Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#594 - HSA Can Bust You for Vaping & Yet Another Case of Blackface
Episode 599
There’s no smoke without fire…or in this case, vapes? Apparently, plainclothes Health Sciences Authority (HSA) officers have the power to enter and s…
1 year, 4 months ago
#593 ft. Selena Tan - Dim Sum Dollies Do SG60 & The Challenges of Theatre in Singapore
Episode 598
SG60 is just round the corner, and Singapore’s beloved cabaret troupe Dim Sum Dollies are back to celebrate it! In this episode, we speak to founding…
1 year, 4 months ago
#592 - PAP Turns 70, Enters its Lawrence Wong Era & Even Hokkien Mee is AI Now
Episode 597
The ruling People’s Action Party turned 70, and has officially entered its Lawrence Wong era. At its ginormous biennial conference, our new PM formal…
1 year, 4 months ago
#591 - Student Eco-activist Charged for Deflating Tyres & Singapore’s Toilet Mascot Returns
Episode 596
Today’s episode is all about sending messages and changing behaviours. An NUS student thought it was a good idea to deflate the tyres of several cars…
1 year, 4 months ago
#590 - Resorts World Sentosa Underperforming? & HSBC Senior Managers Scramble to Keep Their Jobs
Episode 595
There’s a saying in gambling: the house always wins. Unless, it seems, you’re Resorts World Sentosa. Due to unsatisfactory tourism metrics, authoriti…
1 year, 4 months ago
#589 - Big Tech Employees Now Getting Smaller Perks & MFA Officer Guilty of Child Neglect
Episode 594
Big Tech used to be all about big employee perks: flexible hours, free food, travel opportunities, in-office naps and massages, all to attract top ta…
1 year, 4 months ago
#588 - How to Save Our Hawkers & First Astronaut from Singapore?
Episode 593
In Parliament this week, an epic 5-hour debate about how to save our hawker culture took place. PSP’s Leong Mun Wai and Hazel Poa put forth a slew of…
1 year, 4 months ago
#587 - Is the Government Going Easy on Traffic Offenders & The End of School Canteen Stalls?
Episode 592
In a surprising move, the Ministry of Home Affairs is proposing a slew of legal amendments that will lessen the punishment for road traffic offences,…
1 year, 4 months ago
#586 - Lawrence Wong’s Wide-Ranging Press Conference & Australia Considers Under-16 Ban for Social Media
Episode 591
People are calling the 2024 US Presidential Election the ‘Podcast Election’ for the role that long-form, unfiltered conversations played in shaping p…
1 year, 5 months ago
#585 ft. Rishi Budhrani - A Singaporean POV on Trump’s Victory & The Least Satisfying Places to Live in Singapore
Episode 590
It happened. Trump is once again the US president-elect, and suddenly everyone’s an expert. Including us! Well, not really. We can’t claim to know th…
1 year, 5 months ago