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The most uncensored conversations about censorable things coming out from the much-censored country of Singapore. Hosted by Haresh & Terence from the comedy house Ministry of Funny.

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52:17

#807: Police Crackdown on Illegal Massage Shops &...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/04/22

The Singapore Police Force ends the licensing exemption for open-concept massage shops after vice spreads across HDB estates. Meanwhile, a daughter recommends a free senior meal stall to her parents - they get charged $7.50, owner insists they never asked.𝙁𝙤𝙡𝙠𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙮𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵? 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴

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59:08

#806: SNOC Chief Mark Chay’s “Dead-End Sports”...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/04/20

SNOC chief Mark Chay called certain school sports "dead-end" - then referred reporters to SNOC, who responded that every sport has "intrinsic value." Meanwhile, a mystery sign on the Malaysian side of the Causeway is stopping people from walking to JB.𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹!It’ll really help us out if you can click the “SUBSCRIBE” BUTTON above, because it’ll help keep Yah Lah But improving and get more interesting guests on. Thanks so much!𝙋𝙧𝙚-𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡 𝘼𝙙:

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54:38

#805: School Bullies To Be Caned & Applying Makeup...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/04/17

MOE is standardising caning and suspension for school bullies across all schools by 2027 along with more funding, but parents and teachers have their doubts. Elsewhere, SMRT's Kindness Express poster tells commuters not to apply lipstick in on trains, and netizens are divided.𝙋𝙧𝙚-𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡 𝘼𝙙: 𝙇𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩

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67:42

#804: MOM Report Raises Questions on Job...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/04/15

1 in 5 Singapore workers are overqualified for their jobs, and most chose that. But do the reports by MOM and NTUC paint different realities? Elsewhere, NS revamps their medical classification system, but what could be the impact?𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴Terence: Birdhandtoys.asia on InstagramHaresh: Ep. 1: Can Gen Z Take A Joke? | Mark Normand | Human Trials𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀!We’re looking for people to join our team! Click on the links below to find out more about the roles. If

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50:55

#803: Is NAC Choking Buskers in SG & Family Charged...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/04/13

Jacky Ng joins Haresh to discuss how the busking profession is being squeezed by NAC's balloting system, unpredictable weather, and disappearing foot traffic. Elsewhere, a family got charged $2 at a Geylang Restaurant because their kids drank from a water bottle.𝙋𝙧𝙚-𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡 𝘼𝙙: 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙡 𝘼𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝘿𝙧𝙪𝙜 𝘼𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙚 (𝙉𝘾𝘼𝘿𝘼)𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘳 𝘈𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘩, 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭

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62:53

#802: Gan Kim Yong Tells S’poreans to Use Fans & Book...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/04/10

Rishi Budhrani joins us to explore why DPM Gan Kim Yong rubbed netizens the wrong way when he told S'poreans to use fans instead of aircon as a way to deal with rising costs due to the Middle East war. Elsewhere, Singapore's Art Book Fair tried to make emerging artists pay $150 to walk around like hotdog vendors, but ended up cancelling the idea. 𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟮Check out the second season of our edutainment podcast that dives into a fascinating array of topics you

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71:46

#801: Are We Doing Enough for Our Ageing Parents? ft....

Yah Lah But ·

2026/04/08

Forget traditional nursing homes – Singapore’s elder care revolution looks nothing like you’d expect. As the population ages rapidly, PCF Sparkle Care COO Andy Seet explores innovative solutions, from robot companions and esports tournaments to micro-jobs designed to combat loneliness while rethinking preventive health and community-driven care. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙮 𝙋𝘾𝙁 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙡𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚𝘗𝘊𝘍 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦

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114:38

#800: Soh Rui Yong on Tan Chuan Jin’s Instagram...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/04/06

Singapore's fastest distance runner is back! Soh Rui Yong joins us for the fifth time and is at his candid best as he talks about the SEA Games, Tan Chuan-Jin's Instagram deletion, the local sports system that fails our athletes and how all his personal best came after turning 30.𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀!We’re looking for people to join our team! Click on the links below to find out more about the roles. If you’re interested, send your CV & cover letter to

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75:44

WP's Eileen Chong on Leaving MFA for the Opposition &...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/04/03

From MFA diplomat to Workers' Party NCMP in five months, Eileen Chong is asking Parliament the questions most leave untouched - about Singapore's loneliness epidemic, arts funding gaps, AI's real costs, and the price of one generation's relentless success.𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧: 𝙇𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭

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88:18

#798: The Problem with Singapore's Leaders & Why...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/04/01

Crystal Lim-Lange - leadership consultant, ex-investment banker, former GEP kid from a rental HDB flat - joins us to discuss why Singapore leaders can't apologize, why the Gifted Programme was special needs not elitism, and what our education system gets fundamentally wrong.𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧: 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 (𝙇𝙏𝘼)𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘝𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘓𝘛𝘈 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯

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60:34

797 - How to Talk to Someone Who's Suicidal (Without...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/03/30

