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The pandemic has highlighted the need for human-focused design in our lived environment. So today we discuss - how can we rethink our buildings to accommodate this? Then, we talk about how we can spread out safely and sustainably in our cities. Finally - the great outdoors and why it matters.

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A nature-based adventure theme park is in the works at Cameron Highlands, though it has received criticism with an online petition pushing for its termination. We discuss the environmental impact of a project like this.

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Malaysia hit the 1 million cases milestone the previous week, a number of psychological significance considering the country’s success in controlling the pandemic a year ago. How will we turn the tide to ensure that we can enter Phase 2 and 3 of the National Recovery Plan before the end of 2021? We catch up with Datuk Dr Rohaizat Yon, Former Deputy DG of Health (Medical), who was dubbed Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham’s “commander” before he retired from the Ministry of Health in December 2020.

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Hunger Hurts Malaysia is a youth-led NGO aimed at eradicating poverty in the region. On this episode of Good Things, we’re joined by Imran Shah of Hunger Hurts Malaysia to find out their approach to eradicating poverty and how they’ve been helping underprivileged communities during the pandemic.

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Since early June, the team behind the FreedomFilmFest have been releasing a specially curated Freedom film playlist every weekend - dubbed ‘Weekend Watch with FreedomFilmFest' - on their YouTube channel. Each thematic playlist has allowed us to revisit some of the many films produced for the film festival, and remind ourselves about the many human rights issues that have been brought to the fore, through these thought-provoking films. This weekend, the playlist is themed 'People’s Movement for Change' and will feature three films: "Melawan Arus" by Arul Prakkash, "Kayuh" by Soh Sook Hwa and "When Lawyers Walk", by Mien Ly. On the show today, we speak to both Prakkash and Sook Hwa about their respective films.

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The official video for Rick Astley’s 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” has surpassed 1 billion plays on YouTube. But exactly how much does that translate into $$$?

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Consumers expect express delivery options these days, thanks to on-demand couriers that have been seeing higher demand ever since the first Movement Control Order (MCO) was enforced last year.

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The Selangor state government will provide free Internet to 70,000 residents via its Data Internet Selangor initiative for a year.

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Dumpster-diving cockatoos, DNA vacuums, aromatherapy insecticides, truth-sniffing dogs and dolphin calls recoded on a Mattsplained animal special.