You held your breath waiting for us to discuss Pritam. Now you can exhale! With the trial of the year well underway, we take stock of all the revelations so far, and what is to come. Redactions, soft biscuits, Pritam’s hot lawyer…what’s next? In other news, a vice-principal has been outed for an extramarital affair with the mother of a student, and the evidence is…amusing to say the least. Are ungrammatical sexts still arousing? Decide for yourself!

(00:00) Tell You First
(00:46) Intro
(05:19) The Pritam Trial
(30:34) Vice-Principal Gets Busted for Extramarital Affair
(51:00) One Shiok Comment
(53:19) One Shiok Thing

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The Pritam Trial

• Pritam Singh trial: 10 key quotes from Loh Pei Ying, Raeesah Khan's ex-assistant and former WP member
• Ex-WP cadre describes Raeesah Khan as ‘lao hong’: Key points from Day 5 of Pritam Singh’s trial
• Pritam Singh in court: Who are the lawyers leading both sides of his case?
• AGC says Donald Low’s Facebook post on Pritam Singh's trial was in contempt of court

Vice-Principal Gets Busted for Extramarital Affair

• Vice-principal & parent extramarital affair: Woman claiming to be wife says affair lasted more than a year
• School leaders expected to maintain high standards of conduct: MOE after allegations of V-P’s affair

One Shiok Comment

• Comment by edu-is
• Comment by Nic

One Shiok Thing

• With ‘SmartLess,’ Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes Are Building a Media Empire
• 'I helped create a monster': Ex-'Apprentice' executive issues apology about Trump

Mics and Headphones from @shure

Chairs from @ergotunechair

Edited and mixed by Tristen Yeak

We all thought it was a done deal, but the Singapore Government has swooped in to block the sale of a majority stake of local insurer NTUC Income, to German company Allianz. Why? Well, buckle up–this episode gets pretty technical! We also look at the bigger questions Singaporeans are asking, like should we be grateful that such a bad deal got caught, or worried it almost went through? In other news, Simu Liu of Shang-Chi fame slammed a Canadian company for marketing its bubble tea drinks without acknowledging the drink’s Taiwanese origins. As they say, not all heroes wear capes!

(00:00) The Meat Club
(01:16) Intro
(07:20) Government blocks NTUC Income-Allianz Deal At The Last Minute
(46:44) Simu Liu Calls Out Cultural Appropriation of Bubble Tea
(01:08:27) One Shiok Comment
(01:09:41) One Shiok Thing

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Government blocks NTUC Income-Allianz Deal At The Last Minute

• Singapore blocks Income-Allianz deal but leaves door open if concerns over public interest are fully addressed - CNA
• Fraying of Allianz-Income deal shocks insiders; coming up with new proposal no easy task
• The Income-Allianz Deal Is Off (for Now), but How Did It Get So Far?
• CNA Explains: Why a global insurance giant was stopped from buying a majority stake in Singapore's Income - CNA
• Government rejects Income-Allianz insurance deal in current form, but door remains open to any new arrangement
• YLB 554 with Tan Kin Lian

Simu Liu Calls Out Cultural Appropriation of Bubble Tea

• Boba tea company apologises over Canada Dragon's Den row
• Boba tea company apologizes after Marvel actor criticizes product | CNN
• Opinion | Storm in a bubble tea cup? Marvel star calls cultural appropriation on Canadian brand

One Shiok Comment

• Comment by junglejimbo88
• Comment on Reddit about Simu Liu

One Shiok Thing

• Why Nike Doesn't Like Roger Federer
• PimEyes: Face Recognition Search Engine and Reverse Image Search

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Chairs from @ergotunechair

Edited and mixed by Tristen Yeak

We never thought we'd be able to make a show that involved this much gore and dark comedy, but we just did! It's called "Zombie Safari" & it's Singapore's first adult-animated series about a Zombie apocalypse involving talking animals at a Zoo. We chat with Mark Wee, co-creator and one of the co-founders of Finding Pictures, the animation studio we worked with, as well as Jun Vinh, who played the lead character of Musang the Civet Cat. We talk about the challenges we faced getting the show greenlit, as well as some surprising facts about animation production & voice acting.

