Podcasts about Malaysia

Access to clean water is still out of reach for a staggering number of people—and it's not just a distant problem. According to estimates from WHO and UNICEF, over 2 billion people still don't have safely managed drinking water at home, a reality that impacts everything from health to education and economic opportunity. As pressure from climate change and population growth builds, there's increasing recognition that lasting solutions need to be built from the ground up, with communities at the center.Within that shift, purpose-driven initiatives are emerging that connect individual action with systemic change—focused on creating impact that lasts well beyond the moment.So what happens when a single individual attempts to run more than 15,000 kilometers across a continent—not for sport, but to catalyze transformation? Can a physical journey spark a scalable model for lifting communities out of poverty?Welcome to I Don't Care. In a conversation centered on purpose and impact, Dr. Kevin Stevenson is joined by Veronique Bourbeau, founder and CEO of Run4Humanity, to unpack a continent-spanning effort to transform communities through water, education, and endurance. The conversation spans far beyond endurance athletics, diving into the mechanics of sustainable development, behavioral change, and what it truly means to empower communities from within.Key takeaways from the episode…It's not about the run—it's about systems change: The journey is a vehicle to deliver water access, agricultural support, sanitation, and education through locally driven programs.Community-first implementation is critical: Every initiative is co-created with local leaders and tailored to the unique needs of each region, ensuring long-term sustainability.Behavioral transformation is the missing link: Beyond infrastructure, Run4Humanity emphasizes financial literacy, health, and mindset shifts to break the cycle of poverty.Veronique Bourbeau is an ultra-endurance athlete, author, and global humanitarian. A former journalist turned humanitarian leader, she combines expertise in international development, partnership-building, and community-led program design with elite ultra-endurance achievements, including a 3,010 km run across Japan and a record-setting 444 km race victory in Malaysia. Through Run4Humanity, she leverages large-scale endurance initiatives and global partnerships to advance water security, economic resilience, and long-term behavioral change.

Jeremy Tan, independent candidate for Mountbatten SMC in Singapore's GE2025, joins Jeremy Au and Shiyan Koh to unpack why he ran, why he lost, and what he learned about Singapore's political meta. He explains why public scrutiny and small-town dynamics deter Singaporeans from entering politics, why negative campaigning backfires with voters, and why opposition parties should focus resources on winning single member constituencies. The conversation digs into Singapore's fertility crisis, with Jeremy arguing that housing affordability, not incentives, is the real bottleneck, alongside his policy ideas: ending primary school affiliation, building cheaper HDB flats, and compounding baby equity accounts tied to the STI. For founders, investors, and operators across Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia, this episode offers a candid look at how AI driven layoffs, capital concentration, and rising costs are reshaping Southeast Asia's most developed economy, and what it takes to challenge an incumbent system from the outside. Watch, listen or read the full insight at https://www.bravesea.com/blog/jeremy-tan-singapore-politics  BRAVE is Southeast Asia's leading tech podcast, hosted by Jeremy Au. Honest conversations with the region's top founders, investors, and operators on building startups in Southeast Asia. New episodes every week. Subscribe so you never miss one. Listen & Subscribe YouTube (English), YouTube (Bahasa Indonesia), Spotify (English), Spotify (Bahasa Indonesia), Spotify (Chinese), Spotify (Vietnamese), Apple Podcasts Follow BRAVE LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp Follow Jeremy Au LinkedIn, X / Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads, Twitch Resources Get transcripts, startup resources & community discussions at www.bravesea.com #Singapore #SingaporePolitics #GE2025 #HousingCrisis #FertilityRate #HDB #SoutheastAsia #TechPodcast #VentureCapital #AI 00:00 Highlights and introduction 01:24 Why Jeremy Tan ran as an independent in Mountbatten 04:20 Why Singaporeans don't run for office 07:40 AI, layoffs, and the decision to enter politics 11:49 The new political meta in Singapore 14:30 Criticism, pet policies, and running against a newcomer 17:40 Election night: predicting his own loss 25:50 What opposition parties got wrong in GE2025 29:21 Singapore's fertility crisis starts with housing 34:35 Primary school affiliation and education inequality 44:55 Three policy ideas: housing, schools, baby equity accounts 49:59 Capital, the sandwich generation, and what comes next 54:25 Closing reflections

In this episode the guys break down how to eat carbs for muscle gains and fat loss — why they're not essential but are beneficial, how to figure out if you do better higher carb or lower fat, timing carbs around workouts, choosing easy-digesting sources, and why drinking carbs is almost always a mistake. They also get into a deep dive on PDE5 inhibitors (Viagra/Cialis) and the emerging data showing 30–40% reduction in all-cause cardiovascular mortality, potential neuroprotective and anti-cancer effects, and why Sal thinks they'll be recommended to most men over 40 within a decade. Plus: side bends as a highly underrated QL exercise, the Guy Ritchie movie "In the Gray," Sal's son's gem hustle, Adam's commercial-grade mosquito killer, Google releasing 32 million lab-bred mosquitoes into California, pirates and their eye patches, cauliflower ear plastic surgery in Russia, and giant tree spiders in Malaysia. Then they coach live callers submitted through mplivecaller.com — Jesse from Florida on reverse dieting after a bad coach left her overtrained and underfed, Augie from Alabama on combining MAPS PPL with running for fall race prep, Kaylene from New York on sobriety from THC and getting comfortable bulking, and Vanessa from the UK on building her glutes while letting go of the step and scale obsession. MAPS Summer Sale — https://mapsfitnessproducts.com Code: SUMMER40 — 40% off everything — June 1–14 only Mind Pump Fitness Coaching — https://mindpumpfitnesscoaching.com 1.9 NASM CEUs SPONSORS Crisp Power (protein pretzels) — https://www.crisppower.com/mindpump Code: MINDPUMP — 10% off. Up to 28g protein, 15g carbs, baked not fried, zero added sugar, vegan, GLP-1 friendly. New 7.1oz variety pack bundles now available. Joovv (red light therapy) — https://joovv.com/mindpump Code: MINDPUMP — $50 off first purchase. Discussed on air for stretch marks and skin health. Seed Daily Synbiotic — https://seed.com/mindpump Code: 25MINDPUMP — 25% off first month LINKS Submit a live caller question: https://mplivecaller.com Mind Pump Store: https://mindpumpstore.com Maps Fitness Products: https://mapsfitnessproducts.com Instagram: @mindpumpmedia 0:00 - Intro 2:07 - How to eat carbs for muscle gains and fat loss — the full breakdown 17:29 - Bookending workouts with carbs & choosing easy-digesting sources 23:42 - PDE5 inhibitors (Viagra/Cialis) — 30–40% cardiovascular mortality reduction & longevity data 33:41 - Side bends for the QL — the most underrated exercise nobody does 39:32 - Sal's son's gem hustle, World Vision kids & the Lego birthday revelation 47:08 - Adam's commercial mosquito killer, Google releasing 32M lab mosquitoes & laser bug defense 1:08:29 - Caller: Jesse (Florida) — overtrained, underfed by bad coach, incredibly strong, gets a coach 1:17:53 - Caller: Augie (Alabama) — combining MAPS PPL with running for fall races 1:22:23 - Caller: Kaylene (New York) — THC sobriety, cannabinoid hyperemesis, bulking comfort 1:39:16 - Caller: Vanessa (UK) — building glutes, letting go of steps and scale, needs to gain weight

Rapkat was born in northwest China, fled to Malaysia at five, landed in Brooklyn, bounced through public, private, and charter school, married at seventeen, attended a coding bootcamp, got a remote software engineering job — and has been homeschooling and world schooling his five kids across Europe and Asia ever since.In this episode we talk about why he thinks getting straight A's is actually not a good sign, what "learning to learn" means and why it matters more than any subject, how he intentionally teaches his kids to let go of possessions every time they move, and why he believes seventy percent of your kid's school day is completely invisible to you as a parent.We also get into AI, the real cost of using it, and what he says most people get completely wrong about it.If you've ever wondered what education looks like when you strip away every assumption — this one will stay with you.Resources from Cheryl:

GG Hawkins speaks with BAFTA-winning director Marc Munden about directing the new Netflix adaptation of Lord of the Flies, written by Jack Thorne. Munden discusses revisiting William Golding's novel, shaping the series' visual language, filming on a remote island in Malaysia, working with 36 young actors, and how limitations around child actors' schedules helped inspire the show's hallucinatory nighttime look. In this episode, No Film School's GG Hawkins and guest Marc Munden discuss... Why Munden was initially conflicted about adapting Lord of the Flies again How Jack Thorne structured the four-part series around Piggy, Jack, Simon, and Ralph Using the rainforest as an alien, living ecosystem that mirrors the boys' collapsing society How production restrictions led Munden to develop an infrared-inspired visual approach for nighttime scenes Rehearsing for five weeks with 36 child actors before shooting Directing young performers toward natural behavior instead of “performing” How Munden uses analog production books filled with references, sketches, script pages, and notes Why post-production became a continuation of discovery, including iPhone footage and evolving portrait sequences Munden's advice for emerging filmmakers: make films, learn to write, be kind, and keep learning from others Memorable Quotes: “I thought, well, who needs another Lord of the Flies?” “I wanted to just characterize the rainforest as something which is alien, that has a strange beauty to it.” “I think filmmaking is the mixture of extreme joy and small defeats.” “I would say, shoot your own film.” Guests: Marc Munden Find No Film School everywhere: On the Web: No Film School Facebook: No Film School on Facebook Twitter: No Film School on Twitter YouTube: No Film School on YouTube Instagram: No Film School on Instagram

In this episode, Saeed Khan, Amina Easat Daas, Chella Ward and Claudia Radiven sit down for a round up of the season's dynamic episodes, and take a look toward the future and the next season. The conversation drew on the manifestations of Islamophobia across many different national contexts and the connectedness of them all. Across the episodes this season we explored the structural and systemic problems facing Muslims internationally, the work being done to combat it, and how tolerance may not be so tolerant after all. In this round up the team looked back at conversations at the recent International Islamophobia Studies Research Association Conference in Malaysia as well as in the ReOrient journal and blog, ReOrientations. We also looked forward to the upcoming debates and discussions to be held at the Critical Muslim Studies Conference and Summer Programme in Turkiye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this episode, Saeed Khan, Amina Easat Daas, Chella Ward and Claudia Radiven sit down for a round up of the season's dynamic episodes, and take a look toward the future and the next season. The conversation drew on the manifestations of Islamophobia across many different national contexts and the connectedness of them all. Across the episodes this season we explored the structural and systemic problems facing Muslims internationally, the work being done to combat it, and how tolerance may not be so tolerant after all. In this round up the team looked back at conversations at the recent International Islamophobia Studies Research Association Conference in Malaysia as well as in the ReOrient journal and blog, ReOrientations. We also looked forward to the upcoming debates and discussions to be held at the Critical Muslim Studies Conference and Summer Programme in Turkiye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/islamic-studies

