Episodes

  • If AI does the thinking, what should kids learn in school?
    May 29 2026

    Children as young as eight are already using AI so if the tools can write essays and generate ideas in seconds, what should schools still teach children? Education technology entrepreneur YJ Soon who runs Tinkercademy believes the students who thrive tomorrow may not be the ones who ace exams today. And we get to the wonders of vibe coding.


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    34 mins
  • A CTO who is building his own Chief of Staff
    May 22 2026

    Salesforce's Chief Technology Officer, Gavin Barfield talks about a half-human, half-agent workforce unlocking a “limitless” future and how he is knee-deep in experimentation.


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    27 mins
  • I want to “lie flat” but no one around me will allow me to
    May 15 2026

    Lying flat or tang ping has been widely understood as a Gen Z protest against China's grind. Hazel Xia, a first year rookie at one of China’s biggest tech companies says she wants to lie flat - but her parents, employers and her own ego won’t let her do it.


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    24 mins
  • If the F&B industry faces manpower issues, can robots help? (ft. Jonathan Lim)
    May 8 2026

    Jonathan Lim, founder of Oddle, created a tech platform for restaurants before tech became cool. He gives his view on the F&B scene in Singapore, why alcohol sales are low among Gen Zs and whether robots can replace people in a restaurant.

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    40 mins
  • The elite school kid who grew up to advocate for sex workers in Singapore (ft. Vanessa Ho)
    Apr 24 2026

    Vanessa Ho, the Executive Director of Project X talks about her extraordinary life - from the privileged halls of Nanyang Girls’ to the gritty streets of Geylang and Little India talking to sex workers.

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    48 mins
  • The 22-year-old entrepreneur working on making AI more human (ft. Jeremy Soo)
    Apr 17 2026

    Jeremy Soo is on to his third start-up and he is building AI chat bots that feel less like a machine and more like a human. Crispina Robert and Edwin Yeo go from technical (how does this even work) to philosophical (would you have an AI partner) in this conversation.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • AI vs Gen Z: Landing in a new world with no map and no choice
    Apr 10 2026

    Students, fresh graduates and new hires are all walking into the same storm — an AI-driven job market that is rewriting the rules faster than anyone can keep up. Crispina and Edwin sit down with Bryan Ong and Evonne Ng from YouthTech SG to find out where the biggest worries are.

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    33 mins
  • Is AI slop harmless fun or brain rot? (ft. Alfred Siew)
    Apr 3 2026

    We now freely admit to enjoying endless AI slop - low quality, addictive content that is flooding our feeds. Techgoondu co-founder Alfred Siew joins us to unpack the rise of slop and whether this is just harmless entertainment or it is quietly reshaping our minds and what we accept.

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    35 mins