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Hosted by Rachel Lim · education · EN · 85 episodes
CLOSER with Rachel Lim is about the conversations beneath the surface. Rachel sits down with people who fascinate her to explore not just what they’ve done, but what has shaped who they are: the experiences, relationships, contradictions, failures, beliefs and questions that have made them who they are today. Alongside long-form conversations are personal reflections from Rachel on what she is learning, unlearning and seeing differently in her own life. There may not always be a clear answer.. but perhaps the point is to come away seeing someone differently, seeing ourselves differently, and feeling a little closer. To ourselves. To each other. To what matters.
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Signup to Generate a PitchCLOSER with Rachel Lim is about the conversations beneath the surface. Rachel sits down with people who fascinate her to explore not just what they’ve done, but what has shaped who they are: the experiences, relationships, contradictions, failures, beliefs and questions that have made them who they are today.
CLOSER with Rachel Lim is hosted by Rachel Lim. The show has published 85 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "#62: Chloe Tong: Marriage First, Life Beyond Labels & Growing With Grab" (20 October 2026, 66 minutes), "Raising Conscious Humans: Raising Children With an Inner Compass" (6 October 2026, 41 minutes), and "Raising Conscious Humans: Raising the Child You Have, Not the Child You Want" (15 September 2026, 43 minutes).
CLOSER with Rachel Lim publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 44 minutes across 85 episodes.
Booking probability for CLOSER with Rachel Lim is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. CLOSER with Rachel Lim requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. CLOSER with Rachel Lim's contact route on record: verified email.
Rachel Lim hosts CLOSER with Rachel Lim, an education show with 85 episodes published.
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Episode #62
Chloe Tong opens up about the life behind the roles she is most known for: daughter, wife, mother of five, partner to Grab co-founder and CEO Anthony Tan, and now the work she is building through ACE Team Foundation. In...
CLOSER with Rachel Lim
When do children stop trusting themselves? They start out asking why about everything. They know what they like. They challenge us. They follow their curiosity without wondering whether they’re doing it “right”. And...
CLOSER with Rachel Lim
Hwee Keng said: “There is a personality in that small human being... you don’t know the settings. First, I think you need to find out the settings.” As parents, we spend so much energy shaping who we hope our children...
Episode #60
Before Shanti Pereira became Singapore's fastest woman, before she made history on some of the world's biggest stages, she was a ten-year-old girl who lost a few races in primary school and wanted to quit. That's where...
Episode #59
Most people know Ing as the founder of INGU - the skincare brand that sold out 30,000 units in three minutes with zero advertising. The trusted voice who built a community of millions by doing the one thing his industry...
Episode #58
You don't need a crisis to enter a new chapter. Sometimes life is moving along just fine. And yet, you find yourself carrying questions you can't quite shake. This conversation feels especially meaningful to me. Three...
Episode #57
Most of us have been taught that the pressure Singaporean parents feel is a mindset problem. That we just need to relax. Stop being so kiasu. The data tells a completely different story. Associate Professor Teo You Yenn...
Episode #56
<p >Singapore's total fertility rate has hit a historic low. But this conversation was never really about birth rates.</p><p ></p><p >It was about what modern life actually feels like for many Singaporeans today. The...
Episode #55
<p >Most of us only start thinking about fertility when something suddenly feels urgent; a doctor’s appointment, a breakup, a birthday, or the quiet realisation that time may not feel as endless as we once thought. In...
Episode #54
<p >Nathania Ong is the first Singaporean to lead both Les Misérables and Hamilton on London’s West End.</p><p ></p><p >But before any of that, she was 18, alone in a foreign city, rejected by every drama school she...
Episode #53
<p >“I did not know what I wanted to do. But I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be.”</p><p ></p><p >Diane von Furstenberg’s mother survived Auschwitz at 29 kilos. Doctors said she would die in childbirth, that her...
Episode #52
<p >Jennifer Baile is the Vice President of Global Services & Solutions at HP; one of the world's most recognised technology companies. But what drew me to her wasn't the title or the résumé. It was the quiet steadiness...
Episode #51
<p >Tan Kheng Hua is one of Singapore’s most beloved actors; known for Phua Chu Kang, Crazy Rich Asians, and three seasons of Kung Fu on The CW. She has spent a lifetime choosing herself, not selfishly, but...
Episode #50
<p >What does a trial lawyer — someone trained to win arguments — learn about love, emotional regulation, and parenting?</p><p ></p><p >In this episode, Jefferson Fisher shares the courtroom lessons that completely...
Episode #49
<p >Over the past year, I’ve watched Leo move through what he describes as one of the most humbling seasons of his life.</p><p ></p><p >In this conversation, he reflects openly on what it has meant to start again, to...
Episode #48
<p >As we step into 2026, I wanted to begin the year with space to reflect.</p><p ></p><p >This solo episode is a pause and a check-in. A chance to look back on the year that was and share what it was really like...
Episode #47
<p >Recorded live at CLOSER in Singapore, this was one of those rare sessions that reminded me of the heart behind CLOSER: to hold space for real, honest, soul-level conversations.</p><p >In this conversation, Steven...
Episode #46
<p >Infertility is more common than we think; and it doesn’t just mean struggling to get pregnant. It can also mean waiting for years. Losing a pregnancy. Trying, again and again, with no answers. It’s a kind of grief...
Episode #45
<p>In one of her most open conversations yet, award-winning actress Rebecca Lim reflects on the lessons she’s learned from heartbreak, motherhood, and life in the public eye.</p><p>From childhood dreams and early...
Episode #44
<p>In this soulful and wide-ranging conversation, Rodrigo Kede Lima, President of Microsoft Asia, reflects on the people, places, and pivotal lessons that have shaped who he is today. From the quiet strength of his...
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