#94 – Everyone in Hong Kong is jumping ship!
Hong Kong just saw the highest number of its residents ever leave over the course of a week, over 27,000 residents, locals and expats left with one-way tickets with no plans to return. With the government doubling down on its Covid zero policy, mass testing is about to roll out, we’re still here trying to […]
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#93 – Why is Hong Kong handling the Covid situation so badly?
Under the current restrictions, it’s illegal for us to have a guest in our studio (Vivek’s living room), so we take this opportunity to discuss what went wrong with Hong Kong’s handling of the pandemic. There has been a lot of frustration and confusion in the community about how badly the Covid situation is being […]
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#83 – The world of pro photography with top Hong Kong-based photographer Justin Lim
Photographer Justin Lim has been featured by Instagram as a “Suggested User”, and his work has been highlighted by VSCO, 500px, Flickr and more. As a result, he has collaborated with numerous brands on their social media branding, Influencer/KOL content creation and visual identity. Clients in this space include Omega, Tumi, MR PORTER, DJI Global […]
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#92 – Save The Aftermath! With co-founder Kyle Haynes
With HK gov insisting on chasing “zero Covid” policy no matter how unrealistic it is and how devastating it has been to the local businesses, we are seeing so many of our favorite businesses and venues disappear. Too many to count at this point. We decided to do everything we could to save our most […]
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#91 – What would make us pack our suitcases?
Happy Year of The Tiger everyone! We’re taking a break from having guests on this week and we do the long awaited Ask Us Anything episode. We asked our listeners on social media and on the podcast WhatsApp group to submit any questions they want to us to answer and we got many interesting questions. […]
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#90 – The rise and fall of La Rotisserie with co-founder Jerome Carlier
Another one bites the dust. La Rotisserie, a staple of the Hong Kong F&B scene since 2012, decided to pull the plug on all its branches on Jan 7, 2022. La Rotisserie was famous for its moderately priced roast chicken – a staple family-style dish in France. We sit down co-founder with Jerome Carlier to […]
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#89 – How did American lawyer Samuel Bickett end up in a Hong Kong prison?
In December 2019, American Lawyer Samuel Bickett was leaving Causeway Bay MTR station when he saw a couple of older men in plain civilian clothes beating up a teenager with a baton. He tried to stop them and ended up getting arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer despite the men repeatedly saying that […]
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#88 – Comedian-turned-pastor Drew Fralick
Comedian Drew Fralick was among the first wave of the OG China-based standup comedians. He performed standup comedy all over mainland China in both mandarin and English! Drew is still the only comedian to win both of Asia’s biggest standup comedy festivals, China and Hong Kong! Drew moved back to his home state of Detroit […]
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#87 – The highs and lows of living in Hong Kong with John Buckman and Bugs Harpley
Bugs Harpley and John Buckman have a true success story. They are the power couple behind Decent Espresso , over the years, John has founded multiple companies including Magnatune online music service supporting independent musicians get their revenue share, BookMooch: An online community for exchanging used books. John is also a Member of the Advisory […]
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#86 – How Hong Kongers’ holiday traditions changed over the years with comedian Garron Chiu
It’s a new year folks! Happy 2022! For the first episode of the year, we decided to make it a thing and have comedian Garron Chiu back on for the new year’s episode! If you remember last year Garron was also on for the 2021 NYE special! This time we chat about how much has […]
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