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With several months left before we enter 2022 - we take a look at forthcoming releases that you wouldn’t want to miss out on, from the likes of Lindsey Buckingham, Tom Delonge, Tony Bennett, and many more.

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By The Way is a rapid-fire segment that gives you a snapshot of developing stories in the music world. This week, Apple utilizing Shazam's technology to solve an outstanding problem regarding royalty payment, Black Bandcamp relaunching as Black Artist Database, audio company Sonos raising prices due to a supply chain shortage, and Cypress Hill releasing a retrospective graphic novel.

Our guest on the show this week is Fay Cheng, who started Myat & Potatoes, an online kitchen where you can get amazing Burmese food. Fay started Myat & Potatoes as an initiative to help out her Burmese cooks and staff members to earn some side income during a time when many have lost their jobs. And through it, they are really sharing their underrepresented cuisine across the Klang Valley, winning hearts with iconic Burmese dishes like mohinga and lahpet thoke.

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In the news this week, Mercedes-Benz Malaysia gives us a taste of their EV future in Malaysia, and the Italian government is in talks with Europe to shield Ferrari and Lamborghini from the ICE ban in Europe in 2030. We also discuss two new Japanese cars: the questionable 2022 Subaru WRX, and a limited-run Nissan GT-R T-spec.

In Part 2, Daniel reminsces about the much-loved Batu Tiga Speedway Circuit. First opened in 1968, the old, buzzing, motorsports racetrack attracted huge crowds in the 70s, 80s and 90s, before being controversially demolished and replaced with a housing development in 2003.

Finally, we close the show with a review of the newly introduced Suzuki Swift Sport 1.4 Boosterjet - a unique RM140k hot hatch that you'd smile with, every day of the week.

In 1996, Space Jam brought together the unlikely pairing of basketball superstar Michael Jordan and Looney Tunes icon, Bugs Bunny, in a plot that saw him having to save the Looney Tunes from alien enslavement. In 2021, we're swapping out Michael Jordan for LeBron James, but the broad strokes of this sequel remain the same. We talk about Space Jam: A New Legacy and how it holds up against the first installment.

The Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (MUDA) are calling for private higher education institutions (IPTS) to reduce their fees for local students, stating that this could reduce the economic and psychological burden on students. We speak to the Vice President of MUDA to learn more.

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In light of Malaysia Day, we explore the arts and culture of East Malaysia, and how they have continued to evolve through the years. Firstly, we speak with a social enterprise that’s focused on ensuring that traditional arts practitioners have sustainable income from their artforms. Next, we find out how an arts collective have been innovating and subverting woodcut prints. Lastly, we speak to a musician who incorporates her indigenous heritage into contemporary music.

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In a calmer parliamentary session, today's highlights include calls for better mental health support, decriminalising suicide, finding solutions for contract doctors, and push for anti-hopping laws.

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While Malaysia’s public healthcare system is available to all legal residents in Malaysia, accessing healthcare services and facilities isn’t always as straightforward, especially in Sabah and Sarawak. Inequities caused by geographical limitations, awareness, or in some cases, documentation, are major barriers to providing healthcare for all in those states. In the past 18 months, the COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed how the healthcare system in Sabah and Sarawak may not be able to cope with severe outbreaks of diseases. In conjunction with Malaysia Day, health activist and the Sarawak Women Chief for PKR, Agnes Padan, and consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr John Teo joins us to discuss what are the gaps in the healthcare system in East Malaysia, and how it affects access to and quality of healthcare provided, especially when it comes to maternal and women’s health.

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Keith Kam speaks to Mr. Japhire Gopi, CEO of JA Assure, about the Doctor Shield insurance product. Discussed are the background of the product, how it is beneficial to doctors, and where to find out more.