All Episodes

#267 – Build Your Own F&B Empire w/Matty Richardson

#266 – Dubai: Do We Love It, Do We Hate It?

#265 – Got Balls? with Co‑Founder George Fleming

#264 – Announcing Our New Co-host

#263 – Vivek Steps Down From The Podcast

#262 – Sneakers With Soul ft. SA77A Lifestyle Founders Cyrine & Weronika

#261 – Four Is One Funny Guy

#260 – Health Kicks, Sh*t Photos, and Elevator Fights

#259 – Vivek’s Near-Death Experience

#258 - HK's First Craft Bottle Shop: Craftissimo w/Akhil Sindher

#257 - Hong Kong Visa Geeza Anwers All Your HK Immigration Questions!

#256 - Louis CK Live in Hong Kong: Full Review

#255 - The Story of China's Biggest Ever Comedy Club w/Norah Yang

#254 - Hong Kong vs. Singapore (ft. Jinx Yeo)

#253 - Vivek Loves Kids and Mohammed Sees Double

#252 - Bestie Banter in Macau, Secret Tips in Tokyo

#251 - Comedy, Krispy Kreme, and Changi Airport Dreams

#250 - Mohammed Magdi Meets Simon Squibb!

#249 - Tour Around Asia Before CNY Madness

#248 - The Bus Belt Crackdown: Buckle Up or Get Locked Up!

#247 - ChatGPT Without Borders, Sleep Without Beds

#246 - Cold Hong Kong, Hot Comedy

#245 - Your New Year's Resolutions Are Not Resoluting!

#244 - 2025 in Two Acts: Triumph & Trouble

#243 - Don't Waste Your Time on Influencers!

#242 - Metal Drums, Spotify Ages & 7‑11 Crashes

#241 - Vivek Has a New Bestie, and His Name Is Jimmy O. Yang!

#240 - Hong Kong Love, Cairo Wedding, Russian Twist

#239 - Adventure time: HK-Seoul-Toronto-Vancouver-London!

#238 - Shenzhen's Fancy Resort and Vietnam's Road Trip

#237 - The Comedians Are Dumb, The Event Is Bright, and The Audience Is Dark

#236 - How To Break Both Ankles in One Easy Step

#235 - Why Less Developed Countries Have Better Comedy Audiences w/Elena Gabrielle

#234 - Comedian Kavin Jay Lost 45 KGs in One Year Without Ozempic or Surgery!

#233 - The Story of Chez Trente and Its Music Festival w/ Joe Lung

#232 - Party More, Not Less, As You Get Older w/ Maitreyi Karanth

#231 - Modern Travel Tips with HK's Most Chaotic Couple: Cassi Thomas and Garron Chiu

#230 - Juggling Big Businesses and Managing Burnout ft. Ben Quinlan

#229 - Black Rain, Hong Kong Observatory, and Casual Tour Guiding

#228 - Hong Kong Comedy Season - Go Big or Go Home!

#227 - Vivek Opens for Jimmy O. Yang in Macau, Then Goes On A Holiday

#226 - World-touring Comedian Victor Pãtrãşcan Doesn't Believe in Borders

#225 - Vivek Mahbubani on Opening for Jimmy O. Yang in Hong Kong

#224 - Comedy and Sermon Are Not That Different w/Pastor Drew Fralick

#223 - The Secrets to a Successful Marriage Proposal at Hong Kong Disneyland! w/ Jacky Ng

#222 - Breaking Down Hate Comments with Daniel Fernandes

#221 - Hong Kong's Pastry Chef Queen Who Is Also a Yoga Instructor

#220 - Heard the One About the British Comedian Making Fun of the French? w/Paul Taylor

#219 - Hans Zimmer Concert in Hong Kong - A Review

#218 - Vivek Took His Cantonese-only Show on Tour Around Australia & New Zealand, Again

