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Daily Cuts - S1E1: Cry for help: A young girl’s journey to mental wellness

Daily Cuts

The following podcast contains sensitive material. Listener discretion is advised. If you need someone to talk to or if you know anyone in need of a listening ear, call the Samaritans of Singapore at 1800 221 4444. 

As part of CNA’s special Mental Wellness series to mark World Mental Health Day, CNA938’s Singapore Today spoke to Lina (not her real name), a teenage girl who despite being a brilliant and successful student, struggles with mental health issues, including attempting suicide. 

Find out how her mother gave up her successful career to support her only daughter, while an expert from Singapore’s Institute of Mental Health explains some tell-tale signs to watch for in people with suicidal tendencies, and what we can do to help them.

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Daily Cuts - S1E294: Why Singapore’s small businesses are cheerful despite global economic headwinds

Small businesses matter, and so does their optimism in the grand scheme of things.  CNA938’s Stanley Leong and Tiffany Ang find out what support they need to grow and thrive in an uncertain environment from Julien Labruyere, Chief Executive Officer at Sleek

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Daily Cuts - S1E295: Eat, Drink, Singapore: How barrel-aged beer is different from your kopitiam beer

Have you heard about beer that’s been aged for some time in a wooden barrel? How does it taste, and where can you find some? CNA938’s Stanley Leong and Tiffany Ang got deep into the barrel with Will Julius, co-founder of Lion Brewery Co.

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Daily Cuts - S1E293: What you can learn from the collapse of banks

The financial markets are still nervous on the back of the fallout from bank failures in the US. What lessons can we glean from the crisis? CNA938’s Stanley Leong and Tiffany Ang find out from Don van Deventer, Managing Director of Risk Research and Quantitative Solutions at SAS Institute

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Daily Cuts - S1E292: A classic Peranakan cookbook's makeover

Singapore Today's Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Sharon Wee, Author of "Growing Up In A Nonya Kitchen: A Peranakan Family’s Food Memories of Singapore", about why her best-selling cookbook underwent a recent makeover.

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Daily Cuts - S1E291: Behind Tupperware's decline

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with James Fong, the Singapore Institute of Retail Studies' Head of Programmes, about leading plastic container brand Tupperware’s potential bankruptcy.

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