Episodes
Sarimah Ibrahim, Neelofa, Siti Nurhaliza. Celebrities who got on the wrong side of public fury and found themselves on the receiving end of a flurry of “cancellations”. But what does it mean exactly to be “cancelled”? And is there such a thing as a “cancel culture”?
Published 06/08/21
Published 06/08/21
As Malaysia kickstarts its effort to get as many Malaysians vaccinated as possible, we speak to healthcare administrator Dr. Khoo Yoong Khean about a group who might be an obstacle in the country’s attempt to do so.
Published 05/19/21
We’re halfway through the month of Ramadhan, and in conjunction with Nuzul Qur’an, Azielia and Iqbal speak with the CEO of Islamic budgeting and investing app Kestrl, Areeb Siddiqui about Zakat and the role of billionaires in Islam.
Published 04/29/21
As we enter the month of Ramadhan and Iqbal gets FOMO from all the food he's missing out on back home, we speak to food writer/journalist Amirul Ruslan about why Malaysian food doesn't get as much love abroad as other cuisines from Southeast Asia.
Published 04/15/21
3 Atlanta spas. 3 shootings. 8 dead, mostly Asians. As the events in Georgia come to light, many have described the shooter as belonging to a group of men who identify themselves as "involuntary celibates" or incels. We speak to Munira Mustaffa, a security practitioner, to find out more about this phenomenon and what we need to know about them.
Published 03/23/21
In conjunction with International Women's Month, Iqbal and Azielia speak to Lynn Davies, a Welsh/Malay born in the UK and currently residing in Belgium, as well as Basem Talha, an Egyptian brought up in the United States and Canada, about the different structures of patriarchy in different countries, and why some women in different cultures uphold their society's versions of it.
Published 03/17/21
Iqbal and Azielia drags political analyst Ooi Kok Hin into analyzing strategies and game theories for playing Among Us, as well as wider lessons on how these theories might apply to real-life situations in Malaysian politics.
Published 02/20/21
We join stand-up comic and sketch writer Muzakir Xynll, to talk about conservative opposition to non-traditional relationships, such as interracial and same-sex, and how that might relate to incestuous relationships.
Published 02/06/21
In conjunction with the departure of President Donald Trump from the White House this week, we chat with former political researcher Sharrif Salleh, about a right-wing, conservative political pundit named Ian Miles Cheong who regularly comments about American politics... despite not being American and having actually lived most of his life in Ipoh.
Published 01/23/21
Your hosts Azielia and Iqbal decide to find out the obsession around K-Pop with self described K-Pop fanatic, Shafiqah Othman. Having previously been a K-Pop 'hater', Shafiqah was slowly converted when her husband introduced her to her first K-Pop experience before she fully spiraled down the K-Rabbithole. Come with us as we join the blogger/writer/artist on her journey to K-Fanaticism, to understand why so many have apparently made the journey too.
Published 01/09/21
We discuss the concept of the “mental load” with Natasha Shazana, who not only has a family to feed, but also two feline dependents and a startup she plans to launch in 2021. Iqbal and Azielia chat with her as she shares her experience cooking dinner while juggling 3 other household responsibilities at the same time only to be told, "you should have asked me to help!"
Published 12/24/20