#217 - Dead Poets and The Art of Quiz Mastery with Eshan Arif

#216 - Coldplay Concerts & Rugby 7s at The New Kai Tai Stadium - Full Review

#215 - Diversity Hub, Hong Kong's First Ethnic Minorities Museum, Is Now Open

#214 - Dumb Sex Cult Stunt Went Wrong and Comedian Got Arrested

#213 - Firsthand Witness Account of a Tragedy on Cat Street

#212 - "Little Red Book" Tourists Are Getting Out of Control

#211 - Ramadan in Hong Kong

#210 - All About Chinese Fake Markets

#209 - The Art of The Power Spew Ft. Annie Louey

#208 - We Did Standup Comedy for an Opera Show!

#207 - How Does The Hong Kong Jockey Club Mark Six Lottery Work?

#206 - Year of the Snake: Great, Good, or "Unstable & Fluctuating?"

#205 - Vission Bakery's $50 "Egg Tart in a Cookie": A Review

#204 - Is Hong Kong Winter a Joke?

#203 - Hong Kong Does New Year's Fireworks Right

#202 - Our Most Memorable Moments of 2024

#201 - The Best Place to Get a Haircut in Hong Kong

#200 - Live at The Aftermath

#199 - Hong Kong Live Shows Wishlist

#198 - You Are Not Getting a Christmas Gift Because Sustainability

#197 - Make Non-Drinkers Cool Again with Saicho Tea!

#196 - Toxic Positivity, "Know Thyself," and Attention Economy

#195 - Our Spotify "More Like This" Section Couldn't Be More Wrong

#194 - Hong Kong Stories with Rachel Smith

#193 - Dry Bar Comedy and Cruiseship Shows w/Dwayne Perkins

#192 - The Unncessary Luxury of Flying on Emirates Business Class

#191 - Flat Iron Steak Boss Johnny Glover Dispels The Rumors

#190 - Is Gold The Best "Safe" Investment Out There?

#189 - The Great Flat Iron Steak Conspiracy

#188 - How to Get an Empty Row on the Plane?

#187 - Getting Smuggled Into Bosnia for Comedy w/Matt Davis

#186 - The Legend of Mamahuhu w/Alessio Avezzano

#185 - One-Year Relationship vs. Eight-Year Relationship

#184 - On Parenting, Ideal Comedy Audience, and Scary AI Thoughts

#183 - This Week on HK News: Newborn Pandas, Tourism is Back & YUU Sucks!

#182 - Is Lan Kwai Fong Only Good for Young Partygoers?

#181- Hong Kong Productivity vs. Malaysian "Chilling" w/Kuah Jenhan

#180 - Team Hong Kong Is Having A Great Start at The Paris Olympics!

#179 - Let's Stop Paying Dumb Prices in Hong Kong!

#178 - The Rise and Fall of The Beijing Comedy Scene w/Tony Chou

#177 - Is Your Pilot Too Sleepy to Fly? W/Nina McGrath

#176 - We Got Robbed at the Prestigious Westin Hotel in Kuala Lumpur

#175 - Do You Sleep With Your AC On or Off?

#174 - The State of Old Folks' Homes in Hong Kong

#173 - When You Find Yourself in the Same Room as the Hong Kong Chief Executive!

#172 - Hong Kong Slang with Author Lindsay Varty

#171 - We shot an Ad for Samsung in Hong Kong!

#170 - "Bubble Gun" Drinks, HK Exam Season and Single-use Plastics Ban Review

#169 - We Are Starting a Residency at Grand Hyatt HK and Everyone Is Invited!

#168 - A tale of Two Comedy OGs

#167 - Reviewing Our Reviewers: We Give Zero Stars

#166 - "The Best in Your Race" Featuring Some of Asia's Top Comics

#165 - How Comedians Get Ready for Major Festival Shows

#164 - The Risky Business of the Hanging Bamboo Scaffolding

#163 - Visiting the Dentist in Hong Kong

#162 - No Shame In The O Game w/Sex Coach Sara Tang

#161 - The Canto Aussie connection and the original Pale White Ghost w/Jarrod Watt

#160 - Navigating Hong Kong's Public Hospital System by Way of Colonoscopy!

