Evening Edition

We say the young are talented and that their talents should be nurtured. But these days, nothing beats the power of public recognition as a form of nurturing up-and-coming talent. But where do you start and who’s going to give you their 2-seconds worth of attention span in the world of 24-hour internet, mobile apps and limitless entertainment choices? Well, the organisers of “YouTube t...

David Yepsen became director of the Paul Simon Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale on April 1, 2009. Previosuly, he had a 34 year career with the Des Moines Register serving as the paper's chief political writer, political editor and political columnist. Caroline & Uma spoke to him about the upcoming US election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An article in the NST on May 23 2012: T he issue of job-hopping among young employees is getting serious, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam yesterday. He said this reflected a poor work culture and attitude. He said the ministry had received complaints from employers about the poor work ethics of young employees.  Caroline, Ezra and Patrick Teoh discuss the job-hopping...

Steve Allen is a celebrity chef (who's a bit shy of the title) who survived in Gordon Ramsay's kitchen at Claridge's for just over 10 years. He's here in Malaysia, delighting us with his cooking and talking to us at BFM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In May last year, the Prime Minister declared that a Youth Parliament would be established, similar to those existing in Australia, the United Kingdom and even India. The first trial session went underway two weeks ago in the Palace of the Golden Horses with 222 youths from all over the country. We have two of them - Ahmad Waif and Akmal Saufi - in our studio today to tell us about their experienc...

Being poor is hard for anyone any where in the world. In Malaysia where cost of living is rising rapidly, and the economy is rapidly hurtling towards becoming a high-income nation, competing in high tech, knowledge based economy, there is an added time pressure for the poor to lift themselves out of the poverty vicious cycle that could, if we are not careful, span generations. What do we know of t...

In the final episode of the season, Kam Raslan, Matt Bellotti & Jeevan Selvanathan discuss Chelsea's Champions League win, West Ham's promotion to the Premier League, Montpellier winning Ligue 1. ALSO the Italian & Scottish Cup finals PLUS a chat with Kelantan's FA cup winning coach, Bojan Hodak.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chow Kit the street is notorious for many things: among them is the many homeless children who have to face a vulnerable childhood exposed to drugs, prostitution and street violence. Uma and Johanen Sen did a review of the movie “Chow Kit” on What The Flick, (which you can download and listen to) but today we are looking at the stories about Chow Kit that inspired the movie. Dr. Hartin...

Singing is a musical activity that doesn't require any prior experience or skills. You can sing anytime, anywhere and at any age. Building on that philosophy, a group of people came together to form the community choir of the Philharmonic Society of Selangor. There are no auditions - everyone can join. Cheryl Teh, the choir chairperson and Pan Swee Chin, the soprano talk to us on BFM's Evening Edi...

What makes a good or bad teacher? Caroline, Uma, Patrick and BFM listeners talk about the teachers and mentors in their lives - the good, the bad, and the pure evil. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What began as a room in a bungalow for a classroom is now the Cempaka Group of Schools. Their founder and mentor, Dato' Frieda Pilus, is hailed as the pioneer of private education in Malaysia. This Teacher's Day, she speaks to BFM about her life as an educator for the young. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Teach For Malaysia initiative is aimed at putting an end to education inequality. TFM Fellows are recruited to undergo teaching positions in various schools throughout the country for two years. Since its Teacher’s Day today - we have Aishah Zainol, a TFM Fellow from the first cohort, who have been teaching in schools across Malaysia since Jan this year. And Suresh Kumar Shanmugan, who took...

Tell us about your personal experience with Malaysia's rural areas – what do you think the rural areas need most urgently? Caroline Oh and Ezra Zaid speak with PEMANDU's Eugene Teh about the condition of rural areas in Malaysia.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The week's local and international football highlights. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When we talk about taking a road trip - there’s a general assumption that its going to be by car. But that was not the case for Sandra Loh - instead of doing it the conventional way, she and her buddy, Mak Shiau Meng, decided to cycle instead of drive! And she lived to tell the tale in her book, “Pedalling Around The Peninsular - A Malaysian girls two-wheeled adventure”. We have...

The week's local & international football highlights. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir speaks to Caroline Oh and Uma about her experience at the recent Bersih rally and what it means to the rest of the people. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In Malaysia it is required by law that any non-Muslims that marry a Muslim person must become a Muslim in order for the marriage to be legally recognised in the country. However, what happens when the marriage falls apart? With divorce rates increasing in recent years, mixed marriages are not spared from the increase in divorces. What happens to the Muslim converts who divorce their husbands or wi...

If there's any pain that most, if not all of us share collectively as Malaysians, it is the rapid rise in cost of living in the past few years. Even if you don't track the prices of groceries that you buy, just ask the person in your household who buys the chicken and the fish. If you pay your own bills, you would have noticed the increase in your electricity bill. If you have been looking to buy...

Kam Raslan, Matt Bellotti & Gogulan Dorairajoo lookback at Chelsea's FA Cup victory over Liverpool, Man City winning at Newcastle, the fight for 3rd & 4th going to the final weekend, relegation, the Championship playoffs, La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga, discuss the Winners & Losers of the weekend AND chat to Astro Arena's Dez Corkhill about the latest round of MSL matches. See omnyst...

As the song goes, video killed the radio star... Well not quite. But could YouTube videos very well kill the TV star? After all, who among the young generation watches TV these days? On YouTube, no one can grab the remote control away from you and you get to choose what you want to see. And our two guests tonight are two of the most successful YouTube video makers in the country. If YouTube viewer...

Our guest this evening is the author of “Surfing Behind The Wall: My Palestinian Journey”. The book has been described as a “distinctive, personal account of historical Palestine laced with colour, humour and compassion”. He talks to Caroline and Umapagan about the adventures that inspired the book. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The week's local and international football highlights. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What a storm for the Malaysian media scene this week! On Saturday, Astro censored footage of BBC and Al Jazeera's coverage of Bersih 3.0. And today, on World Press Freedom Day, a certain mainstream media newspaper took generous liberties with the information given it, substituting the word "scientology" with "Islam" - to disastrous effect. This brings us to an important question for a maturing dem...