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Tell You First — 80 episodes

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1

The OG Singapore Idol Finally Reveals Why Singapore Idol Ended (w Dick Lee)

2

Why Nobody Knows The USB ThumbDrive Was Invented in Singapore

3

Should Only Singaporeans Write National Day Songs? (w Ben Kheng)

4

The Singaporean Artist Who Had to Sue to Prove She Was Original

5

The Nude Sports Games That Shocked Malaysia and Singapore

6

Was Modern Singapore Built on Drug Money?

7

The NParks Brompton Scandal: Why Singapore Lost Its Mind Over 26 Bicycles

8

The Surprising Story of Annabel Chong: The Girl Who Rejected The Singapore Dream

9

Why the Strait of Malacca Keeps China Awake at Night

10

Sarong Party Girls: “Ang Moh Better?” A History of the Stereotype

11

The Year Singapore Football Became A Joke

12

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

13

Hawker Culture: From Illegal to UNESCO Recognition

14

Samsui Women: The Original Girlbosses Who Built Singapore

15

How Singapore Turned the Sea into Prime Real Estate

16

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

17

The Golden Age of YouTube in Singapore and Why It Disappeared

18

That Time When A Singapore Airlines Plane Was Hijacked

19

How Orchard Towers Earned Its Shady Reputation

20

When Phua Chu Kang Got Scolded By The Prime Minister

21

How Singapore was Once the Pirate Capital of the World

22

Why Is Singapore So Serious About Bomb Shelters?

23

Why This $150 Million Kampong is Still Standing

24

How A Riot Changed Singapore’s Nightlife FOREVER

25

When Gangs Ruled Chinatown

26

Steven Lim and the Fatal Fight

27

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

28

How Singapore Lost an Island in a “Crabby” Deal

29

The Merlion: The Myth That Became Legend

30

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

31

Singapore’s Famous Dragon Playground Has A Secret

32

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

33

One Man, One Wife, Banning Polygamy in Singapore

34

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

35

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

36

The Street Where People Went To Die

37

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

38

Why Can’t We Stop Seeing Ghosts In Singapore?

39

Singapore’s Forgotten Cemetery of Pioneers, Bukit Brown

40

Space Without Astronauts: How Singapore Is Reaching for the Stars

41

Ghost Economies: Why the Dead Need Money Too

42

Mind Over Water: How Singapore Conquered Water Stress

43

Mosquitos: Why Singapore Wants MILLIONS Of Them

44

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

45

One Island, Two Claims, and a Lot of History

46

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

47

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

48

The Story Behind a Very Banned Book

49

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

50

Hidden Feng Shui in Singapore’s Skyline

51

POV: Surviving the Japanese Occupation

52

HUAT AH! Untangling the Messy Origins of Yusheng

53

Why Do We Still Follow Lunar Calendars?

54

The Rickshaw Puller Who Saved Singapore

55

Swiftonomics in Singapore (w Ann Nicole)

56

What Time Is It, Really?

57

The Caning of Michael Fay: SG vs USA

58

Kopi - The Art of Singapore’s Favourite Brew

59

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

60

Close Encounters of the Genetic Kind

61

What’s Making Us So Hot and Wet

62

Zouk’s Mambo Jambo: The Party of a Generation

63

Comrade Bala: The Monster Made in Singapore

64

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

65

How Singapore Got Its Internet Groove

66

Night Safari: Why Visit a Zoo at Night?

67

Disappearing Genitals: The Koro Crisis of 1967

68

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

69

Brewing a Legend: The History of Beer in Singapore

70

Why Singapore Hated Long Hair in the 1960s

71

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

72

The Teenage Suicide Pact That Shocked Singapore

73

Power Rangers Exposed: The Unlikely Origins of a Global Phenomenon

74

The Burning Down of Singapore in 1613 That Changed Everything

75

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

76

When a School Principal Shot a Tiger at Raffles Hotel

77

Wedding Gatecrashing - Is This “Tradition” Really Necessary?

78

Why Are Cars in Singapore So Flippin' Expensive?!

79

The Deadly Riots of Singapore’s Only Prison Island Experiment

80

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