Live & Learn

Melaka In Fact hopes to document old oral histories and narratives before they are lost forever. The project includes cultural mapping, talks, exhibitions and other events that hope to highlight why Melaka history is still relevant in the 21st century, and it’s role in nation-building. We speak to Project Director Saidah Rastam about what the project has achieved so far and what more needs to be done.

In 1975, a twenty one year Bathmavathi Krishnan was a Malay Studies undergraduate at the University of Malaya. Before the end of her first year, she was involved in an accident on campus that left her wheelchair-bound. Today, she is Senator Bathmavathi Krishnan and she shares the story behind her activism over the last 4 decades.

Ring True explores the role of politics, psychology, and tech giants in the spread of misinformation in science. The six-part miniseries also examines how research, policymaking, and journalism help or hurt the spread of misinformation. What does good anti-misinformation legislation look like? In the last episode of Ring True, we take a look at the Anti Fake News Bill in Malaysia and around the world – and find out why it has missed the mark, so far.

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And that’s the end of the series. Still can’t get enough? Listen again from the start. Also, read, watch or listen to some of the resources that inspired the series.

Read True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society by Farhad Manjoo.

Watch PBS Frontline's The Facebook Dilemma Part 1 and Part 2.

Read From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: Disruptive Innovation in the Age of the Internet by John Naughton.

Watch The Great Hack on Netflix.

And check out the Spotify playlist of the thematically curated songs featured in the series, plus many more than did not make the cut.

When we talk about the Orang Asli community in Malaysia, we think about their land rights, access to basic needs and the economic development of the community. This Merdeka, we speak to one of the very few Orang Asli politicians in parliament on his thoughts on being the voice for this community and how those challenges has defined him as a politician.

Bukit Gasing State Assemblyman Rajiv Rishyakaran is back for his monthly show, and we are set to discuss the Social Security Organisation (SOCSO).

Ring True explores the role of politics, psychology, and tech giants in the spread of misinformation in science. The six-part miniseries will also examine how research, policymaking, and journalism help or hurt the spread of misinformation. How fast does falsehood travel before the truth catches up with it? This episode, we explore research in pre-bunking with prebuttals, and other studies on misinformation led by Hugo Leal and Sander van der Linden.

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Cannot wait for the next episode? Read, watch or listen to some of the resources that inspired today's podcast.

Play the Bad News game and build your own fake news empire.

Watch Russell T Davies' Years and Years on BBC/HBO, a stunning and hyper-realistic depiction of the near future that might soon be our reality.

The Asia School of Business (ASB) and UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee agency held the second annual research workshop on refugee studies and forced migration in Southeast Asia, with a specific focus on Malaysia. Today’s show will look at the importance of producing high quality research to support policy-making and the creation of impactful community intervention in this country and the region.

The Law & Behold series is aimed at improving constitutional literacy among Malaysians, done in collaboration with The Malaysian Bar and the University of Malaya's Faculty of Law. On today’s show, we take a closer look at the proposal to set up the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) and how that will affect similar existing mechanisms.

The International (TI), is an annual Dota 2 esports tournament and is one of the most anticipated esports events of the year. Today, we’ll explore this growing area of sports and take a look at some of the legal and ethical issues that are currently prevalent in this industry.

Ring True explores the role of politics, psychology, and tech giants in the spread of misinformation in science. The six-part miniseries will also examine how research, policymaking, and journalism help or hurt the spread of misinformation. This episode, we find out if journalism is still relevant, and whether journalists and academics should be fact-checkers.

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Cannot wait for the next episode? Read, watch or listen to some of the resources quoted in today's podcast.

Watch Dr Musa Nordin debate ‘freelance doctor’ Nurul Huda on TV Alhijrah’s Analisis.

And check out this 2016 segment on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) about misreporting scientific studies.