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BMI - 'Bicara Minggu Ini', or in English, 'The Talk of the Week' is a weekly podcast discussing top
29/06/2022
Hello đź‘‹
It has been almost 9 months since I last updated about Bicara Minggu Ini podcast and for the time being, it will be on hiatus until a certain period of time.
Over the past year, there has been a lot of major events and changes particularly here in Malaysia on politics, policies and curretn affairs. I know, it can be rather very overwhelming to keep abreast with all the noise around.
Rest assured, perhaps some day BMI will make a comeback with more inside stories and in depth analysis.
In the meantime, stay safe everyone!
- Norman Goh
Wishing all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! During these difficult times, let's cherish the spirit of giving and helping those affected by the flood.
22/11/2021
Going on a hiatus for the time being.
See you all when I'm back - Norman
09/09/2021
TW: Su***de.
As we mark ***dePreventionDay, independent broadcast journalist Tehmina Kaoosji shares about the current mental health situation in Malaysia and reminding everyone that "help is just a call away".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBfEyldjtac
World Su***de Prevention Day - Tehmina Kaoosji Bicara Minggu Ini (BMI) runs a series of six messages from fellow friends as well as lawmakers in highlighting the importance of su***de prevention and aware...
18/08/2021
Finally, it's back. New episode of Bicara Minggu Ini is up! I'm discussing Malaysia at the Crossroads with Professor James Chin of University of Tasmania as we await for the new appointment of the 9th Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Here's the link: https://bit.ly/MalaysiaCrossroads
Episode 31 - Malaysia at the Crossroads Listen to this episode from BMI - Bicara Minggu Ini on Spotify. The deadline is over. At 4PM sharp on 18th of August, all 220 MPs submitted their statutory decorations to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Who will be the next Prime Minister, the ninth Prime Minister of Malaysia? After months and weeks of p...
It's been a while since I've last updated, been busy with studies and work.
Here's a teaser of my upcoming coverage of rally on July 31.
Stay tuned on Bicara Minggu Ini, this week.
22/05/2021
Bicara Minggu Ini's Episode 30 - Education, Disconnected?
Listen to my conversations with Kelvin Tan, CEO and co-founder of Project ID, as we deep dive into how teachers and students adapt with lessons in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic.
Link: http://bit.ly/BMI-30
Episode 30 - Education, Disconnected? Listen to this episode from BMI - Bicara Minggu Ini on Spotify. In this episode, I speak to Kelvin Tan, CEO and co-founder of Project ID, a school-based education initiative to help students and teachers. In 2020, Project ID conducted the Student Voice Matters survey to understand how students are c...
20/04/2021
Here’s the full video podcast of Bicara Minggu Ini Episode 27: Conversations with Senator Liew Chin Tong.
https://youtu.be/3-R3fIHzEjI
Episode 27 - Conversations with Senator Liew Chin Tong In this episode, I speak to DAP’s national political education director and former deputy defence minister Senator Liew Chin Tong, discussing the changing po...
Bicara Minggu Ini - Episode 27: Conversations with YB Senator Liew Chin Tong.
In this episode, we will be diving deeper into the economic issues in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and moving forward through these tough times.
You can listen to the full episode on Spotify: http://bit.ly/BMI-EP27
Next episode on Bicara Minggu Ini with Senator Liew Chin Tong, DAP National Political Education Director, we will be discussing the current political landscape in Malaysia and how we should move forward to save our economy. https://bit.ly/bicaramingguini
01/03/2021
[Sheraton Move, One Year On] special series on Bicara Minggu Ini - BMI - Shackled Media?
Follow my conversation with Radzi Razak, journalist and spokesperson of Geramm, looking back one year after the political coup.
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/8p-1iUaJzTI
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3b1Iozq
Sheraton Move, One Year On: Conversations with Radzi Razak (GERAMM) - Shackled Media? Listen to this episode from BMI - Bicara Minggu Ini on Spotify. Malaysia is never shy from one political crisis to another political drama unfolding. It has been a year since the change of administration in 2020 that saw the change of government. Has that event stalled the media reforms in Malaysia?...
23/02/2021
Bicara Minggu Ini's special series on 'Sheraton Move, One Year On' - Changing Malaysian Political Landscape is the first episode of the series with Prof. Bridget Welsh to dissect deeper one year after the infamous political coup.