(00:00) Intro
(01:30) Beginning of Finding Pictures
(15:21) Zombie Safari's Creative Process
(23:31) Voice Acting and Production
(27:47) Character and Environment Design
(33:01) Creating and Animating a 3D World
(37:20) Voice Acting vs Live Action
(46:12) Fun and Challenges of Animation
(53:46) Design Decisions and Zoo Architecture
(55:58) Singapore Zoo's Influence
(01:00:24) Film Industry Challenges and Collaboration
(01:03:37) One Shiok Thing

Our New Adult Animated Series, ZOMBIE SAFARI

• On 31 Oct, our latest (and darkest) animated comedy series will go live! 
• ZOMBIE SAFARI follows a ragtag group of zoo animals battling a zombie apocalypse, and is filled with the craziest things you’d never expect out of a local TV show! 
• Check them all out on MeWatch and on YouTube

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Check out Jun Vinh & Finding Pictures

• Jun Vinh, our lead actor!
• Finding Pictures, our partner animation studio!

One Shiok Thing

• Deadpool Designs the Cheekiest Xbox Controller
• 'Locals tell me they never noticed the designs': Photographer's images of Singapore MRT stations go viral
• Don’t Eat Before Reading This | Marco Pierre White’s Steak a la Lyonnaise
• Mushishi Vol. 1 Trailer

Mics and Headphones from @shure

Chairs from @ergotunechair

Edited and mixed by Tristen Yeak

This episode we ask: when is a protest, a protest? A Spanish couple on their honeymoon here are providing a fascinating test case. They held up signs denouncing Singaporean Peter Lim’s ownership of football club Valencia, and were shocked when they were not allowed to leave the country. Even with our stringent rules, this feels like a stretch. Join us as we speculate on where the tipping point is, and why! Separately, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has been hailed for his humility after he was seen taking a budget airline after a work trip in Laos. But what exactly are the rules surrounding politicians and air travel?

(00:00) Folklory
(01:15) Intro
(08:37) Spanish Couple Detained for Protesting Singaporean Ownership of Valencia FC
(34:03) PM Wong Flies Scoot
(50:07) One Shiok Comment
(53:13) One Shiok Thing

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Our New Podcast, TELL YOU FIRST

• Check out our new edutainment podcast that dives into a fascinating array of topics you never knew you needed to know! This week, we talk about the Koro crisis of 1967, when Singaporeans got into a mass panic about disappearing genitals!!
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Spanish Couple Detained for Protesting Singaporean Ownership of Valencia FC

• Spanish couple assisting with investigations after protests in S’pore against Valencia owner Peter Lim
• Singapore police investigating Spanish couple over protest against Valencia owner Peter Lim
• Valencia fans on honeymoon in Singapore held by police over Peter Lim protest
• Valencia fans detained in Singapore over football protest
• Public Order Act 2009 - Singapore Statutes Online
• [2022] Activist Jolovan Wham fined $3k over unlawful assembly; charge linked to 'smiley face' picture withdrawn | The Straits Times

PM Wong Flies Scoot

• 'Felt like home': PM Lawrence Wong receives cheers as he boards Scoot flight from Laos to Singapore
• PM Wong takes Scoot flight, fellow passengers cheer
• Scoot's sentiments soar after PM Wong flies airline from Laos to Singapore

One Shiok Comment

• Comment by spiderman015
• Comments on Munah on YLB

One Shiok Thing

• Sushi Glory Hole (Official Uncensored Music Video)
• 29,000 Feet Up Mount Everest with DJI Mavic 3 Pro

Mics and Headphones from @shure

Chairs from @ergotunechair

Edited and mixed by Tristen Yeak 

We’re horrified that a secondary one girl was beaten up by her own schoolmates at a HDB block near their school, resulting in a ruptured eardrum. We discuss with actor and friend of YLB Munah Bagharib what pushes young people to harm others, and why others are comfortable to watch. But it wouldn’t be YLB if we didn’t also speculate on wild ways to reform bullies! In less distressing educational news, SMU’s College of Integrative Studies allows students to design their own majors. Haven’t we heard this before..? How new is this concept really, and how useful will it be once its students graduate?

(00:00) Words of Wisdom
(01:01) Intro
(12:14) School Bullies Tore a Girl’s Eardrum
(50:33) Invent Your Own Major at SMU
(01:15:12) Munah's One Shiok Comment
(01:16:20) One Shiok Thing

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• Nominate someone by clicking here, and we’ll be in touch with you to get more information!

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Find Munah!

