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#PopVultures Ep 46: Shane Pow & Channel 8’s Succession Crisis
25:56 mins
Synopsis: The Straits Times examines the ins and outs of pop culture in the Asian entertainment and Hollywood scene.
This week, #PopVultures Jan Lee and Yeo Sam Jo give an update to the previous episode: Elvin Ng has responded to Dasmond Koh and Angel Lim, who claimed that he flared up at Lim on set.
Then, they move on to another local actor - Shane Pow - who recently had his contract with Mediacorp terminated after he was charged with drink driving. Pow will also be replaced midway through the upcoming series The Heartland Hero, with James Seah taking over the second male lead role.
Jan and Sam Jo talk about his chances of mounting a comeback and how Mediacorp's Channel 8 seems to be in a succession crisis with its roster of young actors.
They also discuss other notable cases of actor replacements due to scandals, including Ji Soo in River Where The Moon Rises and Kevin Spacey in All The Money In The World. Finally, they share their thoughts on whether replacing Pow mid-series will work out for the best.
Here's a quick peek at what they cover:
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Health Check Ep 59: What you can eat to sleep better
14:46 mins
Synopsis: Every first and third Wednesday of the month, The Straits Times helps you make sense of health matters that affect you.
In this episode, ST senior health correspondent Joyce Teo speaks with Dr Richard Swinburne, a sleep scientist and the Head of Sports Nutrition at the Singapore Sports Institute on sleep nutrition, how he flew to Texas a few years ago to help Olympic gold medallist Joseph Schooling to sleep better and why you need to sleep well before and after getting your Covid-19 vaccine.
They discuss the following points:
Listen to Ep 60 - How to sleep right: https://omny.fm/shows/health-check-1/how-to-sleep-right-health-check-ep-60
Ep 9 - Why sleep habits need to be formed when young: https://omny.fm/shows/health-check-1/why-sleep-habits-need-to-be-formed-when-young-heal
Ep 10 - Can schools and parents help boost the cognition and well-being of sleep-deprived Singaporean teenagers? https://omny.fm/shows/health-check-1/can-schools-and-parents-help-boost-the-cognition-a
Produced by: Joyce Teo (joyceteo@sph.com.sg), Penelope Lee and Ernest Luis
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Letter From The Bureau Ep 1: Getting to know Little Singapore in the south of India
16:08 mins
Synopsis: Join The Straits Times's foreign desk editor Bhagyashree Garekar in this podcast series as she talks about life as it goes on, amid, and in spite of the headlines, with one of ST’s 30-odd correspondents in 15 cities across the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe every month. They will share with you some of the more interesting things they are reporting on from the countries they are based in.
In this episode, she hosts Rohini Mohan - ST's India correspondent - about a unique region in south India where the people have strong historical, economic and emotional ties to Singapore.
They chat about the following:
Where is 'Little Singapore' in south India and why it gets this name (0:55)
Read Rohini Mohan's stories: https://www.straitstimes.com/authors/rohini-mohan
Produced by: Bhagyashree Garekar (bhagya@sph.com.sg) & Ernest Luis
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Speaking Of Asia Ep 1: Do not mock India, learn from its Covid-19 troubles
9:26 mins
Synopsis: Join The Straits Times' associate editor Ravi Velloor, in this series of podcasts based on his weekly columns on Asian issues, as he distils his experience from four decades of covering the continent.
Ravi argues that while much of the global media has focused on the shortcomings of the Indian government, he sees this as a hybrid, with the effects of the coronavirus as an act of nature - made worse by human errors and emotions, complacency, power play, religion and class issues, and of course, utter misgovernance.
He covers the following reasons for India's seeming Covid collapse as the world watches on:
1st factor: The complacency virus (2:50)
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Produced by: Ravi Velloor (velloor@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis and Fa'izah Sani
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Asian Insider Ep 69: India's worsening Covid crisis
18:04 mins
Synopsis: Each month, The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh presents an Asian perspective of the week's global talking points with expert guests.
The new Covid-19 variants in India preyed on a complacent government and population, as ST's India correspondent Rohini Mohan and Ashoka University Professor Gautam Menon, explain on Asian Insider.
They discuss the following points:
1. Bangalore in lockdown after spike in infections (3:34)
2. Complacency set in after the first wave peaked in 2020 (6:47)
3. Official data vs real numbers ‘not fooling anyone’ (9:55)
4. Role of media in focus as India battles deadly second wave (13:09)
Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg) & ST Video team
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Green Pulse Ep 49: Can aquaculture solve the seafood “seaspiracy”?
