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Following Wednesday's Semenanjung-wide #blackout, we look into whether our power grid is future-proof, and what sustainable avenues there are to mitigate the risks of power outages.


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The anti party-hopping bill was passed in parliament yesterday. We unpack the specifics of the bill and look at what further improvements are needed in the long run.

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A husband on Twitter recounted his experience in opting to cheer his wife up with nasi kukus instead of flowers, having discovered how expensive they were to buy. We get into the responses and explore whether food or flowers is the way to a person's heart.

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Should schools ban junk food from canteens? Because in a letter to NST, a Dr Victor David from AIMST University is making that suggestion. We speak to a dietitian who works with kids on whether this is the right approach and how to explain the concept of healthy eating to children.

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昨天美国才公布了最新经济数据，美国第一季陷入衰退之后，第二季GDP增长是下跌0.9%，陷入了所谓“技术性衰退”的问题。但市场显然是不惧怕这些问题的，美股这两天也是持续收高。但这种狂欢的行情，是否只是昙花一现的迹象，还是市场真的认为，如今已经是低点？

Trident Analytics创办人林子证到我们的节目中，来跟我们探讨美国经济技术性衰退，到底对市场而言意味着什么？

原定于 2022 年 7 月 7 日上映的《雷神 4：爱与雷霆》在上映的前 6 天突然宣布延期至 7 月 21 日， 而在 7 月 13 日时却再度传出将“无限期展延”的消息。虽然此举让影迷们猜测《雷神4》已遭禁映，但在还未得到任何官方消息前，不少影迷们依然抱持着一丝希望。然而就在昨日，两大影院GSC和TGV便透过官方脸书正式宣布了《雷神4》与我国无缘的公告。

众所周知，我国电检局的审查历来严格，而外国电影已不是第一次因“敏感”画面而被禁止上映。但是官方并未针对撤档原因给予任何交代或回应，进而引起了影迷和网友的广泛议论。此次事件是否敲响了我国影视领域的警钟？在重重的限制下，当局的决定是否过于矫枉过正？

After weeks of deliberation since the end of June, the World Health Organisation declared that monkeypox is a public health emergency of international concern - or PHEIC - over the weekend, as cases continued to be detected in countries where the disease is not endemic. However, monkeypox is not an unknown infectious disease, and has been endemic to west and central Africa for years. So what does this latest announcement by the WHO mean for us? And what parallels are we seeing with the stigmatisation of people living with HIV?

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The first FreedomFilmFest was first organised in 2003 to promote human rights through social films. The Festival has expanded and grown over the years, but continues to make films that highlight the unseen, unheard, and untold in Malaysia. We speak to Brenda Danker and Anna Har, the co-founders of the Freedom Film Network, who have been tirelessly working to bring these stories to a wider audience, and who have been mentoring and training filmmakers in their quest to produce  “social films” in Malaysia.

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That day, I was sketching on the street is Ong Hieng Fuong’s debut solo exhibition, and is described as a display of his conversations with observed moments of life. His works are rendered in a variety of mediums, from vibrant poster colours to elaborate woodcuts. He joins us to talk about his works, and how growing up in Tanjung Sepat, a small fishing town in Selangor, formed much of the inspiration for his artworks.

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Out of the Depths is the first post-lockdown concert by Bachfest Malaysia, featuring two moving Bach cantatas, performed by the award-winning Malaysia Bach Festival Singers and Orchestra. Aside from the concert, world-renowned Bach scholar Prof. Dr. Michael Maul will be providing pre-concert lectures, and the concert tour is also the official book launch for Michael’s Chinese/English version of the Bach Pictorial Biography.  We find out more about this from Dr. David Chin, the Artistic Director of Bachfest Malaysia and a Senior Fellow at Bach-Archiv Leipzig, and Prof. Dr. Michael Maul, who is also the Artistic Director of Leipzig Bach Festival, and a Senior Scholar at Bach Archiv Leipzig. Both gentlemen share their love and appreciation of the music of seventeenth century German composer, Johann Sebastian Bach and why we should too.