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List of episodes: #PE2023

Posted on August 31, 2023January 27, 2025 by guanyinmiao

In 2023, as part of the “Civic Engagement and Action” series of the podcast’s sixth season, we published five episodes focused on the 2023 Singaporean presidential election. Here are the episodes.

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August 2023 global news roundup: Deadly, large-scale natural disasters; Geopolitical tensions and breakthroughs; Electoral developments; Political incarceration

Posted on August 29, 2023 by guanyinmiao

This roundup summarises the most important news stories around the world in the last month (August 2023).

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Singapore’s presidential… Group job interview? (PE2023)

Posted on August 29, 2023January 27, 2025 by guanyinmiao

Like the entire PE2023 campaign thus far, the presidential forum offered little beyond scripted platitudes and vague generalities. Be that as it may, Isaac Neo and I sat down after the forum to chat about our general impressions, and how the limits of the forum modality perhaps reflected the limits and ambiguities associated with Singapore’s elected presidency.

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A “GE2020 Jamus Lim debate moment”?, PE2023’s young voters (with Aamir Bana)

Posted on August 28, 2023January 27, 2025 by guanyinmiao

Today, in the final episode of our three-part mini-series, we have 24-year-old Aamir Bana, a student at Yale-NUS and the National University of Singapore. He is part of CAPE, but speaks in his personal capacity in this episode. This was recorded on August 22, 2023.

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Constitution? Ceremonial? Community?, PE2023’s young voters (with Liang Weiting)

Posted on August 27, 2023January 27, 2025 by guanyinmiao

Today, in the second episode, we have 22-year-old Liang Weiting, a final-year student in the Nanyang Technological University. This was recorded on August 22, 2023.

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