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On this week's show, we speak with Adrian Yap, the founder of Tiffin. Tiffin is a company that's been blending the culinary and creative worlds to bring us some of the most exciting food events we've seen in Klang Valley in the past few years. Over the pandemic though, Tiffin as a brand has had to pivot to other avenues, infusing their creative eye into any and all projects they're a part of. So today, we'll hear about the Tiffin journey, and find out what lies ahead for the company.

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In the news this week, we discuss the difficulties in renewing your driving license and road tax online, due to the lockdown and moratorium. We also discuss the newly-launched all-electric BMW iX and some fantastic news about the EV landscape in Malaysia.

As part of our Merdeka and Malaysia Day celebrations, we discuss two highly relevant cars to Malaysia, as Daniel takes us around the heralded Satria GTi, its lore and recent surge in value, before Ariff discusses the Proton Satria Neo and why it was always loved in spite of its major flaws.

Starring Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh and Emmy winner Jay Duplass alongside a stacked cast, The Chair is a dramedy that follows the adventures and misadventures of the new English department chair at Pembroke University. Question is, is it really Netflix's new "must-watch" series? On this episode, we review The Chair and discuss its "short and sweet" episodic format and Amanda Peet's unique take as a writer and producer, all while geeking out over the show-stealing Sandra Oh.

Since the Home Ministry's announcement of new entry requirements for the Malaysian My Second Home (MM2H) programme, various quarters including the Johor Ruler have voiced out criticisms, calling the changes drastic and that they would chase away foreign investors. We explore the economic implications of the new policies.

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Yesterday, the Ministry of Finance released the first ever Pre-Budget Statement in an effort to be more transparent ahead of Budget 2022. We explore this by first looking at the pre-budget statement itself and what it tells us. Then, we speak about the other measures we need for further transparency. Finally, we discuss how the rakyat can get more involved.

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The Thai government is planning to distribute free self-test kits to the public, as part of its strategy to address a surge in Delta variant infections. Shawn Tanis tells us more.

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Shot put Paralympian, Ziyad Zolkefli, was disqualified moments after winning a gold medal and breaking the world record twice in a row. We discuss the reasoning behind the disqualification and the outrage that followed.

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We return with our monthly mental health clinic to address your concerns regarding mental, emotional and psychosocial issues. This month’s show has a special focus on listening - why listening is important in our communication and how to listen more effectively. If you need emotional support or just want to talk to someone anonymously, you can call Befrienders KL at 03 7627 2929.

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Over 45,000 formal objections, over 130,000 online signatures in protest, a huge turnout at the public hearing against the move, clear and unmistakable dissent from the communities of the Kuala Langat North forest reserve including the Orang Asli, huge public outcry from civil societies and the public in general, 56 representatives in the Selangor State Assembly voting unanimously to support a motion to protect all forest reserves in Selangor. Despite all this, the Selangor State Executive Council has unanimously decided to degazette part of the Kuala Langat North forest reserve - an 8,000-year-old peat swamp forest and one of the last in southern Selangor - for a mixed development project. We catch up with members of the Pertahankan Hutan Simpan Kuala Langat Utara (PHSKLU) coalition, Shaq Koyok, a contemporary orang asli artist, and Nicole Fong, a researcher and activist from Klima Action Malaysia (KAMY), to discuss this latest development, and also what might come next in the fight to protect this important forest from any form of development.

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Yesterday (31st Aug) was International Overdose Awareness Day, which is said to be the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose, to remember without stigma those who have died from overdose, and acknowledge the grief of the family and friends left behind. In conjunction with that, we take a look at the role that decriminalisation of drugs for personal use could play in reducing overdose or perhaps even putting an end to it, and whether there is sufficient support for such a move to happen in Malaysia. We are joined by Samantha Chong, a human rights lawyer & drug policy reform advocate, and Palani Narayanan, Senior Advisor on Drug Use and Harm Reduction at the Global Fund.

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