Not Again Podcast

It had been a while since I have last updated. I talked about people getting in touch and how it is a nice foreign feeling to have. The gratitude that I have with the guest and people who listen to this. I did an update with the Bulgarian guys that I had a more long term gig and somehow I relate to the feeling of being walked away. I ended with 2 stories about a guy who sympathized cab drivers in Singapore and the girl with the part time degree.

Sivadorai Sellakannu or Rai, one of the local music duo Jack & Rai, is a veteran and a swiss-army knife kind of guy in the media scene in Singapore. Rai had seen the rise of beatboxing in Singapore and how the trend went on in Singapore and morphed into what it had been today while we try to figure out how the community get together and be what it is today. We broke down the trends in music scenes and discussed what we meant when a band is evolving after Rai had explained the difference of hip hop and rap music. Rai had explained what it meant to be sincere and genuine when it comes to his art and what is it like to try to replicate consciously. We talked about the mundane and how it inspired him to do what he can do. He went on talking about the work he had done in his past life, being a school teacher. He went on sharing me the secrets of being a teacher and how it led him to take an ongoing sabbatical which lead him to his current career. Being involved in so many different form of media, him currently being the host and narrator of a current affairs show "The Talking Point", we talked about being skeptical and thinking critically while discussing our favourite conspiracy theories and what we think the local media had done right in doing shows with a greater temptation in to showing one's political leaning. Rai also shares his mother's parenting tip and how the structure got him to where he is right now

Hey guys, this week I have a great talk with one of Singapore's own Pro-wrestler Da Butcherman, Danial Alias.

In this week, he shares how he develops his wrestling character over the years, how different he is from his wrestling personality and how he was also influenced by Cookie monster. He shares some insights on the mental work it takes behind the scene, we discuss his journey with trying different diets and how he tried the vegan diet. We discuss trying out boxing, how subtly exhausting some simple techniques and our interest in trying out different martial arts like BJJ.

We discuss the recent drama of online influencers, comparing the tactics of Mohammad Ali and Jack Paul, we break down the importance of personal branding today. He shares more on his personal life: how his parents have influenced him to be the man he is today, how he might raise his own kids one day and his childhood growing up when he was constantly on the move with the family.

He shared his experience going back to Singapore, finding his independence during national service and finally settling down and making a home in the country. He shares how he got his job as a first aid trainer right after national service, why he loves his job despite the mundane nature of the job and he shares his busy travelling schedule as a pro-wrestler. He shares the realities of being a pro-wrestler in Singapore, we discuss dealing with our own expectations of the different art scenes and trying to make a career out of our dreams.

Dani "Destroyer" Dharma was a very different kid in school when he was younger. He opens up to being bullied in school and why it became like the reason why he went on to be a body builder. We share a bond in getting bullied and see why do we get bullied back when we are younger. While being on the topic of getting bullied, we try to discuss the boundary of fat shaming and looking at the different views of fat shaming while understanding why it is not healthy at both sides.

Of course as a bodybuilder and being into so much as into fitness industry, he talks about diets and he experience in the fitness industry. He compares to the different jobs that we have while trying to find the balance of the mentality of payoff and work expectation from employer. He brings the experience of the different work place and in the find the reason of getting the right work.

I feel so great about checking in and hell a lot of drama this week to unpack. I talk about how lucky I was to have a chat with Jackie Kashian because she was so nice in agreeing to do the podcast. I talk about how excited I am to release the chat that I have this week. I tell my situation with a great local dating agency call gai gai and the whole drama I had with my love life.

This week, I have an episode and an amazing talk with American comedian, Jackie Kashian and we talk about her comedy album and her style of comedy. We talk about riding the silence. She shares her favourite comics and acknowledging the elephants in the room when she starts a set.

We share stories performing comedy outside of our home country. She says what she experienced becoming a comic in the 80s and how topics have changed over the year. We discuss the realities of being a comic and trying to balance career and other relationships and aspiration.

We try to figure out how to be a good person and ageing. We share our thoughts on zoom shows and the different comic styles. She shares her writing process and how she works on jokes. She shares stories on dealing with audience and bad audience members.

Hey Guys, this week on the Not Again Podcast we present the next part of our episode with Terrence and Haresh, Ministry of Funny.

In this week's episode, we discuss free speech, censorship as a content creator and context. We discuss the different media laws governing countries, thought experiments and starting a conversation. We talk about the tech giants, tackling fake news and their alumni.

They share how they became friends, starting a youtube channel and their career progressed over the years. They reflect on their viral videos, building their brand and getting involved with HBO. We talk about their worries over the years, setting expectations and taking leaps of faith.

They break down how they decided on their direction for content creation, finding success at a later age and understanding your limitations and strength. We share our long term goals and motivations for our brands, our predictions for the different platforms and how the community spirit has changed.

In this episode, I share the reason why the last minute change of guest. The music that bonded the whole car of Bulgarian and a Singaporean together. The polite crow and I have a meal together and texting takes too much time.

Hey Guys, this week on Not Again Podcast we have a two-part episode with the fantastic guys from Ministry of Funny, Terrence and Haresh!

In this week's episode, we discuss starting a podcast and how to ask good questions to entertain and preparing for both guest and first dates. We talk strategy and advice with dates and conversations.

We discuss studio setups and podcast milestones and figuring our end goal for our passion. They bring up how they plan our content and how their podcast and format has changed over the years. They share how the pandemic and the news helped them stay relevant and become popular.

We discuss how their platform and how honesty and being genuine when it comes to social issues does help relate to their audience even as laymen. They talk about creating an online community from the audience coming from the podcast and youtube and Reddit.

We discuss content creation, social media algorithms and the pressures of trying to keep up with the video views. We talk about the challenges of being relatable to both a local and international audience.

So this is the first episode of In My Head. I explain the reason of why the name change and the rebranding of the Other Show. I checked in and tries to tell the story about a Japanese couple that I got as passengers with a shirt and Thai Milk Tea.