Ho Ho Hong Kong
By Mohammed Magdi & Vivek Mahbubani
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Episodes: 218
Nov 2, 2020
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Everything you need to know about Hong Kong. Each Monday local comedian Vivek Mahbubani and Egyptian comic Mohammed Magdi dive into something great about the city.
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#218 - Vivek Took His Cantonese-only Show on Tour Around Australia & New Zealand, Again
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May 11, 2025 |
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#217 - Dead Poets and The Art of Quiz Mastery with Eshan Arif
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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#216 - Coldplay Concerts & Rugby 7s at The New Kai Tai Stadium - Full Review
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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#215 - Diversity Hub, Hong Kong's First Ethnic Minorities Museum, Is Now Open
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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#214 - Dumb Sex Cult Stunt Went Wrong and Comedian Got Arrested
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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#213 - Firsthand Witness Account of a Tragedy on Cat Street
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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#212 - "Little Red Book" Tourists Are Getting Out of Control
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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#211 - Ramadan in Hong Kong
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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#210 - All About Chinese Fake Markets
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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#209 - The Art of The Power Spew Ft. Annie Louey
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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#208 - We Did Standup Comedy for an Opera Show!
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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#207 - How Does The Hong Kong Jockey Club Mark Six Lottery Work?
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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#206 - Year of the Snake: Great, Good, or "Unstable & Fluctuating?"
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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#205 - Vission Bakery's $50 "Egg Tart in a Cookie": A Review
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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#204 - Is Hong Kong Winter a Joke?
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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#203 - Hong Kong Does New Year's Fireworks Right
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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#202 - Our Most Memorable Moments of 2024
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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#201 - The Best Place to Get a Haircut in Hong Kong
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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#200 - Live at The Aftermath
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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#199 - Hong Kong Live Shows Wishlist
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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#198 - You Are Not Getting a Christmas Gift Because Sustainability
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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#197 - Make Non-Drinkers Cool Again with Saicho Tea!
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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#196 - Toxic Positivity, "Know Thyself," and Attention Economy
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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#195 - Our Spotify "More Like This" Section Couldn't Be More Wrong
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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#194 - Hong Kong Stories with Rachel Smith
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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#193 - Dry Bar Comedy and Cruiseship Shows w/Dwayne Perkins
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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#192 - The Unncessary Luxury of Flying on Emirates Business Class
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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#191 - Flat Iron Steak Boss Johnny Glover Dispels The Rumors
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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#190 - Is Gold The Best "Safe" Investment Out There?
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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#189 - The Great Flat Iron Steak Conspiracy
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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#188 - How to Get an Empty Row on the Plane?
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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#187 - Getting Smuggled Into Bosnia for Comedy w/Matt Davis
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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#186 - The Legend of Mamahuhu w/Alessio Avezzano
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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#185 - One-Year Relationship vs. Eight-Year Relationship
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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#184 - On Parenting, Ideal Comedy Audience, and Scary AI Thoughts
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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#183 - This Week on HK News: Newborn Pandas, Tourism is Back & YUU Sucks!
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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#182 - Is Lan Kwai Fong Only Good for Young Partygoers?
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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#181- Hong Kong Productivity vs. Malaysian "Chilling" w/Kuah Jenhan
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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#180 - Team Hong Kong Is Having A Great Start at The Paris Olympics!
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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#179 - Let's Stop Paying Dumb Prices in Hong Kong!
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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#178 - The Rise and Fall of The Beijing Comedy Scene w/Tony Chou
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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#177 - Is Your Pilot Too Sleepy to Fly? W/Nina McGrath
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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#176 - We Got Robbed at the Prestigious Westin Hotel in Kuala Lumpur
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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#175 - Do You Sleep With Your AC On or Off?
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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#174 - The State of Old Folks' Homes in Hong Kong
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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#173 - When You Find Yourself in the Same Room as the Hong Kong Chief Executive!
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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#172 - Hong Kong Slang with Author Lindsay Varty
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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#171 - We shot an Ad for Samsung in Hong Kong!
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May 26, 2024 |
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#170 - "Bubble Gun" Drinks, HK Exam Season and Single-use Plastics Ban Review
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May 20, 2024 |
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#169 - We Are Starting a Residency at Grand Hyatt HK and Everyone Is Invited!
