Mo and Vivek spilled the beans on what it takes to run a comedy show. What exactly happens back stage? What's all that noise at the back of the room? How do they handle all the egos?

And most importantly, what happens when the heckler gets booted?

Jen Balisi is a proud Filipina-American based in HK, and a legit trail-blazing food influencer.

We talked about her journey from blogging in New York, to pursuing her passion of dining, travel and recipes. And what she does when she has to review food that stinks.

Mo joins the pod to announce he is taking over hosting duties with Vivek for the next little while.

The standup scene is pumping along at the moment, and the guys talked about some massive shows coming up.

Hong Kong's got an unreasonable amount of people living in unreasonably small spaces. And Dr Merrin Pearse's on a mission to make the metropolis continue.

Pearse was described as an urban vigilante for HK sustainability. He's an advisor at Purpose Business, and chair at the Living Islands Movement (a local group dedicated to the sustainable environment of the outlying islands). He also founded a consultancy helping companies achieve their sustainability goals.

He told us what the city's doing well, the biggest challenges it faces, how we can help, and which part of recycling is full of literal gold.

Antony's (@antd) become the resident podcast voice on all things political.

Since he last visited, the crackdowns on Hong Kong have been unrelenting and severe. Including vast arrests, mass bail denial, the gov claiming Jimmy Lai's assets, and 7,000 officers deployed to Victoria Park to crush any whisper of a vigil for the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Dapiran is a Hong Kong-based writer and lawyer, and wrote two HK books City on Fire and City of Protest. He's appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Quartz, the whole shebang.

Check out Ant's work: https://www.antonydapiran.com/