Evening Edition

An hour of unadulterated live music from this week's Cerita-cerita Rock N' Roll featured artist, the  Dave Matthews Band. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They exploded onto the scene in the 1990s with a hybrid sound of folk, jazz and world music, and by end of the decade they had clocked 14 Grammy nominations, three American Music Awards and garnered a global following. This week, our host Ezra Zaid took us through the journey of Dave Matthews Band. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On tonight's show we got Asia's top Beatboxer Shawn Lee in the studio to tell us how and when he started. He was also there to add sound effects to the stories that we told - and to top it all off, he showed Addy how to beatbox. Well he tried to. Boots and cat's y'all. For the record Shawn managed a respectable 6.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More than seventy-five years after he came to life, Superman remains one of the world's most adored and enduring heroes. What better way to understand the modern superhero than with Superman, who taps into our collective psyches more effectively and has lasted longer than almost all other comic book characters. In Episode #2 of When We Last Left Our Heroes, Umapagan Ampikaipakan delves deep into t...

We talk to Project Liber8 about their recent anti-slavery workshop, different forms of modern-day slavery, and what young people can do about the every-day human rights violations that take place around us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ross Yusof & guests Matt Bellotti, Stuart Cavens & Matt Bellotti lookback at the weekend's action which saw Chelsea inch closer to the title thanks to a goaless draw against Arsenal, Man Utd drop to 4th after losing at Everton and Leicester City continue their amazing run with their 4th win. Also, Championship, Winners & Losers, Ligue 1, Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga, PFA Team of the Ye...

On this evening's show we invited medical funny man, Dr Jason Leong along to come and tell us about his trip down under. We also got him to take part in Smartypants; Oh boy, he's rather competitive. To be clear, Jason scored 14. Judges answers are final. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There has been heated debate over the hastily passed Prevention of Terrorism Act, with opinions for and against it. As a follow up to our previous show "Understanding POTA", where we got two experts to come in and break down and explain the act, we now have two award winning debaters – Mifzal Mohammad and Syed Saddiq from the Malaysian Institute of Debating and Public Speaking coming head to...

Ross Yusof & guests Bob Holmes, Ray Jennings & Jeevan Selvanathan discuss the UEFA Champions League & UEFA Europa League SF draws and also lookback at the QF 2nd legs. There is also a chat with Stanley Samuel (ex KL, MAS) about the FA Cup SF draw and a preview of the MSL. Also full weekend preview of the BPL with Arsenal v Chelsea the headliner as well as La Liga, Ligue 1, Serie A, Bun...

Joining us in the studio for the first of our Spotify Friday's was Penang's very own Bihzhu, fresh after her tour of China. She shares the lowdown on what it was like playing to the locals over there, and where you should play in KL should you want to make an impact. And she scored an EPIC 17 on Smartypants! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 Edith Grossman is the reason you've read Gabriel García Márquez' Love in the Time of Cholera and the historic novel about the final months of Simón Bolívar, The General in his Labyrinth. Catch this special episode, broadcast in conjunction with World Book Day, where our host Umapagan Ampikaipakan speaks to one of the most active and c...

On tonight's show we invited along Joshua Desmond, former guitarist with Rosevelt, writer for DJ Mag, man of fashion and epic beard. We talked about how he went from dressing normally to being being nominated by Esquire as one of the best dressed men in Malaysia, and of course beards. He played along nicely. Nice fella that Josh y'know? And just so you know he too managed to score 7 points in Smar...

 Until the detention of 17 people, including two who had recently returned from Syria for plotting terror acts in the nation's capital, the threat of terrorism seemed far away for the average Malaysian. The  introduction of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, passed in Parliament a few weeks ago, along with the strengthening of the Sedition Act is meant to make us feel safer - do you? &nbsp...

On this evening's show, we invited Malaysia's kinkiest fairy, Joyce Wong, of The KinkyBlueFairy to come aboard and tell us about her experience as a blogger. She talked to us about starting out, how to stay focussed, ringing bells and hooping.  Joyce managed a respectable 4 in Smartypants. That's nothing to be sniffed at. Photo credit: radioaustralia.net.au See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

In this instalment of Finding the Funny, instead of featuring a particular comedian our host Ezra Zaid focuses on the theme of death - which by general consensus, isn't very funny at all. Join us as we explore the role of humour and comedy in dealing with grief, and the prospect of mortality, plus a selection of best quotes and jokes about death. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

The Malaysian civil service consists of 1.4 million civil servants in 28 schemes under the Public Services Department - a figure that has been questioned now and again as being too bloated a service. But is it really? We find out with ex Secretary General of Treasury in the Ministry of Finance Tan Sri Dato' Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim. The show is brought to you by the Government Transformation Progr...

In our second installment of the show, we managed to convince the forever-effervescent host of Thank Friday It's Football & Life's A Pitch to join us for a good old banter. Ross, a man of few words - had difficulty sharing stories from his youth... If only there was a sarcasm font. And did you know that he was born in Singapore? No? Now you do. And for the record he scored a glorious 4 in Smar...

Tight. Capes. Truth. Justice. The American Way? Umapagan Ampikaipakan explores the history and evolution of the superhero in this brand new 12-part weekly series. In Episode #1, he speaks to comic historian Scott McCloud and filmmaker Khai Bahar about the enduring appeal and influence of the comic book.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Much has been said about the recently passed Prevention of Terrorism Act, with many labeling it as a twin of the controversial Internal Security Act.   Global Movement of Moderates Foundation head  Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah    and  Bar Council Member  Christopher Leong offer us their thoughts on the new bill.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ross Yusof & guests Matt Bellotti, Stuart Cavens & Kam Raslan discuss the FA Cup semi finals, Chelsea's (almost) Championship win over Manchester United, Leicester City's revival, Newcastle United & their problems. There's also La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Winners & Losers and UEFA Champions League previews. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On our maiden voyage we managed to start of with a fizz rather than a bang, but that didn't stop us from having a 'cracking' time! We spoke with Shankar Santhiram from EQTD and the cofounder of the Crackhouse Comedy Club about their one year anniversary bash their 'Crackhouse Comedy Carnival 2015'. And just so you know, Shankar scored a 7 on smartypants. Not so smart after all eh? See omnystudio.c...

 The son of a German painter and jazz musician,  Mustafa   Davis  is a  photographer and filmmaker who  has dedicated his career in search of independent stories to tell. Our host Umapagan Ampikaipakan asks Davis about his search for  ecstatic truth in art, and  how he strives to channel his art to change the lives of those around him. See omnystudio.com/lis...

Ross Yusof & guests Bob Holmes, Ray Jennings & Jeevan Selvanathan discuss the UEFA Champions League QF 1st legs. A Luis Suarez inspired win for Barca against Paris. A double from Ricardo Quaresma against Bayern PLUS a chat with Dez Corkhill (Astro Arena) about the AFC Cup & MSL AND previews of the weekend's BPL, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Treatment Table & 3 Big Shouts!...

On The Evening Edition today, we shared the survey results from BFM's collaboration with independent pollster Merdeka Centre, about Malaysians' understanding of 1MDB. The results were surprising to say the least, and reps from Merdeka Centre and BFM helped in breaking down the results for the listeners.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before the implementation of minimum wage, a study in 2010 revealed that 48% of Malaysian employees earn less than RM1000 a month. Wage disparity and distribution is an important issue in our journey towards a high income nation. The government has instituted the minimum wage policy and that is just one step in the right direction. But what about the private sector. What role do they play in reduc...