Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#727: Less Than 1/3 of Bus Captains are S’poreans & Thousands Sign Pickleball Petition
Episode 732
During a recent doorstop interview, Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow mentioned that less than one third of bus captains are Singaporeans, and how it’s a bottleneck to expanding the bus service …
Published on 6 hours ago
#726: Ng Chee Meng Asks For “Empathy” After Income Insurance Rebuked & Shanmugam Praises Trump
Episode 731
NTUC chief Ng Chee Meng says empathy must play a bigger role, after Income Insurance was publicly rebuked by the SG courts for its “wholly unreasonable” conduct in a tragic traffic death case - and n…
Published on 3 days, 6 hours ago
#725 ft. National Coach of SG Football - What’s Broken & Why There’s Hope for the Lions
Episode 730
Gavin Lee, the interim head coach of the Singapore men’s national football team, shares his journey from giving up on playing professionally at 15 to becoming one of Singapore’s youngest top-tier coa…
Published on 5 days, 7 hours ago
#724: Is the F1 Singapore Grand Prix Good for SG & JB Drivers Slam LTA Restrictions
Episode 729
Has Singapore’s glittering F1 night been worth the multi-million dollar investment? We explore whether the economic returns have matched the hype. Elsewhere, a group of Malaysian private-hire drivers…
Published on 1 week ago
#723: “No More Work” From Home for NUS Staff & Man Tries to Hit Monkey at the Zoo
Episode 728
NUS has rolled out a five-day mandatory return-to-office policy for all staff starting 1 Oct 2025, but a number of staff are unhappy. Elsewhere, a viral video of a man at the Singapore Zoo who tried …
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago
#722: SG Population Hits Record 6.11m & Students to Get Central Kitchen Meals at 13 Schools
Episode 727
Singapore’s population has reached a record 6.11 million, largely driven by growth in the non-resident workforce, sparking renewed debates about space, jobs, and the “Singaporeans-first” promise. Els…
Published on 1 week, 5 days ago
#721 ft. Kf Seetoh - Millionaire Hawkers & the Best Way to Save Hawker Culture
Episode 726
Kf Seetoh, founder of Makansutra and Singapore’s most outspoken hawker culture advocate, joins us to talk about the past, present and future of hawker food. From his beginnings as a photojournalist t…
Published on 2 weeks ago
#720: MP Says Now is the Best Time to Raise a Family in SG & Local “Cake Picnic” Event Slammed
Episode 725
MP Cassandra Lee sparked a firestorm by claiming that now is “the best time in Singapore to start & raise a family”. Elsewhere, an event organiser draws criticism for their local take on the viral “c…
Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago
#719: Backlash for Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow’s MRT Comments & AI Course for Civil Servants
Episode 724
Rishi Budhrani joins us to discuss comments made by Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow in Parliament about Singapore’s MRT system, which is under the spotlight again as reliability hits its lowes…
Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago
#718 ft. Chai Hong - How BTO Flats Affect SG Filmmakers & Making SG’s First Sci-Fi Comedy Movie
Episode 723
Filmmaker Cheng Chai Hong joins us to discuss his latest movie “We Can Save The World!!!”, and the power of storytelling in shaping how we see society. He shares the inspiration behind the film, the …
Published on 3 weeks ago