Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Most of us put how we look before how we smell. Prachi Saini Garg, Director & Founder, Scentopia helps us take a look at the perfume industry and what steps they are taking to interactively bring to light the importance of fragrance to our lives. She also tells us about her interactive methods to promote her own brand of perfume.

A ‘loophole’ in our insurance system was brought into the spotlight when a cancer patient ended up with a $33,000 bill after her insurer refused to pay for drugs used in her treatment. Can we avoid such instances from happening? Eddy Cheong, Head of Solutions, Providend shares his views. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the pressures China is facing due to its Covid-Zero strategy including, Chinese tech stocks falling for a third consecutive day, weighed by shares linked to electric vehicle production as lockdowns on the mainland disrupt logistics.

Synopsis: On the third Friday of every month, The Straits Times examines various facets of the US-China rivalry and its implications for Asia.  Join Charissa Yong and Danson Cheong - ST’s US and China correspondents respectively based in Washington DC and Beijing - as they chat about the US' National Zoo celebrating its 50th "pandaversary" and China's most significant mode of animal diplomacy. Highlights (click/tap above): 01:28 How Americans view the National Zoo's pandas 03:10 Animal diplomacy: Pandas serve as friendly ambassadors and bridges of friendship 04:51 US panda cub Xiao Qiji, conceived via artificial insemination 07:48 Haiguis: a term also used for pandas born in the US and returned to China 09:03 How tensions between US and China could affect panda conversation efforts Produced by: Charissa Yong (charyong@sph.com.sg), Danson Cheong (dansonc@sph.com.sg), Fa'izah Sani and Hadyu Rahim Edited by: Fa'izah Sani and Hadyu Rahim Follow our Asian Insider Podcast channel every week here and rate us: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Charissa Yong's stories: https://str.sg/3xRa Read Danson Cheong's stories: https://str.sg/3xR2 Follow Danson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dansoncj Read ST's Power Play articles: https://str.sg/3xRE Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover ST's special edition podcasts: The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover ST Podcasts: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #STAsianInsider

Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy and Chief Economist, AMP Capital discusses if Netflix can make a turnaround with an ad-based version and whether Tesla can continue to offset its challenges with higher prices.

As borders are reopening, international education services provider IDP Singapore has observed a mounting interest from Singapore students. Emma Chen, Marketing Manager, IDP Education, talks to us about her company's role in helping Singapore's youth pursue their academic endeavors and how the climate surrounding overseas study has changed given the current Covid-19 pandemic.

Singapore has always had a healthy semiconductor industry. But despite the demand, the industry is somewhat finding it hard to fill up the gaps in their workforce. So what is it like working in the semiconductor field in Singapore? How can the industry entice people to work in their field? Tan Lee Sar, Managing Director, HR Business Partner Regional Lead, Applied Materials shares more. 

In this week's Stocks to Watch, we're joined by Shekhar Jaiswal, Senior Equity Head & Team Head (Singapore), RHB Investment Bank to discuss how transport operator Comfortdelgro can pass on higher costs to run its business and how ST Engineering's well diversified business has helped the company in the current volatile market environment. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the factors leading to shares of Netflix closing down more than 35 percent overnight and Tesla's first-quarter profit and sales topping estimates, sending shares up post-market 6 percent.