his podcast series would explore the improbable survival and meteoric rise of Singapore from a vulnerable, resource-scarce island in 1965 to a thriving First World metropolis. Based on the memoirs of its founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, the show would delve into the fierce political battles, economic maneuvers, and geopolitical tightropes walked by a nation that was thrust into independence without a hinterland and refused to fail.

Episode Themes:

• Sudden Independence & Vulnerability: The dramatic 1965 separation from Malaysia, the economic and security shock of the British military withdrawal, and the covert operation to build the Singapore Armed Forces from scratch with the help of Israeli military advisors code-named "Mexicans".
• The Economic Leapfrog: How Singapore by ...