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May 13, 2024 |
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#168 - A tale of Two Comedy OGs
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May 07, 2024 |
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#167 - Reviewing Our Reviewers: We Give Zero Stars
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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#166 - "The Best in Your Race" Featuring Some of Asia's Top Comics
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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#165 - How Comedians Get Ready for Major Festival Shows
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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#164 - The Risky Business of the Hanging Bamboo Scaffolding
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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#163 - Visiting the Dentist in Hong Kong
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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#162 - No Shame In The O Game w/Sex Coach Sara Tang
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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#161 - The Canto Aussie connection and the original Pale White Ghost w/Jarrod Watt
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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#160 - Navigating Hong Kong's Public Hospital System by Way of Colonoscopy!
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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#159 - Say Mo To Racism in Hong Kong!
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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#158 - Happy Valley: A melting pot of cemeteries
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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#157- Messi drama and refunds, new Lai See rules and Rod Stewart HK show cancelled!
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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#156 - Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year?
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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#155 - Heard about the American who sells Chinese tea to the world? W/Jesse Appell
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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#154 - Why has celebrating a country's national day become controversial?
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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#153 - An Arab takes a Chinese person to China. What happens next will shock you!
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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#152 - We dare you to have a worse New Year’s Eve story!
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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#151 - 2024 is going to be different!
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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#150 - Merry Christmas from Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and beyond!
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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#149 - Falling in love in Hong Kong w/Annie Louey
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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#148 - Buying an apartment in Hong Kong!
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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#147 - Hong Kong public transit system is the best in the world!
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#146 - ”Singles’ Day 11/11”, the world’s biggest shopping day!
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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#145 - Do you like your comedy slow or fast? W/Daniel Fernandes
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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#144 - On Diwali, wild Indian parties and bringing touring comedians into HK
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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#143 - The life of a journalist in mainland China and Taiwan w/Adam Hopkins
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#142 - Is Melbourne really more ’liveable’ than Hong Kong?
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#141 - We drove from Melbourne to Sydney and back! w/Annie Louey
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#140 - Is Bali still any good?
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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# 139 - How weird can a comedy show really get? w/Ben Volchok
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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#138 - Make Singapore Fun Again! W/Singaporean comedian Jinx Yeo
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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#137 - How is Hong Kong so unprepared for a black rainstorm?
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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#136 - All about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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#135 - What is it like to run your own startup in Hong Kong?
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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#134 - Why Hong Kongers can’t have nice things w/Cassi Thomas
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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#133 - Why you should hire a comedian for your next party!
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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#132 -Why you should never break up fights in Hong Kong clubs w/Tim To
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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#131 - When an audience member becomes the comedian w/Bryan Bentley
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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#130 - What to do in Hong Kong when it’s freakishly hot out?
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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#129 - Egypt is the best country in the world to be a tourist in right now
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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#128 - ”Vivek entertains himself”
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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#127- Why is Bakehouse so damn good? With Managing Director Liam Collette
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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#126 - We are officially certified to operate the Genie GS-1930 Scissor Lift within PMQ premises!
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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#125 - How to scam the ”recruitment” scammers w/Garron Chiu & Annie Louey
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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#124 - Hong Kong performance venues: the good, the bad and the really bad.
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May 29, 2023 |
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#123 - Vivek is accused of plagiarizing his most popular joke from himself!
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May 21, 2023 |
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#122 - On hell gigs, going to the wrong airport and tripling your IG followers w/ Ollie Horn
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May 16, 2023 |
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#121 -Why did Malaysia’s best comedy club get shut down by the government? W/Kavin Jay
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May 01, 2023 |
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#120 - Andy Curtain talks funny business in Melbourne
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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#119 - Doctor-turned-comedian Jason Leong prescribes laughter over medicine
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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#118 - How gossiping about Zac Efron’s sex life can land you on the front page of the DailyMail w/Andy Curtain
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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#117 - Who travels first class on the Hong Kong MTR?
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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#116 - Art Basel is back in Hong Kong and Art Central is not in Central!
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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#115 - Is Happy Valley Wednesday Racing the most fun thing to do in Hong Kong?
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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#114 - An average day for the busiest standup comedian in Hong Kong
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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#113 - HONG KONG IS FINALLY MASK FREE! (but most people are still wearing it anyway)
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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#112 - Is ”Hello Hong Kong” the best we can do?
