The Straits Times Podcasts Transcripts
The Straits Times · 1,999 episodes with transcripts
Synopsis: Almost every weekday, our ALL-IN-ONE channel showcases discussions on Singapore youth perspectives and social issues, geopolitics through an Asian lens, health, climate change, personal finance and career.
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Latest The Straits Times Podcasts transcripts
Small modular nuclear reactors: Singapore’s answer to energy security?
October 19, 2026
SPEAKER_1 (0:02)
This is a podcast by The Straits Times.
Audrey Tan (0:05)
Hi, I'm Audrey Tan, an Assistant News Editor at The Straits Times. This is Green Pulse, your show, not just about the environment, but how it intersects with society, business and politics.
Today, we have in the studio with us, Mr Low Xin Wei. He is the Chief Executive of the Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Institute, also known as SNRSI.
Low Xin Wei (0:54)
Thank you, Audrey.
- Small modular nuclear reactors: Singapore’s answer to energy security?
- He lived the Singapore Dream of getting into medical school but quit for taichi and theatre. Why?
- Why young Indonesians are falling back in love with cinemas and the analogue life
- This man can order TikTok and Facebook to take posts down - Singapore's online safety commissioner
- Households without wealth can get ‘completely disabled’ by disruption, job loss: IPS’ Mathew Mathews
- A Gen Z collector on retro tech making a come back and what that says about us
- Was the carpet red enough? How Japan, India view Xi-Trump summit
- LTA wants to merge Cat A and B COEs, here’s why prices won’t come down
- How the 'high-functioning' label masks ADHD at a high cost
- Can the ‘develop or conserve’ debate in Singapore be more constructive?
- You'll never be able to outrun money: why chasing a salary alone won't get you rich or wealthy
- $8,000 mortgages and double tuition for the same subject: the cost of Singapore’s education arms race
- Why it's hard saying no to your boss' Instagram follow request
- Will Najib’s house arrest derail or help UMNO-PAS unity plans?
- Is AI going to kill us? We talk to an AI safety researcher
- Can money buy love for reading? Gwee Li Sui on our results-oriented culture
- When friends drift apart or fall out, the self-blame and grief can hurt more than a breakup
- Who’s afraid of BRICS?
- True Fitness collapse: Why do big gyms keep closing in Singapore?
- $1b venture capitalist Hian Goh on how Singapore can grow a firm like Apple
- Sticking together 24/7 while on holiday? That could be a red flag
- Are million-dollar salaries enough to get talented Singaporeans to join politics?
- Nine-year-olds on drugs: Has the world abandoned Myanmar?
- Running on fumes: When self-neglect causes caregivers to hit a wall
- 2 out of 3 suicide deaths are men, a psychiatrist explains why
- Inside disguised retrenchments: An employment lawyer on how companies force workers out
- Invest in stocks and ETFs because your friend says so? Why friends and finances don’t always mix
- JB-Singapore RTS Link: Singaporeans will spend $1bn more in JB
- In China, AI is ‘everything, everywhere’. Is there a dark side?
- Faishal Ibrahim’s exit: Are the PAP’s moral standards turning people away from politics?
- Injections at home, workplace smiles: A working mum's IVF reality
- The surprising reason Singaporeans complain but don’t correct bad public behaviour
- 7 jobs in 14 years: A comms director explains why job hopping isn't always bad
- Why China's economy doesn't add up, according to one economist
- 1 in 3 employers are hiring contract workers. Are contract jobs the new norm for Singapore grads?
- Politician Rahayu Mahzam on mum guilt, screen time, social media algorithms
- Singapore footpath wars: Why reclaiming car space could solve the PMD and PMA problem
- What your blood pressure reading misses
- From BTS to Jeju's sea divers: South Korea's cultural revival
- Singapore lawyers are facing bullying and burnout, why hasn’t anything changed in 30 years?
- 2 mums on guilt, being the default parent and juggling work
- Investing amid volatility: is it all about managing emotions and impulses?
- US-India ties in crisis? Why Washington reverted USIndoPacom to USPacom
- 'You don't have to do this perfectly to do it well': Working motherhood and mental health
- Singapore's lonely seniors: Why the super-aged feel isolated even when living with family
- Were unhappy WP veterans behind the challenge to Pritam Singh?
- Will the Johor polls kill the unity government before GE16?
- Dear You debate: Is it time to relook rules on Chinese dialects?
- What can be done about the explosion of disinformation?
- Lure of traffic drives millions of Chinese content creators to target Singapore
- Deepfakes, $50 intimate photos amid OSC launch
- ‘Comedy equals truth and pain’: a clown on taking life less seriously
- Why Beijing now sets the agenda for US-China ties
- P1 registration: How did the parent volunteer scheme become an arms race?
- Palliative care is for living, not just dying: Talk about it sooner
- World Cup 2026: Can tournament's quality exceed increased quantity in matches?
- Why eldest daughters carry so much weight: An Asian perspective
- Is modern dating in Singapore broken?
- ‘The more you know, the more wonderful it becomes’: Brian Cox on science and awe
- How to get from autonomous vehicles to flying cars: Xpeng CEO
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