Not Again Podcast

Being a stand up comedy at the age of 15, Imaan Hadchiti and I discuss about trying to be famous and create online content. We too discuss about being happy and doing gigs for the mafia. We talk about doing radio and things that we have to do to get work. We share our conspiracy theory. Imaan tells me how racism had affected him after the 9/11, visiting the birthplace of his parents and being afraid to be like his dad.

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Mick Neven tells me about how a race had became the main source of entertainment for the whole town that night. He also tells me about writing for ads on radio and doing morning radio while doing stan up at the same time. We also talk about having kids in the show an introduce swearing to kids. We also discuss about doing stand up comedy in cruise ships.

Mick Neven: http://mickneven.com.au

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Artur Akhmetzyanov tells me why he is afraid to do stand up full time and why he came to Singapore to study. He questions the reasons why people doing stand up and calling it a "hobby". He tells me what is it like to stay in modern Russia and why his grandfather is a hardcore communist. He also tell me how much he owe to his parents to work overseas and the shoe store that his parents started back at home post-communism.

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Stephen Carlin drops by this week. We chat about the cars. Stephen tells me that how his work starts from him wanting to be an actor to stand up and etiquette after the show. He also tells me how he get to work with Stewart Lee and growing up with different hobbies other than just stand up. We talked about the music and art how that affects stand up, being able to be in touch. We also talked about cynicism. Not Again Podcast Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/notagainpodcast/ Not Again Podcast website: https://www.notagainpodcast.com Not Again Podcast iTunes Page: https://itunes.apple.com/sg/podcast/not-again-podcast/id1243363815?mt=2 Not Again Podcast Spotify page: https://open.spotify.com/show/2BqPbSFxoZn59pT8XM7Lbo?si=phHDtLakT8aelgPIIL8wsg Not Again Podcast Stitcher Page: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/not-again-podcast Not Again Podcast Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/notagainpodcast

Having worked in radio, Leo Kearse tells me how he did audio editing back in the day. He also tell me what is it like growing up in rural area in Scotland and how his dad brought him out to hunt. He explained about his favourite gun, the punt gun. He talks about being a consultant for the government and how it makes him a right wing comic. He also defines what he means by being right wing.

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Thato Mabelane from South Africa topped by this week. She told me why she rowed across the Atlantic Ocean and explained the mechanics of rowing. I asked her about the apartheid and the ripple effects that affected in South Africa. She told me about studying in South Africa and starting a non profit which works with the kids in Africa.

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Aidan Killian drops by this week! He talks about working with Doug Stanhope and how he got to get Doug Stanhope to be in Asia. He also talks about how he transit from working in a bank to standup comedy. We attempted to get the song that is in Aidan's head and he tells us how he met his girlfriend. We discussed about the burning of bridges. I asked him about the perspectives of having a comedy course.

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Augustin drops by this week and he told me about how he moved from Ghana to Malaysia and Ghana to Scotland. He talked about the comedy difference. He also talked about growing up in Ghana, doing comedy in other language and Depression is being a taboo in Ghana or the whole of Africa in general. He opens up to me about his family which I was told he usually doesn't.

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Lincoln Lim drop by this week and we discuss about what happened back at school after realising that we were from the same school. We talked about quitting his day job and going full time music in Singapore. We discussed about having a distanced emotional relationship, the "outsider" for the family. He also shared the holiday that he had and the South East Asia folklore. He also tells me about the jazz music scene in Singapore.

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Harith Iskander talks about being authentic on stage and asking "what's next?". He talks about the first album he watched and the first story he told in his first set. He talks about getting corporate shows, working with a corporate audiences. He talks about his family, how his kids deal with a famous father and about the difference how he and his kids growing up.

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