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• Accidental Death of an Activist

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School Bullies Tore a Girl’s Eardrum

• Meridian Secondary School student allegedly hit & slapped by other students at void deck, eardrum ruptured
• Meridian Sec schoolgirl beaten up by bullies, eardrum ruptured

Invent Your Own Major at SMU

• New SMU degree that allows students to define their own major welcomes its pioneer batch

One Shiok Thing

• Can 25 Liberal College Students Outsmart 1 Conservative? (feat. Charlie Kirk)
• Culinary Class Wars | Official Trailer | Netflix
• Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald Podcast

Mics and Headphones from @shure

Chairs from @ergotunechair

Edited and mixed by Tristen Yeak  

Oh Iswaran, we wish we knew how to quit you. Just when we thought we’d packed the former Transport Minister off to prison and closed that chapter, details of his cell emerge… along with a photo of him in prison uniform!!!??? Okaaay, should we be seeing this? We discuss the treatment he will get in Changi Prison, the reasons behind it, as well as the ethics of the photo, which has now been published on several mainstream media outlets. Speaking of seeing inappropriate things, a Qantas flight recently screened a movie for all its passengers without realising it was sexually explicit. We discuss the perfect storm of factors that could have made such a mistake possible…

(00:00) Tell You First
(00:48) Intro
(09:55) That Photo of Iswaran in Prison Garb
(25:54) Qantas Makes Passengers Watch R-Rated Movie
(42:33) One Shiok Comment
(48:54) One Shiok Thing

Our New Podcast, TELL YOU FIRST

• Check out our new edutainment podcast that dives into a fascinating array of topics you never knew you needed to know! This week, we talk about the founding of the Night Safari, the world’s first nocturnal zoo!
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That Photo of Iswaran in Prison Garb

• Iswaran housed in single-man cell due to 'higher safety and security risk': Singapore Prison Service
• Iswaran’s single-cell placement: Reflections on prison life in solitary vs shared cells
• Iswaran housed in single-man cell due to ‘higher safety and security risk’: S’pore Prison Service
• Singapore’s Indian-origin former minister gets 6.9 sq m single-cell in Changi Prison to serve jail term

Qantas Makes Passengers Watch R-Rated Movie

• Qantas Apologizes for Showing R-Rated Film With Nudity to Entire Flight
• ‘No headphones, no movie, no water’: Why some travellers are ‘raw-dogging’ on flights
• DADDIO | Official Trailer (2024)

One Shiok Comment

• Comment on YLB #569 feat. Rishi Budhrani
• Comment by Mediocre-Loquat-69

One Shiok Thing

• Roy Keane meets Roy Keane - SKY Mobile!!!
• Phil Jones On Rangnick, Erik ten Hag & José Mourinho At Man United

Mics and Headphones from @shure

Chairs from @ergotunechair

Edited and mixed by Tristen Yeak  

It seems we’re not done talking about former Transport Minister Iswaran yet! Just before entering prison, he announced he will not be appealing his one-year sentence. We examine his statement and try to read between the lines. Why the change of tone? How will Singaporeans view him now? Separately, the craze over Labubu dolls here has finally spread to… Taoism?? We discuss if their use in a recent Taoist ceremony has crossed a line.

(00:00) Folklory
(00:40) Intro
(04:48) Iswaran Apologises, Begins Jail Term
(28:32) Taoism-themed Labubu Dolls?
(40:07) One Shiok Comment
(44:04) One Shiok Thing

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Iswaran Apologises, Begins Jail Term

• Iswaran not appealing jail sentence; prison term to start Oct 7
• Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng charged with abetting public servant to obtain valuable things, obstructing justice

Taoism-themed Labubu Dolls?

• Temple rolls out Labubu toys for Nine Emperor Gods Festival, but some say it's disrespectful
• Our Favourite Labubu Doll Accessories and the Best Monsters
• Labubu fever: Singapore PAP politician enlists ‘cutest volunteer’ to engage youth

One Shiok Comment

• Comment by lynnlee4822

One Shiok Thing

• Bored? Hit the button - Discover the web!
• 2. I moved to the French countryside (alone)

Mics and Headphones from @shure

Chairs from @ergotunechair

Edited and mixed by Tristen Yeak

The verdict is out! We break down former Transport Minister Iswaran’s jail sentence, and ask the tough questions. Who really won and lost? What else would we have learned if the case went to trial? What’s with Haresh and all his conspiracy theories? We also discuss how a food court ended up reproducing a local artist’s work without permission, and did they try to get around copyright concerns with generative AI?

(00:00) Ergotune Vesby
(01:00) Intro
(07:05) Iswaran Gets 12 Months’ Jail
(42:14) Food Court ‘Steals’ Artist’s Work?
(52:23) One Shiok Comment
(55:23) One Shiok Thing

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Iswaran Gets 12 Months’ Jail

• Former Singapore minister S Iswaran sentenced to 12 months' jail for obtaining valuables worth S$403,300, obstructing justice
• Iswaran gets jail: Key moments from graft probe to sentencing
• Why was Iswaran handed a one-year jail sentence? Key points from judgement
• ‘Disappointed and saddened’ but it is Govt’s duty to act when needed to stay clean: PM Wong on Iswaran
• PMO | Statement by PM Lawrence Wong on the Sentencing of Mr S Iswaran
• 'Manifestly inadequate': Judge on why Iswaran received a year in jail instead of shorter sentence

Food Court ‘Steals’ Artist’s Work?

