As we enter the last week of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, We seize the opportunity of having so many of Asia’s top comics in one room, and we record what will most definitely go down in history as our biggest episode ever, featuring five guests! Daniel Fernades (IND), Dr. Jason Leong (MAL), Annie Louey […]

Recorded in Melborune, Australia, comedians Vivek Mahbubani, Annie Louey, and Mohammed Magdi are all gearing up for their shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. They catch up on the podcast on how they have been preparing, their different ways of promoting the show, and why the “festival club” is a pit of diseases.   […]

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 […]