Saturday Mornings with Glenn van Zutphen

Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys speak to Ivan Heng, Founding Artistic Director, Wild Rice and Adrian Pang, Co-Artistic Director, Pangdemonium Theatre Company about how the theatre industry has been impacted by the pandemic by going online and why theatre matters to a community and economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen speaks to Jakarta-based Television Producer Brad Cox about the dire COVID-19 situation in Indonesia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen speaks to Dr Sivabalan Sivanesan, Director, Medical & Regulatory Affairs, Roche Singapore and Dr Toh Chee Keong, Medical Oncologist, Curie Oncology about “World No Tobacco Day” and a new combination immunotherapy approved by the Singapore Health Sciences Authority and the US FDA that’s giving renewed hope to adults living with small cell lung cancer.  ...

Glenn van Zutphen is joined by Mike Raomanachai, Independent Media Consultant about Bangkok’s phase 3 of reopening on June 1 after COVID-19 lockdown which will see the return of sports without spectators. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our International News Review, Glenn van Zutphen speaks to Steve Okun, Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates and Tara Joseph, President, American Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong about the Trump administration’s ending the American government’s special relationship with Hong Kong, including on trade and law enforcement and the impact that may have on the business community in Hong Kong....

Glenn van Zutphen speaks to Ruchi Parekh, Executive / Life Coach about how we can keep motivated and positive, as we settle into the rhythm of isolation and remote working as well as how we can juggle work and life when working from home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys speak to Dr Andie Ang, Research Scientist & Chairperson, Wildlife Reserves Singapore Conservation Fund (WRSCF), Raffles' Banded Langur Working Group and President, Jane Goodall Institute Singapore about why the military state land forest is important for langurs and other wildlife and why it is important to work with various stakeholder...

Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys is joined by Craig McTurk, Director The Last Artisan, Haw Par Villa about process, challenges and result of directing The Last Artisan which will be aired on The Projector’s online platform. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys speak to Wayne Lim, Co-Founder & Operations Director, Zenway Productions about #PlayApartTogetherSingapore initiative that features popular Youtubers, streamers, professional esports teams and commentators collaborating to raise funds for the vulnerable who have been affected by COVID-19 in Singapore See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys speak to Steve Okun, Senior Advisor, McClarty Association about the current happenings in the United States with the death of George Floyd during arrest and President Donald Trump trade policy shift with Hong Kong and also the US cutting ties with the World Health Organisation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen speaks to Sujata Tuladhar, Technical Specialist, Gender-based Violence, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Asia-Pacific Regional Office and Roy Wadia, Regional Communications Advisor, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Asia-Pacific Regional Office about empowering people who are facing domestic violence during the COVID-19 as well as how they can seek help through support...

In our International News Review, Glenn van Zutphen speaks to Steve Okun, Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates and Nile Bowie, Journalist, Asia Times on the latest in Malaysian politics and the 1MDB scandal, as well as the US pushback against a proposed new security law in Hong Kong and Joe Biden’s latest political gaffe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen speaks to A Dr Duane J. Gubler, Founder, Director, Emerging Infectious Diseases signature research programme at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore about how the COVID-19 pandemic was neither an unexpected nor unpredictable black swan event as many infectious disease experts have repeatedly warned of such a possibility. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen speaks to Denise Lim, Head of Incubation, Singapore Management University and Yasmine Khater, Executive Coach & Sales Trainer, Sales Story Method about Bye Bye Virus a card game developed to debunk misinformation about COVID-19 and educated the public on how to stay safe indoors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys speak to Mohamed Imran Bin Mohamed Taib, Director, Centre for Interfaith Understanding about Hari Raya, the festive season for the Muslims during Singapore Circuit Breaker period and how the Muslim community is coming together to celebrate during COVID-19. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys speak to Professor Ben Horton, Chair, Asian School of the Environment, NTU about how cities should prepare for an impact on coastal protection that will hit sooner than predicted by the United Nations and globally, what are the efforts that need to be made to sow the polar ice melt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys speak to Lucian Teo, User Education & Outreach Manager, Google about how has COVID-19 affected the digital threat landscape and how we can keep ourselves safe from online threats by using Google Safety Centre. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys is joined by Daniel Tham, Senior Curator, National Museum of Singapore about National Library Board and the National Museum of Singapore collaboration inviting the public to contribute memories of their everyday experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys speak to N. Sivasothi, Department of Bioloical Sciences, National University Singapore - known as "Otterman" - about how Singapore's 10 otter families (80 animals) are a thriving success story that no other urban area has seen,and how the vast majority of residents want to coexist with them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

Glenn van Zutphen speaks to Mike Raomanachai, Independent Media Consultant about the Thai government loosening its COVID-19 restrictions as well as the general mood and movement of its citizens after the lockdown. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen speaks to Sudhir Agarwal, Founder and CEO, Everise about his next-generation business process outsourcing (BPO) company and how they provide partners with outsourced CX that is affordable, sustainable, agile, and fluent in over 20 languages. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our International News Review, Glenn van Zutphen speaks to Steve Okun Senior Advisor of McLarty & Associates as they talk about the Trump administration firing of four inspectors general in the US, the latest whistleblower complaint, and the long and funny life of actor Fred Willard who passed away at age 86. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen is joined by Dr Manfred Eggersdorfer, Professor for Healthy Ageing University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands as they talk about current diet trends and how Singapore can get a handle on the increasing number of diabetes cases. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen speaks to Chung Chiew Farn, Founder and CEO of ClassDo about his professional virtual collaboration platform for education and corporates as well as the future of holding conferences and classes online post-COVID-19. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn van Zutphen speaks to Harry Corro, Former ONE FM DJ in Toronto, Canada about the COVID-19 situation there and the easing of lockdown restrictions on May 19. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.