Evening Edition

Malaysians are all too familiar with political satire. We are exposed to a lot of late-night American television, the likes of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. In the United States, political satire is an important tool in speaking truth to power. Today on the Evening Edition, Ezra and Uma investigate the history and impac...

Happily Ever After? -- the show where we revisit the fairy tales we fell in love with once upon a time. Most fairy tales are simple and straightforward. But what happens when you take a simple story and you get a psycho analyst to decipher it? Murray Stein, a professor from the International School of Analytical Psychology takes us through a German fairy tale, about a curious servant and a white s...

We celebrate Teacher's Day by speaking with several individuals in the teaching profession. First, we catch up with Moey Yoke Lai, CEO of Methodist College Kuala Lumpur, about the teachers who inspired her own career in teaching. Then we sit down with Dr. Sheba DMani, lecturer at the International Medical University (IMU), about her special task of teaching medical students empathy through literat...

Craig, Vijhay & Gogulan discuss Chelsea's title win. Will Costa stay? Would Conte leave? The guys also look at Man City's contraversial win over Leicester City. Should Silva's goal have stood?  Are City assured of a top 4 spot? Arsenal & Liverpool are also involved in the fight for 2 spots. Tottenham said an emotional goodbye to White Hart Lane with a rip roaring performance against M...

One of the biggest characteristics of 80's music are the sounds of digital synths. Today, digital synthesizers feature prominently in electronic dance music, in video games, and in science fiction movies and television. All of this can be attributed to the work of one man. Today on the Evening Edition, Uma speaks to John Chowning, who discovered FM synthesis back in 1967. He is also the founding d...

Bob, Ray & Keeshaanan discuss the midweek UCL semi finals. Juventus beating Monaco 2-1. The Italian defence is finally breached in open play. There was Atletico's 2-1 win over Madrid. Isco's away goal proving the killer at the Vincente Calderon. In the Europa League, Ajax were beaten 3-1 by Lyon but progress to the final, 5-4 on aggregate to face Manchester United who drew with Celta Vigo at O...

The episode where Uma - and special guests Bahir Yeusuff and Iain McNally - decide that Ridley Scott should probably stop making Alien movies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The episode where Uma - and special guests Bahir Yeusuff and Iain McNally - swoon over their first look at Denis Villeneuve's long awaited sequel to Blade Runner. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The episode where Uma - and special guests Bahir Yeusuff and Iain McNally - take a giant dump all over the unmitigated disaster that is King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happily Ever After? -- the show where we revisit the fairy tales we fell in love with once upon a time. We explore how magic, myths and monsters help us make sense of the world around us. Thousands of fairy tales have been collected over the centuries, but there are only a handful that we go back to again, and again. Why is that? Do some stories hold a deeper, darker meaning to them? We find out w...

The government has set the very ambitious goal of having 100 thousand electric cars, 2 thousand electric buses, and 125 thousand charging stations by 2020. That's just three years away but how far or close are we from that goal? To find out, we speak to the now independent Ahmad Hadri Haris. He was formerly the CEO of GreenTech Malaysia, the company in charge of growing the green technology indust...

Craig, Vijhay & Gogulan discuss Tottenham's loss at West Ham. Have the wheels come off again? Is it different this time? The guys also discuss Man City's 5-0 win over Palace. Is it too little, too late for Pep's men? They heap praise on Fraser Forster, Southampton's goalkeeper. Was Jurgen Klopp too cautious at home, again? Also, Hull losing, Arsenal back in the hunt for a Top 4 spot and also l...

Bob, Ray & Keeshaanan rate Emre Can's winning goal for Liverpool against Watford, last Monday. Best of the season? The guys also discuss the UCL SF where Cristiano Ronaldo defeated Atletico Madrid and Juventus winning 2-0 in Monaco. Are the ties already over? There's also the Europa League where MArcus Rashford gave Man Utd a slender lead against Celta Vigo. Winner of that tie will surely meet...

The episode where Uma welcomes French sisters Delphine and Muriel Coulin to talk about their wonderfully clever look at the unexplored impact that war has on its oft-neglected participants. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The episode where Uma speaks to director Saw Teong Hin about his lushly emotional and deeply personal story of mothers and sons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The episode where Uma speaks to legendary cinematographer Christopher Doyle about his experiences working on Saw Teong Hin's "You Mean the World to Me". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was reported this week that there are at least 1 in 20 runaway-maid cases here in Malaysia. The reasons vary from employer abuse to being misled by their agency and also the yearning for freedom. The Malaysian Maid Employers’ Association have said that more effort should be made to overcome the problem of runaway maids. And one of the suggestions is to treat domestic maids like family, bu...

Earlier this week, we covered a story about how retired senior citizens in China, are clamouring to go back to university. Looking at projections for Malaysia, we’re headed for an increase, to about 33.3 million by 2020, with the aged population (people 60 years and above) projected at just under 10% of that. We’re going to have 3.26 million senior citizens in our midst, come 2020. So...

They play an array of instruments, write and sing their own songs and come from a heavily influenced musical family. Their sound has been described as an "impeccably crafted mix of influences—soft rock's incandescent glow, R&B's sensuality, and the spiky-yet-polished effervescence of pop-rock". On (untitled) this evening, Uma and Ezra take you through the fashionable tunes off their debu...

He was reporting in Egypt for Al Jazeera back in 2013 when he was suddenly arrested, placed in solitary confinement, and subsequently charged with threatening national security. The accusation came without proof and after a sham trial, he was given a 7-year sentence. He spent 400 days in prison before being he was deported back to Australia. And since then, he's been actively advocating for press...

Happily Ever After? -- the show where we revisit the fairy tales we fell in love with once upon a time. We explore how magic, myths and monsters help us make sense of the world around us. In this first episode, we take a crash course on the history of fairy tales. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The food industry is a complex global web of production, processing, and distribution. As food became mass produced to fill the demand of the world's population, a variety of moral problems have arisen: from environmental damage and food shortages, to exploitative labour practices and inhumane treatment of farmed animals. We look at some of the ethical problems in today's food industry with Profes...

Sturt, Dez & Nic discuss Chesea's win over Everton. Why did Lukaku go missing again? They also talk about Spurs and St Totteringham's Day. Spurs were simply too good for Arsenal. Is this the changing of the North London guard? What about another draw for Mancgester United at Old Trafford and Middlesbrough, twice pegged back by Man City. Sinderland are relegated and theguys pay their respects....

Bob, Ray & Keesh discuss the midweek EPL. Victories for Chelsea, Spurs & Arsenal whilst the Manchester derby ended goalless. Mouranne Fellaini's red card, Alexis Sanchez's "injury". The guys also preview the weekend including the North London Derby and a look at the possible fortunes of Hull & Swansea. Includes Treatment Table & 3 Big Shouts! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Azrul Zainal and Omar Aiman are childhood friends and have been playing music together since their high school days, naturally led them to form their band, Jaggfuzzbeats in 2014. They've recently released their debut album, Rest Now, which features 8 tracks including reworks of their demos. They tell us more about their songwriting process and bring us up to date on where we can catch them live. S...