In today's Pressing Matters, Philip See speaks to Ushar Daniele a broadcast journalist based in Malaysia to unpack the progress or lack of from the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties or in short COP28. We get a sense of what was achieved and the work still required to meet the 1.5 Celcius goal set out by the Paris Agreement in 2015. Image credit: Shutterstock.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 17, 2023•20 min
Medicine San Frontier (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders regional director Paul Brockman gives us a sense of the situation of the Rohingya crisis taking place, and talks about the motivation behind their recently produced short animation film titled “Lost at Sea” about a story that reflects the atrocities faced by the Rohingya as they seek refuge. Image credit: Doctors Without Borders See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 10, 2023•22 min
Today's all about unpacking the two of the biggest stories that took place this year in the crypto industry. Philip See speaks to Sam Reynolds, Journalist at Coin Desk, as he helps us unpack the imposition of FTX and the downfall of the two major dominant figures of the crypto industry names, Sam Bankman Fried, short for SBF from FTX and Chan Peng Zhou, short for CZ from Binance. Sam helps us contrast and compare the journey of these two very consequential leaders. Image credit: Shutterstock.com...
Dec 03, 2023•22 min
On Pressing Matters, Philip See speaks to Dr Benjamin Loh, senior lecturer at the School of Media and Communication at Taylor's University on the state of our media and the effectiveness of the government's plan and proposed media council. Image credit: Shutterstock.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 26, 2023•24 min
On Pressing Matters, Philip See speaks to Nat Tan Zhai Yun, editor of ESG at the Edge Malaysia. We get a sense from her on how ESG, short for Environmental Social and Governance is covered by journalists in Malaysia and whether Corporate Malaysia risks being accused of greenwashing. Image credit: Shutterstock.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 19, 2023•21 min
On today’s Pressing Matters, Philip See speaks to Dr. James Gomez, Regional Director at Asia Centre as we reflect how national and global citizenry can be embedded within Malaysia’s youth. This issue comes to the fore in view of how our public education has decided to embrace social causes such as the Solidarity with Palestine week. We get James’s perspective and views on whether these efforts really help us reinforce the ideals of what it takes to be a global citizen in our next generation. Ima...
Nov 05, 2023•24 min
On Pressing Matters, Philip See speaks to Dr Abdul Rahman Yaacob, Research Fellow in the Southeast Asia Program at the Lowy Institute, on how ASEAN governments have been responding to the Israeli-Palestine conflict taking place in Gaza. They will be discussing the impact on domestic politics and the repercussions it may have on other conflicts within ASEAN as well as whether there will be a shift in strategic alliances between China and the West. Image credit: Shutterstock.com See omnystudio.com...
Oct 29, 2023•22 min
Philip See speaks to Khalil Majeed, Co-Founder & Project Director of Faqcheck, as we have a broad ranging conversation about disinformation. Khalil helps us unpack how he is building a mini-army of fact-checkers and we ask him how easy is it to get to the root cause of disinformation. Image credit: Shutterstock.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 22, 2023•22 min
Philip See speaks to Sha Hua, a reporter from The Wall Street Journal's Singapore bureau as we have a discussion with her on her recent article titled ‘A nation goes for dominance – of World’s stinkiest fruit’. We get her insights into the Chinese Love affair of the Durian and we ask her the lengths the Chinese have gone to to meet their growing appetite for this thorny fruit. Image credit: Shutterstock.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 15, 2023•18 min
We speak to Nazri Noran, Chief Executive Officer, Media Prima Audio to get a sneak peek of Media Prima’s strategy on its radio business. We ask him whether former Minister Khairy Jamaluddin’s gig as guest DJ in Hot FM has helped the station and whether his radio presenters feel threatened by the presence of Aina Sabrina, Malaysia’s first AI Radio DJ. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 08, 2023•24 min
On Pressing Matters, Philip See speaks to Cliff Lim, Director of Risk & Compliance at Dow Jones to get a sense of how financial crimes have evolved in the region and whether we learnt the lessons from 1MDB. Cliff will also try to connect the dots if the recent unearthing of corruption scandals in Singapore could have been aided by improved compliance following the 1MDB saga. Image credit: Shutterstock.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 01, 2023•24 min
Philip See speaks to Kris Cheng, a journalist based in the UK, who used to work for Hong Kong Freedom Press and now works for Voice of America. They discuss the level of freedom of the press in Hong Kong and the difference in coverage between a journalist based in and away from Hong Kong. Image credit: Shutterstock.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 24, 2023•24 min
We speak to Angela Christian-Wilkes, researcher from Deakin University about the press coverage of the recently concluded Women’s World cup and how the beautiful game has begun taking on a broad range of social issues. Image credit: Shutterstock.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 17, 2023•21 min
For Pressing Matters, Philip See speaks to Simon Huang, journalist and Chief Analyst from Tech in Asia as he helps us unpack how the big ASEAN unicorns, Grab, SEA and Goto, have performed so far this year and whether the next generation of unicorns will be difficult to emerge as the era of cheap money is over. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 10, 2023•21 min
For Pressing Matters, we speak to Malek Ali Founder of BFM Media, with 15 questions about BFM. We trace the ups and downs of the station and ask him how the station has evolved and what his hopes for the future are for the next 15 years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 03, 2023•31 min
Since the military ousted the democratically elected government in Myanmar in February 2021, press freedom in that country has been shoved down the sewers, forcing many journalists, both local and international to exit the country. Sonny Swe the founder of Frontier Myanmar, now operates from just across the border, in northern Thailand, to provide its readers with balanced, in-depth reporting and insights from the ground to help make sense of what’s happening in the country. Image Credit: Fronti...
