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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 - Gastroscopies: What you need to know before getting one

Concerns have arisen over gastroscopies in the wake of a Singaporean patient who underwent one in South Korea. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman get a medical professional, Adjunct Associate Professor Lee Guan Huei, Head & Senior Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, to spell out the procedure and what necessitates it in the Singapore context. 

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Daily Cuts - How Singaporeans view different automakers and their cars

A recent study by an automotive company here has revealed the perceptions of existing and potential car consumers in Singapore and across Asia. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Sabrina Azmi, Research Solutions Director, Carma Asia. Together, they cruise through the findings and discuss the details. 

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Daily Cuts - Reading the signals from a record year of elections

2024 has been a chaotic, rollercoaster year of political polling in many nations across the world. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Associate Professor Chong Jia Ian, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore, Non-Resident Scholar, Carnegie China, to identify the common threads as well as the anomalies from the record year of elections, and read the signals sent by the global population. 

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Daily Cuts - Understanding Singapore’s income report

Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Chuin Ting Weber, CEO and CIO, MoneyOwl, to get a closer examination of early findings from the annual data on Singapore’s resident labour force by the Ministry of Manpower. They decipher what it means for wages and purchasing power.

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Daily Cuts - Why millennials, Gen Zs need side hustles to meet their savings goals

Having a second job is not unusual for a millennial or a Gen Z; often it involves a job outside their main roles. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Sophia Tan, Wealth Manager, PhillipCapital, to find out why side hustles are almost a necessity and if a deeper financial issue is at hand. 

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