#159 - Say Mo To Racism in Hong Kong!

#158 - Happy Valley: A melting pot of cemeteries

#157- Messi drama and refunds, new Lai See rules and Rod Stewart HK show cancelled!

#156 - Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year?

#155 - Heard about the American who sells Chinese tea to the world? W/Jesse Appell

#154 - Why has celebrating a country's national day become controversial?

#153 - An Arab takes a Chinese person to China. What happens next will shock you!

#152 - We dare you to have a worse New Year’s Eve story!

#151 - 2024 is going to be different!

#150 - Merry Christmas from Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and beyond!

#149 - Falling in love in Hong Kong w/Annie Louey

#148 - Buying an apartment in Hong Kong!

#147 - Hong Kong public transit system is the best in the world!

#146 - ”Singles’ Day 11/11”, the world’s biggest shopping day!

#145 - Do you like your comedy slow or fast? W/Daniel Fernandes

#144 - On Diwali, wild Indian parties and bringing touring comedians into HK

#143 - The life of a journalist in mainland China and Taiwan w/Adam Hopkins

#142 - Is Melbourne really more ’liveable’ than Hong Kong?

#141 - We drove from Melbourne to Sydney and back! w/Annie Louey

#140 - Is Bali still any good?

# 139 - How weird can a comedy show really get? w/Ben Volchok

#138 - Make Singapore Fun Again! W/Singaporean comedian Jinx Yeo

#137 - How is Hong Kong so unprepared for a black rainstorm?

#136 - All about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

#135 - What is it like to run your own startup in Hong Kong?

#134 - Why Hong Kongers can’t have nice things w/Cassi Thomas

#133 - Why you should hire a comedian for your next party!

#132 -Why you should never break up fights in Hong Kong clubs w/Tim To

#131 - When an audience member becomes the comedian w/Bryan Bentley

#130 - What to do in Hong Kong when it’s freakishly hot out?

#129 - Egypt is the best country in the world to be a tourist in right now

#128 - ”Vivek entertains himself”

#127- Why is Bakehouse so damn good? With Managing Director Liam Collette

#126 - We are officially certified to operate the Genie GS-1930 Scissor Lift within PMQ premises!

#125 - How to scam the ”recruitment” scammers w/Garron Chiu & Annie Louey

#124 - Hong Kong performance venues: the good, the bad and the really bad.

#123 - Vivek is accused of plagiarizing his most popular joke from himself!

#122 - On hell gigs, going to the wrong airport and tripling your IG followers w/ Ollie Horn

#121 -Why did Malaysia’s best comedy club get shut down by the government? W/Kavin Jay

#120 - Andy Curtain talks funny business in Melbourne

#119 - Doctor-turned-comedian Jason Leong prescribes laughter over medicine

#118 - How gossiping about Zac Efron’s sex life can land you on the front page of the DailyMail w/Andy Curtain

#117 - Who travels first class on the Hong Kong MTR?

#116 - Art Basel is back in Hong Kong and Art Central is not in Central!

#115 - Is Happy Valley Wednesday Racing the most fun thing to do in Hong Kong?

#114 - An average day for the busiest standup comedian in Hong Kong

#113 - HONG KONG IS FINALLY MASK FREE! (but most people are still wearing it anyway)

#112 - Is ”Hello Hong Kong” the best we can do?

#111 - Hong Kong had its first big-name stand up comedy show since 2019!

#110 - Vivek turns to a superhero and Mohammed has another visa adventure

#109 - All about Hong Kong nightlife with HKClubbing founder Nick Willsher

#108 - Hong Kong’s best tourist attractions in 2023!

#107 - Mohammed’s mom flew to Hong Kong a few hours before her passport expired!

