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Bookmark This! Ep 17: Reviewing the 2020 Booker Prize 28:02 mins Synopsis: A monthly literary podcast by The Straits Times featuring titles in the headlines and sizzling reads. Who will win the 2020 Booker Prize? Will it be an ambitious historical novel about Ethiopia’s unsung women soldiers or a bleak dystopia about the last wilderness? Will a pioneer Zimbabwean author take the prize, or will it go to one of the four up-and-coming debut novelists on the list? In the latest episode of this monthly literary podcast, Straits Times journalists Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li break down the prize’s unusually diverse shortlist ahead of the winner's announcement on Nov 19. Listen at: This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga - 1:39 The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste - 4:59 Real Life by Brandon Taylor - 14:23 Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi - 17:25 Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart - 21:57 The New Wilderness by Diane Cook - 23:48 Produced by: Olivia Ho, Toh Wen Li and ... » Learn More about Bookmark This! Podcast: Reviewing the 2020 Booker Prize

Life Weekend Picks Ep 112: Last chance to see original Star Wars props at exhibition 10:59 mins Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times recommends lifestyle and food picks for the coming weekend in Singapore. In this week's Life Picks, senior culture correspondent Ong Sor Fern tells us what the public can expect at the upcoming Star Wars exhibition at the ArtScience Museum, and why the show isn't just for hardcore fans of the franchise. Assistant Life editor Olivia Ho gives her top recommendations for Singapore Art Week. Journalist Anjali Raguraman reviews special Chinese New Year cocktails from Junior the Pocket Bar. Produced by: ST Life desk & ST Video team Edited by: ST Video team & Penelope Lee Subscribe to Life Weekend Picks Podcast for new episodes every Thursday and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa2 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa6 Spotify: https://str.sg/JWau Google Podcasts: ... » Learn More about Life Weekend Picks Podcast: Last chance to see original Star Wars props at exhibition

Weekly Money FM Podcasts (Dec 28) Singapore startup hatches Asia’s first whole commercial plant-based egg (featuring Ms Vinita Choolani, founder & chief executive, Float Foods) Can leading like a phoenix help leaders leverage disruption? (featuring Professor Ian C. Woodward, Insead) Inspect-a-gadget: 2020 wrap (featuring Mr Christopher Lim, Digital Editor, The Business Times) Expansion on the horizon for Endowus in 2021 (featuring Mr Gregory Van, founding partner of Endowus) Home, Truly: Growing Up with Singapore, 1950s to the Present (featuring Ms Karen Ho, assistant manager, curatorial, National Heritage Board) Discover Money FM 89.3 Podcasts: http://www.moneyfm893.sg/podcast/ Spotify: https://str.sg/JWVx ... » Learn More about Weekly Money FM Podcasts: What will help leaders leverage disruption?

Weekly Money FM Podcasts (Jan 6) Pandemic retail and future trends (featuring Mr Arvin Singh, chief operating officer and co-founder, Hoolah) Digital transformation gains pace (featuring Mr Max Tiong, head of digital transformation, NTUC Income ) Can you drink to your heart's content? (featuring Dr Reginald Liew, senior consultant cardiologist, Harley Street Heart & Vascular Centre, Gleneagles) How Covid-19 will shape the telco landscape (featuring Mr Johan Buse, chief, consumer business group, StarHub) The importance of job stamina to stay in the game (featuring Ms Aliza Knox, head of Apac, Cloudflare) Discover Money FM 89.3 Podcasts: http://www.moneyfm893.sg/podcast/ Spotify: https://str.sg/JWVx ... » Learn More about Weekly Money FM Podcasts: Pandemic retail and future trends

Weekly Money FM Podcasts (Feb 1) Salary trends for 2021: which sectors can expect big money (featuring Ms Akansha Argawal, manager, accounting & finance, Robert Walters) D’Crypt pilots Singapore’s first contact tracing device use in live process plant environment (featuring Mr Ryan Tan, chief operating officer, D’Crypt) Gamifying property investment: the Monopoly PropNex edition (featuring Mr Ismail Gafoor, chief executive and executive chairman, PropNex) Digital offerings for a safe and joyful Chinese new year (featuring Ms Bee Bee Lim, head of marketing and customer management, consumer banking group, DBS) Tan Chuan-Jin on the perils of social media and guarding our cybersecurity (Mr Tan Chuan-Jin, Speaker of Parliament and MP for Marine Parade GRC) Discover Money FM 89.3 Podcasts: http://www.moneyfm893.sg/podcast/ Spotify: https://str.sg/JWVx ... » Learn More about Weekly Money FM Podcasts: Salary trends for 2021

