What is retirement in Hong Kong like? More specifically, what are the options for old folks homes in the city? And how does it all work? We do a deep dive.    Get tickets for Backstage Comedy shows here: https://linktr.ee/backstagecomedy Subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hohopod Leave us a review: (please!) https://www.ratethispodcast.com/hohohkpod Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/ Follow Vivek on […]

Happy Dragon Boating long weekend! We have no idea what a weekend is, what a what a long holiday is, or what day of the week it is most of the time. Vivek had one hell of a gig opening for Jason Leong in front of an audience of over a thousand people in Hong […]

Ever feel like a chicken talking to a duck? Ever ask a girl out only to be forced to eat lemons? Maybe you’ve been told that you’re a peanut guy? Or perhaps someone has warned you that you’re wearing a green hat?    No need to be confused, “Hong Kong Slang” is a little dictionary […]

Another busy week for us in Hong Kong. Both the hosts were together on an ad for Samsung Hong Kong, our first major ad! Also on this episode, comedian Annie Louey joins us to chat about credit card fraud and how she has been trying to live like a Hong Kong local after spending two […]

(This episode was recorded on the weekend when the sun was shining and the weather was nice!) Hong Kong students are gearing up for exam season. Vivek reflects on his own experience, having gone to a local HK school and now being a regular speaker at both local and international schools. We wrap up the […]

After almost two months, both our hosts are back in the studio in Hong Kong recording the podcast together in human person, and we have a lot of updates to share. Our video studio is almost finished, and the podcast will be on video very soon. And we are starting a Vegas-style residency at Grand […]

Vivek Mahbubani and Chris Musni started off in the world of stand up comedy in Hong Kong at around the same time, but different personalities, obstacles and joke-writing styles have lead them to different paths in the world of comedy. In this episode they go deep into how their comedy fates have differed over the […]

As we enter the last week of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, We seize the opportunity of having so many of Asia’s top comics in one room, and we record what will most definitely go down in history as our biggest episode ever, featuring five guests! Daniel Fernades (IND), Dr. Jason Leong (MAL), Annie Louey […]

Recorded in Melborune, Australia, comedians Vivek Mahbubani, Annie Louey, and Mohammed Magdi are all gearing up for their shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. They catch up on the podcast on how they have been preparing, their different ways of promoting the show, and why the “festival club” is a pit of diseases.   […]