#106 - What to do when your family visits Hong Kong?

#105 - Turns out trolling banker wankers is easier than you think! w/John Buckman

#104 - What the hell happened in Hong Kong over the last few months?

#103 - Hong Kong is opening up (for real this time!)

#102 - The reality of Shanghai lockdown with Jorge Castellanos

#101 - When is the best time to donate your organs? With Dr. Krishnaa Mahbubani

#100 - Special outdoors episode at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park

#99 - Flight ban is finally lifted, then airlines started getting banned!

#98 - Hong Kong to cut quarantine for inbound travelers to one week, where is everyone going?

#97 - The government is set to ease the restrictions. What would a ”relaxed” Hong Kong look like?

#96 - Hong Kong spent 150 million HKD on an emergency alert system that almost gave everyone a heart attack

#95 - Hong Kong hits a new peak of over 50,000 Covid infections in one day, and why you shouldn’t lick the MTR door?

#94 - Everyone in Hong Kong is jumping ship!

#93 - Why is Hong Kong handling the Covid situation so badly?

#83 - The world of pro photography with top Hong Kong-based photographer Justin Lim

#92 - Save The Aftermath! With co-founder Kyle Haynes

#91 - What would make us pack our suitcases?

#90 - The rise and fall of La Rotisserie with co-founder Jerome Carlier

#89 - How did American lawyer Samuel Bickett end up in a Hong Kong prison?

#88 - Comedian-turned-pastor Drew Fralick

#87 - The highs and lows of living in Hong Kong with John Buckman and Bugs Harpley

#86 - How Hong Kongers’ holiday traditions changed over the years with comedian Garron Chiu

#85 - Christmas special with Icelandic comedian Kári Gunnarsson

#84- A sketchy job with SCMP cartoonist Harry Harrison

#82 - When the joker is sicker than the joke

#81 - Mohammed Before Comedy!

#80 - What‘s the deal with comedians and depression? With psychotherapist Tim Hoffman

#79 - How a friendly chat with HK‘s most wanted man led to his arrest with ”Tracy”

#78 - From bean to bar with Conspiracy Chocolate founders Celine Herren and Amit Oz

#77 - SEOs, Bridging data science and digital marketing with Aloha Group co-founder Ivan Leung

#76 - Vivek Before Comedy!

#75 - The reality of Thailand‘s ”Sandboxes”, surviving HK quarantine and why ”The Expatriates” is a terrible book with Chaotic HK Expats‘ Cassi Thomas

#74 - The state of dog rescue in Hong Kong, with Sai Kung Stray Friends founder Narelle Pamuk

#73 - Psychic Entertainer Stuart Palm on performing Mentalism and Reading Mo and Vivek’s tawdry futures.

#72 - The Tattooed Fairy Godmother of The HK Rock Scene, Chris B

#71 - Jordan Leung (@69ranch) embracing the influencer life.

#70 - Chairman of FinTech Association of Hong Kong, Ben Quinlan

#69 - Hong Kong‘s most prolific standup writer, Chris Musni

#68 - Comedy writing, workshopping jokes and a ”MoOpenMic”

#67 - Comedy Central‘s Garron Chiu on Nicole Kidman skipping Hong Kong quarantine

#66 - Emily Tan and Vivek Mahbubani on fighting cancer, self care and mental health.

#65 - Simon Wilson, the mastermind behind The Grounds and The Lawn, HK‘s biggest events during Covid

#64 - Andy‘s final episode

#63 - The stories of HK‘s traditional tradesmen with Sunset Survivors author Lindsay Varty

#62 - Lebanese food, life and reality with Beyrouth Bistro‘s Charbel Assaf

#61 - The magic business, with mentalist Anson Chen

#60 - Behind the scenes at a comedy show

#59 - The world of food, with Jen Balisi from Indulgent Eats

#58 - Andy‘s break and the latest on the standup scene, with Mohammed Magdi

#57 - Sustaining Hong Kong, with sustainability expert Dr Merrin Pearse

#56 - The neutering of Hong Kong, with author Antony Dapiran

#55 - HK‘s television industry, with TV star Vicky Chan 陳偉琪

#54 - Capturing Hong Kong‘s diversity, with Dear Hong Kong co-founder Oskar Valles

