Your guide to The Straits Times’ podcasts

A brand new feature is within The Straits Times app, which you can download from the Apple app store or the Google Play store. For those of you who already have it, the latest version update now has a dedicated Podcast Section, where you can listen to our latest incoming show episodes and check out back episodes too.

You can also choose to follow our podcast RSS feeds, or the shows on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or trigger voice activation on your smart devices by saying: “Hey (name of voice assistant), play me (name of any of the shows below) or The Straits Times Podcasts.”

Listen to fresh episodes on regular days of the week and email the podcast team feedback or PR pitches at: podcast@sph.com.sg

The Straits Times Podcasts

If you’re keen to discover The Straits Times’ podcast network of shows, the ‘one-stop shop’ way to do it is via your fave audio apps:

Channel: https://str.sg/wvz7
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/wukK
Spotify: https://str.sg/wukH
YouTube: https://str.sg/4Vwsa

Get notified each time our latest episodes ‘drop’ every other day and during the week. Or you can follow the shows you’d like specifically below.

The Usual Place (1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month)

Synopsis: The Usual Place host Natasha Ann Zachariah explores contemporary societal choices and youth perspectives.

Follow The Usual Place Podcast here and get notified for new episode drops:
Channel: https://str.sg/5nfm
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/9ijX
Spotify: https://str.sg/cd2P

COE Watch (every month)

The Straits Times offers expert insights if you are in the market for a new vehicle or are tracking transportation trends.

Follow COE Watch Podcast here:
Channel: https://str.sg/iTtE
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/iqW2
Spotify: https://str.sg/iqgB

In Your Opinion (2nd Monday of the month)

The Straits Times takes a hard look at social issues of the day with guests.

Follow In Your Opinion Podcast:
Channel: https://str.sg/w7Qt
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/wukb
Spotify: https://str.sg/w7sV

Asian Insider (every Friday)

Get our distinct take on global issues with an Asian perspective, with ST’s correspondents across the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe.

Follow Asian Insider Podcast:
Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8
Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX

Health Check (1st Wednesday of the month)

The Straits Times’ senior health correspondent Joyce Teo chats with expert guests to help you make sense of health matters that affect you.

Follow Health Check Podcast:
Channel: https://str.sg/JWaN
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWRX
Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaQ

HeadSTart On Record (1st & 3rd Mondays of the month)

Get a headstart in your personal finance and career with The Straits Times.

Follow HeadSTart On Record Podcast:
Channel: https://str.sg/wB2m
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/wuN3
Spotify: https://str.sg/wBr9

Green Pulse (1st & 3rd Sundays of the month)

The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.

Follow Green Pulse Podcast:
Channel: https://str.sg/JWaf
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWaY
Spotify: https://str.sg/JWag

Hard Tackle (2nd Wednesday of the month)

The Straits Times tackles the talking points in sport. 

Follow Hard Tackle Podcast:
Channel: https://str.sg/JWRE
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWRa
Spotify: https://str.sg/JW6N

Music Lab

Each month, The Straits Times invites music acts to chat and perform an original song.

Follow Music Lab Podcast:
Channel: https://str.sg/w9TX
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/w9TB
Spotify: https://str.sg/w9T6

#PopVultures (once a month)

The Straits Times’ Jan Lee examines the ins and outs of pop culture in the Asian entertainment and Hollywood industries.

Follow #PopVultures Podcast:
Channel: https://str.sg/JWad
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWaA
Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaP

Special Edition series

True Crimes of Asia

Headphones are recommended for this series.

Synopsis: A 6-part series from April till September 2023, exploring recent real crimes that gripped, horrified and laid bare the issues that afflicted societies in Asia. 

Listen to the events surrounding a spine-chilling find in a Bangkok temple. Or the gruesome death of a domestic helper in Singapore.

This series clinched the gold award for Best Podcast at the Digital Media Awards Asia 2024 in April, and third place for Best Podcast at the Digital Media Awards Worldwide 2024, both organised by the World Association of News Publishers (Wan-Ifra).

Discover ST’s True Crimes Of Asia Podcast:
Channel: https://str.sg/i44T
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/i44q
Spotify: https://str.sg/i44c

The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia

In this five-part special series featuring ST’s foreign correspondents, The Straits Times dives into some of the greatest unsolved mysteries in South-east Asia, and examines the underlying issues that they exposed.

The series also won The Best Podcast/Digital Audio Project category at the 2022 Digital Media Awards Asia, organised by Wan-Ifra.

Discover Unsolved Mysteries Of South-east Asia Podcast:
Channel: https://str.sg/wuZ2
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/wu3W
Spotify: https://str.sg/wuJ9

Invisible Asia

A special edition 9-episode special in which The Straits Times casts the spotlight on people and communities living in the shadows of their societies where they exist largely unseen and unheard of.

Discover Invisible Asia Podcast:
Channel: https://str.sg/wuZn
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/wu3s
Spotify: https://str.sg/wuJH

Stop Scams

Over 10 episodes, The Straits Times aims to raise greater public awareness of the modern scourge of scams in Singapore and globally.

Discover Stop Scams Podcast:
Channel: https://str.sg/wuZB
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/wu3e
Spotify: https://str.sg/wuJj

Singapore’s War On Covid

This five-episode series is based on selected chapters from a book, detailing Singapore’s experience battling the Covid-19 pandemic. The book - written by journalists of The Straits Times and edited by ST’s executive editor Sumiko Tan - is titled.. In This Together: Singapore’s Covid-19 Story and is available in major bookstores. Details online at stbooks.sg

Discover Singapore’s War On Covid Podcast:
Channel: https://str.sg/wuJa
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/wu3n
Spotify: https://str.sg/wuJy

Discover

Get The Straits Times’ app, which has a dedicated podcast player section:

The App Store: https://str.sg/icyB

Google Play: https://str.sg/icyX