20:38 mins
Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change in this podcast series.
The recently-released Netflix film “Seaspiracy”, which calls on people to stop eating seafood, has generated widespread debate. Supporters say the film highlights the impact of industrial fishing on marine life, bringing public attention to an aspect of the trade that not many usually think about. But others have lambasted the British filmmaker Ali Tabrizi for inaccurate facts and figures used to support the arguments made.
In this episode, ST environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty speak with Professor Dean Jerry, an aquaculture expert from the Singapore campus of the James Cook University, about the implications of seafood consumption and the role of aquaculture in feeding the world.
They discuss the following points:
Listen to Ep 44: Fishy business about the fish you eat in Singapore: https://omny.fm/shows/green-pulse-1/in-hot-soup-the-fishy-business-about-the-fish-you
FAO’s (Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN) state of the world fisheries: http://www.fao.org/state-of-fisheries-aquaculture
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Synopsis: The Invisible Asia Podcast is a special edition 9-episode series in which The Straits Times casts the spotlight on people and communities living in the shadows of their societies where they exist largely unseen and unheard of.
The Straits Times' South Korea correspondent Chang May Choon closes our series as she casts the spotlight on the South Korean Muslim minority. As many as 3,000 South Koreans convert to Islam each year, according to the Korea Muslim Federation.
But a lack of understanding of Islam among the country’s general populace, contributes to the daily difficulties that they face for their belief.
In this podcast, listen to translated testimonies from South Korean Muslim converts Song Bo-ra, Lee Seul and Yu Hong-jong. Our series' narrator is Tan Jia Ning.
South Korean government working to change its people's mindsets about Islam as Muslim tourist numbers rose pre-Covid (5:51)
Hong-jong on the difference between the way Christians and Muslims are viewed in South Korea (8:14)
Read the full story by Chang May Choon: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/many-koreans-have-big-misunderstandings-about-islam
Produced by: Magdalene Fung, Tan Jia Ning, Adam Azlee, Fa'izah Sani, Penelope Lee & Ernest Luis
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Invisible Asia Ep 9: 'Many Koreans have big misunderstandings about Islam'
14:06 min
Synopsis: The Invisible Asia Podcast is a special edition 9-episode series in which The Straits Times casts the spotlight on people and communities living in the shadows of their societies where they exist largely unseen and unheard of.
The Straits Times' South Korea correspondent Chang May Choon closes our series as she casts the spotlight on the South Korean Muslim minority. As many as 3,000 South Koreans convert to Islam each year, according to the Korea Muslim Federation.
But a lack of understanding of Islam among the country’s general populace, contributes to the daily difficulties that they face for their belief.
In this podcast, listen to translated testimonies from South Korean Muslim converts Song Bo-ra, Lee Seul and Yu Hong-jong. Our series' narrator is Tan Jia Ning.
South Korean government working to change its people's mindsets about Islam as Muslim tourist numbers rose pre-Covid (5:51)
Hong-jong on the difference between the way Christians and Muslims are viewed in South Korea (8:14)
Read the full story by Chang May Choon: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/many-koreans-have-big-misunderstandings-about-islam
Produced by: Magdalene Fung, Tan Jia Ning, Adam Azlee, Fa'izah Sani, Penelope Lee & Ernest Luis
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The Big Story Ep 86: Should social gatherings be limited in light of Covid-19 cluster who met over meal?
7:14 mins
Synopsis: This is a special episode of The Straits Times' video series The Big Story, hosted by Hairianto Diman and Olivia Quay.
Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of NUS' Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, weighs in on the latest developments in the Tan Tock Seng cluster, which has grown to 13 cases.
He also discusses whether tighter curbs need to be reimposed on social gatherings, after it was discovered that the seven other cases linked to the 38-year-old Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officer met for a meal.
The Health Ministry said the eight of them had gathered for a meal, when transmission was likely to have taken place.
Produced by: Hairianto Diman (mdhairi@sph.com.sg) & Olivia Quay (oliviaq@sph.com.sg)
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The Big Story Ep 85: How to respond to a virus outbreak in hospitals? Expert weighs in
2:21 mins
Synopsis: This is a special episode of The Straits Times' video series The Big Story.
Experts in Singapore said that the possible cluster at Tan Tan Seng Hospital is of concern, but these is no need to be overly worried.
Professor Dale Fisher, a senior infectious diseases consultant at National University Hospital, speaks about the measures in place at hospitals to manage such an outbreak.
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