Environmental activist Greta Thunberg has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019 - and at the age of 16, she is also the youngest person to be accorded the honour. We discuss the announcement and what it says about the times we live in.

Produced by: Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek, Sharmilla Ganesan, Lim Sue Ann

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