It has become a bogeyman to many, yet still many are unsure what it even is. We speak to Rish Tandapany, the founder and CEO of boutique thought consultancy Trynkle, about cancel culture to find out more about its origins, what cancel culture actually is, and its implications on modern society. Social media links: Rish Tandapany Website: https://ww…

Following the publication of a now-debunked paper tying vaccines to autism in 1998, there has been a growing group of anti-vaccine believers actively trying to combat efforts to vaccinate the world against preventable diseases. Now, as Malaysia embarks on its drive to deliver the COVID vaccine, we speak to healthcare administrator Dr, Khoo Yoong Kh…

As the world sees a global increase in wealth inequality, many are pointing to the immorality of a handful of the world’s population owning most of its wealth. Given this, we speak with the CEO of Islamic budgeting and investing app Kestrl to hear what Islam might have to say about this issue and how zakat might be an answer to these problems. Soci…

Ask someone if they want a bowl of Pho or a plate of Pad Thai and they'll get all excited, but ask someone if they want Nasi Lemak and suddenly they're screaming "who are you?" and "how did you get into my house?". In this episode, we speak to food writer/journalist-turned-musician Amirul Ruslan to find out how Malaysian cuisine got left behind as …

Following the shootings that resulted in 8 victims in Atlanta, Georgia, we speak to Munira Mustaffa about an internet subculture known as incels, and their evolution into a real-world threat, as well a surprising connection between incel violence in the US to Malaysia. Munira is a security practitioner and research fellow at Verve Research who was …

Azielia and Iqbal speak to a researcher at the European Commission, Lynn Davies, and former Master's student at the International Islamic University of Malaysia, Basem Talha, about structures of patriarchy around the world, how they affect those living in them, and why some women uphold these structures at their own detriment. Social media links: L…

We speak to former Penang Institute research analyst and current Waseda University graduate student, Ooi Kok Hin, about Game Theory - both literally while playing the popular online game Among Us, as well as academically, in analyzing game theory scenarios in Malaysian politics. Social media links: Ooi Kok Hin Twitter: @CinaCakapMelayu Podcast: @Du…

Today's guest is Muzakir, a former stand-up comic and current comedy/improv sketch writer who joins Azielia and Iqbal to discuss incestuous relationships between family members and whether there might ever come a time when romantic relationships between siblings or parents and children become normalized, and maybe even one day, legalized. Social me…

Iqbal gets really excited in this episode as he and Sharrif Salleh, a former political researcher, discuss the journey of a Malaysian man from Ipoh, Ian Miles Cheong, going from internet notoriety as one of the first Reddit moderators to be banned from the site, to internet infamy as one of the most well known right-wing, conservative pundits on Am…

Shafiqah Othman, a writer and artist who publishes on her own website, ShafiqahOthman.com, and on Medium. Shafiqah shares her experience going from avowed hatred of K-Pop, to mild acceptance, when she discovers her husband is a K-Pop fan himself, to full-fledged K-Pop fanaticism when she starts discovering her own passion for the genre which helped…

Welcoming our first guest to the podcast is Natasha Shazana, the founder of SOKO [as in soko(ng)], an intimate apparel brand based in Malaysia which prioritises comfort and real women representation. As a mother of two (cats), a wife of one (husband), and a daughter of an outstanding couple, Natasha is readjusting to the KL-life having moved here f…