#104 – What the hell happened in Hong Kong over the last few months?
Happy 2023 everyone! We are back. We made it through, well .. kind of. This is more of a #yolo episode but hey we are back with a stacked episode, catching you up on everything that happened in Hong Kong over the last few months, as well as catching you up on our updates as […]
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#103 – Hong Kong is opening up (for real this time!)
The city seems to be opening back up for real! Quarantine for inbound travelers continues to be only one week (3 days if you’re flight crew!), restaurants are allowed to run up to 10 pm (yay!?), some stand up shows are back. We have a classic episode discussing it all, we catch up on the […]
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#102 – The reality of Shanghai lockdown with Jorge Castellanos
Shanghai is still under arguably the world’s most strict Covid lockdown since the pandemic began. Some residents have been locked inside their apartments for over 50 days. Amid news of food shortages, internet censors taking down posts of frustrated citizens, Shanghai residents are keen to have their voices heard. We talk to Jorge Castellanos, standup […]
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#101 – When is the best time to donate your organs? With Dr. Krishnaa Mahbubani
Family drama alert! Vivek’s sister made it to Hong Kong literally a few minutes before her PR expired, we take the opportunity to catch up with her with one simple goal in mind: Understand what she does for a living. Dr. Krishnaa Mahbubani tries her best to dumb it down to us, and before you […]
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#100 – Special outdoors episode at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park
We made it to episode 100! Yup, we can’t believe it either. For the 100th episode, we pack our equipment and head to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park in Sai Ying Pun. We riff on everything happening around us at the park, chat to a couple of people, Vivek gives an update on his sister’s dramatic […]
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#99 – Flight ban is finally lifted, then airlines started getting banned!
You get a ban, you get a ban, and you get a ban! This week on HK shenanigans: The government lifted the flight ban on 9 countries then immediately banned Emirates Airlines far a week. Everyone in HK is getting a “goodie bag” from the government, Vivek’s sister might be able to come back to […]
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#98 – Hong Kong to cut quarantine for inbound travelers to one week, where is everyone going?
As of April 1, Quarantine for travelers coming into Hong Kong will be cut to 1 week, which means we can probably start making plans for some summer travels! We chat about our favorite travel destinations, share some fun traveling stories and what would our first trip ideally look like. Leave us a review: (please!) https://www.ratethispodcast.com/hohohkpod […]
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#97 – The government is set to ease the restrictions. What would a ”relaxed” Hong Kong look like?
HK CE “feels” like Hong Kongers’ tolerance for the harsh anti-epidemic measures is “fading” .. after more than 2 years. So she said they would review the policies and ease up some of the harsh measurements over the next few days. We try to jump the gun and predict what would the new “relaxed” HK […]
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#96 – Hong Kong spent 150 million HKD on an emergency alert system that almost gave everyone a heart attack
This week on HK shenanigans, the government decided to use their swanky emergency alert system (which reportedly costed 150 million HKD) to send everyone in the city an emergency alert to their mobile phones. Was a rogue Russian nuclear missile on the way to kill us all? Did someone escape their 5-star staycation at the […]
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#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?
It’s week 3 of no-guests allowed in our studio thanks to Covid precautions and restrictions, and we go all out on this one. We discuss everything from bananas to weird fruits that no one is buying, the new “The Batman” movie (no spoilers!) and HK hitting a new high of over 50K Covid infections in […]
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