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42: Kowloon Walled City, Mount Rushmore, Baoding Balls, Yassan's Proposal
Welcome to the special Chinese New Year episode of REMORANDOM. It’s the Year of the Horse. Here’s what we chatted about: Have you heard of Kowloon Walled City? Up until the 1980s, over 50,000 people lived inside a space of just 2.6 hectares, making it the most densely populated place on earth. It’s an interesting story. 📍 US President Trump loves putting his name on things. No monument is safe. Not even Mount Rushmore. Might The Donald muscle his way onto that revered crop of granite? We’ll give you some history. 📍 Still on the subject of Chinese culture, we look at baoding balls. You know those musical metal balls that you sometimes see people rolling around in their hands? 📍 And finally, in this episode, however BIG you are hoping to make your marriage proposal in this performative age of viral one-upmanship. You are gonna to have a tough time topping a Japanese artist known as Yassan. Put it this way, skywriting is no longer gonna get you there.
About REMORANDOM
REMORANDOM is a printed biannual book series that celebrates Uncommon knowledge and everything interesting.
Browse and order REMORANDOM books and/or subscribe to the series via the REMORANDOM.com website HERE.
Subscribe to this companion “REMORANDOM” podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts … or watch in video format HERE on Spotify, HERE on YouTube or HERE on Substack.
About REMO
REMO was founded as a General Store in Sydney in 1988, and was famous for its mail order catalogues. Those catalogues were the inspiration for REMORANDOM, but this new leg of the REMO journey is not so much about selling THINGS, as it is about telling STORIES … in celebration of what’s interesting. Inspiring curious minds.
More about REMO Since 1988 HERE
You can contact REMO via the website HERE
Credits
REMORANDOM is produced and published by REMO Since 1988.
Podcast co-hosts: Remo Giuffré & Claudia Chan Shaw
Original REMORANDOM theme music by Tom Thum … using only his voice. Watch his 2013 TEDxSydney talk HERE
Copyright © EOLO Pty Limited. All rights reserved.
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By REMO Since 1988Welcome to the special Chinese New Year episode of REMORANDOM. It’s the Year of the Horse. Here’s what we chatted about: Have you heard of Kowloon Walled City? Up until the 1980s, over 50,000 people lived inside a space of just 2.6 hectares, making it the most densely populated place on earth. It’s an interesting story. 📍 US President Trump loves putting his name on things. No monument is safe. Not even Mount Rushmore. Might The Donald muscle his way onto that revered crop of granite? We’ll give you some history. 📍 Still on the subject of Chinese culture, we look at baoding balls. You know those musical metal balls that you sometimes see people rolling around in their hands? 📍 And finally, in this episode, however BIG you are hoping to make your marriage proposal in this performative age of viral one-upmanship. You are gonna to have a tough time topping a Japanese artist known as Yassan. Put it this way, skywriting is no longer gonna get you there.
About REMORANDOM
REMORANDOM is a printed biannual book series that celebrates Uncommon knowledge and everything interesting.
Browse and order REMORANDOM books and/or subscribe to the series via the REMORANDOM.com website HERE.
Subscribe to this companion “REMORANDOM” podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts … or watch in video format HERE on Spotify, HERE on YouTube or HERE on Substack.
About REMO
REMO was founded as a General Store in Sydney in 1988, and was famous for its mail order catalogues. Those catalogues were the inspiration for REMORANDOM, but this new leg of the REMO journey is not so much about selling THINGS, as it is about telling STORIES … in celebration of what’s interesting. Inspiring curious minds.
More about REMO Since 1988 HERE
You can contact REMO via the website HERE
Credits
REMORANDOM is produced and published by REMO Since 1988.
Podcast co-hosts: Remo Giuffré & Claudia Chan Shaw
Original REMORANDOM theme music by Tom Thum … using only his voice. Watch his 2013 TEDxSydney talk HERE
Copyright © EOLO Pty Limited. All rights reserved.