Gavin landed back in Australia just the day before recording, and he and Ken settle in for a full debrief on WDC 2026 in Athens. From the venues and the social activities to all four of Gavin's games and the top board, this one covers it all. Intro Ken sets up the episode – this one is going to be almost entirely about WDC 2026 Athens, because Gavin was there and has only just landed back in Australia (as at the time of recording) (15 secs) He notes the DBN coverage gave a strong account of the boards and Ed's player interviews, but plenty of the magic from Spyros Dovas and his organising team didn't make it to the stream (45 secs) Drinks are introduced: Ken is on one of his home-brew lagers with a kick, and Gavin is working through a leftover Sicilian Nero d'Avola that has turned a little sour – a fitting metaphor, he suggests, for how his first round went (1 min 45 secs) The tournament in aggregate Ken asks Gavin to give a broad overview – location, numbers, facilities, atmosphere (2 mins 45 secs) Around 106 players registered, though some didn't show due to last-minute issues. Approximately 5 Australian players couldn't attend because their original flights were routed through the Middle East (3 mins 30 secs) The geopolitical context: as of recording, the Middle East airspace situation was in week nine of its shutdown, forcing Australian travellers to reroute via Singapore, Hong Kong, or Malaysia. Some also baulked at the US transit option due to the documentation requirements (4 mins 30 secs) Despite the drop-outs, the turnout was excellent and genuinely representative – a heavy European component split between the UK and the rest of Europe, a strong French contingent, players from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland, and Norway, a good number of Americans and a couple of Canadians (including Chris Brand), around 10 Australians, and a couple of Kiwis (Dominick Stephens and Craig Purcell). The local Greek contingent, given the Athens club had only been running for about 18 months, was especially impressive (3 mins 30 secs) Tournament format: three regular rounds followed by a fourth round of tiered top boards. Rather than a single top board, the format featured seven simultaneous top boards – the top 7 players went to the premier board, players 8–14 played the second tier, 15–21 the third, and so on down through the field. Crucially, players who volunteered to sit out for round four to help with numbers kept their ranking position (7 mins) Ken and Gavin discuss how the tiered format means the fourth round is never a dead rubber – every board is still competing for something meaningful (8 mins 15 secs) Discussion of the central clock arrangement: effectively federation-based rather than a literal single clock, with the two main venues coordinating their start times by communication (9 mins 30 secs) The venues The main venue was the upstairs function space of a beachside restaurant operation – excellent location right on the waterfront, but somewhat cramped for negotiations once all the boards were in (9 mins 45 secs) As a result, boards were redistributed to the secondary venue: the Anchor bar, about 150–200 metres down the road. Gavin played two games in each location and considered the Anchor the better play space – more open, well ventilated, and with a large covered outdoor area next to a (drained) pool (11 mins) The colour-coded sash system made it easy to identify players by country but created the amusing challenge of locating your specific Italy in a room full of Italys from different boards (13 mins) The third venue – an outdoor shaded area – was reserved for the premier top board. Unlike Milan's car park, this one had good shade and plenty of room for spectators around the giant shadow board (13 mins 30 secs) Pre-tournament social activities Gavin outlines the structure: you could do as much or as little as you liked. He landed well due to a useful 5.5-hour Singapore layover that helped reset his body clock, and flew over on the same flight as tournament director Jamal Blakkarly (16 mins) They were met at Athens airport by Spyros, his wife, and daughter, who drove them to breakfast at a beautiful harbour-side restaurant in one of the small inlet bays east of Piraeus (18 mins 15 secs) Pre-tournament island stay: Gavin spent two days on Serifos, the island Spyros recommended and which has personal significance to his family (his grandfather was christened there). Spyros provided a detailed Google Map of the best spots. With the tourist season barely starting, Gavin got excellent last-minute accommodation at a family-run hotel and had the beaches almost entirely to himself (18 mins 45 secs) The island was so off-season that locals were literally still painting their furniture and kerbs in preparation. Gavin did the recommended hikes and swims, and the hotel gifted him a dry-bag left behind by a previous guest (20 mins 30 secs) Back in Athens overnight, Gavin caught up with a multinational squad of players including Shane, Brandon, Max, Zoe, Justin Law, Bradley Grace, and Karthik. They had dinner at an Italian restaurant with the Acropolis lit up above them (22 mins 30 secs) Hydra day trip (Wednesday): players caught the fast ferry from Piraeus out to Hydra (about 1.5 hrs). The island has a refined Venetian-Greek port feel, with rustic paths and rock beaches beyond. The group visited the Museum of the 1821 Greek Revolution, full of local history and artefacts. Gavin wore one of his Diplomacy shirts and ended up being an ambassador for the hobby to an American grandmother and her debate-champion granddaughter from North Carolina – and pointed them towards David Hood and the local hobby there (24 mins 15 secs) The water temperature at the beach was about 4–5 degrees colder than Australia, which meant the Europeans loved it and Gavin did not go in (26 mins 30 secs) Acropolis and Athens tour (Thursday): guided tour of the Acropolis by what Spyros described as the best guides operating there, followed by a walk through the Plaka and past the Panathenaic Stadium (venue of the first modern Olympics in 1896), then a seafood lunch at a beautiful harbourside restaurant (30 mins) Temple of Poseidon (Thursday evening): the most popular activity – the bus was packed. About halfway there, Spyros took everyone on an unannounced detour to a beach bar where they had the place to themselves, a wonderful surprise. The Temple itself sits on a peninsula with 270-degree sea views. Spyros told the story of how the Aegean got its name from that location, and a huge group photo was taken (31 mins 15 secs) Tournament production values Gavin describes the production as setting new high-water marks for tournament organisation – high enough that the Chicago 2027 organising team would be wondering how to match it. Every player had a colour-coded sash matching their country, a branded WDC Athens notepad in their country colour, and a matching pen for every round (33 mins) The awards were 3D-printed Greek god statues for the podium finishers, complemented by a full suite of themed awards for the top players in each country and for notable gameplay (34 min) Special awards included: the Ajax Award for 8th place overall (the brilliant fighter who just missed out); the Archimedes Award for the most innovative play; the Leonidas Award for the player who fought on against insurmountable odds; and professionally screen-printed awards for best performance as each of the seven Great Powers (35 mins 45 secs) Gavin's games Round 1 – France – Board: Agkystri (View game) Gavin introduces his first game and the board composition: he played France, with Danae Stamataki (Austria-Hungary, local Greek player who topped the board on 10 supply centres and won best Austria), Sabrina Ahuja "Sabi" as England, Brian Ecton as Germany, Jean-Louis Delattre as Italy, Teo Ananiadis as Russia, and Frank Oosterom from the Netherlands as Turkey (37 mins 15 secs) The plan was a Western Triple working with England and Germany, with the goal of neutralising a strong-looking Italy early. It didn't come together as intended (37 mins 45 secs) The infamous mis-order: Gavin had two builds and intended fleet Brest plus a second build. Instead he built fleet Brest and placed the build directly in MAO, effectively waiving his second build. The DBN commentators interpreted this as a genius strategic waive; Ken's interpretation was somewhat more grounded. Gavin confirms Ken was correct (39 mins) The other players on the board didn't share DBN's generous reading of the situation. Germany immediately moved into Burgundy and kept flipping between fronts as his position allowed. Italy kept pressing France throughout. Gavin found himself squeezed down to a single unit in the English Channel (40 mins 30 secs) Final turn plan: England agreed to convoy an army across to Picardy to support Gavin back into Brest. Instead, Sabi walked into an open Paris. Gavin ended the game with zero supply centres and was eliminated (42 mins 15 secs) Gavin notes he made his disappointment known professionally, and that he subsequently had a drink with Sabi – but not that night (44 mins 15 secs) Round 2 – England – Board: Lemnos Not covered by DBN. Gavin played England; the board included Dominick Stephens (New Zealand) as Germany, Chris Brand (Canada) as Russia, Ruben Sanchez as Italy, Roberto Perego (Italy) as France, Robert Schuppe as Turkey, and Anastasia "Nastja" Styles as Austria-Hungary (46 mins) The plan was a Northern Alliance of England, Germany, and Russia. It unravelled immediately when Chris opened Moscow to Livonia and Dominick interpreted it as aggressive – resulting in a Germany-Russia war from the outset (46 mins 15 secs) Gavin adapted: knowing Germany was occupied in the east, he gave Russia some space and opened into Belgium, with Dominick and Chris both honouring his request to take Norway unopposed via fleet (46 mins 45 secs) Dominick and Gavin worked to grind down Roberto Perego's France, who ground out a hard-fought game staying alive on 2 centres. Ruben Sanchez's Italy played a deft game, flipping between alliances with Turkey and Austria (49 mins 15 secs) Dominick topped the board on 10; Ruben came in at 9; Gavin finished at 7. The game was meant to run to 1909 but drew earlier when the position stabilised. Gavin reflects he may have drawn too early, with both Dominick and Ruben suggesting he had room to push for another two centres (50 mins) Round 3 – Germany – Board: Symi (View game) Gavin played Germany. The board included Shane Armstrong (Australia) as France, Mikalis Kamaritis as Italy, Alex Maslow (USA) as Russia, Steven Hogue (USA) as Austria, Alex Lebedev (Russia) as England, and Jack Johns as Turkey (51 mins 15 secs) The strategic context: only Mikalis Kamaritis and Alex Lebedev were realistically in contention for the top board from this game. Shane and Gavin identified this early and committed to supporting the player they believed deserved to be there (52 mins 45 secs) Shane and Gavin opened with a Sealion against England, while Gavin also walked a careful line with Alex Lebedev, who initially felt more threatened by France than Germany. Austria was eliminated in 1903, and England in 1904 (53 mins 45 secs) A notable moment: Gavin slipped an army from the North Sea into an unoccupied London – a move he acknowledged was unnecessary, created friction with Alex Lebedev, and which he would not make again. He apologised on the day (56 mins 15 secs) Mikalis told Gavin and Shane to wait until 1905 – and delivered. He launched from his eastern position, took two dots off Russia and one off Turkey in a single year, then steamrolled from there. Alex Maslow was a strong and enjoyable player who nearly flipped the alliance but ultimately couldn't (56 mins 15 secs) The game agreed to a draw of 10-10-14 (Shane-Gavin-Mikalis), which the three felt would get Mikalis comfortably onto the top board. In the final adjudication Mikalis took one extra dot away from Shane, making the final scores 15-10-9 (58 mins 15 secs) Round 4 – Austria – Board: Myconos (View game) Gavin made it onto the fourth