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The Simon Says Podcast

“Simon Says” is a deep dive into the topsy-turvy world of Malaysian politics and why it matters. Follow host Simon Yeo as he gives his perspectives and decodes current political and government news for you. If you have ever wondered about some of the following, this show is for you! “Why does boring history matter to politics?” “What’s Malaysia’s future going to be like? Should I even start a family?” “How can I tell if what the media is telling me is true or not?” “How can we, the people, get more

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00:36:42

2024 Recap: A Year of Establishment Crumbling (Ep.111)

The Simon Says Podcast ·

2025/01/06

While 2024 was a year many conservative values were upheld, from Labours voters flock to Farage’s Reform Party over mass migration, to Trump’s impressive political comeback, we see in Malaysia, Christian MP was being persecuted on grounds of national security for a book on her faith journey that was released a decade ago. As we conclude 2024, we look forward to new theme for 2025 in this podcast.

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00:42:06

2024 Global Events in a Nutshell (Ep. 110)

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2024/12/23

As we come to a close of the chapter for 2024, we look at few significant events that took place, from Zelensky’s benefit from domestic corruption and geopolitical conflict with Russia for close to 3 years now, to UK election. Tune in for more on our continual discussion for self determination, small government and pursuit of happiness.

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00:33:31

The Tension between Media Freedom and Control (Ep.109)

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2024/12/17

The return to power of Donald Trump has news executive nervous, particularly with the recent ABC’s settlement of a defamation lawsuit brought by the President-elect over an inaccurate statement made by George Stephanopoulos. At home, in Malaysia, Communication Multimedia Act (CMA) has been amended ever so subtly to subject the definition of “grossly offensive” to the whim of the PMX cabinet, who are seemingly more liberal progressive.How do we shift from overbearing government control to

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00:35:52

Trump Jokes about Taking Over Canada (Ep.108)

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2024/12/10

Trudeau visited Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after Trump threatened to slap a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico unless they cooperated in protecting the U.S. border from illegal migration and fentanyl. While back at home in Malaysia, we see a huge contrast on the response from PMX where it is reported that Anwar Ibrahim’s government will not recognize any unilateral sanctions, following the proposal of a U.S. law that would impose sanctions on foreign supporters of Hamas and

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00:59:44

Media Meltdown - Logan Paul’s Epic Troll of Far-Left...

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2024/12/03

Since Trump’s landslide victory, we have seen that many of the once respected corporate media being revealed of its true colours, i.e., “having its unearned influence through a phony front of respectability and professionalism” as described by John Nolte. Paul Logan’s troll on BBC by sending a lookalike for an interview which BBC has been chasing months for would be the beginning of a reversal of how the media has been treating its opponents with belligerent contempt.MSNBC is seen as a clown show

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00:48:08

Leftist Meltdown with Trump’s Victory in Pop Culture...

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2024/11/20

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward said on MSNBC’s “Inside” after Trump’s re-election as the incoming 47th President of United States that Trump was “giving his middle finger to the American people” with his cabinet picks.In this episode, we discuss the various reactions from world leaders congratulating Trump to NFL players doing the Trump dance.

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00:35:24

Which America will turn out on November 5? (Ep.105)

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2024/11/05

As both presidential candidate laid out their closing campaign message on Monday, the voters will answer Ben Franklin’s famous demand of the American people: “A republic, if you can keep it.” in the ballot boxes this November 5th.Nate Silver famously titled his article, “There’s more herding in swing state polls than at a sheep farm in the Scottish Highlands.” While we discussed the polling results before the election, is it really that significant in an obviously close race? We’ll see soon enough

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00:26:39

The Most Beautiful Word in the Dictionary Is Tariff...

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2024/10/31

In days leading up to U.S. Election 2024, more and more Vice President Kamala Harris has backed out from opportunities to discuss economy policies at length, first with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait and Joe Rogan. Trump on the other hand garnered a staggering 34 million views in two days at the impressive marathon interview at The Joe Rogan Experience.In this episode, we discussed Trump’s position on tariff and solid plans to bring companies back to U.S. soil for growth given the

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00:33:32

There is Not a Thing Kamala would Do Differently When...

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2024/10/15

The time to pick a side has never been clearer with just less than 3 weeks to go to Election Day on November 5, 2024. Actor Dennis Quaid who is known for his starring role in Far from Heaven has advocated for the crowd in a rally in Coachella, California, to pick a side, particularly when Kamala Harris has not a thing to be done differently even with Biden-Harris administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. This time the crucial question remains, is US going to be nation of law and order or

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00:38:18

Female Voters Dig JD Vance after Debate Performance...

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2024/10/08

CNN poll taken immediately after vice presidential debate shows Vance overtakes Walz with a 12 point shift in Vance’s favour amongst the female voters. How important is vice presidential debate? Tune in to find out more and how US election is really the mother of all elections, affecting even how Malaysia would progress in days ahead.

