Your guide to The Straits Times’ podcasts
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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:
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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. https://str.sg/5nfm https://str.sg/9ijX https://str.sg/cd2P
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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.
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In Your Opinion (2nd Monday of the month)
The Straits Times takes a hard look at social issues of the day with guests.
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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.
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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.
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HeadSTart On Record (1st & 3rd Mondays of the month)
Get a headstart in your personal finance and career with The Straits Times.
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Green Pulse (1st & 3rd Sundays of the month)
The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.
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Hard Tackle (2nd Wednesday of the month)
The Straits Times tackles the talking points in sport. https://str.sg/JWRE https://str.sg/JWRa https://str.sg/JW6N
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Music Lab
Each month, The Straits Times invites music acts to chat and perform an original song.
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#PopVultures (once a month)
The Straits Times’ Jan Lee examines the ins and outs of pop culture in the Asian entertainment and Hollywood industries. https://str.sg/JWad https://str.sg/JWaA https://str.sg/JWaP
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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).
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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.
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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.
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Stop Scams
Over 10 episodes, The Straits Times aims to raise greater public awareness of the modern scourge of scams in Singapore and globally. https://str.sg/wuZB https://str.sg/wu3e https://str.sg/wuJj
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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 https://str.sg/wuJa https://str.sg/wu3n https://str.sg/wuJy
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