Mentol Pecah

Mentol Pecah

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Mentol Pecah episodes

  • A Whole New Genre of Crime (Qamarul Haziq) - #60

    Qamarul Haziq (@qamshot) drops by the podcast for the very first time! Even though him and Muz (@mzkrx) have been working on a podcast together ("How to Malay") for quite some time now. In this episode, they talk about:

    • How Qamarul just found out about Muz's YouTube channel that's the same name as this podcast
    • Muz's feelings about being called "Mozek"
    • What a 'mood check' is, why Muz thinks it's important, and why Qam kinda hates it
    • Managing emotional vulnerability on stage and off stage
    • Why Qamarul and Muz see dramatic theatre as mean
    • The myth of needing pain to be creative
    • Hacky writing crutches
    • Why a lot of bad pieces of work get made anyway
    • How good content is no longer king
    • How making media makes us less critical of bad media
    • The way Netflix makes content decisions
    • The way Marvel Studios' picks directors
    • How underrated producers are
    • Qamarul getting too used to special treatment too fast during a shoot
    • Why Muz doesn't like being on set as a writer
    • Being creative collaboratively versus being creative alone
    • Muz's insecurities about his standup material
    • The monumental importance of the audience in standup comedy
    • Perfection being the enemy of good
    • How to helpfully support local content creators in the service of the arts
    • The role of critics in media
    • A LONG-ass rant by Muz against online advertising, the insularity of news, and their relation to the decline in social cohesion.
    • Muz proposes a solution to the rotting of public discourse
    • Qamarul and Muz's personal negative experiences with Facebook ads
    • The particular sensitivity of comedians
    • Why Qamarul would probably never join a revolution as a Singaporean
    • How much better Singapore is at handling the pandemic compared to Malaysia
      • Qamarul and Muz's contrasting feelings about traveling
      • Comedians "headlining" different comedy clubs around the world via Zoom
      • "Selling out" a socially-distanced venue

        • Drop us a message over at [email protected] for comments, questions, or sex mail. See yall in Feb!

        1 hr 58 min
      • This Cake Has A Flesh Wound (Anwar Hadi) - #59 [SEASON 4!]

        We're back for 2021! Do you like the new format? We've kinda been doing it for a couple of episodes now.

        Anwar (@nooranwarhadi) and Muz (@mzkrx) talk about:

        • Where is Jack Ma? And where is Muhyiddin?
        • The different types of crying Anwar did as a child
        • How Anwar often tells his students to fall asleep in class
        • Muz's anxieties about New Year's Eve
        • That whole Janna Nick vs Aidil thing on twitter
        • How Muz has been listening to The Roots' "Things Fall Apart" to cope with the continuing pandemic
        • The "turning water into vapour" theory of success through discipline
        • Anwar sneezed with a mouthful of food and they talk about how to handle this effectively
        • Muz feels sorry for Luigi while watching the trailer for the new Super Nintendo World theme park
        • Anwar and Muz discuss collectors' items and collecting things as a hobby
        • The giant Gundam they made in Japan
        • Muz has some thoughts about the "how it started vs how it ended" meme
        • Muz couldn't share ice-cream properly and how he felt bad about it
        • Anwar explains the virtues of supporting a co-op business model
        • Muz revisits the philosophical ideals of enjoying and making ice-cream versus the philosophical difficulties of eating empty ice-cream cones
        • Muz also discusses the unjustifiable decadence of cakes
        • Anwar talks about his further character development in the kitchen (he makes quiche now!)
        • Muz may have to branch out from just making chocolate chip cookies
        • How Anwar got punched in the face at sekolah agama

          • Drop us a message over at [email protected] you sexy devils. See you again in a couple weeks!

          2 hr 5 min
        • Demi Sesuap Serotonin (Takahara Suiko & Anwar Hadi) - #58

          Anwar (@nooranwarhadi) and Taka (@takaharasuiko) drop by the podcast to talk a looooot about a lotta things. The first half with Taka is a lot more fun and breezy while the second half after Taka leaves gets reallllly in the weeds about sketch comedy with possibly no real insight. It was fun to record though.

          In the episode:

          • Taka talks about the difficulties of making film & TV, Muz offers his thoughts on writers who are also directors, and Anwar's true feelings about movies are revealed.
          • Taka then talks about how she fell in love with Anwar again, which really should be on Buah Mulut instead of this podcast.
          • Anwar talks about the difficulties of working with children for the first time and the balance between 'sticking to the script' & 'playing with the scene'
          • Muz explores the meaning of days, why people begin their sentences with "tak", what an alien means when they say "take me to your leader", what aliens look like, extradimensional beings, and flat earthers.
          • Finally, there's a long-ass exploration of Australian absurdist comedy, the British surrealist tradition, and Malay folk humour. It's really long and tedious.

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            2 hr 34 min
          • You Don't Eat Just One Circle Thing (Anwar Hadi) - #57

            Muz (@mzkrx) is regaining his talky powers and celebrates his brain readjusting to regular capacity with Anwar (@nooranwarhadi) by discussing their allergies, why Muz doesn't like learning about biology in school, the zen teaching that helped Muz get out of his brain funk, how Anwar used ice-cream to deal with relationship problems with Taka, why Muz doesn't like talking about relationships, Muz's limits on empathizing with his friends, how one's job is either a scam or absolutely essential, our unique challenges of working on Pinball Monkeys the Audio Show, the show-destroying Season 4 of Arrested Development, Anwar's character growth in the kitchen, how Muz has eaten through everything in his house because of his drain problem, kimchi considerations, our feelings about pickles, and the best geometry for food.


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            1 hr 50 min
          • There is No Way to Prove I'm Not Me (Anwar Hadi) - #56

            Muz (@mzkrx) is still mentally discombobulated from his lack of access to reliable psych care. In this episode, Anwar (@nooranwarhadi) patiently listens to Muz describe his brainscape, how he sleeps, how his memory is or isn't working, and then Anwar takes a turn to describe the both of them in new ways. Also, Muz has a thing about snakes?

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            1 hr 6 min
          • Wear a Hijab and See if You Get Booked (Nuha) -#55
            Nuha (@nuhahalal) drops by the podcast for the first time ever! She and Muz talk about her journey from the Maldives to Malaysia, how being a hijabi presents unique challenges in doing standup comedy, and Muz reckons with his deep, unrelenting, assholery.
            1 hr 7 min

          About Mentol Pecah

          From the publisher's feed

          Muzakir Xynll (@mzkrx) is a Malaysian comedian and writer while "Mentol Pecah" means "broken lightbulb".