A thrice weekly podcast on conversations Singaporeans are having but not saying out loud – politics, culture, identity. Haresh Tilani and Terence Chia consider every side, never quite agree, and never play it safe. Honest, informed, always worth arguing about. Subscribe so you don’t miss new episodes.
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#873: SG Sports Officials Defend Asian Games Athletes & Man Faces 10 Years in Jail for AI-Photo
Officials say Team S'pore met internal medal projections with 2 golds at the Nagoya Asian Games. Meanwhile, a Myanmar man gets charged for sending a colleague an AI crocodile at Pandan Reservoir.
𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀 - 𝗬𝗟𝗕 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻
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𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴
Haresh: SportsBall - Sports Education With Data (https://www.instagram.com/_sportsball/?hl=en)
Terence: Lollipop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaArbfr9l_U)
𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲:
SG Sports Officials Defend Asian Games Athletes
Singapore athletes met 'internal medal projections' at Asian Games, will look to close gap to golds: Officials (https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/athletes-internal-medal-projections-asian-games-6430366)
Asian Games 2026: Team Singapore have to ‘keep pressing on’ (https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/team-singapore-have-to-keep-pressing-on-against-mounting-asian-competition?ref=latest-headlines)
Man Faces 10 Years in Jail for AI-Photo
PUB says AI detection tools gave 'inconclusive' results on Pandan Reservoir crocodile image (https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/fake-crocodile-image-pandan-reservoir-ai-generated-pub-6423711)
Myanmar man, 30, charged for sending AI-generated image of crocodile at Pandan Reservoir to colleague & deleting it after (https://mothership.sg/2026/09/myanmar-man-charged-ai-generated-image-crocodile-pandan-reservoir/)
𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 – "𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁” https://yahlahbut.short.gy/subscribe (https://yahlahbut.short.gy/subscribe)
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(12:30) SG Sports Officials Defend Asian Games Athletes
(32:20) Man Faces 10 Years in Jail for AI-Photo
(50:00) One Shiok Comment
(55:35) One Shiok Thing
𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀
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𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘬
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2 Oct 2026
#872: David Neo Says Scrapping PSLE Could Backfire & GovTech Plays Cupid With A Viral New App?
David Neo tells the IPS Forum scrapping PSLE could shift the pressure to Primary 1 admission. GovTech launches FirstDate for public officers, one match at a time, but won't pair colleagues.
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Catch the all new third season of our edutainment podcast that explores the stories Singapore never taught you in school. This week, we revisit the 2009 AWARE Saga with filmmaker Jasmine Ng, who spent two years and 50 interviews getting people to finally talk about the six weeks that gripped the nation.
Watch on mewatch (https://www.mewatch.sg/show/Tell-You-First-554961) | YouTube (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4bszwf0jJI4W289MBgIhJV86aWVmbgNh&si=9GCAC-JlSh__WwuV)
Listen on melisten (https://www.melisten.sg/podcast/playlist/Tell-You-First-2577946) | Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/4W3pL2ZSkYfl7hKYNXMzqv) | Apple (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tell-you-first/id1754468142)
𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴
Haresh: Anthropic Just Filed to Go Public. Does the Math Add Up? | Patrick Boyle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-oXyXwD6sE)
Terence: Cycling Made Difficult (but it's getting better!) | Not Just Bikes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka8kT_YOtU0)
𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲:
David Neo on scrapping PSLE & DSA
Scrapping PSLE or DSA could create new pressures, send wrong signals: David Neo - CNA (https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/psle-dsa-primary-school-david-neo-6417641)
MOE to engage S’poreans on PSLE, DSA and school choice, where pressure is highest: David Neo | The Straits Times (https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/moe-to-engage-sporeans-on-psle-dsa-and-school-choice-where-pressure-is-highest-david-neo)
Closing Speech by Second Minister for Education David Neo | MOE (https://www.moe.gov.sg/news/speeches/20260929-closing-speech-by-second-minister-for-education-david-neo-at-2026-institute-of-policy-studies-ips-forum-building-confidence-in-many-paths-to-success)
S’pore govt launches a dating app!