You can listen to the full episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Y7iseqy0gplEKWVwxCwg2?si=X3BnM528QJCaKHQxLmRzfA
Or watch the conversation on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/q6q6RxKqiXw
Changing Malaysian Political Landscape - Prof. Bridget Welsh Listen to this episode from BMI - Bicara Minggu Ini on Spotify. February 23, 2020, the day that altered the direction of Malaysian political landscape from an unseemingly political coup that shattered Pakatan Harapan’s helm at leadership from the historic win in the 2018 General Election. A year a...
Next up on Bicara Minggu Ini with special series, looking back one year on after the infamous Sheraton Move.
Don't miss my conversation with Dr. Bridget Welsh, Honorary Research Associate with the University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute Malaysia (UoNARI-M).
22/02/2021
How will this affect the future media landscape in Malaysia and how will newsrooms operate after this?
In this episode, I speak to Premesh Chandran, CEO and co-founder of Malaysiakini to tell us more.
https://youtu.be/P3mwE19sX9Y
Malaysiakini and Media Freedom in Jeopardy? Malaysia’s leading independent news portal Malaysiakini was handed a hefty half a million ringgit fine after they were found to be in contempt of court by th...
22/02/2021
Bicara Minggu Ini's episode 23 on Malaysiakini and Media Freedom is out!
Listen to the full episode on Spotify and follow my conversation with the news portal's CEO and co-founder Premesh Chandran: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4cA7atKebL8d9cDPmW1JtK?si=KpsFHfGrQUqJp4-Uf9Yvvg
Malaysiakini and Media Freedom in Jeopardy? Listen to this episode from BMI - Bicara Minggu Ini on Spotify. Malaysia’s leading independent news portal Malaysiakini was handed a hefty half a million ringgit fine after they were found to be in contempt of court by the Federal Court on February 19, the penalty was more than double the fine pro...
16/02/2021
How will the youths vote in the upcoming general elections? Do young Malaysians vote along the lines of race or party, or are they against the establishment?
Listen to what Tharma Pillai of UNDI18 has to say: https://youtu.be/Ga0pxh48gR8
Undi18 or U-Turn? It all began with the remarks made by the Senate Speaker who is also the Senate President, Tan Sri Rais Yatim, who said that the decision to lower the voting...
Bicara Minggu Ini Episode 22 is out!
It all began with the remarks made by the Senate Speaker who is also the Senate President, Tan Sri Rais Yatim, who said that the decision to lower the voting age to 18-years-old starting this July was one made hastily and teenagers are still not ready to commit to the democratic process.
Just recently, deputy youth and sports minister Wan Ahmad Fayhsal who was once a special officer to the minister Syed Saddiq who said that Malaysians are not ready to vote at 18 years old.
I speak to Tharma Pillai, the co-founder of Undi18, a youth-led movement dedicated to democratic reform whom he co-founded with his lifelong partner, Qyira Yusri. Both of them were pivotal in lobbying the then PH government to lower the age of voting to 18.
Listen to the full episode on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2aA1ywWtJEzqnn7HMElIej?si=ndOUaK1pS4Ghpc1QLUDpFA
31/01/2021
Had sometime over the weekend in the midst of my semester exams, here's the video of my interview with Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah as the second part of Children of the Lost Year story. https://youtu.be/VuOPtc6acC4
Children of the Lost Year (Part 2) - Conversations with YB Maria Chin Abdullah This will be the second part of my conversation and discussion on Children of the Lost Year, as part of my policy analysis and my attempt to understand the c...
22/01/2021
Bicara Minggu Ini's episode 21 is out! Check out the Part 2: Children of the Lost Year with Petaling Jaya MP, YB Maria Chin Abdullah.
You can listen to the full episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5krX0LGcLKxCoCLAonGpLK?si=Ah64_2qWSrCuGarVGSGN4g
Children of the Lost Year (Part 2) - Conversations with YB Maria Chin Abdullah - BMI - Bicara Minggu Ini This will be the second part of my conversation and discussion on Children of the Lost Year, as part of my policy analysis and my attempt to understand the current situation of our education policy in the midst of the pandemic. In this episode, I speak to the Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah to....
