Podcasts by socialservice.sg

#GE2020 Nomination Day, the debate, and mid-campaign impressions (Dhevarajan Devadas and Mohamed Salihin Subhan) from 2020-07-04T06:20:42

In “What can we learn?”, we chat with academics and experts to understand the election through more analytical lenses.

Today, we have two guests. We are halfway through GE2020, and we the...

#GE2020 Still a Pandemic Election (Day 04): The pandemic in the background, the NCMP scheme, and the 10-million-dollar question from 2020-07-04T05:47:37

The Nine Days is a socialservice.sg podcast covering the 2020 general election in Singapore (#GE2020), through daily five-minute news summaries, conversations with young voters, and interviews w...

#GE2020 Following the elections as a young environmentalist (Woo Qiyun) from 2020-07-03T03:59:57

In "What’s going on with young voters?”, we chat with young Singaporean voters on their perspectives as well as their constituency observations.

Today, we speak to young environmentalist ...

#GE2020 Volunteering with the political parties (Clarence Ching and Joel Sherard Chow) from 2020-07-03T03:52:24

In "What’s going on with young voters?”, we chat with young Singaporean voters on their perspectives as well as their constituency observations.

Today, we speak to two young voters who vo...

#GE2020 A Muted, Rally-Less Campaign (Day 03): Bland party political broadcasts, lack of physical rallies are hurting opposition parties from 2020-07-03T03:11:34

The Nine Days is a socialservice.sg podcast covering the 2020 general election in Singapore (#GE2020), through daily five-minute news summaries, conversations with young voters, and interviews w...

#GE2020 Debates Day (Day 02): Your preferred party won the English TV debate; the PAP swept the Mandarin debate from 2020-07-02T01:01:02

The Nine Days is a socialservice.sg podcast covering the 2020 general election in Singapore (#GE2020), through daily five-minute news summaries, conversations with young voters, and interviews w...

#GE2020 Nomination Day (Day 01): East and West Coast plans and the main campaign issues of GE2020 from 2020-06-30T21:27:49

The Nine Days is a socialservice.sg podcast covering the 2020 general election in Singapore (#GE2020), through daily five-minute news summaries, conversations with young voters, and interviews w...

#20 - On opposition “unity”, party credibility, and electoral strategies (A conversation with researchers Loke Hoe-Yeong and Dr. Elvin Ong) from 2020-06-24T19:37:49

With the general elections on the horizon, this is set to be Singapore’s first pandemic election, or the country’s first true “Internet election”. In the next few weeks leading up to Polling Day...

#19 - The historical roots of electioneering and campaigning in Singapore from 2020-06-23T03:32:48

With the general elections on the horizon, this is set to be Singapore’s first pandemic election, or the country’s first true “Internet election”. In the next few weeks leading up to Polling Day...

#18 - “Beyond COVID19: The future of social services for low-income youths and families” from 2020-06-19T00:57:27

On June 15th, A Good Space - Singapore's first community-owned co-operative - organised a discussion involving speakers from four non-profit organisations: AWARE, or the Associa...

#17 - Public assessments of the government’s pandemic response (A “Our Class Notes” and socialservice.sg collaboration) from 2020-06-17T04:21:52

This is a special series of episodes, created in collaboration with “Our Class Notes” (ourclassnotes.com), a website of both reporting and research on the elect...

#16 - Singapore’s “silly season” is upon us: Veteran journalist Bertha Henson on election reporting (A “Our Class Notes” and socialservice.sg collaboration) from 2020-06-12T03:50:07

This is a special series of episodes, created in collaboration with “Our Class Notes” (ourclassnotes.com), a website of both reporting and research on the elector...

#15 - The clarity of election and electoral regulations (A “Our Class Notes” and socialservice.sg collaboration) from 2020-06-08T04:57:21

This is a special series of episodes, created in collaboration with “Our Class Notes” (ourclassnotes.com), a website of both reporting and research on the elector...