GovTech launches dating pilot to match public officers | The Straits Times (https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/community/govtech-launches-dating-pilot-to-match-public-officers)
Singapore launches matchmaking service for government workers (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqzjzr893yv4o)
FirstDate. Start something real. (https://firstdate.sandbox.gov.sg/)
𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 – "𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁” https://yahlahbut.short.gy/subscribe (https://yahlahbut.short.gy/subscribe)
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(00:00) Intro
(11:00) David Neo on scrapping PSLE & DSA
(34:47) GovTech Plays Cupid With A Viral New App?
(55:00) One Shiok Comment
(57:00) One Shiok Thing
𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀
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𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘬
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30 Sept 2026
#871: S’pore’s Deepest MRT Tunnel & What About Our Nature Reserves? ft. Alvin Sim
What does it take to build Singapore’s rail network deep underground?
Alvin Sim, LTA’s Deputy Director of Tunnelling, started his career as a fresh graduate with no tunnelling experience. Today, his work has taken him through granite, marine clay and some of Singapore’s most complex underground conditions, across projects including the Downtown Line and Thomson-East Coast Line.
He takes us behind the scenes of tunnelling and shares what it takes to construct the Cross Island Line up to 80-90 metres beneath the Central Catchment Nature Reserve.
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Haresh: ASUS Oxiis E250G1 Intelligent Bike Booster | ASUS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1omwSBju9Vs)
Terence: I Had 21 Hours and a Camera… This Is What I Shot | Matt Weissel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alSSlZ3oVZo)
Alvin Sim: The Fitness Competition for Every Body | HYROX (https://hyrox.com/)
𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 – "𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁” https://yahlahbut.short.gy/subscribe (https://yahlahbut.short.gy/subscribe)
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(00:00) Intro
(02:41) Telling Random Uncles at CNY You're a Tunneling Engineer
(04:04) Tunnels as the "Arteries of the Nation"
(05:44) Going 50m Underground to a Cross Island Line Dig Site
(07:20) Opening Day at a New MRT Station
(08:28) How a Fresh Grad Ended Up Boring Tunnels
(11:10) Why the Underground Is Singapore's Next Frontier
(12:46) From Rock Caverns to Sewers: What's Down There
(14:39) How Deep Can Singapore Actually Go?
(15:04) Will Singaporeans Ever Live Underground?
(16:29) Why the First MRT Lines Were Built Above Ground
(17:15) Can You Feel Tunneling Beneath Your Feet?
(19:10) Meet the Mechanical Earthworm
(22:03) The Biggest Misconception About Working Underground
(23:20) Granite, Limestone and Marine Clay: Singapore's Very Varied Rock
(23:47) When the Rock Is So Hard You Need Explosives
(27:07) Why Stockholm's Tunnels Look Like an Art Gallery
(28:20) 20m a Day in a Dream Project vs Celebrating 3m a Day
(30:03) Daily Meetings and Tracking Every Movement Above the Tunnel
(31:07) Joining the Tunnel Team With Zero Experience
(33:35) The Engineer's DNA: Looking for Problems to Solve
(34:48) Noise, Dust and Vibrations: Dealing With Public Feedback
(36:13) When Auntie Called Alvin Over About the Vibrations
(38:14) 80% of Singaporeans Within 10 Minutes of an MRT by 2030
(39:45) Packing Six Million People Into One Rail Network
(41:37) Riding Other Cities' Underground Trains as an "Occupational Hazard"
(42:48) 13% of Our Land Is Roads: Getting People to Choose Public Transport
(43:35) Moving Infrastructure Underground to Free Up Surface Land
(45:17) How LTA's Public Engagement Has Changed Since the Downtown Line
(47:56) A Project Information Centre With a Biodiversity Twist
(49:45) Tunneling Beneath the Central Catchment Nature Reserve
(50:34) Deep Stations, Bencoolen and Bras Basah's Shimmery Glass
(51:32) Island Platforms vs Stacked Tunnels
(53:09) How Can Regular People Experience Tunneling?
(54:39) The New Hires Who Climbed Down the Shaft
(55:41) Desk Job Meets Hard Hat: Life Above and Below Ground
(58:19) One Shiok Thing
(1:11:24) Post-Interview Reflections
𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀
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