Alyson Hau has dominated the airwaves since joining Metro Radio as a 16 year old. Since then she’s covered the Olympics, the World Expo, world premieres for major films including Transformers and Twilight, and interviewed massive music acts such as Maroon 5, Backstreet Boys and Lady Gaga. She told us about the good, the bad […]

Mike Rowse carries a formidable expat CV.  He negotiated the deal that brought Disneyland to Hong Kong, acting on behalf of the government. And was the first expat in HK’s history to naturalise as a Chinese national. He was the city’s first commissioner for tourism, and the first director of the Financial Secretary’s office. He […]

You don’t have to walk far in the city to find street sleepers. Or walk past a McDonald’s late at night to see the city’s McRefugees. Jeff Rotmeyer founded Impact HK which has grown into a force of nature changing the fate of Hong Kong’s abandoned residents.

Happy new year everybody! Cantonese comedian Tim Chan joins us to ring in the bull year and the three of us talk about how we each celebrate the holiday differently.

It’s been a tough year for schools, with prolonged lockdowns, homeschooling and the threat of ‘sanitised’ curricula. We sat down with a teacher on the inside to find out what’s up.

Professor Cowling is the Division Head of Epidemiology at HKU and a co-director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Infections Disease Epidemiology and Control. The man knows his stuff. He was brought to HK by the gov in the wake of SARS to enhance the city’s infectious disease research, and has become a key resource […]

Tricia was has worn a lot of fitness hats in the city. She was HK’s first female professional MMA fighter, CNN referred to her as a fitness guru who helped women break boundaries and she founded the boutique gym Limitless. She’s also a core member of the Save HK Fitness movement, trying to rescue the […]

The Hong Kong police have made mass arrests of politicians, lawyers, media and a whole bunch of people earlier this month. The author of City On Fire Antony Dapiran rejoins the pod to fill us in on all the bits and pieces we didn’t understand.

Bobsy Gaia grew up in war-torn Beirut and was enlisted as a child soldier in the civil war. An insane journey led him to open the plant-based restaurant chain MANA! which has pioneered the plant-based fast-casual market in Hong Kong since 2012.

2020 was tough for a range of reasons and Vivek had to take a step back from the pod when his health took a serious turn for the worse. Here’s what happened and where he’s at now.