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3:15 - How do you make the time to do "deep work"?

10:38 - How do you engage an audience over Zoom?

18:42 - International Headlines

25:11 - Local Headlines

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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, English rock band Genesis announced a North American reunion tour after being postponed twice. Though dates are not confirmed yet the tour is scheduled to happen in September and October 2021. Though Covid-19 is very much around, we see the return of large-scale music events. Liverpool and Wuhan carried out a pilot festival and received a positive response in attendance. Tidal, a high-fidelity music streaming platform founded by rapper Jay-Z has officially been sold to Twitter co-founder, Jack Dorsey. It is believed Tidal is now worth $350 million. Lastly, Fyre Festival updates, a $100m class-action lawsuit was filed days after the infamous festival was canceled. The New York Times reported that four years after the event, the organizers have agreed to a settlement with 277 attendees for $7,220 per person.

FAZZ is a quirky 5-piece-band out of Malaysia that has performed at cultural shows and live houses in cities such as Singapore, Japan, and South Korea. The band produced four songs during the course of the pandemic, the latest one being Cosmos, a tune that infuses retro and futuristic themes - with just enough groove to bring you to outer space. We speak to Grace and Lynn from FAZZ to better understand the quintet and their latest release.

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To mark our first week back to our regular interview format, we spoke with Lee Zhan Tzeh, the restaurateur behind Small Shifting Space and Flaaah, two up and coming food spots in the Petaling Street/Chinatown area in KL! We talk about his unique spaces, his experience over the pandemic, and speak of future plans.

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The MCO returns this week, but in the news, we go over the government's decision to not increase the toll rates on Malaysian highways, and PDRM's suggestions to standardize our numberplates and include microchips in them. As for the car launches, we discuss the new Mitsubishi XPANDER, a Honda N7X concept, a DS3 Crossback and the all-new Honda Civic. 

As for our car review, Daniel reviews the Jaguar XE and why he thinks it's a car with a different disposition to the traditional German sports saloon. It may be rather expensive and underpowered compared to BMW's M340i, but it's still lots fun to drive, well-thought out and somewhat conservative.

One night, Hutch Mansell’s (Bob Odenkirk) family home is broken into, and he fails to defend himself or his family. His rage following the event leads to various twists and turns, and amidst plenty of violence, gunfire, and car chases, Hutch must now save his wife and son again. We review Nobody, and discuss the vicarious excitement of the “family in jeopardy” action subgenre.

We catch up with Liew Chin Tong about DAP's role in a likely three-way fight between the political coalitions - Perikatan Nasional, Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional - to form the government in the next General Election.

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Limkokwing University students are demanding action to be taken for the revocation of their course accreditation by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency. We first hear from students affected by this, and what they hope would come out of this. Next, we get into how the accreditation process works. Finally, we look into how this would impact higher education in Malaysia.

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A couple becomes the first people to live in a fully 3D printed house in The Netherlands. Dhanya Nair tells us more.

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The government has announced that a third Movement Control Order (MCO) would be imposed in six Selangor districts from May 6th to May 17th with new SOPs moving forward. We speak about how this MCO will affect the country and what it would mean for people celebrating Raya this year.

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