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Daily Cuts - NAFA & theatre collective Autopoetics production "no there there"

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Melanie Oliveiro finds out more about the NAFA & theatre collective Autopoetics production “no there there”. Staged from 13-15 June 2024 “no there there” is about Charlie finding herself in two worlds: a hospital room and a world of self-help/internet inspiration. She’s drawn under the spell of internet influencers and gurus who offer her insights into their worlds. Charlie then invents an Instagram character – Cha Cha – who becomes a star. Interviewees Laura Hayes and Natalie Titus will talk about their roles, how this production came about, and what present-day issues are addressed in the production.

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Daily Cuts - The Circular Classroom

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Leonie Nagarajan and Zinobia Tinwala about their plans to set up a local sustainable system where school uniforms can be reused, repurposed and recycled. They also shared about their work with other communities and organisations on circular collaboration projects.

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Daily Cuts - Spending a Night At Orchard

Melanie Oliveiro chats with Mark Shaw, Chairman of Orchard Road Business Association, about the highlights of Night At Orchard, the popular bazaar in Singapore's Orchard Road, which has returned after a four-year pandemic-induced hiatus.

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Daily Cuts - It’s getting hot out there — will Asia’s extreme heat wave affect Singapore?

Temperatures in parts of south and Southeast Asia are so high, it's not just uncomfortable - but unhealthy. Could Singapore be next? On Asia First, Andrea Heng and Joel Chua discussed the possibilities with Professor Benjamin Horton, Principal Investigator, Earth Observatory of Singapore

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Daily Cuts - Monday Reset: Learn about down regulating to handle stress better

Stress is unavoidable — but how well we are able to manage stress really determines the state of our overall well being. That’s what “down-regulating” can help. Andrea Heng and Joel Chua of Asia First got some tips from Dr Joel Yang, Clinical Psychologist, Mind What Matters. 

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Daily Cuts - Pro-Palestinian protests at US universities: How they began and escalated

Universities in some US states have been gripped by months of pro-Palestine protests, leading to the arrest or suspension of hundreds of students from some of the most prominent institutions. Some universities have even cancelled graduation. Laura Blumenfeld, Senior Fellow with the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies shared her observations with Andrea Heng and Joel Chua on Asia First.

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