Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

In this morning's TheBreakfast Brief we discuss how Covid-19 measures are slowly being lifted and as with every step closer to normalcy, talk about travel, vaccination and safety increase.

From Biden’s administration looking to secure more Covid-19 funds for the country, to the country sending more aid to Ukraine, we speak to Nirmal Ghosh, US Bureau Chief, The Straits Times to give us an analysis of those headlines and more, Follow The Straits Times' Asian Insider Podcast channel - co-produced with Money FM 89.3 - like us and rate us: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju4h Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Asian Insider newsletter. Asian Insider videos: https://str.sg/JoVb SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/

Communication, and data management are vital in a company to mitigate the devastating effects of crises. Organizations can get roped into larger, geopolitical and social issues, such as how Chelsea Football Club is stuck in a state of uncertainty as its owner faces heavy sanctions. Andrew Nicholls, Managing Director & Co-Founder, CARMA Asia speaks to us about howbrands and businesses can handle crisis management right in this digital era.

The main revenue stream for streaming services comes from paid subscribers like you and me. With the recent news surrounding Netflix's plan to introduce advertisements to their platform, what does this change indicate about the future of streaming as a whole? Marianne Lee, Chief of Content Acquisition and Development, Viu talks to us more about this.

Jeff Halley, Senior Market Analyst, OANDA discusses the implications of a few consecutive 50 basis point hikes for investors, as well as how Chinese markets will continue to get rattled as Beijing shows no signs of letting up on its COVID-zero strategy.

The cooling measures recently introduced in the public housing sector has is making many concerned about the affordability of HDBs. Paul Wee, Vice President, Fintech, PropertyGuru Singapore discusses with us not only the effects of this change, but how to cope with it as well.

Most of us put how we look before how we smell. Prachi Saini Garg, Director & Founder, Scentopia helps us take a look at the perfume industry and what steps they are taking to interactively bring to light the importance of fragrance to our lives. She also tells us about her interactive methods to promote her own brand of perfume.

A ‘loophole’ in our insurance system was brought into the spotlight when a cancer patient ended up with a $33,000 bill after her insurer refused to pay for drugs used in her treatment. Can we avoid such instances from happening? Eddy Cheong, Head of Solutions, Providend shares his views. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the pressures China is facing due to its Covid-Zero strategy including, Chinese tech stocks falling for a third consecutive day, weighed by shares linked to electric vehicle production as lockdowns on the mainland disrupt logistics.

Synopsis: On the third Friday of every month, The Straits Times examines various facets of the US-China rivalry and its implications for Asia.  Join Charissa Yong and Danson Cheong - ST’s US and China correspondents respectively based in Washington DC and Beijing - as they chat about the US' National Zoo celebrating its 50th "pandaversary" and China's most significant mode of animal diplomacy. Highlights (click/tap above): 01:28 How Americans view the National Zoo's pandas 03:10 Animal diplomacy: Pandas serve as friendly ambassadors and bridges of friendship 04:51 US panda cub Xiao Qiji, conceived via artificial insemination 07:48 Haiguis: a term also used for pandas born in the US and returned to China 09:03 How tensions between US and China could affect panda conversation efforts Produced by: Charissa Yong (charyong@sph.com.sg), Danson Cheong (dansonc@sph.com.sg), Fa'izah Sani and Hadyu Rahim Edited by: Fa'izah Sani and Hadyu Rahim Follow our Asian Insider Podcast channel every week here and rate us: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Charissa Yong's stories: https://str.sg/3xRa Read Danson Cheong's stories: https://str.sg/3xR2 Follow Danson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dansoncj Read ST's Power Play articles: https://str.sg/3xRE Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover ST's special edition podcasts: The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover ST Podcasts: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #STAsianInsider