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CNA938 Rewind - EverNew VS EverGreen – Food Waste Crusaders Mono Foods & Their Padawans

CNA938’s Melanie Oliveiro brings on Episode #3 of her new ‘Made in SG’ special: “EverNew vs EverGreen”, where veterans of any given industry have discussions with younger contemporaries or new entrants to the sector. Lorraine Koh, co-founder of MoNo Foods, the local social enterprise committed to changing consumer mindsets on food waste, will talk about how they’re working with student interns to help them understand the importance of preventing food wastage in Singapore. MoNo Foods interns - students Marianne Tan and Shantha Ayyasamy – will highlight their experiences, holding educational sustainability talks for children, and more. They’ll also suggest how else MoNo Foods can grow and thrive.

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CNA938 Rewind - Peak Your Brain by Picking the Brains of Author Said Hasyim

In ‘Culture Club’ Melanie Oliveiro features another self-improvement book – this time written by innovator, strategist and speaker Said Hasyim, author of “Peak Brain Plasticity”. Taken from his ‘Peak Productivity’ book series, Hasyim will explain how the book aims to make the concept of neuroplasticity more digestible for readers. He’ll discuss strategies to enhance one’s brain capacity, practice more efficient memorisation methods, devise ways to work on anxiety, and more.

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CNA938 Rewind - Time Travel Around Old Singapore with the Children’s Museum Singapore’s First Book

In ‘Made in SG’ Melanie Oliveiro discovers a new local children’s book “WonderBot and the Time Travel Capsule”. It’s about a young girl Chloe and her pal, WonderBot who go on a time-travelling adventure to various locations in Singapore in their gachapon capsule. Author and illustrator Quek Hong Shin will talk about the research done to transport the characters back in time to explore the Lion City of old.  Manager Lydia Tan from the Children’s Museum Singapore will talk about how it aims to engage young readers in fun heritage learning experiences.

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CNA938 Rewind - Surprising Sri Lanka with Travel Content Creator Kimberly Lynn

In ‘Destination Anywhere’ Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Kimberly Lynn - a travel content creator who goes by @wholistictraveler on Instagram and TikTok - about her travels to Sri Lanka. She will talk about her explorations from UNESCO World Heritage sites like the Sinharaja Forest Reserve to the ancient Lion Rock Fortress and various National Parks.

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CNA938 Rewind - The Wellness Hour - The Blessing Book for IVF Babies 

Infertility is something that many women quietly struggle with, often taking a physical and emotional toll on themselves. From an endometriosis diagnosis to her journey of IVF, the path to motherhood was not easy for our guest. Cheryl Goh speaks to Caryn Lim, Mum of 3 IVF babies and author of The Blessing and explores the personal experience of fertility struggles and how sharing her story through a children’s book became a part of our guest’s healing process.  

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CNA938 Rewind - Mind Your Money - How a Retirement Wave Is Reshaping CFO Hiring in APAC 

A retirement wave is reshaping CFO succession across Asia Pacific, with more first-time finance leaders stepping into the top job as companies contend with leadership turnover, market uncertainty, and growing pressure to drive transformation. Cheryl Goh speaks to Adelin Choy, Executive Director and Asia-Pacific Financial Officers Practice co-lead at Russell Reynolds Associates to learn more about how the CFO role is evolving, and what businesses now need to do to strengthen their succession plans. 

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