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Safety Last
by Stanley Ching
Straight from the dome to the microphone.
Episodes
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#42 - Ted Kaczynski: Genius or Terrorist?
On the 10th of June, 2023, Theodore John Kaczynski took his own life in his prison cell where, in 1998, he had been sentenced to serve out several life terms in prison without the possibility of parole. When this news became public, there was a large outcry and a revitalised conversation on the...
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#41 - Pokemon Johto Draft Game
No franchise has left such a large impact on my life as has Pokemon. From the time I was 10 years old, throughout high school and even in university, Pokemon continued to have a dominating presence. Even now I still get nostalgic about the older video games that accompanied my youth; for example,...
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#40 - Pokemon Kanto Draft Game
No franchise has left such a large impact on my life as has Pokemon. From the time I was 10 years old, throughout high school and even in university, Pokemon continued to have a dominating presence. Even now I still get nostalgic about the older video games that accompanied my youth; for example,...
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#39 - Muay Thai, Racism & Passions
(5:20) - Jordan Peterson & Frogs (9:30) - Compassion in Schools (14:15) - Plato's Cave and Teaching Dreams (18:30) - Yoga & Appearance (22:40) - Learning Languages & Korean (31:05) - Learning Thai & Muay Thai (38:25) - Music & Hip Hop (56:45) - Passions and Writing my Book (1:00:00) - Giving...
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#38 - Addicted to Beauty
What we consider normal seems so obvious that sometimes the possibility of change seems impossible and unlikely. Every society that has ever existed has clearly preferred thinner bodies, right? That’s just an unchanging law of nature, right? Wrong. Sometimes, when we’re trying to understand...
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#37 - Entering North Korea
North Korea (NK) is a nation that everyone has an opinion on, but no one has any experience. Throughout my entire life, this rogue state has been painted with the worst portrays possible, linked with human rights violation, poverty, a closed-off political system that no foreigner can seem to...
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#36 - Incels, Sigmas & Masculinity's Crisis
I think men are terrified and obsessed with women because we inherently understand that a beautiful woman can basically level us with a single glance. That’s probably why men have tried and still try to regulate women sexuality (Sharia Law or abortion). Subconsciously, it might be a defence...
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#35 - China and Neighbours in the 21st Century @Mr Mitchell History
This is the second episode of a two-part series about China in the modern world. In the previous podcast, I was joined by Mr Mitchell History, a fantastic YouTube channel about history, to answer the million-dollar question. What political system does China actually have? For this episode, we are...
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#34 - Understanding the Chinese Government @Mr Mitchell History
I recently had a discussion that made me realise how opaque the Chinese government is. I was reclining on my friend’s sofa when he turned his head and asked, “China is a communist country, right?” Right? I mean the central political body CPC does have ‘communist’ in its name; yet, North Korea…
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#33 - Reflecting on My High School Experience
Alain de Botton said “The furniture insists that we cannot change because it does not; the domestic setting keeps us tethered to the person we are in ordinary life.” I think this is a perfect summary of high school. The fact you see the same people everyday means you build really strong...
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#32 - Tips & Hints for Travelling to Japan
On 14/9/2022, Japan announced that it would fully reopen to tourists after more than two years of closed borders. To celebrate this event, along with humanity slowly learning to live with this new pandemic, I decided to record, edit and release a 90-minute podcast with two of my best friends and...
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#31 - Favourite Manga? Overrated Anime?
If I had to make a list of the most common questions that I get asked about, anime and manga would comfortably sit within the top 10. So, today, we’re giving the people what they want along with the second part from my discussion with Srijay Chatterjee from the Only Up podcast. Berserk? Vagabond?...
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#30 - Should You Start a Podcast?
I listened to my first podcast in my final year of high school, and honestly, my first reaction was this was a more niche radio broadcast. But during university, I started listening to basketball podcasts on the train ride to keep me occupied. Slowly but surely, my tastes expanded to include more...
