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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.

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.

Between 2014 and 2017, a total of 15,617 cases of domestic violence were reported in Malaysia. Neelambika is a survivor of domestic violence, who has now summoned the courage to speak up and share her story publicly. She joins us in the studio today to share her experience and talk about her new book titled, ‘Taking Charge of My Life’.

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. In this episode, we look at the business models of tech giants – Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google – and their role in the mainstreaming of misinformation.

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

Read Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Product, a book by Nir Eyal.

Also watch the documentary AlphaGo on Netflix about Google DeepMind's artificial intelligence algorithm that plays the board game Go.

Institute of Youth Research Malaysia (IYRES) is a research institute studying various aspects of the young generation’s trends and development. Ts. Syariffanor Hisham from the Institute of Youth Research Malaysia (IYRES) tells us more about what they do and what does the research say about our quality of life.

Law & Behold is a series aimed at improving constitutional literacy among Malaysians, done in collaboration with The Malaysian Bar and the University of Malaya's Faculty of Law. On our tenth episode, we’ll be discussing the role and importance of the Dewan Rakyat and the Dewan Negara in the workings of our democracy.

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. Charles Arthur likens the gradual but eventual threat of misinformation to global warming. He calls it social warming. In this episode, we look at three key issues in science: vaccination, climate change, and the Flat Earth movement.

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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 the 2018 documentary, Behind The Curve on Netflix.

Also, listen to consultant paediatrician Datuk Dr Zulkifli Ismail, speaking at the BFM Health & Living Jr 2018 event about halal vaccination and vaccine-related conspiracies.

The Dewan Negara Reform Report was recently revealed and among the issues addressed in it, was a recommendation that a Dewan Negara Select Committee be set up. Today’s show will unpack what all of this means and look at the role of the senate and how they are carrying out their responsibility to check and balance the powers in government.

In the next decade, as the world population hurtles towards 8 billion, one of the main challenges lies in ensuring that every single person has access to food. But it’s not as straightforward as doubling up food production because there is also the challenge of maintaining our natural resources and minimising environmental impact. We speak to Dr Anni Mitin, Executive Director of the South East Asian Council on Food Security and Fair Trade on how Malaysia can achieve sustainable agricultural practices in the race for food security.

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. In this first episode, we’ll start at the very beginning – the history of conspiracy theories.

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

Read the book Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotes by Garson O'Toole (2017).

And check out Naomi Oreskes' 2010 book Merchants of Doubt or better yet, watch the 2014 documentary inspired by the book.