WTF is Up in Southeast Asia + Hong Kong

In the back half of today's episode, we pepper attorney and commentator Wirot Poonsuwan with questions about the state of medical marijuana in Thailand. But first, over in Hong Kong, some weird incidents as the city catches its breath. This week, someone is angry at Bali - how the tables have turned. Finally, we learn how many security cameras there are for every Singaporean.

The Coconuts Podcast delivers impactful, weird, and wonderful reporting by our journalists on the ground in eight cities: Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Yangon, and Bali. Listen to headline news and insightful interviews on matters large and small, designed for people located in - or curious about - Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.

Disinformation and propaganda are shaping Hong Kong's info wars. Who are the oppressed and who are the oppressors? Depends on whom you listen to. Either way, things are getting REAL. A lovey Czech couple enraged Indonesia's faithful with some temple ass and water play, claiming atheism gave them a pass. Don't try to enter the women's restroom at the Farmers Plaza shopping mall in Quezon City outside Manila if you were not born with a vagina. Trans woman Gretchen Diez was answering the call of nature when a mall employee cock-blocked her, saying that her biological penis precluded entry, despite what she felt inside. Big bonus: Our Coconuts Jakarta Managing Editor Andra Nasrie unpacks marital rape in Indonesia.

The battle lines have been drawn, and Hong Kong teeters on the edge. How white terrorism channels through Manila and where playing squad-based shooters has become a valid life excuse. A week after cheering a Bali hotel, we boo another. Finally, Teirra talks to people you wouldn't.

The Coconuts Podcast delivers impactful, weird, and wonderful reporting by our journalists on the ground in eight cities: Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Yangon, and Bali. Listen to headline news and insightful interviews on matters large and small, designed for people located in - or curious about - Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.

On today's episode of The Coconuts Podcast: An Indonesian man explains the powers gained from consuming cats. In Singapore, the threads of harmony fray. How a klepto Indian family visiting Bali caused a shitstorm, and Hong Kong protesters have a deathwish for a pro-Beijing pol. All that plus a massive download on surviving a tempest of Thai memes.

On today's episode of The Coconuts Podcast: Remember when Hong Kong was a boring place? Anti-government protesters are drawing up "ultimate battle plans" online for heightened unrest following last weekend's Rise of the Triads moment when white-shirted hordes dispensed free beatdowns to all in sight at the MTR Yuen Long station. An Indonesian woman incurs Balinese wrath by basically tweeting that everyone on the island is a ho. Donald Trump impresses the world with his sensitivity and acumen while comforting marginalized minority groups. Teirra finds out why people whispering on YouTube are more popular than karaoke.

On today's episode of The Coconuts Podcast: To be king or wear a ring? Malaysia's would-have-been monarch gave up the former for the sake of a latter when he married a Russian beauty queen half his age. Word is out that didn't work out so well. Indonesia is talking about marital rape - which some conservatives say is an oxymoron - after a wife said her husband's demand for his "sex quota" forcer her to savage him with an axe. Fifty years ago at this very moment, three Ameridudes were sailing toward the moon in a metal capsule. Todd talks about the day the moon men came to Bangkok.

On today's episode of The Coconuts Podcast: Myanmar's child sex abuse problem, an Indonesian singer's very dubious sleeping advice, grisly murder in a sleazy Singapore mall, more people being awful and much, much more. The Coconuts Podcast delivers impactful, weird, and wonderful reporting by our journalists on the ground in eight cities: Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Yangon, and Bali. Listen to headline news and insightful interviews on matters large and small, designed for people located in - or curious about - Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.

On today's episode of The Coconuts Podcast: Hong Kong reels from escalating street unrest that has everyone pointing fingers, Malaysia takes off the gloves when it comes to cosplay, an interview with a man who traveled Thailand over a decade hunting down vanishing movie houses, and much, much more. The Coconuts Podcast delivers impactful, weird, and wonderful reporting by our journalists on the ground in eight cities: Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Yangon, and Bali. Listen to headline news and insightful interviews on matters large and small, designed for people located in - or curious about - Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.

The Coconuts Podcast delivers impactful, weird, and wonderful reporting by our journalists on the ground in eight cities: Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Yangon, and Bali. Listen to headline news and insightful interviews on matters large and small, designed for people located in - or curious about - Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.

On today's episode: LGBTQ intolerance in Myanmar, an awkward Imelda Marcos-inspired photo shoot, gecko found in woman's ear in Thailand, and much, much more.

Hong Kong Anti-Extradition protests, Bangkok motorcycle taxis gone wild, Duterte breaks silence on Chinese sinking of PH fishing boat, Indonesian man puts up wife for collateral, Singaporean woman's conversation with potential male landlord turns into sexual harassment