beating Celtic and Man United losing to Real Sociedad at Old Trafford. On the local front, they also celebrate KL City FC's epic win against ATK Mohun Bagan. All these, and more on another episode of Just For Kicks.

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There has been a spike in divorce cases throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. We explore divorce trends in the past couple of years, and the neccessity of divorce when it comes to the wellbeing of partners and children.

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The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry is looking to improve laws on the sale and purchase of used vehicles, by proposing to introduce the lemon law. We look into what a lemon law covers, how it works and what rights consumers have at the moment, after purchasing faulty items.

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Today we discuss a tweet that called out drivers of big expensive cars who choose to park for free at the side of the road, instead of using paid parking. We explore.

根据《日经亚洲》的报道显示，在乌俄的战争下，欧美开始全面对俄罗斯实施制裁策略。有鉴于此，俄罗斯近年来一直寻求在东南亚建立一个新的战略伙伴关系网络。另外，根据相关人士的观察，此前在军事上与俄罗斯密切的国家似乎都有意和俄罗斯保持一定的距离，以避免遭受欧美国家的制裁牵连。然而在经济和贸易上，这些国家却抱持着截然不同的态度。

俄乌战争的爆发无疑僵化了俄罗斯和欧美国家的关系。在这一节点上，究竟东南亚有哪一些国家会接受俄罗斯的追求，又有哪一些国家会坚决远离俄罗斯呢？本期的节目财经与国际事务专家蔡静航将对此进行深入分析。

On Thursday evening, Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, passed away in Balmoral, Scotland. She was 96 years old and reigned for 70 years. We look at her life, legacy and the complex relationship that Malaysians have with the late queen as a figure.

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