Evening Edition

Yesterday, Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said that starting early next year, students across the country will be allowed to bring certain electronic gadgets to class. However, he also said that mobile phones would not be allowed, as students were to concentrate on studying and not chatting with their friends. Today, on Talkback, we're going to be discussing the role of electronic de...

This week on (Untitled), Uma and Ezra take a listen to Sufjan Stevens' fifth studio album, Illinois, the musician's greatest commercial and critical success to date. The album is features references to places, events, and people in Illinois, complete with heart-wrenching melodies and complex orchestral arrangements. It was named the best-reviewed album of 2005 by review aggregator Metacritic. See...

Here in Malaysia, we're very familiar with the Rohingya refugee crisis that exploded in 2015. Thousands of Rohingya people fled to neighbouring countries to escape persecution. There is yet to be a solution to the crisis and the delay in one has created a new problem...forced marriages and child brides. Mahi Ramakrishnan's new film, Bou, reveals the trafficking of Rohingya girls from Myanmar to be...

The episode where Uma - and special guests Iain McNally, Bahir Yeusuff, and Jason Leong - can't stop gushing about Daenerys and her dragons. (No. That isn't an euphemism.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's unfortunate that we're all too familiar with news about poaching, and wildlife species losing their habitats due to deforestation and pollution. But are we becoming desensitized to information about threats to the wildlife? How much does the general public care about biodiversity? We talk about educating communities on wildlife conservation with Dr. Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Associate Professor o...

In the 1st show of the season, the guys discuss Neymar Jnr's world record transfer. What is the knock-on effect? Is Neymar really leaving to better himself? The guys also talk about Arsenal and their Community Shield win. Do the Gunners look like they might mount a threat this season? And what about Chelsea? They also discuss Liverpool, Man City, Spurs, Everton, assess the newly promoted sides and...

Hey all! We've been away for a while, but don't think that we haven't been doing anything whilst we've been away. We have something a little special for you.    Back in April we managed to sit down with Sheila Majid, but we never got the chance to air the interview. So for those of you who went to see her over the weekend, or didn't - and for those of you with Sheila Fever, this one is f...

One of the battles we’ve been fighting for a long time is to end the stigmatisation of mental illnesses. But what's also harmful is to romanticise them, as seen in glamourised portrayals of negative emotions on films and social media. We discuss the healthy and unhealthy ways of speaking about mental illnesses with Dr. Chua Sook Ning, clinical psychologist and founder of RELATE Malaysia, as...

The episode where Uma - and special guest Iain McNally - are very unhappy with the Malaysian censorship board and their decision to cut this movie to ribbons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The episode where Uma - and special guest Iain McNally - encourage you not to watch this pretentious self-serious attempt at schlocky sci-fi. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The episode where Uma - and special guest Iain McNally - can't figure out how Stephen King's epic fantasy got reduced to a middling YA-made-for-television special. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The episode where Uma - and special guest Iain McNally - can't quite work out how to feel about Luc Besson's insanely ambitious adaptation of the cult favourite graphic novels featuring spacio-temporal agents Valerian and Laureline. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The episode where Uma - and special guest Iain McNally - have a big ol' chat about all the goings on at San Diego Comic Con 2017. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to a study by Eco-Business Research, sponsored by pump solutions company Grundfos, more than half of Malaysians who were surveyed thought that rural and urban planning to tackle floods in the country were not effective in the face of extreme weather events. We speak with TPr. Hj Ihsan Zainal Mokhtar, President of Malaysian Institute of Planners, about what more can be done to better prep...

This evening, we’re going to be talking about youth and politics. So, in recent years, we’ve seen a huge uptick in interest, in the role that young people play in politics. Political parties here are making big efforts to engage with the youth through forums like TN50. But it would appear, that young Malaysians, may not be as empowered or as savvy as their counterparts in the developed...

This week, on (Untitled), Ezra and Uma listen to Tom Petty's 1979 breakout, produced by Jimmy Iovine and recorded at the legendary Sound City Studios, the juggernaut album that would push the Gainesville rockers out of the swamp and into the next level. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For years, it's been firmly established that sex in advertising sells. It doesn't matter what product it is- as long as there is a nearly nude woman attached, the chances of attracting those eyes and clicks are high. But in 2017, does sex in advertising remain a timeless formula or is it nothing more than a tired cliche? We find out with consumer psychologist Dr. Cathrine Jansson-Boyd. See omnystu...

The episode where Uma - and special guest Iain McNally - take a big fat dump on the cinematic atrocity that is Overdrive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The episode where Uma - and special guests Iain McNally, Jason Leong, and Christine Wong - swoon over Daenerys Targaryen's and Jon Snow's meet cute in the latest episode of Game of Thrones. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

She was destined for a high-flying career in the corporate world but Alina chose to teach instead. And she chose to teach underprivileged children from low income communities - the kids who always get left behind. Her aim? That one day children will be inventors, not users; innovators not consumers. We catch up with the gutsy girl on her vision of how we can better connect with our kids in the cla...

The first series of the Auditor-General's report 2016 has been published. According to the report, there's been an overall improvement in financial management among all federal ministries and statutory bodies. However, the report also shows that misuse of funds and inefficiencies continue to happen. We speak with Cynthia Gabriel, Founding Director of the Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C...

Women are still underrepresented in the global tech workforce, and thus there are few female role models that can inspire girls to take up a career in STEM fields. Rekha Pai Kamath, who set foot in Silicon Valley in 1993, is one such role model. She takes us through her journey in the tech industry. We also speak with two young app developers who are the Malaysian semifinalists of the Technovation...

Greenpeace has launched its first office in Malaysia. We speak with Naderev ‘Yeb’ Saño, Executive Director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, about the state of environmental activism in Malaysia, and what they aim to achieve having established the new office in Kuala Lumpur. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The episode where Uma - and special guest Alex von Tunzelmann - ponder if historical accuracy always makes for the most compelling cinema. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Malaysian woman, Cheng and her son, also of Malaysian citizenship, have been banned from leaving China. This comes as a result of a long and complicated child custody struggle, involving Cheng’s ex-husband, who is a Chinese national. According to reports, her ex-husband abducted their son twice. After 820 days, Cheng was reunified with her son, only to find out two days later that a travel...