In this week’s episode, we attempt to rank the best countries in Asia by the important metrics: stag weekends, how well you can blow 10 grand, most confusing… you know, the usual.

It quickly spirals from half-baked news segments and listener emails into our full-on breakdown of how Asian countries actually stack up against each other, with absolutely no qualifications to do so.

We tackle the big questions:

• Is conveyor belt sushi just one bloke looking for your order?
• Has ChatGPT officially run out of interesting news?
• And why don’t Asians have body odour?

Naturally, it all descends into complete nonsense by the end — including smell-based dating, questionable science, and a theory about why Japanese submarine crews were apparently selected based on armpit smell.

⏱️ Timestamps

00:40 – Songkran shirts, darts updates
02:00 – The conveyor belt sushi theroy
04:00 – Emails from listeners (including complaints & unexpected praise)
08:40 – “Far East News”… via ChatGPT (and it’s not great)
11:20 – Mystery death in Phuket & “trouble in paradise”
13:30 – The main event: Ranking Asia (badly)
17:00 – Thailand: Best stag do or best country?
22:30 – “Correct answers” revealed (they aren’t really)
26:00 – Do Asians have less body odour? (we’re not qualified)
27:00 – Submarine crew selection… based on armpits
30:00 – Smell-based dating experiments
32:30 – “Land of Smiles” – myth or misunderstanding?
36:30 – Final thoughts: everyone’s different (groundbreaking insight)