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UOB Economist Julia Goh unpacks the recent GDP numbers and its bright spots, Q2 perspective in view of MCO 3.0 and the potential implications of higher inflation on consumers and businesses.

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Aaron Tang from Luno Malaysia helps us understand the different cryptocurrencies, their respective applications as well as the potential to disrupt financial markets and how investors should approach investing in cryptocurrencies.

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The government is allowing the resumption of the 2011 RM9 billion project to construct littoral combat ships helmed by Boustead Naval Shipyard to protect economic livelihoods, according to Defence Minister Dato’ Seri Ismail Sabri. The project is being probed for corruption after it stalled in 2019. Why has this project been delayed for so long? We tap writer and defense blogger Marhalim Abas for insight.

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The rout in tech stocks is gathering momentum, having expanded into Chinese megatech stocks. Tech permabull Jack Kouzi, Director for Strategy, VFS Group, discusses and offers some perspective.

We get you out of bed, to your first cup of coffee or to your first destination of your day with thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping all our lives.

4:15 - Will the “creator economy” kill traditional media?

9:49 - How can parents best teach children the value of money?

17:23 - International headlines

23:22 - Local headlines

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With numerous championships under his belt including the FIA World Rally Championship Production Car title, Karamjit Singh - a racing veteran that needs no introduction, who's been taking the world of rallying by storm since 1985. He sets to make a return to the tracks after three years with the newly formed Cisco Racing Team this coming June. We take a look at his career thus far and what’s to come from this partnership.

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Since September 2019, we've dedicated a book club every three months or so to the adventures and travails of Morpheus, the Prince of Stories... the Sandman. In this episode, we conclude our journey through the Dreaming with Worlds' End, The Kindly Ones, and The Wake, and discuss what this complicated, entrancing story means to us. In Footnotes, we look at the possibility of adaptations and whether we'd welcome seeing Dream and the Endless on screen.

A cult classic, Labyrinth has many hallmarks of the 1980s - it was directed by Jim Henson of The Muppets fame, written (in part) by Terry Jones of Monty Python fame, and starred Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie (!). In this episode of Throwback, we discuss why this movie has endured and grown in popularity and fame over time, and how it contributes to the fantasy genre.

The forced eviction of Palestinian families by Israeli settlers in Sheikh Jarrah has sparked a series of violent attacks against Palestinians at Al-Aqsa mosque and the Gaza Strip. We speak to Palestinians living in Malaysia about #SaveSheikhJarrah and the continued violence unfolding in East Jerusalem.

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Bank Negara predicts Malaysia will achieve gross domestic product (GDP) growth of between 6.0 percent and 7.5 percent in 2021. Jayant Menon gives his analysis on this positive forecast, what might drive economic recovery and how MCO 3.0 factors into the equation.

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