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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: Prof Ranga Krishnan on the wisdom of setbacks, teamwork, and curiosity

Prof Ranga Krishnan is an internationally-recognised leader in the medical research field and has contributed significantly to Singapore's healthcare community. The chairman of the National Medical Research Council and founding chairman of the National Health Innovation Centre, reflects on an illustrious career in clinical research and shares the most valuable insights he's gained through his remarkable journey.

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: What's holding you back from helping in emergencies?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Chew Lip Heng, Consultant, OPSTAR and an Associate Faculty with the Public Safety and Security Programme, SUSS and Dr Lim Boon Leng, a psychiatrist at Dr BL Lim Centre for Psychological Wellness, about what could be holding some of us back from helping in emergencies.

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Daily Cuts - Why Singapore's key exports fell worse than expected in October

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Yeap Jun Rong, Market Strategist, IG Asia, about why Singapore's key exports fell worse than expected year on year in October.

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Daily Cuts -  Exploring Kosovo and North Macedonia's rich heritages

In 'Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks to Alexander Welder, a solo traveller from Germany, under the Instagram handle @alexweldertravels. Welder recounts his adventures in Kosovo and North Macedonia, Southeast European countries rich in history and ancient old-world culture. 

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Daily Cuts - The evolution of the female body with American author Cat Bohannon

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Cat Bohannon, American researcher and author of “Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution”, her bestseller. Bohannon – who was a keynote speaker at the Singapore Writers Festival 2024 – discusses some of the scientific topics in "Eve", like why women tend to live longer than men and why male bodies have been mostly prioritised over women’s in the name of science and research.

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