On this week’s episode, Vivek is dealing with handymen invading his house and installing a hanging bamboo scaffolding platform through his living room’s window on the xxth floor! The hanging bamboo scaffolding is a pretty common practice in Hong Kong, but there is something particularly dangerous about those hanging ones, not erected from the street […]

This week, we have a classic Ho Ho Hong Kong episode. We discuss new ways emabssies use to rip you off. Both our hosts visit their respective dentists, and we chat about all things dentists in Hong Kong. Vivek has had some banking drama, and Mohammed had to call the SPCA to try to save […]

Sara Tang is a certified sexologist and coach based in Hong Kong. She believes that sex is a skill and everyone can learn how to get better in bed. She is most passionate about helping people who had a limited sex education or culturally conservative upbringing feel more connected and confident with their sexuality.  Sara […]

Jarrod Watt is the former deputy online editor for the SCMP and a man with stories. We chat to Jarrod about the infamous “Delay No More” SCMP headline, the bizarre facts behind the Lippo Center building, and the Taylor Swift/Wuhan connection!    Follow Jarrod on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Jay_Watt Get tickets for Backstage Comedy shows here: https://linktr.ee/backstagecomedy Subscribe […]

Hong Kong has the second-highest life expectancy rate in the world. The city’s public health care system is one of the direct reasons for that, even though it is becoming increasingly unmanageable. On this episode, we navigate the public hospital system through Vivek’s colonoscopy! Although informative and funny, this episode involves a lot of details […]

As Mohammed gears up for his show in Hong Kong “Say Mo To Racism” on Friday, March 1, we take on the topic of racism in Hong Kong. The different forms of racism and discrimination people face in Hong Kong, what are the “origin stories” of some of the racial words used to refer to […]

For the first episode of the Year of the Dragon, we have a stacked one with a lot of Hong Kong classics. We try to answer many questions: What are the latest rules for Lai See? What is ok to clean and not to clean over the CNY holiday? Why shouldn’t you visit your family […]

Happy New Year, again! This time it’s the one we care about more because we get lai see, unlike Christmas, when we usually receive yet another pair of socks from that one colleague with bad breath. We are back in our studio as we try to answer the burning question: Is saying “Chinese New Year” […]

Our guest on this episode has one hell of a story. Jesse Appell is an American who mastered Mandarin Chinese language fluency to perfection, started a standup comedy career in both English and Mandarin while living in Beijing, tours the world performing in both languages, and has a robust tea business that sells Chinese tea […]