Stuck In The Middle

Tomb-sweeping festival kicks into gear and Andy tells the story of his dad having a severe bike accident. Today’s track is Love Is All by The Tallest Man on Earth.

WeChat users paying money to be told how great they are, hospitals buying poop and Andy gets sad listening to Chinese music. Today’s track is 他来看我的演唱会 by Jacky Cheung.

A champion 17yo in Aus makes waving cracking an egg on a senator’s head, an open database publishes the fertility of 1.8m women and some dubious squat toilet shenanigans. Today’s track is Make You Mine by Breakbot.

Beijing’s biggest ever standup show with Jim Gaffigan and Joe Wong, and Andy has a kid. He gets into story behind his first kid being born. Today’s track is We Are Family by Sister Sledge.

The government creates a comically atrocious propaganda rap video, US consulate cracks down on beautification and comedy in Taipei hits tough times. This week’s track is Ladies Night by Kool & The Gang.

Shenzhen uses artificial intelligence to make life miserable for bus drivers, foreign bands all but banned in Shanghai and furious Chinese immigrants condemn a racist Spanish bank. Plenty going on this week… This week’s track is You Make My Dreams by Daryl Hall and John Oates.

China’s hit The Wandering Earth is the world’s highest grossing film for the year so far. Swine fever is on the rise after being found in dumplings. And a girl with freckles causes a mental online pile on. Today’s track is Something Wonderful by Fakear.

Jaywalkers forced to watch snuff movies, Samsung gets caught out by epic IP theft and a rant about the little deaths of losing friends in transient cities. Today’s track is Easy To Get by Hot Chip.

China declares a spurious 1.7 bln viewers for the Chinese New Year Gala, Buzzfeed editor tells non-Chinese to stop celebrating Chinese New Year, and black face resurfaces yet again. Today’s track is Thriller by Michael Jackson.

Andy hits his tenth Chinese New Year and reminisces on many wild new year celebrations. An expat dad is murdered and we finally talk Louis. Today’s track is Rescue by Fontella Bass.