round, placed into the 6th top board. The board featured Shane Armstrong again as Turkey, Emmett Wainwright as England, Patrick Jacobson as France, Nathan Lester as Germany, Cameron Taylor as Italy, and Richard Bolton as Russia (59 mins 30 secs) The standout introduction: Nathan Lester, son of Dan Lester (who Gavin played against at Bangkok WDC). Same voice, same playing style, same persuasive meta-game arguments – but with a mullet and dressed like he's in an 80s rock video, and without the beard-stroking (1 hr 0 mins 45 secs) Gavin and Shane, having just played together in Round 3, ended up as Austria and Turkey respectively – not a natural alliance. Gavin didn't trust it but it held. Italy and France both kept fighting hard throughout (59 mins 45 secs) The game drew in 1906, with Shane and Emmett both finishing on 8, Gavin on 6 as Austria. Everyone then rushed across the road to watch the top board (1 hr 3 mins 45 secs) The top board Ken asks about Mikalis's diplomatic style. Gavin: exceptional situational awareness, communicates clearly and directly, asked and answered the "what do you want from this game?" question in a way that built immediate trust, and was good to his word on timing (1 hr 4 mins) Gavin arrived at the top board mid-1906 (his own game had just drawn). The top board was played outdoors under a well-shaded tree with plenty of room for negotiations, guarded by two or three people ensuring other players and passing members of the public couldn't crowd the board (1 hr 5 mins) The giant shadow board: a massive life-size replica board was set up nearby so all spectators could follow the game without approaching the real board. Andrew Goff read out the orders and the shadow board was updated after each adjudication – the same setup used at Milan WDC (1 hr 7 mins 45 secs) When Gavin arrived, he felt Bradley Grace had the game. The shift came late – Mikalis made a decisive move in the endgame that separated him from a closely matched France/Germany contest (1 hr 9 mins) Congratulations to Mikalis Kamaritis – well deserved, Gavin says. And to Bradley Grace: so close, but it will happen (1 hr 9 mins) The awards ceremony included Mikalis receiving both the championship belt and a traditional olive laurel wreath – a detail that was not captured in the DBN stream. Ken flags this as something future broadcasts should consider covering (1 hr 11 mins 15 secs) A Best Shane Cubis Award was also created – won by a Greek player who loudly lobbied Spyros for an award on the basis of how much he'd helped out. An AI-generated image of Shane Cubis in 1901 attire featured on the award, to the complete bafflement of the European and American contingents (1 hr 12 mins 50 secs) Game hobby and future WDCs The Chicago Windy City Weasels delivered a presentation promoting WDC 2027, enthusiastically received by the assembled players (1 hr 13 mins 15 secs) The 2028 bid: Melbourne was the only bid, and it was unanimously approved. Andrew Goff (Goffy) presented it. WDC 2028 Melbourne will be held at the MCG – the Melbourne Cricket Ground – with the conference rooms used for regular play, and the premier top board played on the MCG wicket itself. The countdown timer will run on the MCG scoreboard. Notionally scheduled for the last weekend of February 2028 – the weekend after the Formula One Grand Prix and the weekend before the first AFL round (1 hr 14 mins 30 secs) For international context: roughly equivalent to playing at Yankee Stadium, Madison Square Garden, the Camp Nou, or Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena. English players will recognise the MCG as where English cricket hopes traditionally come to die (1 hr 15 mins 15 secs) Also at the game hobby: a unanimous vote to amend and modernise the WDC charter, which dates from around 2000–2001 and doesn't reflect current online play, email communication, or the organisational structures of the Asia-Pacific and European hobbies. Four representatives (from NADF, the Asia-Pacific Diplomacy Association, and the European and UK hobbies) will draft amendments to be presented at WDC 2027 Chicago, with ratification at WDC 2028 Melbourne (1 hr 18 mins) Wrap up Gavin acknowledges the full organising effort: approximately 10 people working behind the scenes alongside Spyros and Jamal to make everything run. The Greek hobby and Athens Diplomacy Club can be enormously proud (1 hr 20 mins 30 secs) The Armistice Party: held between rounds three and four in the venue near the pool area. A DJ with a custom app allowed all attending players to nominate up to 10 songs each, with the crowd then voting in real time from four options for what came next. Gavin describes it as stunningly well thought through (1 hr 22 mins) Ken summarises: meticulously planned, wonderful venue, brilliant location, great games, fantastic people. Gavin: you got it in one. Thank you to Spyros, Jamal, and everyone they played with (1 hr 23 mins) Addendum – recorded one week later Ken and Gavin explain the addendum: a few things were either forgotten or lost in the original recording, so they've caught up a week later to cover them (1 hr 25 mins 45 secs) The Cane Toad The Cane Toad tournament will not run in 2026 – Gavin has made the decision to rest it for the year and bring it back bigger and better in 2027 (1 hr 26 mins 30 secs) Reasons: Gavin no longer lives in Brisbane where the tournament has historically been based, and several attempts to get a local game going have been completely unsuccessful. He feels it would be unfair to interstate players to travel to Queensland only to play mostly other interstate players rather than a meaningful proportion of locals (1 hr 27 mins 30 secs) He also flags cost-of-living pressures and fuel costs as factors, noting that the fuel excise which had been removed is about to be reinstated (1 hr 28 mins 45 secs) Ken and Gavin have a brief riff on whether cane toads actually hibernate, and whether the tournament might one day move to a different Queensland location (1 hr 28 mins 45 secs) Gavin shares a long-held dream of running the Cane Toad on the beach under a sun-safe setup. Council regulations require public liability insurance – but the Asia Pacific Diplomacy Association is in the process of organising exactly that for tournament directors, which may open the door in future (1 hr 29 mins 15 secs) Tournament news The Sydney Cup is on the weekend of 4–5 July. Gavin would love to go but has used up his diplomacy credits between Greece and starting a new job – it'll have to stay in the bank for now (1 hr 30 mins 45 secs) A New Zealand tournament is being discussed for the week before WDC 2028 Melbourne (late February 2028). Three New Zealand players who attended WDC 2026 in Athens have flagged interest in hosting something, on the logic that if you're travelling all the way from Europe or the US, a short hop across the Tasman to New Zealand is well worth building into the itinerary (1 hr 32 mins) Ken enthusiastically endorses the idea and encourages anyone planning for WDC 2028 Melbourne to factor in a week in New Zealand beforehand (1 hr 33 mins 30 secs) Challenge for next episode Over his birthday lunch, Gavin's son surprised him with an accurate recall of his WDC result. This leads Gavin to issue a challenge for the next episode: both Ken and Gavin will do some homework and come back with three or four online diplomacy resources that people may not know about, to raise awareness of what the community has put together over the years (1 hr 34 mins 45 secs) Around the grounds VDiplomacy gets an introduction for any listeners who aren't familiar: a sibling platform to WebDiplomacy, it hosts classic games but is particularly known for its range of variants (1 hr 36 mins 30 secs) The Dionysus Reimagined game recap – the ancient Greece variant Ken and Gavin set up in the lead-up to WDC Athens. Ken soloed, eliminating Gavin in the final year. Gavin notes that technically his last dot was taken so late that his result registers as a survive rather than an elimination (1 hr 38 mins 45 secs) Gavin played Athens and found himself defending on all fronts from early on: Sparta (who built only armies and had nowhere to go but north), the Macedonians pressing from the north, Byzantium late in the game, and Rhodes. Ken played Byzantium and credits his early token luck as a key advantage, picking up all his bid supply centres including one he expected to bounce – giving him fleet dominance in the Aegean from the start (1 hr 40 mins) The bid mechanics are recapped for any listeners unfamiliar with the variant: each player has 4 tokens to bid on non-core supply centres; outbid or bounce and you don't get the build. Ken's fortunate opening bids gave him a decisive early position (1 hr 40 mins 30 secs) A practical tip for vDiplomacy players: always open the large map after adjudication. The small map can omit orders that didn't go through, making moves look different from what was actually played. Ken noted several instances in the Dionysus game where support orders that failed simply weren't visible on the small map (1 hr 45 mins 45 secs) Ken congratulates himself on the win and notes the ratings gap between the two has now closed to around 100 points (1 hr 47 mins 30 secs) New game announced: Gavin has set up a Pirates game titled Ahoy Mateys on vDiplomacy. Gunboat, 2-day 2-hour phase length. Ken explains the extra 2 hours: it gradually shifts the adjudication time back toward Australian time zones in games where everyone readies up early (1 hr 48 mins) Pirates variant overview: a 13-player variant set in the golden age of piracy in the Caribbean, created by Gavin in collaboration with Ollie (the vDiplomacy site administrator). The 13 players are broken into three factions (1 hr 51 mins 45 secs): Europeans – Spain, England, France, and Holland, who nominally control supply centres across the map but must capture them to make them count Pirates – five pirates, four historical (Montbas, Brasiliano, de la Cueva, and Johnson) and one fictitious: El Guapo, borrowed from the movie The Three Amigos Privateers – one per European power, operating as private navies with letters patent. They can attack anyone except their sponsoring power (and vice versa). The Dunkirkers serve Spain, Henry Morgan serves England, François Le Jones serves France, and the Rocherson serves Holland Unit rules: all units are fleets, but there are two types – Clippers (move up to two spaces, standard attack strength) and Frigates (move one space, attack at 1.5x strength). A single clipper cannot defend against an attacking frigate, but a clipper supported by another clipper can. Five marked spots on the board allow transformation between unit types (1 hr 57 mins 45 secs) Special rules: a voodoo witch's hut in Cuba allows a fleet on the north coast to teleport to the south coast and vice versa. And a 14th non-playing character – a Hurricane – spins up each storm season in a random sea territory, moves randomly in the fall turn, and destroys anything in its path with an effectively unstoppable attack strength, also resetting any supply centre it passes through to neutral (1 hr 59 mins) Ken commits to reading the full rules before play begins, notes Pirates has a genuine following on vDiplomacy with games regularly in progress, and suspects he may get slaughtered (2 hr 1 min 15 secs) Gavin and Ken wrap up the show (2 hr 2 mins 15 secs) Venue: At home Drinks for the interview: Ken: One of his home brews – a lager with a bit of a kick Gavin: A Baliamo Nero d'Avola from Sicily – opened two weeks prior, which he noted had become a little sour and bitter compared to its fresh opening, much like his first round at the tournament Just a reminder you can support the show by giving it 5 stars on iTunes or Stitcher. And don't forget if you want to help pay off the audio equipment… or get the guys more drunk, you can also donate at Patreon, plus you get extra podcast episodes! Lastly, don't forget to subscribe so you get the latest Diplomacy Games episodes straight to your phone. Thanks as always to Dr Dan aka "The General" for his rockin' intro tune.

