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FAQs about Pressing Matters:How many episodes does Pressing Matters have?The podcast currently has 431 episodes available.
November 26, 2018Going Behind The Scenes with Skuad BadarFrom confronting unwed couples at budget hotels to late night "counselling" at local cemeteries, we asked journalist Zaim Ibrahim all about his experience covering the operations of a vigilante group in Kedah called "Skuad Badar." Zaim also gets into the details about the group's motivations as well as the responses to his reporting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....more20minPlay
November 19, 2018On The Ground At The PKR National CongressPKR's 13th annual National Congress came after months of tumultuous party polls, and Vinodh Pillai of Free Malaysia Today was on the ground to cover the event. Does a handshake or a hug mean reconciliation? What were the key messages from party leaders? We speak to him about the sentiments on the ground and the future of the party.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....more15minPlay
November 12, 2018US Midterm Elections 2018: A Malaysian PerspectiveBFM's Melisa Idris shares her experience and key takeaways after 10 days in the US covering the mid-term elections.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....more23minPlay
November 05, 2018A Financial Journo's Take On Budget 2019Cindy Yeap has covered the Malaysian Budgets for over a decade now. Just how different is this latest budget compared to the previous ones? We ask her this.We also deep dive into Pakatan Harapan's first national budget. Cindy shares her insights and findings with us from what she gathered working on the budget story this year that made it to cover on The Edge this week.Listen in.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....more18minPlay
October 29, 2018On The Parliament BeatWe speak to BFM’s very own Kelvin Yee from the Evening Edition and Sabrina Magdalene from the BFM News Team to discuss their news coverage of Parliament. They have both been on the ground covering the Parliament session and they share their experiences with us on the show. Listen in.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....more18minPlay
October 22, 2018The Reality Of InequalityWe talk to Khairie about his recent article in The Edge entitled: Breaking the Cycle of Inequality. Khairie shares his findings while he was working on the story based on Khazanah Research Institute's latest report: The State of Households 2018- Different Realities. We discuss the a number of big issues that came out from the report such as the widening income gap and gender inequality.Listen in.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....more21minPlay
October 15, 2018Eye On MRT2 RenegotiationsWe discuss Guna's latest article in Malaysiakini entitled: “Tread carefully with MMC-Gamuda contract issue”. Is there more than meets the eye when it comes to the newsflow coming out from the MRT2 story? We take a look at some pertinent questions to be addressed on the matter. Listen in.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....more20minPlay
October 08, 2018Keeping Up With Tun MHaving just returned recently on a press trip to the US with Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir, Datuk Wong Sai Wan shares with us his observations from the trip - where Tun M had a total of 18 meetings or events to attend in his five-day trip. He also talked about the differences between Tun M's recent trip to the US and the former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's trip there last year in which Sai Wan had followed on as well. We also discuss the challenging media landscape today. What’s the game plan for the Malay Mail group moving forward? There is talk that it might stop the print edition and just focus online. Is that true? We ask Sai Wan this.Listen in. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....more20minPlay
October 01, 2018UMNO's Foggy Future?Umno recently concluded its 2018 Annual General Assembly (PAU) -- its first after losing Putrajaya in GE14. In the lead up to PAU2018, a lot of expectations were put on party leadership to spell out the future direction of UMNO. Veteran politics journalist Mohsin shares his thoughts on the outcome of PAU2018 and the future of UMNO.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....more22minPlay
September 24, 2018Malaysia's First 1MDB BookGuna talks to us about his newly launched book -- 1MDB, The Scandal That Brought Down A Government. It is the first book to hit stores on the big 1MDB story.He also shares his experience working in The Star and being told to "lay off" the story as 1MDB was "out of bounds" in terms of writing stories.We also get his views on what's next to this 1MDB story. Listen in.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....more21minPlay
FAQs about Pressing Matters:How many episodes does Pressing Matters have?The podcast currently has 431 episodes available.