#53 - Vaccine hesitancy in HK, with infectious disease expert Professor Ben Cowling

#52 - Empowering women in HK to play more sport, with In The Changing Room podcast host Cissy Radford

#51 - Colonial British police in Hong Kong, with former officer Guy Shirra

#50 - Volunteering with the famous, with Time Auction founder Fion Leung

#49 - The debacles and victories of HK‘s vaccine situation

#48 - The man in HK revolutionising how we make coffee, with John Buckman

#47 - The story of why Mohammed fled to China

#46 - The most famous gweilo of all time, with 河國榮 Gregory Charles Rivers

#45 - The King of Green, with OmniPork, Green Common and Green Mondays founder David Yeung

#44 - We have shows again (maybe)!! With Mohammed, Vivek and Andy altogether

#43 - A powerhouse in HK radio, with RTHK Radio 3‘s Alyson Hau

#42 - The dealmaker who secured Disneyland Hong Kong, with Mike ‘Mickey‘ Rowse

#41 - Hong Kong‘s street sleepers, with Impact HK founder Jeff Rotmeyer

#40 - Chinese New Year special, with Tim Chan

#39 - What‘s going on in HK‘s schools? Politics and pandemics, with Chris Musni

#38 - The current covid situation in HK, with infectious disease expert Ben Cowling

#37 - Hong Kong‘s first female professional MMA fighter, with Tricia Yap

#36 - The story behind Hong Kong‘s recent mass arrests, with Antony Dapiran

#35 - From war in Beirut to fighting climate change in Hong Kong, with MANA! founder Bobsy Gaia

#34 - New year, new Vivek. Find out what happened to the missing funnyman

#33 - New Year‘s Eve special edition, with Garron Chiu

#32 - Certified sexologist and pleasure expert, with Sara Tang

#31 - A critic of the protests, with Nury Vittachi

#30 - The homegrown music festival Clockenflap, with co-founder Justin Sweeting

#29 - The seedy ultra-wealthy dancing ring behind HK‘s current outbreak

#28 - HK‘s darling retailer Bookazine, with director Shonee Mirchandani

#27 - The Wanch closes, with co-owner Keith Goodman

#26 - Protesting in Hong Kong, with Antony Dapiran

#25 - Virtual Reality in HK, with Sandbox VR creative director Michael Hampden

#24 - Can comedians be spiritual?

#23 - HK‘s homeless problem, with Maitreyi Karanth

#22 - Hong Kong‘s queen of bagels, with Rebecca Schrage

#21 - Organised crime on the streets, with Mohammed Magdi

#20 - The restaurant biz, with head chef Fabio Nicotra

#19 - The reopening of Hong Kong II

#18 - Hong Kong‘s professional dance scene, with Katie Hill

#17 - The future of us, with Mohammed Magdi

#16 - Colonial Kids, who are they? With Cassi Thomas

#15 - Adventuring in HK, with Ryan Hynek

#7 - Catfishing and creating, with Jules Hannaford

#6 - Should you learn Cantonese?

#5 - The reopening of Hong Kong

#14 - Which city is better, Shanghai or Hong Kong?

#13 - Live stream: What would it take for you to leave HK?

#12 - Scuba in HK

#11 - Having kids in HK

#10 - Worklife for women with Belinda Esterhammer

#9 - Hong Kong‘s healthcare system

#8 - What‘s the best neighbourhood in Hong Kong?

#4 - The storytelling community, with Rachel Smith

#3 - Helpers: the backbone of Hong Kong

#2 - Working out in HK

#1 - Canto comedy: How‘d it start and where‘s it going