"The world has changed around Thailand since Covid, whereas Vietnam appears more in control of its destiny." As we race toward the midpoint of 2026, it was another week with plenty of travel talking points in ASEAN and beyond. The week, Gary and Hannah visit Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos and China to decipher the top takeaways. We begin in the Philippines with the latest reports from the devastating earthquake in Mindanao, and send our very best wishes to people across the nation for Philippine Independence Day. Next up is IATA's State of the Global Air Transport Industry report, with some scything parting words from Director General, Willie Walsh, regarding policies around sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which he says have put progress "under pressure." We then deconstruct the merits and debits of a detailed article comparing the tourism policy trajectories of Thailand and Vietnam - written from a Thai travel industry perspective (TLDR: Pinch. Of. Salt.) Plus. we look at how Malaysia has enticed a Chinese cruise operator to establish a regional home port on the west coast, address the reasons why Vietnamese airlines are attempting to expedite orders of Boeing planes - and we delve into our media headline of the week: "Five days, unlimited durian, zero apologies."

Setting up a new factory is a major strategic decision. It is not just about finding cheaper land, moving away from China, or following other companies into Vietnam, Mexico, or another popular manufacturing location. In this episode, Renaud speaks with David Collins, CEO of Manufacturing Transformation Group, about what companies need to think through before relocating production or building their own factory. They discuss why more companies are considering factory relocation or ownership again, especially after COVID, tariff changes, supplier dependency, and IP concerns. But David explains why the first question should not be “where should we move?” It should be “what are we actually trying to accomplish?” The conversation covers the real trade-offs between China, Vietnam, Mexico, and other locations; why labour cost should not be the only driver; how supplier location, workforce skills, logistics, and infrastructure affect the decision; and why companies need a proper BOM, cost model, and feasibility study before making a move. They also get into greenfield vs brownfield factory projects, equipment selection, factory layout, commissioning, factory acceptance testing, and why automation can be a waste of money if it does not fit the real production process. The key message: moving to a new factory is a rare chance to redesign your manufacturing system properly. But if you simply copy the same poor layout, weak supply chain, bad inventory habits, and unsuitable equipment into a new building, you may just move the mess.   Show Sections 00:00 – Introduction: setting up a new factory 01:43 – Who David Collins and Manufacturing Transformation Group are 05:04 – Why more companies are considering factory relocation 05:50 – China, Vietnam, Mexico, and the real trade-offs between locations 08:10 – Why some companies want to own manufacturing again 09:32 – Don't just move the mess to a new factory 11:45 – The first question: what are you trying to accomplish? 12:02 – Supplier location, workforce skills, logistics, and infrastructure 14:18 – Why a real BOM and cost model are essential 15:27 – Feasibility studies and idealised factory planning 16:07 – Why automation is not always the right answer 17:34 – Comparing factory setup scenarios and locations 18:16 – Why labour cost should not be the only driver 20:48 – IP risks and supplier dependency 22:15 – Learning from the problems in your current factory 23:46 – Project management during a factory move 24:03 – Greenfield vs brownfield factory projects 26:09 – Layout planning, implementation, and local specialists 27:13 – On-the-ground project management and construction risks 28:33 – Equipment commissioning and factory acceptance testing 29:50 – Choosing equipment that fits your real needs 31:41 – Equipment maintenance, spare parts, and supplier risks 32:40 – Why factory setup is a once-in-a-decade decision 34:12 – Disciplined planning and avoiding old mistakes 36:45 – Closing thoughts   Related content How To Plan for Transferring Production To a New Factory: 45 Point Checklist Transfer Manufacturing From One Chinese Factory To Another With Fewer Risks How To Diversify Manufacturing Sources Out of China and Cut Risk Sofeast can help you > Electronic Production Transfer from China to India OR Malaysia Supply Chain Risk Management, Part 5: Moving Manufacturing to Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, or India (Pros & Cons) Production Transfer: A Roadmap (Assembly Operations Only) Get in touch with us Connect with us on LinkedIn Contact us via Sofeast's contact page Subscribe to our YouTube channel Prefer Facebook? Check us out on FB

VOV1 - Bộ Công Thương vừa phối hợp với Tập đoàn AEON tổ chức Tuần hàng Việt Nam 2026 tại Nhật Bản và nhiều thị trường châu Á.Từ ngày 11 đến ngày 14/6, Bộ Công Thương phối hợp với Tập đoàn AEON tổ chức Tuần hàng Việt Nam 2026 đồng thời tại hệ thống AEON ở Nhật Bản, Malaysia, Hồng Kông (Trung Quốc), Trung Quốc và Campuchia, nhằm quảng bá hàng hóa Việt Nam, tăng cường kết nối giao thương và mở rộng cơ hội xuất khẩu cho doanh nghiệp Việt Nam. Chương trình có sự tham dự của khoảng 20 doanh nghiệp Việt Nam hoạt động trong các lĩnh vực thực phẩm, nông sản, hàng tiêu dùng, thủ công mỹ nghệ và sản phẩm chế biến.Với chủ đề “Đánh thức mọi giác quan cùng hành trình khám phá Việt Nam: sự quyến rũ của ẩm thực, văn hoá và du lịch”, Tuần hàng Việt Nam 2026 mang tới cho người tiêu dùng Nhật Bản không gian trải nghiệm toàn diện về đất nước, con người và sản phẩm Việt Nam. Thông qua các hoạt động giới thiệu sản phẩm, trải nghiệm văn hóa và quảng bá du lịch, chương trình góp phần lan tỏa hình ảnh Việt Nam năng động, thân thiện và giàu bản sắc tới người tiêu dùng sở tại.- 5 đội sẵn sàng tham gia Cuộc thi tìm hiểu lợi ích của xăng E10.- Thủ tướng Chính phủ yêu cầu tiếp tục tăng cường đấu tranh chống buôn lậu, vận chuyển, sản xuất, mua bán, tàng trữ, sử dụng trái phép thuốc lá trong tình hình mới.Thứ trưởng Bộ Công Thương Phan Thị Thắng giới thiệu các sản phẩm Việt Nam tại Nhật Bản - Ảnh: BCT

This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Nga Shi Yeu and Nga Shi Yeu can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2026/06/viral-afterlives-toponymy-of-zoonotic-ruptures-in-west-malaysia/. About the post: This post examines the enduring social and material fallout of the 1999 Nipah virus outbreak in West Malaysia. Moving beyond bureaucratic public health frameworks, it looks at how a Chinese-majority pig-farming community navigates toponymic stigma and the debris of catastrophe. Through a lens of childhood retrospect, it traces the intimate violence of mass culls, marked by persistent sensory and acoustic hauntings within a severed human-porcine ecosystem. In response to recurring disruptions such as COVID-19 and African Swine Fever, villagers mobilize these historic ruins into an ordinary ethic of care and collective resilience. This heritagization, manifested through backyard husbandry and the creation of a grassroots viral museum, reclaims a marginalized history to negotiate state neglect and racialized biosecurity governance. (This episode is available in additional languages on Platypus, The CASTAC Blog.)

Affiliate marketing, passive income, making money online, high-ticket sales, and ClickFunnels changed Tim Hewitt's life after his $2 million golf business collapsed. Tim spent decades as a software engineer while building side businesses on the side. At one point, he built an online golf company to more than $2 million per year. Then the 2008 financial crisis hit, and revenue crashed almost overnight. Years later, after moving to Malaysia, returning home during COVID, and finding himself stuck with a warehouse full of inventory he couldn't sell, Tim made a decision: He would never build another business that depended on physical products. Instead, he learned affiliate marketing, discovered ClickFunnels, studied Russell Brunson's books, and built a business helping complete beginners earn income online through high-ticket affiliate marketing. In this episode, Tim shares the lessons he learned from building, losing, rebuilding, and reinventing himself over a 40-year entrepreneurial journey. In this episode, you'll learn: • How Tim built a $2 million online golf business • What it felt like when revenue crashed from $2M to $100K • Why he walked away from physical products and inventory • How COVID became the catalyst for an entirely new business • The affiliate marketing framework he uses to help beginners get started • Why most lead magnets fail to generate sales • The difference between low-ticket and high-ticket offers • How ClickFunnels and Russell Brunson influenced his business transformation • Why software engineers and technical professionals can succeed in marketing • The biggest mistakes new affiliate marketers make Whether you're trying to build a side hustle, create passive income, start affiliate marketing, or transition out of a traditional career, Tim's story is proof that reinvention is possible at any stage of life. Sometimes the fastest way forward isn't doubling down on what used to work. It's learning an entirely new game. Ready to build your funnel? Get 3 months of the ClickFunnels Scale plan for just $99: https://www.clickfunnels.com/cfradio If you want to network, connect with future JV partners, find your next business partner, or just be surrounded by the sharpest entrepreneurs in the world… there's no better room than this one. Secure your seat now and join us LIVE at FHL Encore: The A.I. Era: https://www.funnelhackinglive.com/cfr Subscribe for more conversations with entrepreneurs, marketers, creators, affiliate marketers, and ClickFunnels users building extraordinary businesses. ClickFunnels Radio is hosted by Dante Torelli and Chris Cameron.

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Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional. Top stories include: Malaysia drops probe into ABC chief. (SCMP) An Air Canada pilot flies for 17 years without a proper license. (NYT) DOJ investigating big banks for ‘debanking'. (WSJ) 7 charged in Hong Kong for the fire that killed 168 people. (FT) To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom's latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

VOV1 - Từ 11-14/6, Bộ Công Thương phối hợp với Tập đoàn AEON tổ chức Tuần hàng Việt Nam 2026 đồng thời tại hệ thống AEON ở Nhật Bản, Malaysia, Hồng Kông, Trung Quốc và Campuchia, nhằm quảng bá hàng hóa Việt Nam, tăng cường kết nối giao thương và mở rộng cơ hội xuất khẩu cho doanh nghiệp Việt Nam.Chương trình có sự tham dự của Thứ trưởng Bộ Công Thương Phan Thị Thắng, Cơ quan Thương vụ Việt Nam tại các nước trong khu vực châu Á, cùng sự hiện diện của AEON, đại diện Sở Công Thương Hà Nội, Bắc Ninh, Tây Ninh và khoảng 20 doanh nghiệp Việt Nam hoạt động trong các lĩnh vực thực phẩm, nông sản, hàng tiêu dùng, thủ công mỹ nghệ và sản phẩm chế biến.Phát biểu tại Lễ khai mạc ngày 11/6, Thứ trưởng Phan Thị Thắng nhấn mạnh, năm 2026 mang ý nghĩa đặc biệt khi đánh dấu chặng đường 10 năm Bộ Công Thương Việt Nam phối hợp cùng Tập đoàn AEON tổ chức Tuần hàng Việt Nam tại Nhật Bản. Doanh nghiệp Việt Nam đang tích cực chuyển đổi theo hướng phát triển xanh, sạch và bền vững, sử dụng nguyên liệu thân thiện với môi trường, tiết kiệm năng lượng và bảo đảm trách nhiệm xã hội trong toàn bộ chuỗi cung ứng, phù hợp với xu hướng tiêu dùng hiện đại và các tiêu chuẩn ngày càng cao của thị trường Nhật Bản.Với chủ đề “Đánh thức mọi giác quan cùng hành trình khám phá Việt Nam: sự quyến rũ của ẩm thực, văn hoá và du lịch”, Tuần hàng Việt Nam 2026 mang tới cho người tiêu dùng Nhật Bản không gian trải nghiệm toàn diện về đất nước, con người và sản phẩm Việt Nam. Thông qua các hoạt động giới thiệu sản phẩm, trải nghiệm văn hóa và quảng bá du lịch, chương trình góp phần lan tỏa hình ảnh Việt Nam năng động, thân thiện và giàu bản sắc tới người tiêu dùng sở tại. Tham tán thương mại Việt Nam tại Nhật Bản Tạ Đức Minh cho biết: “Năm nay, nhiều sản phẩm đặc sắc của Việt Nam được giới thiệu tới người tiêu dùng Nhật Bản. Có thể kể đến gạo chất lượng cao và các sản phẩm từ gạo, trái cây sấy, hạt điều, gia vị truyền thống, sản phẩm từ yến sào cùng nhiều đặc sản vùng miền. Bên cạnh đó là các sản phẩm dệt may, hàng thủ công mỹ nghệ và hàng gia dụng có tính thẩm mỹ cao, đáp ứng xu hướng tiêu dùng hiện đại và nhu cầu ngày càng đa dạng tại Nhật Bản”Bên cạnh các hoạt động trải nghiệm trực tiếp tại Trung tâm thương mại AEON LakeTown Mori - tỉnh Saitama, chương trình còn được triển khai trên hơn 400 cửa hàng thuộc hệ thống AEON trên toàn Nhật Bản, giúp hàng hóa Việt Nam tiếp cận đông đảo người tiêu dùng tại nhiều địa phương. Việc tổ chức đồng thời Tuần hàng Việt Nam tại nhiều thị trường châu Á tiếp tục khẳng định hiệu quả của mô hình hợp tác giữa Bộ Công Thương và Tập đoàn AEON trong hỗ trợ doanh nghiệp Việt Nam tham gia sâu hơn vào hệ thống phân phối quốc tế, nâng cao giá trị thương hiệu hàng Việt Nam và thúc đẩy xuất khẩu bền vững trong giai đoạn mới./.Tuấn Nhật /VOV Nhật bảnTheo đánh giá chung, các mặt hàng Việt Nam luôn đa dạng về chủng loại, phong phú và đẹp mắt về mẫu mã, hấp dẫn về chất lượng. Ảnh VOV Tokyo

Send us Fan MailWelcome to season 5 of The Cricket Slouch, a podcast that was not expected to last this long but has trundled along nicely at a pace that would have made Haseeb Hamid proud. In this episode Shounak and SP talk about the recently concluded test matches between India-Afghanistan and England-New Zealand, focusing on some notable performances, off-field shenanigans and an unnecessary detour into T20 franchise territory before rounding up with news from the ongoing ACC Women's Premier Cup in Malaysia.We also tease some exciting things to happen for the podcast in the near future and might make an announcement about that at some stage.Stay tuned and enjoy this episode !

