TMI Podcast with Petrina Kow And Joe Augustin

Wait till you hear about the class that had Petrina go all the way to Spain for 5 weeks – and what she did during those classes. Warning: may contain personal growth hormones.

We’ve launched a new format where we riff on one topic for the ENTIRE show. We thought it would make our shows shorter. Well so much for that idea. On this weeks TMI Podcast, we review the biggest showbiz production in Singapore – the National Day Parade. This is one of those shows we would NEVER have been able to do on the radio. Listen to, as Petrina put it, possibly our last show.

If this were a radio show, this is the one that would get us fired. We plan a robbery, have a spirited debate about racism. And we also tell you the story of someone who got right up to the finish line and narrowly escaped being scammed.

Alemay Fernandez guest stars as we talk about a guy who managed to piss off a country. And also we walk mental illness – from attitudes, to a solution that you might just think is.. well.. crazy. Enjoy!

What do you do if all the warning signs tell you that a date is a bad idea? Well if you’re Petrina Kow, you give in to your curiosity and you go anyway and get the story of a lifetime… And our live guest (and shocked witness to Petrina’s confession) on the show is jazz powerhouse Alemay Fernandez. 

It’s funny how people judge you by your pet-parenting skills. Also our Most Interesting Person is someone who does MUCH more than just type away on the internet – he shows up for the good fight. And the story of how Adele (Joe’s wife) broke all the rules of internet safety and won (kids, don’t try this at home).

 

The female Angler fish does a particular trick that could leave you crossing your legs. Joe has an idea about what he’d like to do when he’s dead but not quite gone. And we shoot the breeze with Alison Jean Lester – a friend of both of us who also happens to be a real-life published author of Lillian On Life, a novel that’s been translated in several languages. She shares with us her process for creation.

We talk and laugh quite a bit about death and dying on this episode of TMI. And our TMI Person segment brings us face to face with a beat-boxing, teacher-training doctor-to-be. Come. Listen. Enjoy. (And remember to share this with your friends).

Perhaps you’ve already heard the amazing tribute to Prince – with not 2000, but 1999 voices (see what they did there?). Also the first penile transplant has been achieved by doctors in the US. And our TMI Person this episode is Lee Kin Mun aka MrBrown – our chat moved from reviewing the Prime Minister’s social media all the way to how MrBrown started on the internet.

TMI has a new home. We’ve moved out from under my daughter’s bed to The Gunnery – a fantastic studio, run by fantastic folks, at the edge of the city at 7 Keong Saik Rd. Today, Petrina talks about the sometimes shallow reasons people follow world leaders on social media. Joe was accosted by so many women, he finally heard what they were selling… and to his own surprise, he said yes! And we talk to highly acclaimed Author of The Art of Charlier Chan Hock Chye, Sonny Liew joins us for a chat.