The Straits Times Podcasts
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S2E90: Was the carpet red enough? How Japan, India view Xi-Trump summit
Oct 8, 202626 min
S1E114: LTA wants to merge Cat A and B COEs, here’s why prices won’t come down
Oct 8, 202638 min
S1E93: How the 'high-functioning' label masks ADHD at a high cost
Oct 7, 202652 min
S3E1: Can the ‘develop or conserve’ debate in Singapore be more constructive?
Oct 5, 202633 min
S2E53: You'll never be able to outrun money: why chasing a salary alone won't get you rich or wealthy
Oct 5, 202635 min
S1E113: $8000 mortgages and double tuition for the same subject: the cost of Singapore’s education arms race
Oct 1, 202653 min
S2E89: US and China are trying to make nice, says Singapore diplomat
Sep 29, 202639 min
S2E52: Why it's hard saying no to your boss' Instagram follow request
Sep 28, 202619 min
S2E88: Will Najib’s house arrest derail or help UMNO-PAS unity plans?
Sep 24, 202643 min
S1E112: Is AI going to kill us? We talk to an AI safety researcher
Sep 24, 202647 min
S1E92: Can money buy love for reading? Gwee Li Sui on our results-oriented culture
Sep 23, 202656 min
S2E51: When friends drift apart or fall out, the self-blame and grief can hurt more than a breakup
Sep 21, 202641 min
S2E87: Who’s afraid of BRICS?
Sep 17, 202642 min
S1E111: True Fitness collapse: Why do big gyms keep closing in Singapore?
Sep 17, 202637 min
S1E91: $1b venture capitalist Hian Goh on how Singapore can grow a firm like Apple
Sep 16, 202651 min
S2E50: Sticking together 24/7 while on holiday? That could be a red flag
Sep 14, 202620 min
S1E110: Are million-dollar salaries enough to get talented Singaporeans to join politics?
Sep 11, 202651 min
S2E86: Nine-year-olds on drugs: Has the world abandoned Myanmar?
Sep 10, 202625 min
S1E90: Running on fumes: When self-neglect causes caregivers to hit a wall
Sep 9, 202643 min
S2E49: 'Many buy the story, not the company': The trap many investors fall into
Sep 7, 202634 min
S1E152: How old are you biologically, and what are you doing about it?
Sep 4, 202654 min
S2E85: Taiwan is a society comfortable with contradictions
Sep 3, 202622 min
S1E109: Lifting of wait out period for private home owners could flood HDB market with cash-rich buyers
Sep 3, 202650 min
S1E89: Denise Phua on motherhood, advocacy and support for people with autism
Sep 2, 202656 min
S2E84: DAP remains, but should Anwar stay the same?
Aug 27, 202648 min
S1E88: Sleep, diet and ageing - S’pore’s version of Bryan Johnson on his clinical trial with just himself as a sample
Aug 26, 202657 min
S1E108: Can cash, childcare leave and BTO priority get Singaporeans to have kids? | National Day Rally 2026
Aug 24, 202646 min
S1E107: Maju and Gillman debate: Is Singapore entering a new era of citizen advocacy?
Aug 20, 202642 min
S1E87: Can you change Lee Kuan Yew’s mind? “He will listen,” says S Jayakumar
Aug 19, 202654 min
S2E48: Pay transparency: what to do after finding out a colleague’s salary is higher than yours
Aug 17, 202630 min
S2E83: Trade, tech, geopolitics: A rising China tide isn’t lifting all boats
Aug 13, 202639 min
S1E106: Will the new National Library Board campaign get more people to read books?
Aug 13, 202638 min
S1E86: Unpaid wages and recruitment debt: Can Singapore fix the gaps facing its migrant workers?
Aug 12, 202650 min
S2E83: Why Japan’s elderly keep going back to prison
Aug 6, 202622 min
S1E105: Deaths by suicide among Singaporeans in their 30s have risen by 50%. Why?
Aug 6, 202643 min
S1E85: Inside disguised retrenchments: An employment lawyer on how companies force workers out
Aug 5, 202644 min
S2E47: 'Are you sure you can afford it?' — the hardest money question to ask your friends
Aug 3, 202634 min
S1E104: JB-Singapore RTS Link: Singaporeans will spend $1bn more in JB
Jul 30, 202644 min
S1E5: Stay-at-home or working mum: Is there ever a right choice?
Jul 29, 202639 min
S2E81: In China, AI is ‘everything, everywhere’. Is there a dark side?
Jul 23, 202637 min
S1E103: Faishal Ibrahim’s exit: Are the PAP’s moral standards turning people away from politics?
Jul 23, 202648 min
S1E4: Injections at home, workplace smiles: A working mum's IVF reality
Jul 22, 202647 min
S1E84: The surprising reason Singaporeans complain but don’t correct bad public behaviour
Jul 21, 202625 min
S2E46: 7 jobs in 14 years: A comms director explains why job hopping isn't always bad
Jul 20, 202637 min
S2E80: Why China's economy doesn't add up, according to one economist
Jul 16, 202632 min
S1E102: 1 in 3 employers are hiring contract workers. Are contract jobs the new norm for Singapore grads?
Jul 16, 202640 min
S1E3: Politician Rahayu Mahzam on mum guilt, screen time, social media algorithms
Jul 15, 202651 min
S1E83: Singapore footpath wars: Why reclaiming car space could solve the PMD and PMA problem
Jul 14, 202642 min
S1E151: What your blood pressure reading misses
Jul 13, 202621 min
S2E79: From BTS to Jeju's sea divers: South Korea's cultural revival
Jul 9, 202621 min