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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#111 - Hong Kong had its first big-name stand up comedy show since 2019!
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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#110 - Vivek turns to a superhero and Mohammed has another visa adventure
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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#109 - All about Hong Kong nightlife with HKClubbing founder Nick Willsher
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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#108 - Hong Kong’s best tourist attractions in 2023!
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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#107 - Mohammed’s mom flew to Hong Kong a few hours before her passport expired!
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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#106 - What to do when your family visits Hong Kong?
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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#105 - Turns out trolling banker wankers is easier than you think! w/John Buckman
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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#104 - What the hell happened in Hong Kong over the last few months?
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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#103 - Hong Kong is opening up (for real this time!)
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#102 - The reality of Shanghai lockdown with Jorge Castellanos
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#101 - When is the best time to donate your organs? With Dr. Krishnaa Mahbubani
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#100 - Special outdoors episode at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#99 - Flight ban is finally lifted, then airlines started getting banned!
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#98 - Hong Kong to cut quarantine for inbound travelers to one week, where is everyone going?
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#97 - The government is set to ease the restrictions. What would a ”relaxed” Hong Kong look like?
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#96 - Hong Kong spent 150 million HKD on an emergency alert system that almost gave everyone a heart attack
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#95 - Hong Kong hits a new peak of over 50,000 Covid infections in one day, and why you shouldn’t lick the MTR door?
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#94 - Everyone in Hong Kong is jumping ship!
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#93 - Why is Hong Kong handling the Covid situation so badly?
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#83 - The world of pro photography with top Hong Kong-based photographer Justin Lim
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#92 - Save The Aftermath! With co-founder Kyle Haynes
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#91 - What would make us pack our suitcases?
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#90 - The rise and fall of La Rotisserie with co-founder Jerome Carlier
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#89 - How did American lawyer Samuel Bickett end up in a Hong Kong prison?
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#88 - Comedian-turned-pastor Drew Fralick
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#87 - The highs and lows of living in Hong Kong with John Buckman and Bugs Harpley
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#86 - How Hong Kongers’ holiday traditions changed over the years with comedian Garron Chiu
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#85 - Christmas special with Icelandic comedian Kári Gunnarsson
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#84- A sketchy job with SCMP cartoonist Harry Harrison
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#82 - When the joker is sicker than the joke
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#81 - Mohammed Before Comedy!
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#80 - What‘s the deal with comedians and depression? With psychotherapist Tim Hoffman
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#79 - How a friendly chat with HK‘s most wanted man led to his arrest with ”Tracy”
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#78 - From bean to bar with Conspiracy Chocolate founders Celine Herren and Amit Oz
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#77 - SEOs, Bridging data science and digital marketing with Aloha Group co-founder Ivan Leung
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#76 - Vivek Before Comedy!
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#75 - The reality of Thailand‘s ”Sandboxes”, surviving HK quarantine and why ”The Expatriates” is a terrible book with Chaotic HK Expats‘ Cassi Thomas
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#74 - The state of dog rescue in Hong Kong, with Sai Kung Stray Friends founder Narelle Pamuk
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#73 - Psychic Entertainer Stuart Palm on performing Mentalism and Reading Mo and Vivek’s tawdry futures.
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#72 - The Tattooed Fairy Godmother of The HK Rock Scene, Chris B
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#71 - Jordan Leung (@69ranch) embracing the influencer life.
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#70 - Chairman of FinTech Association of Hong Kong, Ben Quinlan
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#69 - Hong Kong‘s most prolific standup writer, Chris Musni
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#68 - Comedy writing, workshopping jokes and a ”MoOpenMic”
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#67 - Comedy Central‘s Garron Chiu on Nicole Kidman skipping Hong Kong quarantine
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#66 - Emily Tan and Vivek Mahbubani on fighting cancer, self care and mental health.
