Reset with Lynlee

Trump. Xi. Beijing. The first US presidential visit to China in nearly a decade, and the world was watching.

Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, former Singapore Ambassador to the United Nations and one of Asia's most influential foreign policy thinkers, joins Lynlee Foo to make sense of what actually happened. What did Xi mean by invoking the Thucydides Trap? Why is Taiwan the one issue that could trigger war between the US and China? And why does the Iran war give Beijing more leverage than Washington wants to admit?

Also this week: Russia launched the largest drone and missile assault of the Ukraine war shortly after a Trump-brokered ceasefire ended. And a new Russian law that small states across the world should be watching very closely.

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On Is It Just Me?, Lynlee Foo and producer Alexandra Parada unpack the pressures, anxieties and social expectations shaping modern life. This week, they look at why so many people feel left behind in life, and how comparison and social media may be distorting the way we measure success. Featuring insights from Dr Perpetua Neo, Clinical Psychologist & Leadership Coach for High Performers Globally.

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From shopping rewards and design fairs to pet-friendly festivals and arts performances, this weekend in Singapore is packed with things to do.

Highlights include ShopperLink’s fifth birthday celebrations across HDB malls, Furkids Fiesta at Clarke Quay, Hitcheed’s Wedding Wonderland at Suntec Convention Centre, the Singapore International Festival of Arts across the Civic District, and Boutiques Singapore at the F1 Pit Building.

On All Set, Lynlee Foo and Alexandra Parada break down this weekend’s biggest events, hidden gems, and must-visit happenings around Singapore.

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Christiane Schulz is COO Asia Pacific at Edelman, the world's largest communications firm — overseeing 15 markets and thousands of staff. Before that, her entire senior career was in Germany. Then, at a stage when most leaders are settling into what they've built, she moved to Singapore and started over.

In Suite Talk, she gets candid with Lynlee about what reinvention actually feels like: rebuilding a leadership team from scratch, navigating one of the world's most diverse regions, and the personal reset that comes with moving your whole life to the other side of the world.

She also opens up about ambition, the pressure high-achievers put on themselves, and what a Zen master once asked her that actually stuck.

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AI isn't a future story anymore. This week on AI & Me, Lynlee looks at three places artificial intelligence is showing up right now, and what it actually means for you.

From OpenAI's latest enterprise push to Google's Gemini on Android, and one story from a Singapore worksite that quietly says it all.

Three stories. One clear message: This is what AI actually looks like when it gets to work.

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When a conflict thousands of kilometres away shows up in your grocery bill, your Batam ferry surcharge, and your school bus fee — fossil fuel dependence runs deeper than most of us realise. Alberto Salvo, Associate Professor and Dean’s Chair in the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, has a clear message: the real risk isn't moving too fast away from fossil fuels, it's moving too slowly.

On Viewpoint, Salvo shares with Lynlee why Singapore is more exposed than it thinks, and what a genuine energy transition would need to look like. From EVs and Singapore's gas-powered electricity grid, to why fuel subsidies help the wrong people, the ASEAN Power Grid, Singapore's 2027 ASEAN chairmanship, carbon tax revenue, and whether the green transition can be fair for lower-income households.

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Recruiters increasingly use AI to sift through CVs, identify candidates, and streamline the hiring process.

But as hiring becomes more automated, are qualified job seekers being overlooked before a human even sees their application?

On AI & Me, Lynlee Foo discusses the growing role of AI in recruitment, its impact on job seekers, and how candidates can adapt to an increasingly automated hiring landscape.

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Singapore is often positioned as an AI frontrunner, backed by strong government support, growing investment and widespread enthusiasm around the technology. Yet beneath the optimism, adoption remains uneven.

According to Deloitte’s 2026 Singapore findings, only a third of organisations have meaningfully redesigned workflows around AI. While many companies are experimenting with new tools and use cases, far fewer have successfully embedded AI into day-to-day operations at scale.

On Industry Insight, Lynlee Foo speaks to Jeremy Heng, Chief Commercial Officer of CloudMile, about why many organisations remain stuck between experimentation and transformation, what is slowing operational adoption, and what it takes to turn AI ambition into measurable business impact.

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Singapore responded swiftly to a hantavirus scare linked to an expedition cruise, and the system held.

But the bigger issue isn’t a single virus. It’s how travel itself is changing.

As more Singaporeans head into remote, nature-heavy environments, exposure to unfamiliar pathogens is increasing, shaped by climate shifts, ecotourism, and closer contact with wildlife.

On Viewpoint, Dr Leong Hoe Nam, an infectious disease specialist at Rophi Clinic, explains why outbreaks like this are being detected more often, where the real risks lie for travellers, and why behaviour may be the weakest link.

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What does the perfect Mother’s Day actually look like?

On AI & Me, Lynlee asked an AI to plan her perfect Mother's Day, and then compared it against what actually happened. Good food, a great film, a family that mostly cooperated. AI got the broad strokes right. What it couldn't factor in was everything that already made the day good before any prompt was written. A grounded, honest look at where AI genuinely helps with everyday life, and where human context still wins.

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