Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Nirmal Ghosh, US Bureau Chief, Straits Times gives an analysis of the sudden arrival of Haitian migrants in Texas, what the US authorities are doing to accelerate plans to expel these migrants, the US military's drone strike in Afghan capital Kabul last month that killed about 10 civilians, and more. 

Singapore-based artist Tunku Khalsom, who has been painting all her life, started selling her art through her company Tunku Khalsom Art two years ago. And as she worked on larger-scale pieces, she began receiving commissions from collectors from all over the world who discovered her work through Instagram. Tunku Khalsom, Founder, Tunku Khalsom Art shares how she managed to use Instagram as a platform to showcase and sell her pieces, and how the incorporation of Xero had positively impacted her business.

As more brands and businesses switch to social media to keep up with change, there is now an imperative for PR professionals to measure returns on their campaigns differently. Andrew Nicholls, Managing Director & Co-Founder, CARMA Asia shares how they can take advantage of media intelligence to do so and what to expect for the future of the PR scene. 

At the age of 19, Mandy Chan founded her company. And within just three days on Kickstarter, she managed to fully fund the company’s first product, the Quiver Bag. Now, after overcoming waves of obstacles, her company is worth millions. Mandy Chan, Founder, The Bold Company shares more about her experience in building the company and her plans for the months to come.

Market research reports have shown that offline retail will be the dominant channel of retail sales in the foreseeable future. But as mall operators struggle to track daily sales or provide retail rebates and tenant support in response to Covid-19 events and lockdowns, business decisions only prove harder to navigate on a daily basis. Jun Ting, Chief Executive Officer, Aimazing, shares about his company's solution that could possibly improve the brick and mortar retail scene, as well as aid both tenants and landlords. 

Lee Kian Soon, CEO, Astral Asset Management, discusses where the value plays are amid the jitters around China with the regulatory clampdown and Evergrande contagion fears.

Your next plate of chicken could be more expensive as chicken prices are set to increase, driven by the higher cost of raw materials, such as corn and soybean — the main ingredients in poultry feed. The Breakfast Huddle's Elliott Danker and Bharati Jagdish chat with Song Seng Wun, Economist, CIMB Private Bank about how will this increase impact F&B establishments that rely on chicken. 

Power Play Ep 5: Politics now hampering US-China climate cooperation 10:03 mins 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 following: US' special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry facing icy reception at Tianjin (0:32) China's mistrust due to America over-promising and under-delivering (2:37) Why US-China climate cooperation is like an 'oasis' surrounded by a desert (5:40) Cooperation seems unlikely at the UN COP26 climate summit in November (7:17) China's plans to build another 200 gigawatts of coal power would affect the world's climate efforts severely (8:20)  Follow ST's Power Play articles: https://www.straitstimes.com/tags/st-power-play Produced by: Charissa Yong (charyong@sph.com.sg), Danson Cheong (dansonc@sph.com.sg), Hadyu Rahim & Fa'izah Sani Edited by: Dan Koh 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

Sani Hamid, Director of Wealth Management, Financial Alliance, discusses how China is cracking down on the "seven deadly sins" and reports about Temasek and GIC planning to invest more in the local stock markets.

As part of a pilot travel scheme to allow travelers vaccinated against Covid-19 to enter Singapore without quarantine, many saw the first flight under the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) to Frankfurt, Germany took off recently. Aaron Wong, Founder, The MileLion shares more about his experiences as one of the first few people to fly out of the country and potential problems with the SG-Germany VTL.