A Bit of Culture

Kam Raslan returns from his injury to bravely helm A Bit of Culture again, with journalist Zan Azlee and BFM’s Dhanya Nair joining him on the show. Zan starts the show by sharing what it’s like to be a parent to young, athletic children and how proud and scared he is at the same time. Kam then laments about how Kuala Lumpur’s design is not really friendly for pedestrians and the differently-abled....

In this episode of A Bit of Culture, Vernon Adrian Emuang and Matt Armitage join Kam Raslan to discuss three exciting topics that will make you ponder along. Matt starts the show by talking about quiet quitting and discussing its merit in this capitalistic world. Kam then questions the usage of the word “we”, especially when we refer to our old ancestors or the successes of others. In the second p...

Our culture vulture Kam Raslan is accompanied by Julian Yap and Dhanya Nair in this episode of A Bit of Culture that takes a deep dive into what it means to be an obsessive fan. Kam draws from his personal experience of obsessing over The Beatles, while Julian and Dhanya are both into BTS. But prior to that, they speak about true crime podcasts and why they’re so fascinating, as well as ponder whe...

Kam Raslan returns, alongside BFM producer Sim Wie Boon and documentary filmmaker Ahmad Yazid on another exciting episode of A Bit of Culture. They start the show by talking about the Malaysia Day narrative and whether it’s an exciting story that can be made into a film, compared to our Merdeka narrative. From that, they then jump to talking about space technology, inspired by Yazid’s recent exper...

Another week, another exciting episode of A Bit of Culture, this time with guests, Ong Kar Jin and Bihzhu Foo. Host Kam Raslan starts the show by reflecting on KL as a capital city and whether it has lived up to its name. Kar Jin follows that up by talking about Damnatio Memoriae, Latin for “condemnation of memory”. Bihzhu then ponders about the way we acknowledge Independence Day and Malaysia Day...

Futurist Matt Armitage and BFM’s Julian Yap join Kam Raslan on this episode of A Bit of Culture that tries to tackle a little bit of everything under the sun. Julian starts the show by talking about subtitles and closed captions and how they’re pretty popular beyond their intended purposes. True to his nature, Matt then starts talking about coins and cash, and whether they’re still relevant in thi...

This week’s episode of A Bit of Culture has a bit of everything - conversations about demographics, monsters, fathers and even fantasy graphic novel and TV adaptations. Kam starts the show by talking about Malaysian age demographics and its implications to the country’s future. Actor Na'a Murad then asks the group to imagine what kind of Malaysian monster movies they would like to make, based on t...

A Bit of Culture truly lives up to its name in this episode with three totally different topics. Our first guest, Zan Azlee, talks about how extremism can be countered tactfully in media through films and movies that deal with the issue in a very subtle way. Our second guest, Dhanya Nair shares her experience shaving her head recently for charity and recommends others to do the same. Our host, Kam...