{"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":"#839 Is Singapore all glass and no soul?","slug":"839-is-singapore-all-glass-and-no-soul","published_at":"2026-02-05T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plan-b-6331751/839-is-singapore-all-glass-and-no-soul","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plan-b-6331751","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/muhddzar6/episodes/839-Is-Singapore-all-glass-and-no-soul-e3emeqa","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fed2bfb4/podcast/play/115079434/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-5%2F417534466-44100-2-30a56a08f29ab.mp3","summary":"With modern skyscrapers dominating Singapore’s skyline, some question whether the city lacks cultural depth but heritage activist and historian Sarafian Salleh says that couldn’t be further from the truth. Just look at Kampong Glam, once known as Seduyong by the indigenous Orang Laut, meaning mermaid. And no, that’s not some wild conspiracy theory. In this ep, he joins us to debunk myths and prove that Singapore’s cultural depth runs far deeper than we think.","meta_description":"With modern skyscrapers dominating Singapore’s skyline, some question whether the city lacks cultural depth but heritage activist and historian Sarafian S…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2089,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/plan-b-6331751/episodes/839-is-singapore-all-glass-and-no-soul/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plan-b-6331751/839-is-singapore-all-glass-and-no-soul.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}