Two months after walking away from the Tombstone feud a free man, Johnny Ringo was found dead against a tree with a Colt in his hand. He had survived the Hoodoo War, jail breaks, and a showdown with Doc Holliday — but no one can agree on what finally killed him.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/JohnnyRingoREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/24j5xybkFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: A gentleman gunslinger who could quote Shakespeare, Johnny Ringo was a mythic gunslinger who died a mysterious death befitting his legend. (The Mysterious Death of Outlaw Johnny Ringo) *** To his family and neighbors, Richard Kuklinski was the all-American man. To the mafia and his victims, he was the "devil himself" known as the Iceman killer. (The Mafia's Most Prolific Hitman) *** Wherever tragedies happen, urban legends settle. And for almost every urban legend, there is a road to take you there… a road often just as terrifying as the urban legend it takes you to. (Roads that Lead to Urban Legends) *** We'll look at the true story of a bar bouncer accused of killing his wife… which is odd, seeing as the incident took place before he killed a man while defending her honor. (A Broad-Shouldered Bully Was Wiener) *** Extraterrestrials come in all shapes and sizes if you believe what you see on television, film, and even online in the fringe conversations of UFO enthusiasts. The most famous of the aliens are usually depicted in the very realistic, humanoid form… the Greys. But what exactly are the Greys? And is it possible they aren't extraterrestrial at all? (What Are The Greys) *** We'll meet a man who has an amazing superpower. He is especially proficient at passing gas. (Mister Methane: The Gas Man)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:00:59.394 = Show Open00:03:16.488 = The Mysterious Death of Outlaw Johnny Ringo00:15:42.451 = A Broad-Shouldered Bully Was Wiener ***00:19:08.842 = Roads That Lead To Urban Legends00:30:46.873 = The Mafia's Most Prolific Hitman ***00:39:46.230 = Mister Methane: The Gas Man00:45:59.461 = What Are The Greys? ***00:52:15.959 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The Mysterious Death of Outlaw Johnny Ringo” by Kuroski for All That's Interesting:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/n4d9yce6“Roads that Lead to Urban Legends” by Estelle for ListVerse: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2fkp8nkt“The Mafia's Most Prolific Hitman” by Katie Serena for All That's Interesting: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5xe6xx4s“What Are The Greys” from Anomalien: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5u5cknde“Mister Methane: The Gas Man” by Spooky for Oddity Central: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2hje4vs9 (VIDEO: https://youtu.be/kaRZeuZDAVI)“A Broad-Shouldered Bully Was Wiener” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/34rnu2y9=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: November, 2021This episode of Weird Darkness travels from a gunfighter's unexplained death under an Arizona oak tree to a mafia hitman's freezer, a tour of the world's most haunted highways, a St. Louis hanging, a British flatulence performer, and the enduring question of what the Grey aliens actually are.It opens with Johnny Ringo, the Shakespeare-quoting outlaw and cousin to the Younger and James brothers, who survived the Hoodoo War of Mason County, Texas, a jailbreak, multiple murder charges, and a near-shootout with Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday on the streets of Tombstone — only to be found dead on July 13, 1882, slumped against a tree with a .45 caliber Colt in his right hand. The coroner called it suicide. Others pointed to the cartridges in his gun, the absence of powder burns, the odd position of his hat, and later confessions attributed to Earp himself, and called it murder. Biographers Jack Burrows and David Johnson weighed the same evidence a century later and sided with suicide, a quiet end for a man newspapers once misspelled into legend as "Ringgold."From there the episode moves to St. Louis in 1877, where Billy Wieners — a hulking bouncer at the Theatre Comique saloon, already out on bond for trying to kill his wife — shot assistant barkeeper A.V. Lawrence dead for insulting that same wife. The Missouri Supreme Court found nothing in the record to soften a verdict of deliberate murder, and after his sister Annie's commutation campaign failed to move Governor Phelps, Wieners hanged in the St. Louis jail yard on February 1, 1878, using his last words to warn other men away from whiskey.Next comes a road trip through the world's haunted highways: Zombie Road in Wildwood, Missouri; India's cursed Ranchi-Jamshedpur NH33, where 245 people died in three years and a woman in a white saree patrols the asphalt; South Africa's N9 with the hitchhiking ghost of Maria Roux; Australia's "Street With No Name" in Annandale; the werewolf sightings on Yorkshire's B1249; Malaysia's Karak Highway, where a creature was seen battering a husband's head against his own car roof; Scotland's A75 Kinmount Straight and its phantom animals; Long Island's Mount Misery and Sweet Hollow roads; the unearthed Hawaiian warrior bones beneath Oahu's H-1; Thailand's temple-haunting murdered wife on Chak Phra Road; and the ghosts scattered along old Route 66.The darkness deepens with Richard Kuklinski, the Gambino-affiliated contract killer known as the Iceman, who froze his victims' bodies in industrial freezers so the time of death could never be fixed. Convicted of six murders, he claimed hundreds, killing with cyanide nasal spray, ice picks, hand grenades, and his bare hands while coaching his children's barbecues and ushering Sunday Mass in suburban New Jersey. An ATF sting through his only friend, Phil Solimene, ended the run in 1986, and Kuklinski spent his remaining years giving prison interviews until his death in 2006 — a week after his wife Barbara declined, one last time, to lift the do-not-resuscitate order she had signed.The mood lifts with Paul Oldfield of Macclesfield, England, the performer called Mr. Methane, who discovered during a teenage yoga session that he could draw air into his colon at will and built a stage career on controlled flatulence — playing Phil Collins parodies, alarming Howard Stern, and logging 86 farts in a single minute for a 2018 Guinness World Records attempt, a talent the record book had refused to touch back in 1990.The episode closes among the Greys, the large-eyed, gray-skinned beings that dominate alien abduction reports from Betty and Barney Hill onward. Ufologists describe two castes — tall telepathic leaders and smaller cloned workers — originating in the Zeta Reticuli binary star system 38 light years away, harvesting human sperm and eggs to repair DNA ruined by generations of cloning. A rival theory holds that the Greys are not extraterrestrials at all but human beings from a distant future: taller, thinner, larger-brained time travelers returning to collect healthy genetic material from before whatever catastrophe awaits us.

When Greg Jenkins' mother, Anna, vanished in Malaysia, local authorities provided little to no assistance. Determined to uncover the truth, Greg launched his own investigation and ultimately found Anna's remains. But the discovery only deepened the mystery surrounding her disappearance and the subsequent inaction of Malaysian authorities. This episode was originally released in January 2025. Anna's family continues to fight for justice. You can keep up to date with their journey on social media here: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok Do you have information regarding any of the cases discussed on this podcast? Please report it on the Crime Stoppers website or by calling 1800 333 000. You can donate to and support Greg's cause by visiting his GoFundMe here. For Support: Lifeline on 13 11 14 13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples) 1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732 CREDITS: Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram Guest: Greg Jenkins Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard This episode contains extra content from ABC News. GET IN TOUCH: https://www.australiantruecrimethepodcast.com/ Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook Send us a question to have played on the show by recording a voice message here. Email the show at AusTrueCrimePodcast@gmail.com

In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma, Head of Policy Europe at Solidus Labs, speaks with Johan Hetzel, Global Head of Compliance & Anti-Financial Crime at Luno — a leading crypto exchange operating across Africa, Europe, and Southeast Asia.They explore the practical realities of scaling compliance across multiple jurisdictions — from the principle-based framework in South Africa to the more prescriptive rules in Malaysia — and how firms design global standards while allowing for local adaptation. Johan shares his approach to building trade surveillance programmes, managing the tension between compliance and engineering priorities, and tackling some of the industry's most debated challenges: travel rule implementation and unhosted wallet treatment.The conversation also covers the growing role of AI in financial crime detection — where it genuinely helps and where the risks lie — as well as what compliance leaders should prioritise when everything feels urgent and resources are never enough.A candid, experience-driven conversation offering a rare practitioner's view into what global compliance leadership in crypto actually looks like.

How does a sustainability focus support a pension fund's duty to safeguard the retirement future of a country's workers? What does effective engagement with companies look like? In this ESG Currents episode, Shahida Jaffar, Head of Corporate Sustainability at Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund, joins Bloomberg Intelligence ESG analyst Conrad Tan to discuss the key principles guiding EPF's engagement with investee companies and why it sees the defense of biodiversity and natural capital as a critical priority. She also shares why she's optimistic that AI can help sustainability professionals better understand company impacts and dependencies on nature. EPF had 1.44 trillion ringgit ($360 billion) in total investment assets at end-March. This episode was recorded on May 22.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Joe Calnan talks with Randolph Mank about the energy opportunities in Asia and the importance of diplomacy for extending Canadian energy supply chains. --- Guest: - Randolph Mank is President of MankGlobal Inc., former Senior Advisor and Vice President Asia for BlackBerry, and former High Commissioner or Ambassador for Canada to Malaysia, Pakistan, and Indonesia --- Reading recommendation: - "Thinking, Fast and Slow", by Daniel Kahneman: https://www.amazon.ca/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555 --- Interview recording Date: May 27, 2026 // Energy Security Cubed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. // Music credits to Drew Phillips.

会談前にマレーシアのアンワル首相と握手する高市早苗首相、１０日、首相官邸高市早苗首相は１０日、マレーシアのアンワル首相と首相官邸で会談した。 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Malaysian counterpart, Anwar Ibrahim, on Wednesday affirmed their cooperation to ensure stable supplies of liquefied natural gas from Malaysia to Japan amid tensions in the Middle East.

