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EPISODE · Jan 28, 2026 · 18 MIN

What's Trending: The internet has a new ‘Karen’… and the world is 85 seconds to ending?

from Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian · host MONEY FM 89.3

Gen Z has officially retired the term 'Karen', the infamous label for entitled or rude behavior, and crowned this new name as its modern replacement. For Millennials, many of whom are now entering the 'prime Karen age', this shift hits close to home.  Meanwhile, the Doomsday Clock now sits at 85 seconds to midnight, the closest humanity has ever come to potential nuclear, climate, or biological disaster. What does it mean, and what can we do to turn back time? On What's Trending, Hongbin Jeong and Nadiah Koh break down viral memes to global existential threats.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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