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Tell You First — 70 episodes

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1

The Year Singapore Football Became A Joke

2

How Bugis Street Became One of Singapore’s Biggest Tourist Attractions

3

Hawker Culture: From Illegal to UNESCO Recognition

4

Samsui Women: The Original Girlbosses Who Built Singapore

5

How Singapore Turned the Sea into Prime Real Estate

6

When the British Blew Up One of Singapore's Oldest Relics

7

The Golden Age of YouTube in Singapore and Why It Disappeared

8

That Time When A Singapore Airlines Plane Was Hijacked

9

How Orchard Towers Earned Its Shady Reputation

10

When Phua Chu Kang Got Scolded By The Prime Minister

11

How Singapore was Once the Pirate Capital of the World

12

Why Is Singapore So Serious About Bomb Shelters?

13

Why This $150 Million Kampong is Still Standing

14

How A Riot Changed Singapore’s Nightlife FOREVER

15

When Gangs Ruled Chinatown

16

Steven Lim and the Fatal Fight

17

Katong’s Lost Palace: Sex Scandals, Circus Elephants, and Magicians

18

How Singapore Lost an Island in a “Crabby” Deal

19

The Merlion: The Myth That Became Legend

20

Chope-d With Tissues: Singapore’s Most Polite Power Move

21

Singapore’s Famous Dragon Playground Has A Secret

22

Singapore’s War on Sex, Drugs, and Rock ’n’ Roll

23

One Man, One Wife, Banning Polygamy in Singapore

24

The NKF Scandal: Peanuts, Gold Taps, and a $600,000 Salary

25

From Power Plant to Party Central: The Story of St James Power Station

26

The Street Where People Went To Die

27

The Dark Story Behind the Tiger Balm Brothers and Haw Par Villa

28

Why Can’t We Stop Seeing Ghosts In Singapore?

29

Singapore’s Forgotten Cemetery of Pioneers, Bukit Brown

30

Space Without Astronauts: How Singapore Is Reaching for the Stars

31

Ghost Economies: Why the Dead Need Money Too

32

Mind Over Water: How Singapore Conquered Water Stress

33

Mosquitos: Why Singapore Wants MILLIONS Of Them

34

Boomz, Bigini: What Ris Low Taught Us About Beauty Pageants

35

One Island, Two Claims, and a Lot of History

36

Why U So Like Dat? The Song That Made Singlish Cool

37

Avatar, Anime, and Architecture: The Wild Origins of SuperTrees

38

The Story Behind a Very Banned Book

39

The Fire That Built Singapore: The Shocking Truth Behind Bukit Ho Swee!

40

Hidden Feng Shui in Singapore’s Skyline

41

POV: Surviving the Japanese Occupation

42

HUAT AH! Untangling the Messy Origins of Yusheng

43

Why Do We Still Follow Lunar Calendars?

44

The Rickshaw Puller Who Saved Singapore

45

Swiftonomics in Singapore (w Ann Nicole)

46

What Time Is It, Really?

47

The Caning of Michael Fay: SG vs USA

48

Kopi - The Art of Singapore’s Favourite Brew

49

The Secret Origins of Fish Head Curry (w Gerald Koh)

50

Close Encounters of the Genetic Kind

51

What’s Making Us So Hot and Wet

52

Zouk’s Mambo Jambo: The Party of a Generation

53

Comrade Bala: The Monster Made in Singapore

54

Deepavali: A Guide For the Rest of Us (w Rai Kannu)

55

How Singapore Got Its Internet Groove

56

Night Safari: Why Visit a Zoo at Night?

57

Disappearing Genitals: The Koro Crisis of 1967

58

Why Singapore TV Peaked in the 90s (w Vernetta Lopez)

59

Brewing a Legend: The History of Beer in Singapore

60

Why Singapore Hated Long Hair in the 1960s

61

From Vatican to Lion City: The Pope’s First Visit to Singapore

62

The Teenage Suicide Pact That Shocked Singapore

63

Power Rangers Exposed: The Unlikely Origins of a Global Phenomenon

64

The Burning Down of Singapore in 1613 That Changed Everything

65

The Untold Drama of Singapore's National Day Parade (w Hazelle Teo)

66

When a School Principal Shot a Tiger at Raffles Hotel

67

Wedding Gatecrashing - Is This “Tradition” Really Necessary?

68

Why Are Cars in Singapore So Flippin' Expensive?!

69

The Deadly Riots of Singapore’s Only Prison Island Experiment

70

Parrot Astrology: Inside the World of Feathered Fortune Tellers (w Joakim Gomez)