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YLB #112 - Is Warners Bros killing the cinema industry? Feat Antti Toivonen, co-writer of Tiong Bahru Social Club
Episode 116
Warner Bros announced that they’ll be releasing their entire 2021 slate of movies (17 of them) simultaneously on their streaming platform AND cinemas…
5 years, 3 months ago
YLB #111 - MP Shanmugam is unhappy with UN’s decision on cannabis & Yeezy release draws huge crowds in Orchard
Episode 115
On 2 Dec 2020, the UN reclassified Cannabis and no longer considers it a risky narcotic. But MP Shan was unhappy and said it’s because of “money”. Do…
5 years, 4 months ago
YLB #110 - Singapore becomes the 1st country to approve lab-grown meat & SAF NSFs get new army vests
Episode 114
Food tech startup Eat Just got the go-ahead to sell their lab-grown meat in Singapore, which will be a world’s FIRST. But would you want to eat lab-g…
5 years, 4 months ago
YLB #109 - A child rapist gets whipped 146 times in Aceh & the horse-petting event that got backlash
Episode 113
The public flogging took place in the conservative province of Aceh, which is ruled under Sharia Law. Human rights organisations want caning to be ab…
5 years, 4 months ago
YLB #108 - Will a UNESCO listing actually be good for “hawker culture” and the breast cancer ad that went wrong
Episode 112
Come Dec 2020, we’ll find out if our “hawker culture” is officially listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. But will it actually…
5 years, 4 months ago
YLB #107 - A widow gets rejected as a foster parent by the authorities & George Clooney gives his friends $1 million each
Episode 111
First, a widow gets rejected as a foster parent by the Ministry of Social & Family Development (MSF) BECAUSE she’s a single parent. Then, her daughte…
5 years, 4 months ago
YLB #106 - Calvin Cheng’s “social experiment” on Facebook & local YouTuber gets “sued” by a “marketing guru”?
Episode 110
Ex-NMP & current social commentator Calvin Cheng did a Facebook "social experiment” criticising WP's Jamus Lim and Raeesah Khan for their material pu…
5 years, 4 months ago
YLB #105 - 21 members of S Korean “cult” arrested in Singapore & can STB + Pokemon Go help tourism?
Episode 109
Members of the infamous Shincheonji Church from South Korea were arrested here in S'pore after investigations began in Feb 2020. But why are they con…
5 years, 4 months ago
YLB #104 - What’s next after Biden finally beats Trump & EVA Air launches speed dating on flights
Episode 108
We recorded this episode JUST as Biden was confirmed as POTUS 46, but what happens next? What’s the worst that Trump could do? Elsewhere, EVA Air fro…
5 years, 5 months ago
YLB #103 - Was MP Shanmugam’s statement on Parti Liyani fair & Baby Shark Becomes Most-Watched YouTube Video
Episode 107
MP Shanmugam divided the Internet with his Ministerial statement on the controversy around Parti Liyani’s case. Why? Elsewhere, Baby Shark dethrones …
5 years, 5 months ago