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Daily Cuts - Beyoncé and her legacy set to be the subject of a new university course

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Pop superstar Beyoncé and her expansive cultural legacy will be the subject of a new course at Yale University in 2025. The class will focus on how the multi-hyphenated artist has generated awareness and engagement in social and political ideologies. She is not the first performer to be the subject of a college-level course, with the recent one being Taylor Swift. Hairianto Diman and Susan Ng speak to Jem Aswad, Executive Music Editor, Variety, to find out if the study of entertainment icons as a subject of academia is an emerging trend.

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Daily Cuts - Makan at Penang Jiak

In food paradise Singapore, you can already find Penang food in restaurants located in malls or stalls in the heartlands. But did you know that there’s now an addition to the offering right smack in the shopping belt at Shaw House where Food Republic is located? Work It's Hui Wong and Vaisali Prabhakaran speak with Andy Kiu - General Manager of the Food Atrium Division of BreadTalk Group about Penang Jiak.

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Daily Cuts - Pivoting to new roles in the new year

Looking at shifting trends in the business landscape, what does it take to pivot to different roles successfully? Can a PROTEAN career work for you? Work It's Hui Wong speaks with Helen Lim-Yang, Learning and Organizational Development Consultant in Leadership, and an Executive and Life Coach, about how to grow your potential in any organisation.

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Daily Cuts - "Alamak! Can use Singlish at work meh?"

Do you find yourself lapsing into Singlish, even at the workplace? Is there a way to learn how to switch between Singlish and proper English with ease? Is the ability to switch between the two, when the situation demands it, something that can be learned? Work It's Chew Wui Lynn speaks with Don Poh, Group CEO of Lorna Whiston School to find out more.

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Daily Cuts - A chat with Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka, 2022 Booker Prize winner

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Shehan Karunatilaka, the 2022 Booker Prize winner and Sri Lankan author who wrote the global bestseller “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida”. Karunatilaka – who used to work in Singapore’s advertising scene – will recall his memories of The Lion City, visiting the Haw Par Villa theme park and the cross-genre novel that earned him the prestigious literary prize. “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” is about a war photographer who, as a lingering ghost, investigates how he died and who murdered him - but he has seven days to unravel the truth.

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Daily Cuts - Appreciating art and architecture in Japan

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with graphic designer Ben Richards, a culturally curious, design-conscious, and open-minded globetrotter. Richards will talk about his travels discovering the rich art and architecture scene in Japan. To view his journeys, visit him @benrich__ on Instagram where he has over 161-thousand followers.

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