Your Ultimate Guide to ST Podcast Live Events
SINGAPORE - Worried about career longevity? Have you or someone you know been struggling with mental health? Are you a young person who feels caught up in the rat race, or are you curious to know more about Singapore's heritage and local music scenes?
No matter what you may be interested in, everyone gets a say at The Straits Times' 180th anniversary live podcast events to celebrate the newspaper's milestone year.
Those who are interested in learning how a podcast recording is done, or in mingling and meeting with like-minded people to discuss the trending topics of the day, have been invited to attend over six live podcast recordings held this year. Participants could gain insights into the inner workings of podcast production and even pose questions to the guests.
Joining them was Money FM 89.3 producer-presenter Dan Koh, who emceed for the events on Feb 12 and April 15, as well as Kiss92 presenter Shawnrick Hu, who emceed for the event on Jun 2. Events so far have featured ST Podcasts' The Usual Place, In Your Opinion, Health Check, Headstart On Record, and Music Lab, with more soon to come.
In the inaugural live podcast event held at The Foundry in February, host of The Usual Place Natasha Ann Zachariah met with guests from the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) to discuss 'the narrative, resonance and stories behind' heritage spaces in Singapore.
Colin Low, chief executive of SLA, and Ng Wee Liang, who creates content on Singapore heritage, spoke with Ms Zachariah on how millennial Singaporeans can play a part in reviving and preserving historical buildings and their heritage.
Later in the evening, assistant podcast editor and In Your Opinion host Lynda Hong hosted a discussion with correspondent Christie Chiu on how music moves the mind and its transformative impact on dementia care. Guest Johnson Soh, founder of eldercare company SanCare Asia, demonstrated how an instrument called Crdl (pronounced Cradle) provides a sensorial experience for seniors, allowing them to translate their touch into sounds as a way of connecting with others, while programme executive at Fei Yue Community Services Amanda Soon also spoke about how music and sound can be therapeutic for seniors, and how young people can get involved in volunteering to make a difference.
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(From left) Event emcee Dan Koh of Money FM, In Your Opinion podcast co-hosts Lynda Hong and Christie Chiu, Mr Johnson Soh, founder of SanCare Asia, and Ms Amanda Soon, programme executive from Fei Yue Community Services, taking a group picture with the audience during the ST Podcasts Live! event held in partnership with Singapore Land Authority at The Foundry on Feb 12, 2025.
ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
At The Projector in April, In Your Opinion made another appearance where Ms Hong spoke with two youths about their experiences in starting up a business, and whether school grades would determine success at the workplace.
Adella Yeo Rae-Nyse, who is currently an account manager at a software company, had co-founded MatcHub, a startup that matched fellow NUS students to find suitable job roles based on their personality.
Meanwhile Nabill Shukry Johary, a part-time student with SUSS studying marketing, juggles school with a business he started up in 2021 with his father - Cheekies, a home-based delivery service of healthy meals for the Muslim market - in a bid to help his family move out of their one-room rental apartment in Tampines.
Senior health correspondent Joyce Teo also hosted a session of Health Check, where she and guests Lee Yi Ping, the programme lead and principal Case Manager at Chat, Centre of Excellence for Youth Mental Health in Singapore, and Delane Lim, the founder and executive director of the charity Character & Leadership Academy, which runs youth development, mental wellness, and suicide prevention programmes for young people, discussed mental health.
From left: Delane Lim, Lee Yi Ping and Health Check podcast host Joyce Teo.
ST PHOTO: JASPER YU
For a younger audience, June's event featured ST's Headstart On Record discussions regarding career health and wellbeing at club Rasa Space. The episode was hosted by correspondent Tay Hong Yi, speaking with guests Noel Png, a telecommunications system engineer at ST Engineering, and senior career coach Parameswari Seenivasa. Audience members also chimed with questions about their own careers and opportunities.
Later in the night, Music Lab host Eddino Abdul Hadi hosted award-winning Singaporean composer, producer, and music director Evan Low to discuss the trajectory of a career in music in Singapore.
A recipient of the National Arts Council's Young Artist Award in 2024, Low has worked on over 200 songs. He is best known for being a co-composer and musician on recent National Day Parade songs The Road Ahead (2021) sung by artistes such as Linying, Not Alone (2024) by Benjamin Kheng and the 2018 remake of We Are Singapore.
Mr Evan Low @evanturetime Award-winning Singaporean Music Director & Music Producer at the third edition of ST Podcasts Live which includes two podcast recordings on June 3, 2025.
ST PHOTO: Desmond Wee
Three more podcast events are planned for the rest of the year. Catch full episodes on ST's podcast platforms and stay tuned for updates!
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