Aug 27, 2023•20 min
Ibrahim Sani and Luqman Hariz, anchors of Astro Awani and hosts of the Tiber podcast join a discussion on the evolving role of the new room following the latest report from the Reuters - Oxford Institute for the Study of Journalism about the growing role of Digital influencers in breaking and shaping news. Image Credit: Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 20, 2023•22 min
Philip See speaks to Norman Goh, a journalist from Nikkei Asia, about the outcome of the recently concluded state elections. He recounts the campaign and reflects on the tensions that took place throughout the day. So what's next? When the dust settles, what are the lessons and post mortem of this pivotal vote? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 13, 2023•26 min
On Pressing Matters, our guests are no strangers in Malaysia’s media industry as Philip See gets into conversation with Datuk Ahirudin bin Attan aka Rocky Bru and Terence Fernandez about their latest news portal the Scoop as we have a wide ranging conversation and understand their motivations behind the birth of this portal. Phil tries to get the Scoop on the Scoop. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 06, 2023•23 min
Bradley C. Freeman, Media Professor & Associate Dean at Sunway University debates with us on whether tech giants should pay online news and local media content. Will Malaysia follow the pathway taken by Australia and Canada? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 30, 2023•22 min
We unpack the latest United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report entitled” Enhancing Human Capital Through Sexual & Reproductive Health Investments and Family Support Policies in Malaysia” as we discuss with Tengku Aira Tengku Razif the novel approach the fund has taken to calculate the return of investments when we invest in sexual and reproductive health in Malaysia Image by: Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jul 23, 2023•23 min
We speak to Ian Yee, co-founder of the Fourth on the status of investigative journalism in Malaysia. What are the challenges Malaysia faces in developing investigative journalism and whether there is an ecosystem to nurture the next generation? Image by: Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 16, 2023•21 min
We speak about gender equity and equality in the media industry with Tehmina Kaoosji, a journalist, communications consultant and gender equity activist about the progress or perhaps the lack of we are seeing in Malaysia’s media industry Image by: Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 09, 2023•22 min
We ask Dr Jonathan Chang CEO of Fintopia and a frequent commentator on the tech industry on how South East Asia’s tech industry has been navigating 2023 following on the back of news that Grab has axed nearly 10% of its staff Image by: Twenty1Studio - Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 02, 2023•24 min
We speak to Boo Suu-Lyn Editor in Chief of Code Blue about the recent Health White Paper and the Control of Smoking Product for Public Health Bill 2023 as both papers and bills were discussed through parliament and what are the challenges of translating these proposals into action Image by: Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 25, 2023•21 min
BFM Media has a Mandarin-podcast arm known as Caijin, which will celebrate its 2nd anniversary this year. Philip See speaks to Isaac Wong, the programme manager at Caijin on how the podcast station has evolved, as well as the struggles and challenges they faced in the relatively saturated and traditional Chinese language media landscape. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 18, 2023•21 min
In this week’s Pressing Matter, we discuss with Shannon Teoh Malaysia Bureau Chief at the Straits Times over the recent controversy over the jokes made by Joceyln Chia and how have the media and politicians from both Malaysia and Singapore have responded to it. We turn serious as this is no laughing matter! Image by: Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 11, 2023•19 min
Pressing Matters: where Phillip See speaks to Greg Waldron editor from Flight Global on airshows and how they have evolved post pandemic and whether the geopolitical landscape has particularly shaped how these airshows are conducted Image by: Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 28, 2023•22 min
On Pressing Matters we speak to Meena Raman, President of Sahabat Alam Malaysia about the controversial Penang South Island Reclamation Project that has been dominating news headlines as we get the perspective of the NGOs about this project. Image by: Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 21, 2023•21 min
Dr Aim Sinpeng, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney speaks to us about the state of this watershed Thai election, focusing specifically on the election campaign and the importance of social media and the youth vote as the country see saws between a flourishing democracy and military coups. Image by: Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 14, 2023•23 min
