{"podcast":{"title":"Plan B","slug":"plan-b-6331751","podcast_index_feed_id":6331751,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fed2bfb4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://plan-b.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42652245/f965bf4a055d9e6d.jpg","author":"News Beat","episode_count":701,"summary":"🎙️ Plan B Media — Where conversations that matter come alive. Join us on the Plan B Podcast as we break down the week’s biggest news, ask the hard questions, and spark real talk that goes beyond headlines. Follow our conversations on Instagram, Threads, Facebook and Telegram (@planb.sg) , or dive deeper at www.planb.sg . 🎥 Watch full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@planbmediasg","last_synced_at":"2026-06-21T04:18:41.170466+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plan-b-6331751"},"episode":{"title":"#837 Landlords Killing Businesses?","slug":"837-landlords-killing-businesses","published_at":"2026-01-23T10:00:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plan-b-6331751/837-landlords-killing-businesses","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plan-b-6331751","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/muhddzar6/episodes/837-Landlords-Killing-Businesses-e3e2m0b","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fed2bfb4/podcast/play/114431435/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-23%2F416675828-44100-2-cecc3fec2e0d5.mp3","summary":"Every other week, another beloved local business shuts its doors, and the reason is almost always the same: rising rents. As closures mount, some say the vacuum is being filled by foreign players, particularly from China. To understand what’s really happening, we speak to the founders of popular halal Chinese eatery Deanna’s Kitchen about their fears for the future, and to Vernon Lim of the Association of Small & Medium Enterprises to unpack what’s driving landlords’ decisions. The answers may surprise you. (00:58) Say hello to Vernon Lim! (02:18) Founders of Deanna’s Kitchen (05:30) Growing trend of businesses closing down (10:33) Explaining landlord’s decisions (17:25) Should the government step in? (30:00) Competition with China-owned businesses (34:15) “Running a business based on passion is a privilege”","meta_description":"Every other week, another beloved local business shuts its doors, and the reason is almost always the same: rising rents. As closures mount, some say the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2750,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/plan-b-6331751/episodes/837-landlords-killing-businesses/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plan-b-6331751/837-landlords-killing-businesses.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}