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Daily Cuts - Woodlands Represent! Akeem Jahat – a Singaporean rapper going from strength-to-strength

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In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Singaporean bilingual rapper, Akeem Jahat now celebrating the 10th anniversary release of his breakthrough album, a mixtape titled, “SeluDOPE”. Akeem will also talk about his earlier days: how he started rapping in his teens and the issues he addresses in his tracks. Discover more Singaporean music and musicians at Hear65.com an initiative by the National Arts Council, produced by independent music media company Bandwagon.

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Daily Cuts - Carlos Sendros: the Spanish guitarist

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Carlos Sendros about how and why he picked up the instrument, his musical career so far - performing at various venues including moving ones like the Royal Albatross (the luxury Tall Ship Singapore) as he is its resident musician, and his other job as the Artistic Director at Musicarts Productions a Singapore-based management and production company.

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Daily Cuts - 100 days to the Paris Olympics: How Team Singapore is preparing

We continue with our coverage of the leadup to Paris Olympics 2024. 10 Team Singapore athletes have qualified for the games, and Asia First’s Andrea Heng and Joel Chua speak with Richard Gordon, Senior Director & Head of High Performance & Athlete Life, Singapore Sports Institute to find out how they’re gearing up for the games. 

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Daily Cuts - 100 days to the Paris Olympics: How Paris is preparing

The countdown to the 2024 Olympics has begun. Asia First’s Andrea Heng and Joel Chua speak with James Dampney, Sports Journalist, News Corp Australia to find out how Paris is preparing for the event.

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Daily Cuts - The aftermath of the recent Sydney stabbings

Sydney has seen two shocking incidents within days of each other. With a 40-year-old man fatally stabbing six people on Saturday, and a 16-year-old boy stabbing a bishop and a churchgoer, while injuring several others. Asia First’s Andrea Heng and Joel Chua speak with Samara McPhedran, Honorary Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Queensland to try and make sense of the aftermath.

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Daily Cuts - JOURN - Georgienne Lee

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Georgienne Lee founder of JOURN a homegrown fitness active wear label. Lee will talk about how the brand started & how the pandemic made her switch roles - from working in the hospitality industry to becoming an cycling apparel entrepreneur. Lee will also discuss the fitness wear pain points she experienced while taking up cycling, the research she did to combine innovative performance fabrics with fashion, and how her friends from the cycling community helped her build the brand’s appeal.

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