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We talk about the hype and fanfare surrounding the 100 Day Family Aspirations Programme, but also what the report card contains and whether that 90% grade is warranted.

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When it comes to treatment for advanced breast cancer, there are increasingly more options for effective therapies that improve women's survival and quality of life. But cost is a big question. On the third episode of Reimagining Hope for Advanced Breast Cancer, Dr Murallitharan Munisamy, Managing Director of the National Cancer Society of Malaysia, poses solutions to reduce the financial burden of cancer care, while encouraging patients and caregivers to think about financial wellbeing as part of their treatment journey. This is a short series of conversations delivering a message of hope to women with advanced breast cancer.

It was recently reported that a Malaysian gynaecologist had created the “world’s first unisex condom”, which would make what is traditionally a male contraception also usable for women. But what does this tell us about who bears greater responsibility for family planning? Why should reproductive health be women and men’s shared responsibility? Consultant obstetrician & gynaecologist Dr Premitha Damodaran and consultant urologist Dr George Lee weigh in.

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Part of her name means peace and bravery, and Mary Shanthi Dairiam has certainly lived up to that, spending the better part of her life tirelessly advocating for women's rights. The founding director of the International Women’s Rights Action Watch? Asia Pacific (IWRAW-Asia Pacific), she has served as an expert assisting key UN agencies, including the United Nations’ Gender Equality Task Force on the Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) committee from 2004 to 2008. In conjunction with Human Rights Day, we speak to Shanthi to track her journey from English teacher to activist, and discuss why this octogenarian continues to fight against inequality.

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近几个月来，相信大家都有发现物价都攀升了。

究竟百货上涨的原因是什么？通货膨胀是否必然是坏事？政府又能够如何应对这一处境。

我们今天依然有经济学家黄锦荣博士来跟我们聊。

This year, FreedomFilmFest will be celebrating 10 years of documentary film screenings in Singapore, which has been co organised by Singapore's Function 8, and Malaysia's Freedom Film Network. Focussing on films that touch on often hidden or unheard stories of Singapore, this year's line-up has a mix of films from the Marxist Conspiracy in 1987 and The Online Citizen, to stories about sex workers, and a community of heavy vehicle drivers in Singapore.

Today on the show, we first speak to Jessica Lee, a filmmaker and the director of the film The Shades of Love, which takes us on a short journey into the loves, lives and losses of sex workers in Singapore during the time of Covid-19. Following that, we catch up with Yusri "Shaggy" Sapari, a filmmaker and director of Trailer Boys, which follows the journey of Irfan, a key member of Abam2 Trailer Singapura, which is a community of heavy vehicle drivers from Singapore.  You can find out more about the films and the festival both here and here.

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According to the Ministry of Health, nearly 20,000 Malaysians who contracted Covid-19 experienced post-Covid-19 syndrome, also known as long Covid. What do we know about long Covid and what are the treatment implications for patients and the healthcare system? We make sense of the scientific data available with expert Dr Vinod Balasubramaniam.

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As we round up 2021, mRNA vaccines have been the remarkable success story of 2021, but we’ve only scratched at the surface of their potential. Plus, the advances in food science and cellular agriculture that could make animal-free milk as common place as traditionally farmed milk.

Savills Malaysia deputy managing director Nabeel Hussain speaks to us about the much talked about "What Workers Want – Malaysia" survey which said eighty-one per cent Malaysian office workers said they would prefer to return to the office. Image credit: Pexels.com

The theme for Human Rights Day 2021 is Equality: Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights. What human rights issues have risen to the surface in Malaysia's pandemic experience? We discuss how the pandemic has impacted discussions on inequality and why a rights-based approach should be prioritised in the government's response. Image credit: Shutterstock.com