Episode 38 - With the number of racial incidents escalating recently, we take a closer look at 4 separate cases and in the process, try to formulate a strategy for dealing with racism in Singapore. It's a tough conversation, but one we shouldn't shy away from.

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Episode 37b - When Charles heard that Calvin Cheng called Singaporeans crybabies, his heart swelled up with the nationalistic pride of a thousand angry Singaporeans and what was meant to be a 15 minute segment ended up twice as long.

We casually scrolled through his FB page and delved shallowly into his wikipedia entry while we dissected his post, online persona and history as a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP).

Does his position have any merit? How does he stack up to other vocal people like Lim Tean and Chee Soon Juan? Why the hell was Charles so upset?

The answers, all here. PRESS PLAY ALREADY DAMMIT.

Note: Calvin's post is on our instagram page. Check it out for context!

Episode #37a - In this episode, we explore how pride, arrogance and (a lack of) integrity are often the building blocks of dumb shit happening.

 - A football club owner subs himself into a game
- Chasing a Bangla to return $2... while filming it all
- Forbes' "30 Under 30" - 19 Year-Old Tech CEO is a fraud
- Delhi Minister says India variant originated in Singapore
- SMRTFeedback goes down

Episode 36 - May was an eventful month: we discuss the attention-seeking Grabfood Challenge, the entire "UMBRAGE" incident and ponder about the xenophobia and racism that seems to be sprouting up all over our island.

How was your month?

Episode 35 - This episode, we share some good work done by local organisation, It's Raining Raincoats(IRR), investigate strange case of a dude taking a sh*t in an incense tin and an unrelated case of weed cakes. Very illegal in SG.

Then we explore the thin line between passion in sports and lunacy, when news of a local beng threatening to kill an EPL footballer and his family makes headlines.

Of course, we've not been able to go a month without talking about COVID and here we are staring at the grim possibility of Circuit Breaker 2.0

Note: This episode was recorded before the latest round of safety measures so you could say it was some SERIOUS FORESHADOWING on our part muahahahah.

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Bonus Episode #1 - If you've always wondered what the EPL, Champions' League, World Cup and and other football related jargon meant, but didn't care enough to read up about it or ask your friends in case they turn out to be obnoxious liverpool supporters, then this episode is just for you!

Charles asks all the noob questions so that you don't have to. And yes, the proposed European Super League is bad, and we'll tell you why.

Note: This episode was originally part of #34, but it ended up being so long that we decided to cut it out from the main episode.

Episode 34 - This week saw the appearance of a Molotov cocktail in Singapore, the establishment of an Air Travel Bubble(ATB) arrangement with Hong Kong, a cabinet re-shuffle that shows clear signs of next potential Prime Minister and we examine how to f**k up a simple, well-meaning project like the SingapoRediscover vouchers.

BONUS: There was also a segment about the European Super League saga, but Ivan ranted for so long that we decided to cut it out and release it separately because my GOD he kept going.

Episode 33 - It's a packed episode! So packed we couldn't squeeze everything into the title lol.

There's otters. There's a HDB nightmare. There's a bunch of kids who burgled their own home.

There's(more) dirty secrets of Naiise's liquidation.

Then there's a whole cathartic segment about the wonderfully shitty service know as Foodpanda.

Yep, 2 animal discussions in one episode. Unemployment means more episodes!

Episode 32 - Fresh off our Bicycle Registration Act from episode 31, road woes continue to plague Singaporeans like our shitty weather.

Also, Naiise declares bankrupcy after we recorded this episode! As we have friends who have been suckered in by this company and owed money over the years, we explore the absurdity that such a (hopefully unintentionally) poorly run company can exist for so long as the poster boy for local creatives.

Of course, we can't, as Singaporeans, exclude the impending season of Who Wants to be a Prime Minister from our discussion! See who we both side with and let us know what you think!