#81 – Mohammed Before Comedy!
Vivek has a big announcement to make regarding his ongoing Facebook page saga, then we delve into part 2 of the “Before Comedy” series. This time it’s Mohammed’s turn. What was life like in Egypt when he was growing up? Way before the 2011 revolution, the move to China and taking up a career in […]
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#80 – What‘s the deal with comedians and depression? With psychotherapist Tim Hoffman
“All comedians are depressed”, “Good comedy has to come from a dark place”, “tragedy+time=comedy” are among some of the most common phrases you hear thrown around in the comedy world, but are any of them actually true? And why does it seem to be a pretty common narrative in the comedy world? We ask our […]
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#79 – How a friendly chat with HK‘s most wanted man led to his arrest with ”Tracy”
At nearly 5am on Tuesday October 12, 2021 a taxi carrying a foreign passenger drove along Queen’s Road West and the 50-year-old taxi driver in the vehicle was suspected of arguing with the passenger for some reason. The foreign passenger then used a hard object to hit the neck of the driver which resulted in […]
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#78 – From bean to bar with Conspiracy Chocolate founders Celine Herren and Amit Oz
Conspiracy Chocolate makes high quality small batch craft chocolate from bean to bar. They use cacao beans from a single farm in Vietnam and process slowly and manually over 5 days to retain the natural health benefits and flavor of the cacao. We chat with its founders Celine Herren and Amit Oz. They are a […]
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#77 – SEOs, Bridging data science and digital marketing with Aloha Group co-founder Ivan Leung
Vivek has a huge announcement to make then we get to our guest Ivan Leung. Ivan is the co-founder and GM of Aloha Online, one of Asia’s leading SEO solutions and digital marketing technology providers. Ivan gives us a crash course on what SEOs really mean and how any business could improve its Google ranking […]
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#76 – Vivek Before Comedy!
We take a break from having guests on this week and we fly solo. The original idea was for us to talk about what our lives were like B.C. (Before Comedy). We started with Vivek and boy did he have a lot to say. Vivek has had a pretty wild journey even before ever doing […]
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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
Cassi Thomas AKA Chaotic Cassi is proper “HK famous”, she runs a massive Facebook group called “Chaotic Hong Kong Expats” with more than 18000 members. We catch up with her about her recent trip to Thailand, spending time in Phuket’s “sandbox” and traveling to Chiang Mai, her 21 days quarantine and her fascination with the […]
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#74 – The state of dog rescue in Hong Kong, with Sai Kung Stray Friends founder Narelle Pamuk
Sai Kung Stray Friends Foundation (SKSFF) is consisted of a group of volunteers who rescue stray, abandoned, sick and injured dogs to provide them with medical care and rehabilitation. Every dog that is rescued is health checked, de-sexed, vaccinated and given flea, tick and heartworm prevention. They also try to provide any necessary treatment and […]
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#73 – Psychic Entertainer Stuart Palm on performing Mentalism and Reading Mo and Vivek’s tawdry futures.
Stuart Palm is an international psychic entertainer, artist, hypnotist, illustrator, seer, reader, mentalist and father. He joins us to talk about his upcoming show “World of Wonders,” his new tarot cards “Palm’s Oracle”; the amazing variety of uses for Hypnosis, and performing Mentalism in Hong Kong and around the world. This episode was aired live […]
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#72 – The Tattooed Fairy Godmother of The HK Rock Scene, Chris B
(aka Rock Mum, Goddess of Rock and even “Godmother of Rock”)The driving force behind The Underground (https://undergroundhk.com/). Described by Time Magazine as “Chris B—the tattooed fairy godmother of the Hong Kong scene. ” The ‘face’ of The Underground. Born & raised in Hong Kong, with a Chinese mother and English father. Involved in the HK live music scene […]
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