Evening Edition

This evening we're taking a rare peek into an area that not many people think about and take for granted most of the time – voice overs. Those voices that try to sell you things on radio, those voices that describe to you what those animals are doing to each other in a documentary, as well as those voices that speak to you on automated answering machines, those voices in lifts that tell you...

Kam Raslan, Matt Bellotti & Stuart Cavens discuss the emphatic Spanish victory in the final, analyse tactics, lookback at the 3 weeks of football action & pick their best & worst moments of Euro 2012. ALSO latest football news & a Malaysian Super League update. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Balancing personal needs and work requirements is always a tough act on most days. But what happens when you physical appearance becomes a work requirement? Our guest today faced just such a quandary – when she cropped off her hair in support of MAKNA’s JomBotak charity drive, and got into a bit of a disagreement with her employer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bob Holmes, Gogulan Dorairajoo & Jeevan Selvanathan look back at the Euro semi finals & discuss Portugal's penalty taker selection, hassling Spain, Alvaro Negredo, Mario Balottelli, the golden German generation and the also preview Sunday's final. PLUS an MSL update and all the latest football news ! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Just yesterday, MP of Batu Gajah (Ms) Fong Po Kuan claimed that women’s fears about their safety contradicted the statistics on crime reduction under the National Key Result Areas. This claim attracted a barrage of responses from other MPs  in the Dewan Rakyat with retorts saying that the fear for women’s safety was based on perception and did not reflect the views of the majority...

Base jumping is the extreme sport of parachuting from the tops of very tall objects. BASE is an acronym for Buildings, Antennas, Spans (Bridges) and Earth (Cliffs). They say that the first rule of BASE jumping is to never get caught as in most cases, parachuting off fixed objects is illegal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When it comes to sexist remarks and instances of discrimination based on gender etc - unfortunately to say - the media is a great source of examples! Now, many women’s groups here in Malaysia are constantly battling against this. One method used recently was the name and shame method in the form of the “Aiyo, What Lah Awards” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As most of us know - hitchhiking also known as thumbing is a means of gaining transportation by asking people (strangers) for a ride in their vehicle. Seems simple enough but have you ever thought of traveling the world by means of hitchhiking? Is it even possible, and how exactly would one go about doing it? The answer - Yes, it is possible! Jeremy Marie is going to tell us all about his current...

Always wanted to see a West End production, but never had the opportunity to? Well, now you have a chance to enjoy “An Evening With The Phantom” with West End sensation Ramin Karimloo! Caroline and Uma speak to with Datin Seri Tiara Jacqualina and Ramin Karimloo to tell us more about the concert. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The government is considering the possibility of a life-long pension scheme for the private sector. This is, of course, to counter the problem of poverty amongst retirees and the elderly in this country. Currently, retirees are able to withdraw their EPF savings upon retirement. However, the problem is that these savings are not enough to sustain them especially those in the lower income brackets....

Kam Raslan, Matthias Gelber & Stuart Cavens discuss the final round of group matches including a preview of Spain v Croatia and Italy v Ireland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Getting your first home is never an easy task! For most of us its about choosing the right home, getting the best home loan and being able to service that loan. But, not everyone has the privilege to be able to make those choices or even have access to such facilities as bank loans etc. Caroline & Ezra speak to our guests from EPIC Collaborative who make it their business to actually build hom...

Learning different cultures can be an enriching and eye-opening experience! The better we understand each other, the better we are able to avoid misunderstandings due to cultural differences. Caroline & Uma indulge in a little bit of French culture, in line with the on-going French Art & Film Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Craig Morraies, Stuart Cavens & Gogulan Dorairajoo discuss Groups A - C. Ireland's exit & the possible departures of Netherlands & Greece. Also, a preview of Group D which includes Ukraine v France & Sweden v England. PLUS Harry's gone! Who'll replace him at Spurs?   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Having to drag yourself to the gym 3 or 4 times week can be a real chore especially after a hard days work! But what if staying healthy could be as fun as going to a party? If you like that idea - Zumba is just the thing! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Merdeka Award was founded in 2007 by three of the countries biggest oil and gas players, Petronas, ExxonMobile and Shell. Aside from the Award itself, they are now offering a grant for international attachment in the successful applicants chosen field of study, and are currently soliciting applications. We invite   Joseph Edwin, Executive Director of the Merdeka Award Secretariat &&nb...

Matthias Gelber, Kam Raslan & Andy Whitelaw discuss the teams who've played so far from Groups A to C. The surprising Greeks, The smooth Russians, the grafting Danes, talented Italy, champions Spain. Have we seen a winner so far? Who's going home? ALSO a preview of Group D which kicks off tonight, featuring England v France & co-hosts, Ukraine v Sweden. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

Every year World Ocean’s Day is celebrated on the 8th June to acknowledge the oceans value - it provides us with food, amazing marine life and even sea lanes for international trade. Unfortunately, it is also the victim of pollution and over consumption of fish etc. So today, we’re going to talk about the coral reefs found in Malaysia.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

Those who have lived in KL for decades would have noticed the changes in many of the older neighbourhoods: from dilapidated old shops slowly transforming into fancy neighbourhoods shopping malls and, of course, the appearance of the ultimate symbol of yuppiness: Starbucks. Our friends in TimeOut KL has been walking the streets of Klang Valley to find out what these so-called 'gentrified' neighbour...

ob Holmes, Craig Morraies & Gogulan Dorairajoo discuss the appointment of Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool, Cardiff City playing in red, discuss England's chances and look at Groups A - C, which will all be in action this weekend. Also, Matthias Gelber on Germany's chance in the Group of Death (B) and Kelantan coach, Bojan Hodak on who will follow Croatia through in Group C. See omnystudio.com/lis...

Recently it was announced in the papers that swimming pools would be built for each of the 79 National Service training camps across the country, to be used in lieu of ponds for water activities. This is apparently to combat the threat of water-borne diseases such as leptospirosis, which was suspected to have claimed the life of one NS trainee earlier this year. Caroline, Ezra and Patrick discuss...

Boys will be boys, playing with their toys. But many of those toys are also derived from the cartoons they watch. And one of the most popular genre of animated cartoons in the world is Japanese ‘anime’. In fact many boys in town will be very excited this weekend because Anime Festival Asia 2012 has landed in Kuala Lumpur for the very first time. It’s not all child’s play: a...

Celebrity Chef Edward Kwon is Korea's tourism ambassador and Seoul's Goodwill Ambassador as well. He is the former head chef of the world's only 7-star hotel, Burj  Al Arab, the host of several cooking shows, and the business owner of two concept restaurant in Seoul. Caroline and Ezra catch up with him at the KL Hilton for Evening Edition Goes to Lunch with Edward Kwon. See omnystudio.com/lis...

Most of us have vague memories of the Batang Kali massacre - but for the family members of those killed in the massacre, it is a lifelong mission to clear their family members’ names. Today our guests will tell us the full story of exactly what they are trying to find out about the incident that happened even before the formation of Malaysia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

The Sun Daily reported that Malaysian English Language Teaching Associations (Melta) royal patron Raja Zarith Sofiah Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah said 3 days ago that the deteriorating standard of english aong Malaysians is the result of an assumption that learning the language is unpatriotic.  She said: "We did not see the problems we are facing today because we were filled wit a sense of patr...