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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.

2:50 - How often do you wash your car?
8:38 - How has online dating fared for you?
13:20 - International headlines
19:43 - Local headlines

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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.

This week, we go track by track into the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Billie Eilish - a release that broke her into the mainstream, winning her multiple Grammys in Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Engineered Album, Record of the Year & Song of the Year.

This week’s episode of A Bit of Culture has a bit of everything - conversations about demographics, monsters, fathers and even fantasy graphic novel and TV adaptations. Kam starts the show by talking about Malaysian age demographics and its implications to the country’s future. Actor Na'a Murad then asks the group to imagine what kind of Malaysian monster movies they would like to make, based on the various urban legends that we have here. Last but not least, BFM’s video producer Sabrina Yusof opens up on her struggles dealing with fathers that are very opinionated in a very reactionary way.

Nottingham Forest adds another new signing to their roster in the form of Morgan Gibbs-White from Wolves. With 16 new signings and a first win last weekend, will they be able to continue the positive momentum against Everton in Matchday 3? We preview that match and more, including a certain showdown between traditional rivals at Old Trafford, on this episode of Just For Kicks.

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We look into why Malaysians choose to work in Singapore. This comes after a recent ad went viral, highlighting that there are jobs available in Changi Airport that will pay up to almost 10,000 ringgit. First, we speak to a Malaysian working in Singapore, to hear about what the appeal is, and what it’s like. Then, what does Malaysia need to do, to keep people working here?

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After last night's concert, fans of Billie Eilish have taken to social media to criticise the organisers of the “Happier Than Ever, The World Tour”, for poor seating arrangements and bad audio quality. We get into the responses.

Image Source: Billie Eilish, Instagram

The DBKL licensing committee had agreed to permanently blacklist the owners of Crackhouse Comedy Club for life from registering a business in Kuala Lumpur. We discuss whether this outcome is fair.

Image Source: CrackHouse, Website

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