#14 - The community of overseas Singaporeans in the Bay Area: “Wherever you go, you can create a family” from 2020-06-01T02:13:19

Community initiatives emerged spontaneously - even before the pandemic - to build connections among overseas Singaporeans. We hear from two overseas Singaporeans who have been running independen...

#13 - “Of the margins of the margins”: COVID19, marginalisation, and the role of academia (A conversation with Prof. Mohan Dutta) from 2020-05-25T21:35:45

The coronavirus pandemic has been described by some as “the great equaliser”, yet we now know the disproportionate impact of the virus. Individuals from low-income households and communities of ...

#12 - Community-building while circuit-breaking: “What does community mean to you?” from 2020-05-22T04:09:30

Before the pandemic, building communities was difficult. Maintaining and sustaining these communities, after they were built, was even more difficult. And now, with a pandemic and a circuit brea...

#11 - Foreign domestic workers: Challenging dominant cultural ideas and perceptions in Singapore from 2020-05-15T19:13:54

Amidst the pandemic and the ongoing circuit breaker in Singapore, the needs and concerns of foreign domestic workers deserve greater attention. Groups such as the Humanitarian Organisation for M...

#10 - Domestic and family violence: Before, during, and after the pandemic from 2020-05-14T02:52:03

Countries around the world have brought attention to domestic, family, or intimate partner violence in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, especially since rising unemployment is associated w...

#09 - On the Majulah Universal Basic Income, UBI experiments, and the design of social welfare policies in Singapore (A conversation with Dr. Ong Qiyan and NMP Walter Theseira) from 2020-05-12T21:15:11

The discourse surrounding the universal basic income (UBI) and its experiments has gained traction around the world, including in Finland, which just announced, last week, the findings of its tw...

#08 - Elderly Singaporeans living alone: “I cannot watch TV the whole day” from 2020-05-11T04:30:45

Singapore faces a rapidly ageing population. And before the pandemic, social service interventions to address isolation and loneliness revolved around community befriending programmes, counselli...

#07 - F&B in Singapore: Where cheap food comes at a price from 2020-05-03T04:16:35

The late American celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain described Singapore’s food scene as having: “More variety, more options, more specialties from many lands. And cheap”. Yet, since the first coro...

#06 - “Moral panic and the migrant worker folk devil”, in neo-authoritarian Singapore (A conversation with Prof. Kenneth Paul Tan) from 2020-05-01T04:10:06

The rapid spread of the coronavirus among migrant workers has reflected serious lapses in Singapore’s pandemic planning in the country, but it would be remiss to not discuss the policies surroun...

#05 - Voices of the circuit breaker: Singaporeans in their 20s from 2020-04-27T03:32:40

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in Singapore, I’ve been closely following the Facebook updates of former colleague Brenda Tan, with whom I used to work at the former...

#04 - Mental health: Awareness, acceptance, and action (A conversation with NMP Anthea Ong) from 2020-04-25T05:34:13

In the context of the pandemic and the circuit breaker in Singapore, the designation of psychological treatments as a non-essential service is an obvious starting point. Yet, it also seems appro...

#03 - Internship and employment challenges for students: Making space and adding value from 2020-04-11T18:07:42

Singapore is expected to enter a full-year recession, and the ripple effect of pay cuts and hiring freezes is just beginning. Even with the Unity, Resilience, and Solidarity Budgets, graduating ...

#02 - Disadvantaged or low-income families: “Every student should have a laptop. Full stop.” from 2020-04-10T18:00

Not having a computer or an Internet connection, it might be argued, is symbolic of the many challenges faced by low-income Singaporean households (with school-going children). And even with gov...

#01 - Mutual aid: From spreadsheets to virtual and ground communities from 2020-04-09T18:00

Mutual aid initiatives - facilitating the exchange of resources and services for mutual benefit - started as Google spreadsheets, but could potentially evolve into virtual and ground communities...