New podcast channels for ST's Health Check, BT's Money Hacks and more podcast shows 2:18 mins Synopsis: The Straits Times and The Business Times audio features channel will continue to feature newsy content and sponsored podcasts. Meanwhile, our existing podcast series have now been given their own dedicated channels on free and popular audio apps Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. Just open those apps on your mobile phone, and do a search for our podcast shows. Want to invest and grow your money or save more money? Search for The Business Times' podcast called Money Hacks. Follow Money Hacks Podcast series and rate us on: Channel: http://bt.sg/btmoneyhacks Apple Podcasts: http://bt.sg/oeXe Spotify: http://bt.sg/oeGN Google podcasts: http://bt.sg/oeGd Over at The Straits Times, we have a string of shows for you. Want to know more healthy living tips? Search for Health Check. Follow Health Check Podcast series and rate us on: ... » Learn More about New podcast channels for ST & BT specialist shows

BT Mark To Market Ep 4: GameStop short squeeze and the power of retail investors 13:26 min Listen to Ben Paul's analysis and insight on market trends and corporate issues in Singapore in this new podcast series based on his weekly column in The Business Times. In this fourth episode of the Mark To Market podcast, BT's senior correspondent Ben Paul examines how the short squeeze of US-listed GameStop has focused attention on the return of retail investors as a force in the markets. How retail investors trade stocks; and the impact they've had on the markets (2:18) The popular narrative on the GameStop short squeeze; and why it probably isn't true (7:35) How retail investors, enabled by social media, are driving change in the markets (8:58) What investors should do as the markets become more speculative and volatile (11:10) Produced by: Ben Paul, Ernest Luis & Lee Kim Siang Edited by: Adam Azlee Follow BT Mark To Market podcasts and rate us on: ... » Learn More about BT Mark To Market Podcast: GameStop short squeeze and the power of retail investors

Bookmark This! Ep 19: Written In The Stars - books to read for Valentine's Day 18:32 mins Synopsis: A monthly literary podcast by The Straits Times featuring titles in the headlines and sizzling reads. In this Valentine’s Day episode of The Straits Times literary podcast, journalists Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li visit star-crossed lovers old and new, from William Shakespeare's merry As You Like It to Ian McEwan’s tragic Atonement; from Marilynne Robinson's latest novel Jack to hot-off-the-press home-grown anthology A View Of Stars. Listen at: Jack by Marilynne Robinson (0:41) A View Of Stars edited by Anitha Devi Pillai & Felix Cheong (4:38) Atonement by Ian McEwan (9:57) As You Like It by William Shakespeare (13:13) Produced by: Olivia Ho, Toh Wen Li and Penelope Lee Edited by: Adam Azlee Subscribe to Bookmark This! Podcast series and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWas Apple Podcasts: ... » Learn More about Bookmark This! Podcast: Written In The Stars – books to read for Valentine’s Day

Weekly Money FM Podcasts (Feb 16) Verifying travellers’ Covid-19 test results fast and efficiently (featuring Mr Nicholas Foo, vice-president, Temasek International & business development, Affinidi) The inflation myth (featuring Mr Mark Mobius, author) Strengthening health in the elderly through nutrition intervention (featuring Dr Low Yen Ling, divisional vice-president, global scientific and medical affairs, nutrition research and development, Abbott Apac) The year that was for the manpower sector in Singapore (featuring Mr Leong Chee Tung, chief executive and co-founder, EngageRocket and Mr Alvin Goh, executive director, Singapore Human Resources Institute) Forecast for business leaders and policy makers across the world (Ms Angela Mancini, partner and head of Apac markets) Discover Money FM 89.3 Podcasts: http://www.moneyfm893.sg/podcast/ Spotify: https://str.sg/JWVx ... » Learn More about Weekly Money FM Podcasts: Verifying travellers’ Covid-19 test results efficiently

#GameOfTwoHalves Ep 121: Victoria Lee on hype, pressure and siblings ahead of pro MMA debut 9:45 mins Synopsis:  #GameofTwoHalves is The Straits Times' weekly sports podcast. This week, sports correspondent Sazali Abdul Aziz talks to Victoria Lee, the 16-year-old sister of One Championship mixed martial arts (MMA) world champions Christian and Angela. Victoria will make her professional MMA debut against Thailand’s Sunisa Srisen at One Championship’s Fists of Fury event at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Feb 26. The junior at Mililani High School in Hawaii talks about her preparations for her big fight. What does Victoria think about the possibility of an atomweight MMA fight against her sister in the future? They discuss: 1. How to handle all the hype and pressure (1:06) 2. Comparisons with her older siblings (3:20) 3. What can fans expect in Victoria’s debut? (5:51) 4. The Lee MMA family’s ‘hitlist’ when in S’pore (8:24) Produced by: Sazali ... » Learn More about Podcast: Victoria Lee on hype, pressure and siblings ahead of pro MMA debut