19/01/2021
You can also watch the video of our discussion about policies on education in the midst of the pandemic with Dr Maszlee Malik on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1ZrSQkkQ2so
Children of the Lost Year (Part 1) - Conversations with YB Dr Maszlee Malik We’re back in another lockdown as we usher in a new year in 2021 and despite the good news of the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccine, we will still have to brace o...
19/01/2021
Here's the new episode of Bicara Minggu Ini Episode 20 - Children of the Lost Year Part 1: Conversations with YB Dr Maszlee Malik
Listen to the full episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6JfiuUo9fk0FnKd1n2MR2p?si=TU61kgiIQ_yuXbTdV152XQ
Children of the Lost Year (Part 1) - Conversations with YB Dr Maszlee Malik - BMI - Bicara Minggu Ini We’re back in another lockdown as we usher in a new year in 2021 and despite the good news of the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccine, we will still have to brace ourselves with the new wave of infections in Malaysia that broke the 4,000 mark in daily new cases. Last year, millions of students had to sta...
18/12/2020
Episode 19 of Bicara Minggu Ini is up! Sheraton Move Rewind - Malaysia in 2020
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2YZl6hBXMOlIEXrv5mA2j5?si=DwOoMSzhTISgjhxQHlhfmQ
Sheraton Move Rewind - Malaysia in 2020 - BMI - Bicara Minggu Ini Budget 2021 was finally passed in the Dewan Rakyat, let’s face it. 111 to 108 and one absent. We have 220 MPs, two passed away this year. As we wind down the clock and the curtain falls to close the end of the year, the stage of political dramas draw to a close of the chapter in 2020. It is the ye...
12/11/2020
Stop The Chop! - Logging for Development or Timber for Fortune? https://youtu.be/mjaFNRzgoaY
#Logging #Sarawak #Gerenai Stop The Chop! - Logging for Development or Timber for Fortune? - YouTube In the 1970s, more than two thirds of the land in the Borneo island were covered in rainforest, lush greenery, flora and fauna. One of the last bastions of unto...
12/11/2020
New episode of Bicara Minggu Ini is out! Listen to the full episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0yhsn59pYVRpR46it1mhyS?si=4yXVxPC8TcaBZBJHV4Pwng
In the 1970s, more than two thirds of the land in the Borneo island were covered in rainforest, lush greenery, flora and fauna. One of the last bastions of untouched rainforest in the world. In less than four decades, much of it has been lost and we are now looking at a grim figure of 30 percent left of rainforest cover in Borneo.
Much closer to home in Sarawak, while the state government boasts more than 60 percent of forest coverage and sustainable forest management, replanting of trees, we still continue seeing timber industry continue to grow rapidly. In this episode, I speak to Peter N. J. Kallang from SAVE Rivers to talk about the ongoing logging activities affecting northern Sarawak communities from the Kayan and Penan tribe in Gerenai.
Do support this campaign and sign the petition here https://saverivers.org/stopthechop/
02/11/2020
Good morning to all! Bicara Minggu Ini's episode on Resetting Malaysia is now available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Sz8-pD3Yees
Resetting Malaysia, but how? Stop. Pause. Politics. Covid-19. Quarantine. Unemployment. Deaths. With all the political drama over the week, what can we do to reset Malaysia? What can we ...
29/10/2020
Another episode this week on Bicara Minggu Ini, I speak to REFSA - Research For Social Advancement research director, Ivy Kwek about resetting Malaysia and the upcoming Budget 2021.
Listen to the full episode on Spotify: http://bit.ly/BMI-EP17
25/10/2020
It has been a depressing week while others are fighting on the frontlines to help those affected by .
In this episode, I will be selecting top stories of the week with Malaysia’s political drama like Game of Thrones.
Listen to the full episode on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HBuiZE
18/10/2020
Bicara Minggu Ini Episode 15 is out but this is also my 32nd podcast episode so far since I started in June 2020.
In this episode, it's a collaboration with Harith Mohamad from NadiKita.
Listen to the full episode here:
https://bit.ly/BMI-EP15-PoliticsInMalaysia
01/10/2020
New episode in Bicara Minggu Ini with former prime minister Najib Razak. This conversation was recorded together with The Vibes in an interview with the former premier and Pekan MP.
Listen to the full episode on Spotify: http://bit.ly/BicaraNajibRazak
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