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00:32:59

Election Day in Less than 6 Weeks! (Episode 101)

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2024/10/03

While much of the voters in the U.S. will be tuning in to watch the vice-presidential debate Tuesday night between Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance (R., Ohio), we discussed how several key swing states will likely to impact the election outcome. Even three term London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, couldn’t missed passing a remark in Politico about US Election as he rightly said, “What happens in America is the metronome … that sets the beat of what happens across the globe. It sets the beat

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01:08:27

Happy Malaysia Day 2024! (Ep.100)

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2024/09/15

Since the declaration of Malaysia Day as public holiday in 2009 by former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, there has been slow but growing awareness to celebrate Malaysia’s formation and diversity. The likes of Merdeka-themed community arts festival such as Peszta has been held to celebrate Malaysia’s culture and community. In this episode, 3 Malaysians sat down to discuss at length what formation of Malaysia means to them.

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00:38:30

Malaysia condemns US’ hypocrisy in Human Rights and...

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2024/09/12

On a world stage, Malaysia cosies up to Russia with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s working visit to Russia in early September 2024 to advance Malaysia’s interest by strengthening ties with Russia. While many has lauded Anwar Ibrahim’s explosive statement on the Israel-Palestine conflict, Prime Minister of Malaysia seems to have taken a liking to threatening his fellow Malaysians to use all of his power and strength to ensure continuation of groupthink and compliance to “Eastern values”.Malaysia’s

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00:37:38

National Day or Malaysia Day? (Ep.98)

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2024/08/31

What an irony when PMX Anwar Ibrahim kicked off his National Day 2024 themed “Malaysia MADANI: Jiwa Merdeka” address by giving stern warning against any party supposedly sowing disharmony that the government will consider amending related laws if existing provisions are insufficient to snuff out racial tension. Fahmi Fadzil, the Communications Minister, explained that Jiwa Merdeka expresses the freedom of the people from any negative elements in interpreting the patriotic spirit through the aspects

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00:43:53

DNC Meltdown When Beyonce was a No-Show (Ep.97)

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2024/08/27

According to Nielsen, the television ratings of the first night of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) sunk 22 percent from 2016. The ratings crash came after the media spent countless hours hyping Biden’s D.E.I. hire, Harris’s “historic” candidacy. It appears that the Democrats are so desperate to even spread a lie through TMZ on “big surprise performer” on the final night of DNC. While many mainstream media are quick to defend and erase the fact that Harris was a D.E.I. hire, we see the

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00:42:48

Trump Card - A Triumphant Return to X with Elon Musk...

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2024/08/19

We saw the media broke the day after the conversation between billionaire Elon Musk and former President Trump went live in X for two hours. Many headlines from legacy media that followed the conversation were ones that were slanderous in nature where we see “Musk Interview Showed Trump Doesn’t Know How to Run Against Harris” or “The dumbest climate conversation of all time”. The truth is the legacy media were panicking following Musk’s endorsement of Trump where he said to Trump, “We’re at a fork

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00:33:17

Meta Interference - Should Social Media Platform...

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2024/08/18

In a recent news where the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, expressed his dismay over the backlash against the effort to bring in the injured Palestinians for medical treatment, we explored the power of social media platform in regulating contents. The minister of truth in Malaysia, who acts on behalf of Prime Minister Office, even demanded an apology from Meta on the grounds of removal of Facebook post of Anwar to be an act of discrimination against the situation in Palestine and its

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00:25:53

Is Assassination of Terrorist Leader a Heinous...

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2024/08/12

Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, joins in the choruses of those who deemed the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh to mean the more moderate voice within Hamas is off the table. Whilst Anwar Ibrahim tries very hard to woo the religious conservatives with the Palestine Freedom Rally, many critics have accused him of exploiting the issue to score political points. Is he gaining or losing traction? We will see.

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00:30:13

Is Kamala Harris black or Indian? (Ep.93)

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2024/08/06

In recent week, we saw an uproar in the internet when former President Trump questioned the racial identity of Vice President of United States, Kamala Harris. CNN reported that Donald Trump falsely suggests Kamala Harris ‘happened to turn Black’. Like CNN, BBC wrote, “Ms Harris is the first black and Asian-American vice-president, with Indian and Jamaican-born parents. She attended Howard University, a historically black university, and joined the predominantly black Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.” I

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00:56:54

Misrepresentations by Alleged Media Representation

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2024/05/30

Recently, an AI image of “All Eyes on Rafah” surges on social media after what the cable news coined as “deadly Israeli airstrike killing dozens of civilians” based on reporting by Hamas-controlled local officials. Other alternative medias reported verified sources from IDF that strikes were conducted outside of designated humanitarian areas.Increasingly, we are seeing schism caused by media biased which influence our political worldview. In this episode, we attempt to break down our thought

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