In Singapore, there is an average of one suicide death per day – and yet most of us still don’t know how to talk about it. Charlene Heng, Deputy Director at SOS Academy, Samaritans of Singapore, gets real about suicide in Singapore – the stats, the stigma, and why asking the suicide question doesn't make things worse. Whether you're worried about a friend or struggling yourself, we hope you find this helpful.𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚

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95:06

#796: What The World Gets Wrong About Iran & the...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/03/27

Prof. Syed Farid Alatas, an NUS sociologist, decolonisation scholar, and a man with family currently living under the Iran-Israel war, explains why the Middle East conflict is really about colonial power, US hegemony, and what Singapore's silence reveals about our own captive minds that have been “colonized”.𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗱'𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸:Prof Syed Farid on FacebookProf Syed Farid on LinkedInBooks by Prof Syed Farid𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴Terence: A Scientist's View of

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72:05

#795 ft. Dr Adrian Loh – What Teens Believe About...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/03/25

Singapore's youth are exposed to drug-related content more often than parents may think. Psychiatrist Dr. Adrian Loh, council member of NCADA, on why attitudes are shifting, why "you do you" is a public health risk, what parents consistently get wrong, and whether a drug-free Singapore is still achievable.𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙮 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙡 𝘼𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝘿𝙧𝙪𝙜 𝘼𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙚 (𝙉𝘾𝘼𝘿𝘼)𝘕𝘊𝘈𝘋𝘈 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯’𝘴

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54:57

#794: Tan See Leng Warns Singapore to Save Power &...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/03/23

Tan See Leng tells S'poreans to save energy as Middle East tensions threaten fuel supply - stockpiles are months deep but the government is signalling contingencies. Meanwhile, Kampong Glam's viral teh tarik sign has F&B operators asking if online reviewers have lost the plot entirely.Sponsor: Lion Global InvestorsGold has always been valuable – now it's finally accessible. We sit down with MariBank CEO Natalia Goh to explore what happens when gold goes digital in Yah Lah But

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64:19

#793: Han Hui Hui POFMA'd After Getting 3 Kids Back &...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/03/20

Han Hui Hui's three children are taken to hospital by MSF, she livestreams from the hospital, gets POFMA'd the day after getting them back, and Ho Ching weighs in. Plus, YouTuber Sneaky Sushii apologises after getting called out for plagiarising a Bulgarian creator's entire video.𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟮Check out the second season of our edutainment podcast that dives into a fascinating array of topics you never knew you needed to know! This week, we talk about the hardy

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59:40

#792 ft Teo Joo Wah – CEO Managing Billions On...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/03/18

Lion Global Investors (LGI) CEO Teo Joo Wah makes the case for building retirement portfolios that last – not just to perform. He breaks down why lifecycle investing matters, how gold fits into a diversified portfolio, and why where your gold is stored might matter more than you think. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙮 𝙇𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭

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63:44

#791: HDB Claps Back at Woman’s "13" BTO Fails &...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/03/16

A TikToker’s “13 BTO tries” story forces HDB to publish the receipts, but their reponse has divided the internet. Meanwhile in Clementi, a noise-monitoring ‘traffic light’ has been installed to monitor noise levels at a community space.𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟮Check out the second season of our edutainment podcast that dives into a fascinating array of topics you never knew you needed to know! Last week, we sat down with Noah Yap and reminisced about the Golden Age of

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92:21

#790 ft. Nicholas Ng – Autonomous Vehicles Better...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/03/13

Driverless vehicles aren’t coming “one day”. They’re already here.Nicholas Ng, Director of the Centre for Autonomous Vehicles at LTA, explains how Singapore is testing and rolling out autonomous vehicles (AV), and how that will enhance future transport options. We cover the AV trials in Punggol (which we personally experienced), as well as the strict safety frameworks behind the scenes.Are AVs actually safer than human drivers? What happens when machines make decisions on the roads? And are

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49:58

#789: DBS CEO Tan Su Shan’s S$9.6m Salary & Yishun...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/03/11

DBS CEO Tan Su Shan’s S$9.6m package goes public and divides the internet. Elsewhere, a Yishun coffeeshop drink stall tells a customer to hide his own water bottle because it’s the “shop rule”.𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘆If you’re looking for a meaningful gift, we’d love to help you create a personal podcast for a loved one. Get started at Folklory.com𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴Haresh: HEATED DEBATE: Kemi Badenoch Blasts PM Starmer Over Iran War and UK Military ResponseTerence: The war with Iran: An

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58:01

#788: Minister David Neo Wants to Help Us Find...

Yah Lah But ·

2026/03/09

Acting Minister for MCCY, David Neo, wants to fix the problem of 1 in 10 Singaporeans have zero close friends. How? Through Arts & Sports. Meanwhile MOS Dinesh Vasu Dash unveils the “EP Journey”, a cultural sensitivity training for Employment Pass Holders.𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧: 𝙇𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘖𝘊𝘉𝘊 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘬, 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺’𝘴

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