Ein Fifa-zertifiziertes Fussballfeld. Eine Bibliothek, die eher einem modernen Buchladen gleicht. Cafés mit Namen wie «Brain Forest» und mit Hightech ausgestattete Hörsäle und Labore. Die Sunway University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, verkauft sich in einem Werbevideo als moderne, innovative Uni. Damit will sie – wie auch andere malaysische Hochschulen – vor allem Studenten aus dem Ausland anlocken. Im Moment geht der Plan auf: Während 2020 noch nur 96 000 internationale Studenten ins Land kamen, waren es 2025 schon 160 000. Malaysia profitiere im Moment vor allem von den zunehmenden Einreisebeschränkungen für Studenten für Länder wie die USA, Grossbritannien, Australien oder Kanada, so der Südostasien-Korrespondent Andreas Babst. Gast: Andreas Babst, Korrespondent Südostasien Host: Sarah Ziegler Der ganze Text von Andreas Babst gibt es hier z[u lesen bei der NZZ](https://www.nzz.ch/international/im-westen-sind-asiatische-studenten-immer-weniger-willkommen-also-gehen-sie-nach-malaysia-ld.10006736). Das Campus-Video der Sunway University kannst du auf YouTube anschauen. Das Campus-Video der Sunway University kannst du [auf YouTube anschauen](http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zn9XRbslyw).

Have you ever stayed in the bath or swimming pool for ages and noticed that your fingers and toes went all wrinkly? Well, 11-year-old Maya from London wanted to know why that happens.She joins host Eloise to get the answer from biologist Tom Smulders from Newcastle University on the first episode of our second season! There's an experiment in this episode which you can try out too while you listen. If you want to join in, prepare a bowl of warm water.A podcast from The Conversation, the independent not-for-profit news organisation that brings you news and analysis straight from academic experts. Full credits available here.This season is supported by the University of Southampton in the UK, a world-leading research-intensive university with a global network of international students and campuses in Malaysia and Delhi. Are you a curious kid with a question? Pop it in an email, or record it and send us the audio to curiouskids@theconversation.com.

VOV1 - Số thương vong trong vụ động đất mạnh 7,8 độ tại miền Nam Philippines tiếp tục tăng lên, gây cảnh báo sóng thần ở nhiều quốc gia. Tất cả các lực lượng đang được huy động để cứu hộ sau động đất trong khi Malaysia đề nghị hỗ trợ Philippines.Trận động đất xảy ra vào sáng sớm khi các trường học ở Philippines đang mở cửa trở lại sau kỳ nghỉ dài, dư chấn được cảm nhận mạnh ở hàng chục tỉnh và cách đó 420 km (261 dặm) ở thành phố Manado trên đảo Sulawesi của Indonesia.Cảnh báo sóng thần đã được ban hành ở miền nam Philippines, miền bắc Indonesia và bang Sabah của Malaysia, sau trận động đất có tâm chấn nằm cách tỉnh Sarangani của Mindanao khoảng 20 km (12,4 dặm).Các nhà chức trách Philippines đang đánh giá thiệt hại do trận động đất gây ra, với văn phòng phòng vệ dân sự đang tìm cách xác minh các báo cáo ban đầu cho thấy 15 người đã thiệt mạng và 129 người khác bị thương trong khu vực, chủ yếu do mảnh vỡ rơi xuống.Tổng thống Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr. đã ra lệnh ứng phó thảm họa ngay lập tức tại Mindanao, với chỉ thị các cơ quan chuẩn bị hàng cứu trợ và trung tâm sơ tán, sẵn sàng cho các hoạt động cứu hộ có thể xảy ra. Cơ quan địa chấn Philippines cho biết ít nhất 9 dư chấn mạnh đã được cảm nhận trên khắp Mindanao, mạnh nhất ở mức 6,7 độ. Mức độ thiệt hại toàn diện vẫn chưa rõ ràng và các nhà chức trách cho biết đang tiến hành đánh giá. Quân đội Philippines cho biết các đơn vị ứng phó thảm họa đã được triển khai đến những khu vực bị ảnh hưởng.Thủ tướng Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim cho biết chính phủ sẵn sàng hỗ trợ Philippines.Hệ thống Cảnh báo sóng thần của Mỹ cho biết, nhiều quốc gia có thể bị ảnh hưởng. Các nhân chứng ở Manado, Indonesia cảm nhận rõ trận động đất. Theo Abdul Muhari, người phát ngôn của cơ quan giảm nhẹ thiên tai Indonesia, có một số thiệt hại nhỏ. Sóng thần với độ cao lên đến 0,75 m đã được phát hiện ở một số khu vực ở Bắc Sulawesi, Indonesia- nơi người dân bắt đầu di chuyển đến các khu vực an toàn hơn.Philippines và Indonesia trải qua hàng trăm trận động đất mỗi năm và nằm trên các khu vực có cấu tạo địa chất phức tạp của “Vành đai lửa Thái Bình Dương”./.Phạm Hà/VOV JakartaMột tòa nhà bị sập trong trận động đất Philippines- Nguồn reuters

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“Objects in museums have to come from somewhere. The stories of how they came to be in those collections often involve laws being broken, unethical behaviour, and extreme violence.” — Matthew Campbell Imagine a gay Jeffrey Epstein who set up shop in Thailand. Only rather than peddling young girls, he traded in bodybuilders and priceless antiquities. That's the story of the British émigré Douglas Latchford, the subject of Matthew Campbell's new book The Man Who Stole the Gods. It's the true story of a man who was born in the last days of the British Raj, made his fortune in Bangkok, became the world's leading dealer of Khmer antiquities, and was indicted for criminal conspiracy in 2019. Campbell's tale is simultaneously a crime story, a history of Cambodia, and a parable about the relationship between Western wealth and the world's cultural heritage. The Khmer Empire, which dominated Southeast Asia from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries, produced one of the finest civilisations of the medieval world. Angkor in the twelfth century had 750,000 people — making it ten times the size of London. After the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, every Khmer site in Cambodia was systematically looted. The pieces went to the Metropolitan Museum, to Christie's, to private American collectors. Latchford was the central conduit. The Jeffrey Epstein enabler. Like Epstein, Latchford got away with it for years. Unlike Epstein, he died a free man, even chalking up a 2020 New York Times obituary as a Khmer antiquities expert. Five Takeaways •       Douglas Latchford: The British Jeffrey Epstein of Asian Art: Born in the last days of the British Raj, educated in the UK, Latchford made his fortune in Bangkok and became the world's leading dealer of Southeast Asian antiquities — selling pieces for millions of dollars to the Metropolitan Museum, Christie's, and wealthy American collectors. He presented himself as an expert and connoisseur. He gave to universities and lent to exhibitions. He received a glowing obituary in the New York Times in August 2020. The dark side: he was, Campbell shows, the central organiser of a decades-long criminal conspiracy to loot Cambodia's cultural heritage. He was indicted in 2019 but died before he could be extradited. •       The Khmer Empire: 750,000 People When London Had 40,000: The Khmer Empire dominated Southeast Asia from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries, ruling directly or indirectly over what is now Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and parts of Malaysia. Its capital, Angkor, had 750,000 people in the twelfth century — when London had 40,000 at the absolute outside. The Khmer built extraordinary temple cities — Angkor Wat is only the most famous — and produced remarkable stone and bronze sculpture. Every single Khmer site in Cambodia was systematically looted. The pieces all went somewhere. A great many came to the West. •       The Vietnam War, Nixon, Kissinger, and the Conditions for Genocide: The Vietnam War is central to Campbell's story. The Ho Chi Minh Trail ran partly through Cambodia, making Cambodia of great interest to Nixon and Kissinger. Beginning in 1968, large-scale American bombing of Cambodia — ostensibly aimed at destroying a supposed communist headquarters that, Campbell notes, never actually existed — helped destabilise the country and created the conditions in which the Khmer Rouge could emerge. The Khmer Rouge ideology: Pol Pot believed civilisation needed not to be reformed but erased. A blank slate. Rebuild from zero. •       The Museum World's Complicity: The Sackler Parallel: The Metropolitan Museum of Art features prominently in Campbell's account. Objects in museums have to come from somewhere — the works in the Met did not originate in New York. How they came to be in those collections often involved laws being broken, unethical behaviour, and extreme violence. Campbell draws a parallel with Patrick Radden Keefe's account of the Sacklers: the more investigative journalists look at the wealthy donors and private collectors associated with major cultural institutions, the more troubling the stories that emerge. The museum world has a serious provenance problem. •       The Happy Ending: Repatriation and the National Museum in Phnom Penh: Latchford was indicted in 2019 for criminal conspiracy. He died in 2020, in a monastery in Northern Thailand, before he could be extradited. He never went to trial. But the recovery effort — a remarkable collaboration between Cambodia and the US Department of Justice — tracked down hundreds of stolen objects through meticulous detective work. The pieces have been returned to Cambodia. The National Museum in Phnom Penh now has so many repatriated objects that it is running out of room and may need to build a new wing. As Campbell says: that's a good problem to have. About the Guest Matthew Campbell is an award-winning investigative journalist at Bloomberg Businessweek. He is the author of The Man Who Stole the Gods: A True Story of War, Obsession, and a Global Art Conspiracy (Portfolio/Penguin Random House, June 2, 2026) and co-author, with Kit Chellel, of Dead in the Water (a Book of the Year in The Economist, Financial Times, and The Times; called a ‘masterpiece' by the New York Times). A 2025 Jonathan Logan Family Foundation Fellow at New America, Campbell has reported from more than 25 countries. He lives in Singapore. References: •       The Man Who Stole the Gods: A True Story of War, Obsession, and a Global Art Conspiracy by Matthew Campbell (Portfolio/Penguin Random House, June 2, 2026). •       Dead in the Water by Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel (2022) — the preceding book, referenced at the opening. •       Patrick Radden Keefe, Empire of Pain — referenced as a parallel account of museum world complicity. •       The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — a central institution in the Latchford network. •       Cambodia's National Museum, Phnom Penh — the destination of the repatriated objects. About Keen On America Nobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States — hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,900 episodes since the...

Are AI agents and LLMs coming for your job? In this episode of the BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech Podcast, Jeremy Au sits down with Ori Sasson to uncover the harsh realities of AI job replacement, the "Hollywoodization" of the workforce, and the explosion of 10x productivity in startups. Discover how employers in Singapore and across Southeast Asia are redesigning roles, navigating "shadow AI", and leveraging government policies to stay competitive. Whether you are a tech founder, venture capitalist, or operator in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, or Malaysia, this conversation is your blueprint for surviving and thriving in the new AI economy. We break down the differences between traditional workflow outputs and AI native systems, explore why the product manager is becoming an "LLM wrapper", and discuss what policymakers are doing to bridge the skills gap. Watch, listen or read the full insight at https://www.bravesea.com/blog/ori-sasson-ai-work Get transcripts, startup resources & community discussions at https://www.bravesea.com WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VakR55X6BIElUEvkN02e TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeremyau Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyauz Twitter X : https://x.com/jeremyau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bravesea English: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts Bahasa Indonesia: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts Chinese: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts #Singapore #AItech #Podcast #southeastasia #techpodcast 00:00 - The "Hollywoodization" of the Workplace 01:39 - Meet Ori Sasson: The Employer's Perspective on AI 02:22 - Blue Collar vs. White Collar: Which Jobs Are Disappearing? 05:40 - Meta Layoffs, Motivation, and the "10x" Employee 08:50 - Overcoming the AI "Verification Tax" in Coding 11:15 - The "LLM Wrapper": Redesigning the Product Manager Role 15:40 - The "Hollywoodization" of Work Explained 19:05 - "Shadow AI" & Distributing Massive Productivity Gains 24:40 - Automated Side Hustles & The Junior Talent Crisis 29:10 - Y Combinator, AI-Native Law Firms, & Services Disruption 34:15 - Singapore's AI Policy, Budgets, and Global Comparisons 39:10 - A Crazy Idea: Free National AI Subscriptions? 43:50 - Conclusion & Key Takeaways