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#65 - Simon Wilson, the mastermind behind The Grounds and The Lawn, HK‘s biggest events during Covid
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#64 - Andy‘s final episode
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#63 - The stories of HK‘s traditional tradesmen with Sunset Survivors author Lindsay Varty
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#62 - Lebanese food, life and reality with Beyrouth Bistro‘s Charbel Assaf
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#61 - The magic business, with mentalist Anson Chen
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#60 - Behind the scenes at a comedy show
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#59 - The world of food, with Jen Balisi from Indulgent Eats
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#58 - Andy‘s break and the latest on the standup scene, with Mohammed Magdi
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#57 - Sustaining Hong Kong, with sustainability expert Dr Merrin Pearse
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#56 - The neutering of Hong Kong, with author Antony Dapiran
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#55 - HK‘s television industry, with TV star Vicky Chan 陳偉琪
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#54 - Capturing Hong Kong‘s diversity, with Dear Hong Kong co-founder Oskar Valles
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#53 - Vaccine hesitancy in HK, with infectious disease expert Professor Ben Cowling
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#52 - Empowering women in HK to play more sport, with In The Changing Room podcast host Cissy Radford
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#51 - Colonial British police in Hong Kong, with former officer Guy Shirra
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#50 - Volunteering with the famous, with Time Auction founder Fion Leung
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#49 - The debacles and victories of HK‘s vaccine situation
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#48 - The man in HK revolutionising how we make coffee, with John Buckman
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#47 - The story of why Mohammed fled to China
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#46 - The most famous gweilo of all time, with 河國榮 Gregory Charles Rivers
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#45 - The King of Green, with OmniPork, Green Common and Green Mondays founder David Yeung
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#44 - We have shows again (maybe)!! With Mohammed, Vivek and Andy altogether
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#43 - A powerhouse in HK radio, with RTHK Radio 3‘s Alyson Hau
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#42 - The dealmaker who secured Disneyland Hong Kong, with Mike ‘Mickey‘ Rowse
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#41 - Hong Kong‘s street sleepers, with Impact HK founder Jeff Rotmeyer
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#40 - Chinese New Year special, with Tim Chan
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#39 - What‘s going on in HK‘s schools? Politics and pandemics, with Chris Musni
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#38 - The current covid situation in HK, with infectious disease expert Ben Cowling
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#37 - Hong Kong‘s first female professional MMA fighter, with Tricia Yap
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#36 - The story behind Hong Kong‘s recent mass arrests, with Antony Dapiran
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#35 - From war in Beirut to fighting climate change in Hong Kong, with MANA! founder Bobsy Gaia
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#34 - New year, new Vivek. Find out what happened to the missing funnyman
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#33 - New Year‘s Eve special edition, with Garron Chiu
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#32 - Certified sexologist and pleasure expert, with Sara Tang
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#31 - A critic of the protests, with Nury Vittachi
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#30 - The homegrown music festival Clockenflap, with co-founder Justin Sweeting
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#29 - The seedy ultra-wealthy dancing ring behind HK‘s current outbreak
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#28 - HK‘s darling retailer Bookazine, with director Shonee Mirchandani
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#27 - The Wanch closes, with co-owner Keith Goodman
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#26 - Protesting in Hong Kong, with Antony Dapiran
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#25 - Virtual Reality in HK, with Sandbox VR creative director Michael Hampden
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#24 - Can comedians be spiritual?
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#23 - HK‘s homeless problem, with Maitreyi Karanth
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#22 - Hong Kong‘s queen of bagels, with Rebecca Schrage
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#21 - Organised crime on the streets, with Mohammed Magdi
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#20 - The restaurant biz, with head chef Fabio Nicotra
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#19 - The reopening of Hong Kong II
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#18 - Hong Kong‘s professional dance scene, with Katie Hill
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#17 - The future of us, with Mohammed Magdi
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#16 - Colonial Kids, who are they? With Cassi Thomas
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#15 - Adventuring in HK, with Ryan Hynek
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#7 - Catfishing and creating, with Jules Hannaford
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#6 - Should you learn Cantonese?
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#5 - The reopening of Hong Kong
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#14 - Which city is better, Shanghai or Hong Kong?
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#13 - Live stream: What would it take for you to leave HK?
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#12 - Scuba in HK
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#11 - Having kids in HK
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#10 - Worklife for women with Belinda Esterhammer
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#9 - Hong Kong‘s healthcare system
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#8 - What‘s the best neighbourhood in Hong Kong?
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#4 - The storytelling community, with Rachel Smith
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#3 - Helpers: the backbone of Hong Kong
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#2 - Working out in HK
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#1 - Canto comedy: How‘d it start and where‘s it going
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Jan 02, 2023 |