Malaysia plans to increase the share of renewable energy (RE) in its installed capacity to 31% in 2025 and 40% in 2035. But is there still money to be made in this very competitive field especially with rising solar panels and a plethora of players? Chow Pui Hee, Group Managing Director at Samaiden Group Bhd , a listed RE player tells us.

Following an eventful weekend for Malaysia’s political landscape with several major parties holding conventions, we get some thoughts from Ibrahim Suffian, Programme Director, Merdeka Center on how the different political alliances are preparing for GE15

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest producer of oil is changing as it’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tries to reduce its reliance on oil revenue. Will the initiatives bear fruit? Toby Iles, Head of Middle East and Africa Sovereigns at Fitch Ratings gives us an update on this.

Dr Khoo Yoong Khean, Scientific Officer, Duke-NUS Centre for Outbreak Preparedness gives us an update on why Singapore is opting to go maskless indoors and also lessons that need to be learnt with 1 million people still dying from Covid this year despite the availability of vaccines and booster shots.

At Jackson Hole, it is apparent that central banks will continue with their hawkish stance and hike interest rates to address inflation. Kingsley Jones, Chief Investment Officer at Jevons Global explains why markets went into free fall as a result whilst telling us where to take refuge as markets will remain volatile.

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.

2:43 - Relevant Tests For Job Interviews, Please
8:29 - The CDC Director On Lessons Learnt
15:15 - International headlines
21:19 - 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.

在来临11月，全球瞩目的巴厘岛二十国峰会（G20）如今又有了新的转折点。印尼总统佐科维在彭博社受访时透露，习近平和普京两位领导人已证实将会出席本次的峰会。经过今年2月的俄乌大战，8月台海紧张局势等事件，美国在国际舞台上一直都是谴责他国的角色。而三国领导人确定碰面，这也意味着各国纠纷将一一浮上台面。在疫情爆发以来，习近平首次出访具备的真正用意为何？作为G20峰会的轮值主席国，佐科维有机会摆平各国战火吗？本期节目，我们将为你更新G20峰会的最新看点。

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. This week, we're celebrating the 28th anniversary of "Definitely Maybe", the debut album from Britpop rock band Oasis.

Futurist Matt Armitage and BFM’s Julian Yap join Kam Raslan on this episode of A Bit of Culture that tries to tackle a little bit of everything under the sun. Julian starts the show by talking about subtitles and closed captions and how they’re pretty popular beyond their intended purposes. True to his nature, Matt then starts talking about coins and cash, and whether they’re still relevant in this day and age where cashless payment methods reign supreme. Kam then ponders about the future of television, as data from a survey done by UK’s Ofcom shows that younger people spend less time watching television compared to spending time on their social media.