Yascha Mounk and Steve Stewart-Williams examine what science reveals about biological and psychological differences between men and women. Steve Stewart-Williams is a professor of Psychology at the University of Nottingham's Malaysia campus and runs The Nature-Nurture-Nietzsche Newsletter. His latest book is A Billion Years of Sex Differences. In this week's conversation, Yascha Mounk and Steve Stewart-Williams discuss why women and men are more similar than is often thought and what the real sex differences between men and women are, from casual sex to career choices. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following ⁠this link on your phone⁠. Email: leonora.barclay@persuasion.community Podcast production by Jack Shields and Leonora Barclay. Connect with us! ⁠Spotify⁠ | ⁠Apple⁠ | ⁠Google⁠ X: ⁠@Yascha_Mounk⁠ & ⁠@JoinPersuasion⁠ YouTube: ⁠Yascha Mounk⁠, ⁠Persuasion⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Grumpy Old Geeks, Brian and Jason once again survey the smoldering wreckage of the tech industry and discover that the people building the future are increasingly being sued by governments, publishers, customers, employees, and occasionally reality itself. California is coming after 23andMe over its catastrophic data breach, Florida is taking a swing at OpenAI, CNN has joined the ever-growing conga line of companies suing Perplexity, and Meta somehow decided the solution to improving AI is recording employees' every mouse click while generously allowing them a whole 30-minute privacy break. Meanwhile, Google's own engineers are sharing memes about how much Google's AI tools suck, Microsoft apparently wants users addicted to its new AI assistant - first taste's free! - and Anthropic is preparing to go public with a valuation that makes even the most irrational dot-com era investor look financially responsible.The AI arms race continues producing exactly the kinds of outcomes you'd expect when venture capitalists start huffing their own press releases. Instagram's AI support bot reportedly helped hackers steal accounts because apparently "Are you sure you're the owner?" was considered an optional step. Suno raised another $400 million while fighting copyright lawsuits, Paramount+ seems to have let AI create the ugliest Star Trek thumbnail in Federation history, and Stan Lee has now been digitally resurrected because modern capitalism looked at death and said, "Nice try." Over in transportation, BYD is so confident in its self-driving technology that it's willing to pay for your accidents, while Tesla owners are discovering their old Full Self-Driving contracts may have quietly received software updates of the legal variety. Somewhere in a conference room, a lawyer just whispered, "Let's not put that in writing," ten years too late.Elsewhere, governments worldwide continue their ongoing experiment of raising children by confiscating smartphones. Malaysia has implemented a social media ban for kids under 16, Poland wants phones and smartwatches locked away at school, and Kentucky schools just collected $27 million from social media companies accused of building products as addictive as cigarettes.Dave Bittner drops by for a visit and we discuss Spotify listeners apparently preferring old music because new music keeps getting algorithmically focus-grouped into oblivion and a healthy dose of Star Wars, Downton Abbey, Derry Girls, Lego, books, gadgets, and AI-generated jazz. Add it all up and you've got another week where the only thing moving faster than technology is the legal department trying to keep up.Sponsors:DeleteMe - Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to JoinDeleteMe.com/GOG and use promo code GOG at checkout.Shopify - Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at Shopify.com/grumpyPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. 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Go to SetApp and get started today!!!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordShow notes at https://gog.show/749Watch on YouTube at https://youtu.be/A1sv2BEzWBkShow NotesVibe Coders are Script KiddiesDestroy the BroligarchyColorado Governor Vetoes Surveillance Pricing Ban as Public Backlash Against the Tech GrowsCalifornia sues 23andMe over 2023 data breach that affected 7 million usersFlorida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over violent incidentsMeta will reportedly let employees take 30-minute breaks from its tracking programInstagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacksGoogle Employees Internally Share Memes About How Its AI SucksGoogle ordered to put clearer links in AI search and let UK publishers opt outMicrosoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents RevealMeta, other social networks will pay $27 million to settle Kentucky school district lawsuitMalaysia's under-16 social media ban carries fines up to $2.5 millionPoland wants to ban phones and smartwatches in schoolsCNN is the latest media company to sue PerplexityStill facing copyright lawsuits, AI music generator Suno raises another $400MBYD is assuming financial liability if you crash while using its self-driving techAnthropic is set to go public after filing paperwork with the SECData Center Operators Are Trying to Fix Their Water Use ProblemsTesla Owners Say Their Old FSD Contracts Were Quietly ChangedStan Lee's voice and likeness have been resurrected, thanks to AIParamount+ used AI to make the ugliest Star Trek thumbnail ever2026 World Cup Wall ChartI Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything by Joanna SternCarl's Doomsday Scenario: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 2 by Matt DinnimanWisdom Takes Work: Learn. Apply. Repeat. by Ryan HolidayBelkin Connect 4-Port USB-C Hub - USB C Hub Multiport Adapter Dongle with 4 USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 Ports - High-Speed 10G Data Transfer for Laptop, MacBook, iPad, PC, and More - 100W PD - $32.24Dave BittnerThe CyberWireHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopOnly Malware in the BuildingThe Mandalorian Season 1Star Wars: RebelsWrapped up the Downton Abbey series rewatchBuffy and Ted Lasso star Anthony Head dies at 72Almost through the Derry Girls series.Lego Mando and Grogu set (mild spoiler)AI generated JazzThe Biggest Hits on Spotify Right Now Are a Blast From the PastSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's MadTech Daily, we cover the SPUR Coalition welcoming 30 new members at the World News Media Congress, and Peer39 strengthening its verification offering through a deal with Adloox, and Malaysia's under-16 social media ban taking effect on 1st June.

Malaysia Harrell shares the remarkable story of how a canceled wedding, a surprising prediction, and a visit from The Ellen Show led to a life-changing $20,000 gift. We discuss manifestation, visualization, faith, healing, and the mindset practices she used during one of the most difficult periods of her life. Malaysia also opens up about surviving a near-death experience and how it transformed her perspective on life.Watch the full video interview on YouTube:https://youtu.be/tleU9GCbBPMMentioned in this episode:Free Guide: 7 Signs You're Being GuidedDownload my free guide, 7 Signs You're Being Guided, and discover common signs, synchronicities, dreams, and intuitive nudges that many people experience before major life changes. https://www.timothy-schultz.com/7-signs-youre-on-the-verge-of-a-life-changing-moment/7 Signs Guide

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Over-relying on AI might be quietly eroding your sharpest thinking, and most people aren’t noticing until it’s too late. This episode covers the real cost of convenience: why the overwhelm around AI isn’t going away, how to spot the difference between intentional use and lazy use, and what brain atrophy actually looks like in the workplace. We also get into what leaders should watch for when team members are over-relying on AI, and why treating AI like a junior employee, one you onboard, train, and correct, gets you far better results than using it like a search bar. If you’ve ever quietly wondered whether you’re leaning on AI a little too much, this one’s for you. Our Guest: Leanne Shelton Featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Australian, ABC News, The Sydney Morning Herald, Money Magazine, The CEO Magazine, Mumbrella, Inside Small Business, and various podcasts, Leanne Shelton is CEO, Global AI Coach, and Keynote Speaker at HumanEdge AI Training. She is also the author of AI-Human Fusion, published by Major Street Publishing in June 2025, a LinkedIn Top Voice in AI, and an AI educator at TAFE NSW. With her 9-year-old SEO copywriting agency struggling to convert in a tough economic climate in early 2023, Leanne made the ultimate business pivot. She decided to embrace (not escape) her shiny, new, and free competitor – ChatGPT – by educating herself on the topic. With decades of writing, marketing, and training skills in her back pocket, she started to teach (non-techy) business leaders about AI prompt engineering – with the human touch. The Sydney-based entrepreneur is now a sought-after keynote speaker for summits and conferences and an experienced AI team trainer – ensuring smooth AI skill development and implementation via workshops, three-month immersive programs, and free public masterclasses. She also hosts The HumanEdge Roundtable, an intimate leadership series bringing together senior executives for candid conversations on human-first AI adoption. Her talents have taken her to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on multiple occasions, as well as Brisbane and Melbourne. Outside of work, Leanne is a newly converted running and gym enthusiast, lover of dance, daily meditator, occasional yogi, engrossed reader and Audible consumer of business books and psychological thrillers, a dedicated partner, and frazzled mum to two tween daughters. References: Leanne Shelton LinkedIn profile AI Human Fusion: A non-techy human-first approach to AI for busy leaders Listen to the next Episode All Podcast Episodes

We discuss the economic impact and investment opportunities of geopolitical transitions, China shock, and the AI revolution reshaping Asia. At the sidelines of Nomura's Investment Forum Asia (NIFA) in Singapore, we highlight key takeaways from our new anchor report "Asia Rewired." Shifts like the AI revolution and trade realignment are rewiring Asia, creating winners and losers as well as investment opportunities.  China, Malaysia, South Korea, Australia, and Singapore stand to benefit the most, while lower-income economies face some challenges.

Topics discussed on today's show: Heidi in Oregon, National Leave Work Early Day, Heidi's Mushrooms, Excuses to Leave Work Early, Dead Guys: They All Look The Same, Planned Your Funeral, Pop History Quiz, Birthdays, Malaysia and the Congo, Bull Rub, Dropping Pitt, Madonna's Sex Life, Best You've Ever Had, Sexy Songs, Marco Polo Cancer, Married at First Site, Music News, and Apologies.

We review the racing from the WTCS event in Alghero, IRONMAN Brazil and Challenge St Poelten. The Enhanced Games – what are the implications for clean sport and athlete integrity. Professor Alison Heather, Chief Scientific Officer at Insitugen, updates us on the evolution of anti-doping and the implications of new anti-doping and testing technologies. TIMESTAMPS 0:00:00 – Kate and Guy in Malaysia this week 0:01:07 – The Timber Trail 0:05:52 – WTCS Alghero race review 0:18:02 – IRONMAN Brazil 0:22:14 – Should IRONMAN standardise pay across all events 0:23:55 – Challenge St Poulton race review 0:25:45 – The Enhanced Games 0:34:22 – Testosterone clinics in NZ 0:36:13 – Professor Alison Heather intro 0:37:06 – Alison Heather on testosterone 0:40:00 – Jack Moody's testing 0:44:45 – Alison Heather on how far anti-doping has come 0:48:02 – How do we avoid contamination 0:58:22 – Alison Heather shares her thoughts on publicizing results LINKS: Jack Moody at https://www.instagram.com/jacktmoody/ Kate Bevilaqua at https://www.instagram.com/katebevilaqua/ Guy Crawford at https://www.instagram.com/guyrcrawford/ The Timber Trail at https://www.timbertrail.nz/ The Whaka 100 at https://www.whaka100.co.nz/ WTCS event Alghero at https://events.triathlon.org/2026-wtcs-alghero Challenge St Poelten at https://challenge-stpoelten.com/ IRONMAN Brazil at https://www.ironman.com/races/im-brazil The Enhanced Games at https://www.enhanced.com/ Professor Alison Heather at https://insitugen.com/about-us/

