The month of May saw the release of many podcasts by The Straits Times spanning a range of topics as casual as the breakdown of the popularity of the Taiwanese variety show Kang Xi Lai Le , in Jan Lee’s How Did We Get Here – a subset of her #PopVultures series, to the hard-hitting discussion of the warming Himalayas being a water crisis for half of Asia in Nirmal Ghosh’s Green Pulse. The following three episodes emerged as the top for May. In Your Opinion: Do Gen Zers really have no savings for the long term? Hosted by ST assistant podcast editor Lynda Hong and STNow reporter Carmen Sin, the episode shines light on the attitudes youth today share about financial prudence.
Joined by He Ruiming, co-founder of personal finance blog The Woke Salaryman, and influencer Daisy Anne Mitchell, they debate the big question posed by Ms Sin - “Is that all that matters, that I don’t go into debt?” Ms Mitchell, 26, shares that despite spending fairly comfortably, she would only do so within her means. Savings, to her, are meant to be spent, and her efforts in growing her wealth are simply covered by depositing some savings into an investment app without actually knowing what happens to her money. Is this mentality a cause for concern? (From left) ST’s assistant podcast editor Lynda Hong, Gen Z influencer Daisy Anne Mitchell, co-founder of personal finance blog The Woke Salaryman He Ruiming and reporter Carmen Sin in the podcast studio.
On the contrary, Mr He, 35, divulges how .