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#29 - Being a Young Parent, Actor & Dancer
There’s a quote that haunts the dusty halls of the internet and it goes “New friends are great but old friends are gold.” Well, how about a friend that you’ve known since year 4? Well, that friend is Rennard; a friend who has existed in my life before the Global Financial Crisis (2008), the...
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#28 - Late Night Conversations
I had no idea what to title this podcast – “Friend Simulator” made me sound like a science geek and “Wining & Dining with Nicholas” sounded like we were dating. Eventually, I settled with for the milquetoast title of Last Night Conversations. However, as you can tell from the short snippet at the...
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#27 - Do You Want to Become an Author?
I know a handful of people who have said they want to become an author, people who have sworn that they have the winning recipe for the next best-selling novel, people have had revealed that they've always wanted to publish their thoughts onto a page. Yet, the stark reality is that I don't know a...
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#26 - Is Philosophy Actually Useful? @OliSUNvia
Philosophy is a field of study often relegated to the margins of society; nowadays, telling someone you enjoy philosophy is akin to telling them you enjoy Latin or hunting with a bow. It’s just bizarre. However, this ultimately seems to be a disservice to philosophy, as a lot of people imagine...
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#25 - Q&A
A big thank you for everyone who tunes into this podcast, your support is much appreciated. For this week's special podcast, we will celebrate 25 releases with a question and answer session! Thank you to everyone who submitted questions. For a sneak peak at some questions, have a glance below! 1)...
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#24 - School Shootings
Sandy Hook, Columbine (34:55), Virginia-Tech. These are all names that have been etched into our collective memories, and as of 24th of May, we’ve a new addition Uvalde. For the rest of the world, we can’t help but a sense of despair and confusion that these mass school shootings continue to…
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#23 - Am I Too Condescending?
Flaws, those pesky things that we all try to hide from everyone. So of course, why not record a podcast with fan favourite Giorgio where we deep dive into one of my flaws. Am I too condescending? Interesting title, right? I hope it caught your attention. While originally trying to come up with a...
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#22 - Tigerrabit & Everything Everywhere All At Once
Hojung Lee is an Asian-American author and the writer behind Tigerrabit, a new book written in response to the rising hate crimes against Asians since the start of the pandemic. We’ve been planning this podcast for a while and settled on linking our discussion of her book with Letterboxd’s new...
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#21 - Shang-Chi & Celebrity Friends
What makes a good film? Does a film that represents a neglected community immediately make it ‘good’? Or do we only end up looking at its social impact and thus ignoring its other strengths? Shang-Chi featuring Simu Liu was hailed as another film that featured Asians in a media landscape that has...
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#20 - Canadian Truck Protests
All power is political, and all politics is power. This idea may not resonate to a lot of Westerners who see different political parties win and lose without really changing the course of the nation. And while that might be the ‘best’ version of politics, the reality is that for 99% of human...
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#19 - Studio Ghibli
Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle... Studio Ghibli's influence upon Japanese and international animation remains immense. After 19 feature films, several short films, and countless commercials, Ghibli's simple aesthetic has become synonymous with animation. But how did a...
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#18 - Traditional Chinese Medicine
One single question defines the entire field of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and that is whether or not it is real or fake. Does sticking needles in certain areas of your body, drinking certain herbs or even channeling one's "qi" (氣) actually help improve one's health? This is a certain that has...
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#17 - Growing Up in Rural Australia
Imagine growing up in an environment where you were expected to wake up before the crack of dawn to feed your farm animals, imagine having no internet until you were an adult, imagine riding your horse for hours after school. The suburbs and rural areas have long had an interesting relationship...
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#16 - BTS
The word that comes to my mind when I think of BTS is meteoric. For what might possibly be the most popular band in the world right now, I had no idea they existed a few years ago (seriously, the first time I heard their name in 2017, I was just confused). Since then I've been very curious how…
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#15 - Vegetarianism & Sustainable Living
Society has not been kind of vegetarians as their defining depiction is a screaming banshee drunk off self-importance. However, isn't activism for animal rights just another off-shoot of climate change activism? Isn't the push for safer and more humane conditions for animals just another form of...
