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

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 - Why so many knife attacks in Singapore?

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Dr Joseph Leong, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Promises Healthcare, about what could be driving the recent spate of knife-related assaults in Singapore.

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Daily Cuts - Is it wrong to pull people to training programmes, and get rewarded for it?

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Sylvia Fernandes, Managing Director, VIA Frontiers, about why offering incentives to participants for referring others to a training programme is an unfair practice.

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Daily Cuts - Do you have legal recourse from being injured at the mall?

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Ong Pei Ching, Partner, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, TSMP Law Corporation, about the legal recourse you'd have from shopping mall-related injuries.

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Daily Cuts - Chefs with a Cause

“Christmas with a Cause” is a creative collaboration for mental wellness between two chefs known for their artistry both in and out of the kitchen. Together, they created “Tomorrow”, an artwork which symbolises hope and resilience. Work It’s Tay Soo Sien speaks with  Kenjiro “Hatch” Hashida of Hashida Singapore and Hashida Tokyo, and Rishi Naleendra, the chef-owner of Cloudstreet, Sri Lankan restaurant Kotuwa, and FOOL Wine Bar to find out more.  

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Daily Cuts - What to do if your bank accounts are blocked and credit cards cancelled, while overseas...

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Professor Lawrence Loh, Director, Centre for Governance and Sustainability, NUS Business School, about what to do if your bank accounts are blocked and credit cards have been cancelled while overseas.

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