• S’pore artist finds artwork distorted & used without permission for mural in Bras Basah food court
• Bras Basah foodcourt removes artwork after plagiarism allegations blow up on social media
• 'We were ignorant of the fact': Bras Basah food court apologises after artwork found to be plagiarised
• Mark Zuckerberg: creators and publishers ‘overestimate the value’ of their work for training AI

One Shiok Comment

• Comment by Pseudein
• Meme by hayata_s

One Shiok Thing

• I used to hate QR codes. But they're actually genius
• Essays

Mics and Headphones from @shure

Chairs from @ergotunechair

Edited and mixed by Tristen Yeak 

In news that both sucks and blows, Dyson has become the latest tech company in Singapore to do a sudden round of retrenchments, giving the relevant union only a day’s notice! We discuss what the union can still do, as well as Dyson’s broader impact locally. Also, Singapore’s last kampung is back in the spotlight after property TikTokers reported the land to be valued at a whopping $70 million. Why won’t the owner sell, and what should its eventual fate be? Back to chew on these issues after a month of paternity leave, is Haresh!

(00:00) Words of Wisdom
(00:42) Intro
(15:20) Dyson’s Shock Layoffs
(37:40) Singapore’s $70 Million Kampung
(49:17) One Shiok Comment
(54:37) One Shiok Thing

Our NEW Podcast, TELL YOU FIRST

• Check out our edutainment podcast that dives into a fascinating array of topics you never knew you needed to know! This week, we cover the shocking events of the Koro Crisis of 1967, when Singaporean men shrivelled up in the face of a swine-induced panic. New eps every Tuesday!
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Dyson’s Shock Layoffs

• S’pore union dismayed by Dyson’s one-day notice of surprise layoff
• ‘People are shocked and have low morale’ as Dyson implements surprise layoffs in Singapore
• [Jul 2024] Dyson Layoffs: Dyson is cutting 1,000 jobs in the UK, CEO says decision “incredibly painful”
• [May 2023] Dyson to open battery plant in Singapore as part of US$3.4 billion global investment plan

Singapore’s $70 Million Kampung

• Owner of Singapore's last kampung, valued at $70m, refuses to sell land
• [2021] Singapore: Why these defiant 'nail house' owners refuse to sell
• [2014] China's nail houses: the homeowners who refuse to make way

One Shiok Comment

• Comments on YLB Reddit post about Haresh becoming a dad
• Comment on TYF episode on Disappearing Genitals: The Koro Crisis of 1967

One Shiok Thing

• Abandoned Films - YouTube
• Mr. McMahon | Official Trailer | Netflix

Mics and Headphones from @shure

Chairs from @ergotunechair

Edited and mixed by Tristen Yeak 

Rishi steps up to the plate of guest host, bringing the Sindhi presence back onto the podcast! This week, we talk about the elephant in the room, the MRT East-West line disruption. As Singapore reels from the massive disruption, we sift through the chatter online and try to figure out: who’s to blame? Also, strangely enough, Rishi himself got in the news this week, where he trolled a scam caller from Pakistan. We break down the phone call and the elaborate ruses that scammers are coming up with these days.

(00:00) Ergotune Vesby
(00:57) Intro
(25:47) MRT Disruption: Whose Fault?
(58:38) How to Scam a Scammer
(01:12:26) One Shiok Thing

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Find Rishi!

• Tickets for Can I Make You A Suit, Mate?
• Instagram
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MRT Disruption: Whose Fault?

• East-West Line disruption: A timeline of what happened
• EWL MRT disruption enters day 3, SMRT aims to restore full service by 30 September: Singapore live news
• Chee Hong Tat’s FB’s post
• Chee Hong Tat: SMRT to replace 30+ rail segments on damaged EWL track with no clear timeline for completion
• Redditors highlight SMRT Chairman’s 2023 ‘avoid overmaintenance’ remark after EWL disruption

How to Scam a Scammer

• Local comedian trolls scammer impersonating police officer

One Shiok Thing

• The Banana Pie Feud Between Dona Manis & Auntie Peng: Which Pie Is Better? | On The Red Dot
• Race Against Cancer

Mics and Headphones from @shure

Chairs from @ergotunechair

Edited and mixed by Tristen Yeak