In this week's NewsWrap there's identification liberation for Kenya's trans people, there's been yet another bust at an alleged “gay party” in Malaysia, abusive behavior roils UK schools, the Stonewall National Monument is in jeopardy, and PornHub Sapphic is launching. A Rainbow Rewind features June occasions from the birth of Zachary Quinto to the victory of marriage equality. And we'll share samples from our upcoming series for Pride Season, with Los Angeles Poet Laureate Brian Sonia-Wallace and series producers Emma Shulman and Abigail DeRoberts. Featured Speakers: Los Angeles Poet Laureate Brian Sonia-Wallace, Emma Shulman, Abigail DeRoberts, Cherie Moraga, Christopher Isherwood, Harvey Milk, Ivy Botini, Urvashi Vaid, Quentin Chrisp, James Baldwin Credits: Associate Producer/Host Lucia Chappelle, Producer Brian DeShazor, News writer Jeb Backe, feature producer Lucia Chappelle, NewsWrap reporters, Ret and Sarah Montague, music by Kim Wilson

Most global businesses enter Asia with a playbook built elsewhere. The pricing models, growth assumptions, labour structures, and definitions of value that worked in North America or Europe get applied to markets that operate by fundamentally different rules. The result, as Eric Stryson has observed across nearly two decades of on-the-ground leadership work in Asia, is failure - not dramatic failure, but the slow erosion of credibility that comes from never truly understanding where you are.Eric Stryson is Managing Director at The Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT), an independent pan-Asian think tank with offices in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. He has designed and facilitated more than 60 experiential leadership programmes across fifteen countries in Asia and the Middle East, working with over 3,000 executives from organisations including HSBC, Petronas, Marriott, MasterCard, and Standard Chartered. His public sector clients include the Hong Kong SAR Government, the Dubai Government, and the Central Bank of Malaysia.In this episode, Eric argues that much of what organisations believe they know about Asia is filtered through AI systems, research, and analysis shaped by Western institutions and historical precedents. Even conventional online research surfaces insights produced predominantly by incumbent Western policy and academic bodies, reinforcing a narrow and often distorted lens. Challenging these assumptions, he contends, requires moving beyond second-hand analysis and grounding decision-making in on-the-ground observation and lived experience.From renegotiating what 'value' means to understanding why Western growth models break down in Asia's diverse political and social contexts, Eric offers a rare perspective on what it actually takes to operate credibly in a post-Western, Asia-led growth environment. Discussion Points·       Why Western-filtered research and AI-generated analysis fail businesses trying to understand Asian markets·       Concrete examples of Western business models and assumptions breaking down on the ground in Asia·       How Asian markets define value differently - and why pricing strategies built elsewhere so often misfire·       Why 'scale fast, dominate markets' growth assumptions need renegotiating in Asia's diverse contexts·       What nearly 20 years of field project work in Asia reveals that research reports and case studies don't·       How consumption patterns and labour structures in Asia require businesses to rethink core operating models·       What 'post-Western world' means in practice for businesses operating in China, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East·       How to use AI tools responsibly when the training data reflects predominantly Western institutional perspectives·       Why Hong Kong businesses face an urgent reinvention moment - and what that looks like in practice·       The single most important thing Western businesses should do differently before entering or scaling in Asian marketsGuest BioEric Stryson is Managing Director at The Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT), an independent pan-Asian think tank with offices in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. He has designed and facilitated more than 60 experiential leadership programmes across fifteen countries in Asia and the Middle East, working with over 3,000 executives from C-suite to high-potential talent. His corporate clients include AIA, BASF, CITIC, DBS, FedEx, HSBC, Marriott, MasterCard, Panasonic, Petronas, Prudential, and Standard Chartered. His public sector clients include the Hong Kong SAR Government, the Dubai Government, the Central Bank of Malaysia, and various provincial and county governments in mainland China. Eric's articles have appeared in the South China Morning Post, Financial Times, China Daily, and The Straits Times, and he has been interviewed by CNBC. Links & Resources·       GIFT website: www.global-inst.com·       Eric Stryson profile: global-inst.com/team/eric-stryson·       SCMP: Reinvention must start now if Hong Kong businesses are to survive change·       FT Letter: A Bric in a de-dollarised wall or a new architecture?·       Digital Transformation Documentary: Eric Stryson on technology causing problems

We'll be back soon with new episodes. In the meantime, enjoy this episode about Jho Low, the fraudster who charmed Hollywood's elite while allegedly stealing over $4 billion from one of Malaysia's sovereign wealth funds.Jho Low, a Malaysian-born businessman, will do anything to climb the social ladder. After attending Wharton business school, he establishes himself as a globe-trotting playboy with a celebrity entourage. He uses his money to get near Leonardo DiCaprio, Miranda Kerr, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Kim Kardashian. But the source of Jho Low's seemingly endless cash is a mystery…. Until one of his former associates decides to blow the whistle.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wasatch Front residents can apply starting today for up to $800 toward an e-bike — we break down who qualifies and how to get yours before the 2,000 vouchers run out. Plus, the latest on the Tyler Robinson hearing, why Utah's odd spring could mean a "fruit famine," and Jell-O is getting a healthier makeover (just in time for National Candy Month).   We also dig into Malaysia banning social media for kids under 16, a growing form of bullying called lunch shaming, real estate agents leaving the industry in droves, and how remote work is making it harder for young people to find jobs. Amy Donaldson with KSL Podcasts joins us in-studio to preview her Coach's Book Club interview with new Utah Football head coach Morgan Scalley. And we close out with the AI question of the day and Sacramento's big MLB expansion reveal. How does Sacramento compete with Utah?    Follow KSL Brightside on social media! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KSLBrightside Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KSLBrightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/KSL_Brightside TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ksl.brightside

From about the middle of the first millennium of the Common Era through to the fifteenth century, Southeast Asian societies underwent a political transformation that produced the first, early states that were the forerunners of the countries we know today as Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Dougald O'Reilly's Empires of the Southern Ocean: Early Civilizations of Mainland and Insular Southeast Asia (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026), tells the complicated story of the development of these earlier polities from ‘chiefdoms' to more complex states. The book highlights the role of local factors in the rise of these states, as well as the influence of early Southeast Asia's participation in long-distance trade networks in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

From about the middle of the first millennium of the Common Era through to the fifteenth century, Southeast Asian societies underwent a political transformation that produced the first, early states that were the forerunners of the countries we know today as Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Dougald O'Reilly's Empires of the Southern Ocean: Early Civilizations of Mainland and Insular Southeast Asia (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026), tells the complicated story of the development of these earlier polities from ‘chiefdoms' to more complex states. The book highlights the role of local factors in the rise of these states, as well as the influence of early Southeast Asia's participation in long-distance trade networks in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/southeast-asian-studies

Episode #546: Recorded in Kuala Lumpur during Malaysia's final stretch as ASEAN chair, this is the second episode in a three part series which looks less at policy language and more at political consequence. Recorded inside Parliament, lawmakers grapple with what regional diplomacy can realistically achieve while communities across Malaysia absorb the human fallout of Myanmar's implosion — refugees navigating precarious legal status, strained public systems, and a debate that grows sharper the longer the crisis drags on. The first guest, Willie Mongin, is the Member of Parliament for Puncak Borneo in Sarawak and a former deputy minister who now serves as Deputy Chair of Malaysia's parliamentary select committee on international trade and international relations. His engagement with Myanmar deepened after joining the committee three years ago, when he began closely monitoring ASEAN geopolitics. For Mongin, the logic is simple: regional peace underpins shared prosperity. “When we have a peaceful region, we can actually work together and work towards prosperity together,” he says. Instability in Myanmar, he argues, threatens ASEAN cohesion and fuels refugee pressures in Malaysia. While acknowledging Malaysia's limits, he calls on the United Nations and major powers to press for a democratic resolution led ultimately by Myanmar's own leadership. The second guest, Ahmed Tarmizi, is the Member of Parliament for Sik in Kedah and Deputy Chairman of Malaysia's All-Party Parliamentary Group on Refugee Policy. Before entering politics, he worked in humanitarian relief connected to Myanmar, traveling to Rakhine State and refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. He describes Myanmar's crisis as regional in impact, calling it “like a cancer for the Asian community.” In Malaysia, he highlights the presence of more than 180,000 refugees, mostly from Myanmar, and the country's lack of a formal legal framework recognizing them. “We don't have any legal [act] to recognize the refugees,” he says, urging clearer policy and stronger ASEAN and UN action to stop the violence driving displacement.

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports on renewed attacks in the Middle East; Israel hits southern Beirut again, as citizens flee; France intercepts an oil tank traveling from Russia; the Laos rescue mission explores new ways of accessing the underwater cave; and Malaysia joins the international campaign to bar social media for teens under 16. .

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Food tours are becoming one of the fastest-growing parts of the travel industry, with tourists increasingly choosing to explore cities and cultures through what they eat.In this episode, Ruth Alexander explores the global rise of guided food experiences and the people building businesses around them.In Manchester, food tour guide Julia Fairburn takes Ruth through some of the city's best-known food spots, explaining how successful tours combine local history, storytelling and carefully paced eating experiences designed to leave visitors with lasting memories.Eric Wolf, founder and executive director of the World Food Travel Association in Valencia, Spain, explains how food tourism has expanded worldwide into a multi-billion-dollar industry, as travellers increasingly seek authentic and immersive culinary experiences.We also hear from Judith von Prockel, who began creating holidays centred around food experiences more than two decades ago, long before culinary tourism became mainstream. She reflects on how attitudes towards food travel have changed and why people are increasingly planning trips around what they want to eat.And in Malaysia, Pauline Lee from Simply Enak describes the work involved in creating memorable food tours in a growing and increasingly competitive market, where guides must balance logistics, hospitality and cultural storytelling alongside the food itself.From hidden local gems to global tourism trends, we explore why food tours have become big business — and what travellers are really looking for when they book them.If you'd like to get in touch with the programme, please email: thefoodchain@bbc.co.ukProducer: Izzy Greenfield Sound engineer: Andy Mills Picture: Simple Enak

Welcome to Mysterious Universe Season 35 episode 20!This realm boasts a massive amount of tiny happenings. Many Mini Mysteries can be found to surround you in every wee way within every micro moment of every diminutive day. Satisfying the appetite for the petite. We're talking about making a big deal out of the small stuff with a mini flying saucer invasion of tiny ray-gun-toting one-armed aliens appearing to children in Malaysia and more Mini Mysteries. In our Plus+ extension, we dive into one of the strangest blind spots in human nature: the way intelligent people become trapped inside their own certainty. Using everything from scientific fraud and broken paradigms to toxic marriages, we explore how ego, ideology, and institutional momentum can distort reality itself. The deeper you get into it, the harder it becomes to tell where honest inquiry ends and psychological self-defense begins. Stowell Primary School UFO Incident in Bukit Mertajam 1970 Malaysia's Miniature Alien Mystery: Unveiling the Enigmatic Encounters of Tiny Visitors Aliens and UFOs - Frontpage news of the Straits Times? The 1973 UFO Chronology - A World-Wide Wave Book - The Hidden Folk - S D Tucker Book - Symmetry: A True UFO Adventure - Preston Dennettt Book - Alien Contacts and Abductions: The Real Story from the Other Side - Jenny Randles Mysteries: The Powerful Sequel to The Occult The Great Pat Mahan Interstate 60 LinksPlus+ ExtensionThe extension of the show is EXCLUSIVE to Plus+ Members. To join. click HERE.Links Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices