#41 – Hong Kong‘s street sleepers, with Impact HK founder Jeff Rotmeyer
You don’t have to walk far in the city to find street sleepers. Or walk past a McDonald’s late at night to see the city’s McRefugees. Jeff Rotmeyer founded Impact HK which has grown into a force of nature changing the fate of Hong Kong’s abandoned residents.
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#40 – Chinese New Year special, with Tim Chan
Happy new year everybody! Cantonese comedian Tim Chan joins us to ring in the bull year and the three of us talk about how we each celebrate the holiday differently.
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#39 – What‘s going on in HK‘s schools? Politics and pandemics, with Chris Musni
It’s been a tough year for schools, with prolonged lockdowns, homeschooling and the threat of ‘sanitised’ curricula. We sat down with a teacher on the inside to find out what’s up.
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#38 – The current covid situation in HK, with infectious disease expert Ben Cowling
Professor Cowling is the Division Head of Epidemiology at HKU and a co-director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Infections Disease Epidemiology and Control. The man knows his stuff. He was brought to HK by the gov in the wake of SARS to enhance the city’s infectious disease research, and has become a key resource […]
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#37 – Hong Kong‘s first female professional MMA fighter, with Tricia Yap
Tricia was has worn a lot of fitness hats in the city. She was HK’s first female professional MMA fighter, CNN referred to her as a fitness guru who helped women break boundaries and she founded the boutique gym Limitless. She’s also a core member of the Save HK Fitness movement, trying to rescue the […]
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#36 – The story behind Hong Kong‘s recent mass arrests, with Antony Dapiran
The Hong Kong police have made mass arrests of politicians, lawyers, media and a whole bunch of people earlier this month. The author of City On Fire Antony Dapiran rejoins the pod to fill us in on all the bits and pieces we didn’t understand.
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#35 – From war in Beirut to fighting climate change in Hong Kong, with MANA! founder Bobsy Gaia
Bobsy Gaia grew up in war-torn Beirut and was enlisted as a child soldier in the civil war. An insane journey led him to open the plant-based restaurant chain MANA! which has pioneered the plant-based fast-casual market in Hong Kong since 2012.
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#34 – New year, new Vivek. Find out what happened to the missing funnyman
2020 was tough for a range of reasons and Vivek had to take a step back from the pod when his health took a serious turn for the worse. Here’s what happened and where he’s at now.
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#33 – New Year‘s Eve special edition, with Garron Chiu
What happens in HK on Christmas and western New Year? Why are there so many Christians in the city? What makes the holidays so friggin amazing here? Comedian Garron Chiu answered it all.
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#32 – Certified sexologist and pleasure expert, with Sara Tang
Sara Tang’s a sexologist and host of the Better in Bed podcast. She’s shared sexy lifestyle advice on the major radio station RTHK3, appeared in the global documentary ‘Sex and the City’, has a raunchy blog and provides coaching for getting your sex back on. Check out Sara’s podcast: https://www.sarasense.com/podcast
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