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#14 - Vagabond: Buddhism & the Katana
[SPOILERS - This podcast will dive and discuss all parts of this manga] Buddhism, murder, violence, sex, philosophy, self-development, ego, greatness... Such large and varied topics that may not naturally seem like they can fit together. Yet Vagabond by Inoue Takehiko not only weaves together the...
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#13 - Being School Captain During COVID
The dominating emotion I felt as I watched the class of 2021 graduate was a mixture of empathy and pity. As a teacher, and someone who has graduated from high school, I understand how important the rites of passage and rituals are to learning. A program without sport, camps or the chance for...
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#12 - Hallyu: Fetishisation & Soft Power
The one who holds the pen, controls the narrative. This is part two of my interview with Uma. For the first half, please refer to #11 - Hallyu: Beyond the Pretty Lights. Today, we look at how K-pop is beginning to challenge traditional Western ideas of beauty that have spread around the world for...
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#11 - Hallyu: Beyond the Pretty Lights
Hallyu (韓流/한류) refers to a cultural, aesthetic and artistic movement where Korean media continues to spread and grow more relevant around the world. In this episode, we look beyond the shiny exterior, thin waistlines and glossy skin, there is a much more serious and strategic aspect to Korea's...
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#10 - Generation Z: Memes & Stan Culture @Olisunvia
"Generation" is a ten-letter word that tries to do the impossible, summarise the vast, vague and undefined zeitgeist of a group of people that span nations, religions, class and ethnicity. Yet to simply pretend there are no distinctions between people of various ages is just as far-fetched.…
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#9 - Should You Become a Teacher?
Teaching is a profession that everyone seems to have an opinion about. Perhaps this is because education seems to be a rite of passage that all must pass through. Today, I bring on my good friend Jacob to discuss the intricacies of this job. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.
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#8 - Tarot Cards: Peering into the Subconscious
Are tarot cards just cardboard with fancy images or are they objects with deeply embedded with archetypes that lurk at the very centre of humanity's psyche? Today, I bring back Gio, a valued friend and a return guest to the podcast, to answer the fundamental question..."Do you believe in the…
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#7 - Hollywood's Anti-Capitalist Films
With the onset of this century, there seems to be a growing market (ironically) and drive for filmmakers and audiences to consume anti-capitalist films. What does this say about our society? What does this say about the new generation's trust in capitalism and the current economic structures?...
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#6 - Living with Dwarfism
What does it mean to live with Dwarfism? For most of us, physical disabilities are something we rarely come into contact with and we often speak about it in euphemism. Today, I talk to Becks, a friend of mine who has Dwarfism, as I try to better understand something that has been socially...
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#5 - Writing Horror: To Stare into the Abyss
Nietzsche famously spoke about "If you stare too long into the abyss, then it stares back at you." I talk to Shaun Phuah, author of Providence on All Fours, a new horror novel, whose job and passion is to do exactly that...to stare into the abyss. PAPERBACK: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DFQ2FV2/...
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#4 - Relationships: Eating the Forbidden Fruit
Today, I dive into a deep conversation about relationships, memories and life with Nick. As someone who is just recovering from being cheated on in his last relationship, we try to answer the most important question together "What is the function of a relationship?"
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#3 - Coronavirus in India
From April to June of 2021, we saw a nation brought to its knees by an invisible enemy. Today, I interview Tathagat Singh, an Indian man who experienced the devastation first hand, to discuss what life was like during the worst of the second wave (an average of 5,000 people were dying a day) and...
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#2 - Asian Art in the West
Why have people spent so much time obsessing over every little detail in art? Why are we, as humans, so preoccupied with the creation of imaginary worlds and what do these imaginary worlds say about us, our community and our historical moment? What can we learn from the changes and repeated ideas...
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#1 - Skydiving
Why do people jump out of the sky? And more importantly, should you soar through the clouds? Today, I'll be bringing on my friend Gio to tackle a question that has been around since the myth of Icarus. Not only will we be talking about what skydiving feels like and how we felt before the initial...
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