#124 – Hong Kong performance venues: the good, the bad and the really bad.
Our hosts Vivek Mahbubani and Mohammed Magdi have combined experience of more than 30 years in live performance, and when it comes to Hong Kong venues they have a lot to say. We go through all kinds of performance venues this city has to offer, a bit of their history, what they have to offer […]
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#123 – Vivek is accused of plagiarizing his most popular joke from himself!
Vivek’s viral video continues to blow up on Instagram and with that came a lot of wanted attention, some unwanted attention and some bizarre interactions. Vivek got accused of stealing the joke from someone, only to find out the person he’s accused of stealing from is himself! Mohammed to return to Singapore for a headliner […]
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#122 – On hell gigs, going to the wrong airport and tripling your IG followers w/ Ollie Horn
We are back after a quick one week break and we have a stacked episode this week with our guest comedian Ollie Horn. Fresh off performing two headliner shows in Hong Kong, we catch up with Ollie on his transition to a fulltime plus-size person and a fulltime pro comedian. Mohammed and Ollie remember the […]
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#121 -Why did Malaysia’s best comedy club get shut down by the government? W/Kavin Jay
Kavin Jay is one of the biggest standup comedians in Asia and the star of the Netflix special “Everybody Calm Down”. We catch up with Kavin ahead of his Hong Kong show at PMQ and we cover everything from comedy politics, to how he thinks Hong Kong has changed since his last visit then we […]
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#120 – Andy Curtain talks funny business in Melbourne
This week we have a classic Ho Ho Hong Kong episode with our OG hosts Vivek Mahbubani and Andy Curtain. Recoded in Melbourne, Vivek and Andy talk everything Melbourne Comedy Festival related and the bright future lying ahead for the Asian wave of comedians. Check out Andy’s podcast This one friend here: https://apple.co/40Xee8a Leave […]
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#119 – Doctor-turned-comedian Jason Leong prescribes laughter over medicine
Vivek speaks with Doctor-turned-comedian Jason Leong from Malaysia during his Melbourne stop of his Brain Drain World Tour 2023. They discuss how Jason keeps evolving his comedy career after having 2 Netflix specials that he suspects were sold wayyyy below market value and why Vivek will never pick Jason up from the airport despite being […]
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#118 – How gossiping about Zac Efron’s sex life can land you on the front page of the DailyMail w/Andy Curtain
Back in 2019, Andy Curtain and Vivek Mahbubani started this very podcast you know and love. In 2021, Andy moved on to do bigger things like running tours for the biggest comedy stars on the planet, and he also moved on to do cooler things like being in a viral video talking about Zac Effron’s […]
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#117 – Who travels first class on the Hong Kong MTR?
Vivek heads off to Melbourne for a big run at the Melbourne International Comedy festival with his new Cantonese show “I’m funnier in Cantonese 呢個廣東話好笑D?!” and before he flies we catch up on his latest gig hosting the AIDS Concern gala, “treating yourself” to a first class MTR ride and we try to answer the […]
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#116 – Art Basel is back in Hong Kong and Art Central is not in Central!
New week and new Hong Kong shenanigans. Art Basel was all the jazz this past weekend.. Art Central also happened, same weekend. This weekend we have: Rugby Sevens (again!), Creamfields and Jim Gaffigan (on Monday!). We go through it all. Why do people pay millions of dollars to obtain squiggly lines art but don’t have […]
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#115 – Is Happy Valley Wednesday Racing the most fun thing to do in Hong Kong?
If you think we can’t go on for an entire episode about how fun the Wednesday Horse Racing is at Happy Valley, you are probably right. We also complained about how “miserable” our lives are because of major offenses like Starbucks not knowing how to roast their coffee beans, then we go on about how […]
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