Who are the city’s domestic workers? Why are they almost all women? We take a dive into the history of the city’s helping hands, their relationship with their employers, the abuse and their fight for recognition.

How do you stay fit in Hong Kong? We talk about the best at home, indoors and outdoors exercises, different types of meditation, yoga, the statistics on exercising, and the most popular regime in Hong Kong.

Cantonese standup is big and it’s going to be huge. Find out how where its roots lie, how it came to be, where it’s going around the world, what lays in store and where can you see it. Vivek is the best-known comic in Hong Kong and tells the story how it all began from […]

The city seems to be opening back up for real! Quarantine for inbound travelers continues to be only one week (3 days if you’re flight crew!), restaurants are allowed to run up to 10 pm (yay!?), some stand up shows are back. We have a classic episode discussing it all, we catch up on the […]

Shanghai is still under arguably the world’s most strict Covid lockdown since the pandemic began. Some residents have been locked inside their apartments for over 50 days. Amid news of food shortages, internet censors taking down posts of frustrated citizens, Shanghai residents are keen to have their voices heard.  We talk to Jorge Castellanos, standup […]

Family drama alert! Vivek’s sister made it to Hong Kong literally a few minutes before her PR expired, we take the opportunity to catch up with her with one simple goal in mind: Understand what she does for a living. Dr. Krishnaa Mahbubani tries her best to dumb it down to us, and before you […]

We made it to episode 100! Yup, we can’t believe it either. For the 100th episode, we pack our equipment and head to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park in Sai Ying Pun. We riff on everything happening around us at the park, chat to a couple of people, Vivek gives an update on his sister’s dramatic […]

You get a ban, you get a ban, and you get a ban! This week on HK shenanigans: The government lifted the flight ban on 9 countries then immediately banned Emirates Airlines far a week. Everyone in HK is getting a “goodie bag” from the government, Vivek’s sister might be able to come back to […]

As of April 1, Quarantine for travelers coming into Hong Kong will be cut to 1 week, which means we can probably start making plans for some summer travels! We chat about our favorite travel destinations, share some fun traveling stories and what would our first trip ideally look like. Leave us a review: (please!) https://www.ratethispodcast.com/hohohkpod […]

HK CE “feels” like Hong Kongers’ tolerance for the harsh anti-epidemic measures is “fading” .. after more than 2 years. So she said they would review the policies and ease up some of the harsh measurements over the next few days. We try to jump the gun and predict what would the new “relaxed” HK […]