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EPISODE · Aug 28, 2026 · 55 MIN

“ON HISTORY, MYTH-MAKING & TRUTH IN SINGAPORE” (feat. PJ Thum)

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This week, historian PJ Thum talks about who really gets to tell Singapore's story. His new book, The Albatross Files Unredacted, argues that LKY’s choices, not inevitability, drove separation from Malaysia. He talks POFMA, life in political exile in Manila, and the time his research gave an ex-detainee his dignity back.

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