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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 - A Letter to Myself: Entrepreneur Shi Ruxin on the virtue of adaptability — from her mother's hawker stall to running her own tech firm

Shi Ruxin, founder and CEO of tech company Xintesys, shares how her ability to adapt to her circumstances paved her road to becoming a successful entrepreneur. From her earliest days helping her mother run her hawker stall, to being retrenched in her earlier corporate career, Ruxin recounts the most valuable lessons her journey has given her on tenacity, living with intentionality, and the value of family.

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Daily Cuts - Should we still tap on CPF Special Accounts to save money for retirement?

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Tay Soo Sien speak with Christopher Tan, Founder and CEO, Providend, about whether we should still tap on our CPF Special Accounts to save up money for retirement.

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Daily Cuts - COE premiums dip once more for most categories

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Tay Soo Sien speak with transport analyst Terence Fan, who's also Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, SMU, about why COE premiums have dropped once more for most categories in the late November 2024 results.

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Daily Cuts - How flood-resilient is Singapore?

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Tay Soo Sien speak with Darren Lew, Senior Principal Engineer with the Catchment and Waterways department, PUB, about how flood-resilient Singapore is.

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Daily Cuts - Discover Western Australia’s flourishing wine culture

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Ava Ang, country manager of Tourism Western Australia. Ang talks about WA’s vibrant wine culture, with a special focus on the Margaret River Region. She reveals key wineries, vineyards, and wine experiences to explore. Ang also talks about the recently concluded Pair’d Margaret River Region festival – an inaugural food and wine event – which took place in November 2024.

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