The Rumah Roy Podcast

Badrul Hisham joins Roeshan at the House for a conversation about filmmaking, freedom, Malaysian society, and the unconventional path that has taken him through film, research, and urban planning.

Samantha Ho joins Roeshan at the House for her fourth appearance to discuss her journey as a journalist, her work covering climate and environmental issues, and the challenges facing Malaysia.

From child malnutrition and the proposed Carey Island port to the Orang Asli's rights and Malaysia's role in global climate action, they explore why these issues matter and why public attention needs to lead to lasting change.

Follow The Rumah Roy Podcast on your preferred streaming platform. If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe on YouTube, like and share. For collaborations or guest recommendations, contact us at [email protected]

Ken Chia joins Roeshan at the House to talk about growing up, finding his path in life, and what it means to serve others.

From earning five figures a month as a young car salesman to volunteering with the Civil Defence Force, Ken shares how unexpected opportunities, mentors and life experiences shaped the person he is today. They also discuss Malaysia, the pressure to succeed academically, generational differences, and why serving the community can mean more than just a job.

Follow The Rumah Roy Podcast on your preferred streaming platform. If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe on YouTube, like and share. For collaborations or guest recommendations, contact us at [email protected]

Joel Antony joins Roeshan at the House to share his journey from football dreams and setbacks to finding purpose through J8 Autism Athletics.

They discuss resilience, sports, working with children on the autism spectrum, and the importance of creating opportunities for their development.

Follow The Rumah Roy Podcast on your preferred streaming platform. If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe on YouTube, like and share. For collaborations or guest recommendations, contact us at [email protected]

Asura (Thiagesh) joins Roeshan at the House for a conversation about fighting, resilience, family and his journey to becoming Malaysia's first Indian Muay Thai fighter in ONE Championship.

From being bullied as a child and losing his mother at a young age to chasing a dream without knowing how to get there, Thiagesh shares the experiences that shaped him into the fighter he is today.

They discuss the realities of professional fighting, dealing with defeat and online criticism, the sacrifices behind pursuing a career in Muay Thai, and why he finds peace inside the ring. The conversation also touches on grief, faith, family, the kindness of strangers, racial stereotypes and what it means to inspire the next generation of Malaysian Indians.

Follow The Rumah Roy Podcast on your preferred streaming platform. If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe on YouTube, like and share. For collaborations or guest recommendations, contact us at [email protected]

Datuk Dr John Payne joins us at the House for a wide-ranging conversation about wildlife, rainforests and the remarkable journey that brought him from England to Malaysia in the 1970s.

Drawing on decades of experience in wildlife conservation, Datuk Dr John discusses the extinction of the Sumatran rhino in Malaysia, what conservation gets right and wrong, habitat loss, poaching, the oil palm industry, and why good intentions do not always lead to good outcomes.

They also reflect on growing up before the digital age, university and independent thinking, AI and education, religion and power, the sacrifices involved in pursuing a life’s work, failure, ageing and whether we should remain optimistic about the future.

Follow The Rumah Roy Podcast on your preferred streaming platform. If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe on YouTube, like and share. For collaborations or guest recommendations, contact us at [email protected]

Samuel Lim and Jeremy Alexander join Roeshan at the House to talk movies, storytelling and the stories that have shaped them.

From Marvel, DC and Star Wars to The Lord of the Rings, Disney, Pixar and anime, they get into what makes a movie good, why some stories become timeless, and how storytelling explores morality, faith, death, meaning and the way we live.

In this episode, musician and composer Santosh Logandran joins us at the House together with returning guest Dr Chrishen Gomez for a conversation on music, identity and what it means to be Indian in Malaysia.

Santosh shares how Indian classical music, bhajans and his family shaped his artistry, the stubbornness it took to pursue an unconventional career, and how In Pursuit of Santosham opened the door to his journey as a composer. We also discuss family expectations, spirituality, loneliness, cultural divisions and whether music can bring us closer together. Follow The Rumah Roy Podcast on your preferred streaming platform. If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe on You Tube, like and share. For collaborations or guest recommendations, contact us at [email protected].

In this episode, we welcome Jin Lim, co-founder of egghey, to the House for a wide-ranging conversation on eggs, farming and the realities of building a business. Jin shares what it was like growing up in a family of egg farmers, why he dropped out of university to pursue entrepreneurship, the failures he experienced along the way, and how he eventually returned to what his family knew best.

This episode is brought to you by egghey, the first official sponsor of The Rumah Roy Podcast. Visit egghey.com and use the code RUMAHROY5 to receive 5% off your first order.

Follow The Rumah Roy Podcast on your preferred streaming platform. If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe, like and share. For collaborations or guest recommendations, contact us at [email protected].

In this episode, we welcome environmental journalist and Macaranga co-founder Yao Hua back to the House for a conversation on Malaysia’s forests, public accountability and the role of environmental journalism.

We discuss the recent National Forestry Act amendments, what “permanent forest reserve” really means, Yao Hua’s attempts to obtain answers from government representatives, and what Malaysians can do to make their voices heard.

Clarification: After recording, we have confirmed that at least two questions were asked during the Pahang DUN sitting. The Pahang government has also explained that it did not want the requirements to delay development and maintained that the state already practised good forest-reserve management. This portion was not carried in the YouTube livestream watched by Yao Hua.

Follow and support Yao’s work:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yaohualaw/

As always, we hope you enjoy this episode. If you're liking the content, please follow us on all streaming platforms, rate us on Apple Podcasts and subscribe to us on YouTube. If you're watching on YouTube, please like the video, subscribe and share the episode to help spread the word.

We love hearing from you, so please feel free to DM us or reach out to us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).