Andy’s wife Karina has stolen the interviewing mic and today’s guest is Andy. They talked about how he ended up in China running the comedy club, how he was booted out of the China and the plans for KFK. Today’s track is Gust of Wind by Pharrell. Thanks for listening

Ting Ting is the Dutch owner of Shanghai’s only lesbian bar Roxie, and the co-owner of the institutional metal bar Inferno. She’s a pioneer who loves making cocktails and doesn’t want to be a spokesperson for the gay scene. She talked about how her bars came to be. Today’s track is Last Christmas by the late George […]

Kurt Metzger starred on Horace & Pete alongside Louis CK, Steve Buscemi, Alan Alda and Jessica Lange. He’s an Emmy-award winning writer for Inside Amy Schumer and a writer from Chappelle’s Show. Earlier this year, there was a rape incident at a comedy club in NYC. An online mob was raging as rumors came out about […]

ConRank’s a British DJ and music producer who successfully used Shanghai as a base while building an international audience. His latest EP was produced by none other than DJ Shadow, and his story tears down the myth that creatives in Shanghai can’t compete on a global level. Today’s track

Graeme’s a photo journalist who has travelled the globe and found himself in what most people would call the wrong place at the wrong time. He was in Bangkok and got caught up in the Redshirt protests, and was in Sierra Leone when the ebola pandemic broke out. He’s now a creative manager at the […]

Archie Hamilton’s a major music promoter in China. His company Split Works played a huge role growing the music industry in Asia, bringing out a jaw-dropping run of acts including Jason Mraz, Ludacris and Steve Aoki. He organizes the JUE | Music + Art Festival in Beijing and Shanghai, the Echo Park Festival, and the Contemporale […]

Daniel’s at the forefront of the exploding Indian comedy scene, and a genuinely original comics. He’s a force of nature on and off stage, and truly passionate about what he does. We talked about how the scene started there, how it compares to China, and how he runs the gauntlet of censorship. Today’s track is Paper […]

Peruvian chef Eduardo Vargas is a bit of a celebrity on the F&B scene in Shanghai. He’s the man behind one of the city’s longest running foreign restaurants, Azul, and so many other staple joints like Osteria, iiiiit! and Brasa Chicken. It takes a lot of cahones to survive in this city that eats restaurants […]

Elyse Ribbons who is the ultimate make-you-feel-terrible-about-your-Chinese foreigner. She has an MFA in Peking Opera, founded the Cheeky Monkey theater company that was at one point the second biggest privately owned theater company in Beijing, hosts a nationally syndicated radio program, China Radio International’s Laowai Kandian, is currently the CEO and Founder of the charity […]

Kyle Grooms just completed a tour of China and he’s the real deal. He wrote and starred in Chappelle’s Show, was in Chris Rock’s hit movie Top 5, and is a regular at the Comedy Cellar in New York. We had a great chat about doing shows around the world, and about what happens when you […]