{"podcast":{"title":"Yah Lah But","slug":"yah-lah-but-1019349","podcast_index_feed_id":1019349,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6a31164c2603763bbffb56e3","website_url":"https://www.yahlahbut.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6a31164c2603763bbffb56e3/show-cover.jpg","author":"Ministry of Funny","episode_count":852,"summary":"A thrice weekly podcast on conversations Singaporeans are having but not saying out loud – politics, culture, identity. Haresh Tilani and Terence Chia consider every side, never quite agree, and never play it safe. Honest, informed, always worth arguing about. Subscribe so you don’t miss new episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T20:19:37.901888+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yah-lah-but-1019349"},"episode":{"title":"#842: Economist on China's Growing Influence Over SG & S'pore's AI Obsession Problem | Donald Low","slug":"842-economist-on-china-s-growing-influence-over-sg-s-pore-s-ai-obsession-problem-donald-low","published_at":"2026-07-20T09:15:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yah-lah-but-1019349/842-economist-on-china-s-growing-influence-over-sg-s-pore-s-ai-obsession-problem-donald-low","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yah-lah-but-1019349","url":"https://shows.acast.com/yah-lah-but/episodes/842","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a31164c2603763bbffb56e3/e/6a5dda6d76f8ee25bb4301f7/media.mp3","summary":"Economist Donald Low unpacks why the viral \"anti-Indian\" TikTok videos were designed to provoke Chinese Singaporeans, and revisits the Speak Mandarin Campaign's suppressed-dialect legacy. He also explains why AI's productivity boost may be overstated, and what gets lost when we stop learning. 🔔 Enjoyed this one? Please 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘 to the channel so you don't miss our latest episodes. Every subscriber helps us grow, open doors to new guests, stories, formats or ideas! 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 AI-induced never-skilling in medical education | Nature Medicine Folklory What do you give the person who has everything? A Folklory! Their memories, their stories, exactly the way they said it, pressed into something you can listen to forever. Ready to give the unforgettable? Get started at: Folklory.com 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 Haresh: Last Samurai Standing | Official Trailer Terence: Silent Hill: Townfall | Official Reveal Trailer Donald Low: Akita Prefecture | Japan Tourism , Taiwan Travelogue | The Booker Prizes 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 – \"𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁” https://yahlahbut.short.gy/subscribe Get a roundup of our One Shiok Things & first dibs on our latest launches delivered straight to your inbox! (00:00) Intro (00:43) Show Intro & Welcoming Back Donald Low (01:59) Catching Up: Trump, AI Hype, and China's Economy (04:20) World Cup Talk: VAR, FIFA Politics, and Rising Prices (09:49) Why China's Football Team Keeps Failing (15:31) Norway's Football Comeback and Erling Haaland (20:02) Hope for Singapore Football and the Asian Cup (23:09) From Football to Film: Introducing Dear You (24:22) Why Malaysia and Hong Kong Didn't Care as Much (28:35) The Real History of the Speak Mandarin Campaign (32:42) Where the Word \"Mandarin\" Actually Comes From (37:01) Were Policymakers Wrong to Su…","meta_description":"Economist Donald Low unpacks why the viral \"anti-Indian\" TikTok videos were designed to provoke Chinese Singaporeans, and revisits the Speak Mandarin Camp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6966,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/yah-lah-but-1019349/episodes/842-economist-on-china-s-growing-influence-over-sg-s-pore-s-ai-obsession-problem-donald-low/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yah-lah-but-1019349/842-economist-on-china-s-growing-influence-over-sg-s-pore-s-ai-obsession-problem-donald-low.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}