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Ho Ho Hong Kong

Mohammed Magdi and Vivek Mahbubani

Everything you need to know about Hong Kong. Each Monday local comedian Vivek Mahbubani and Egyptian comic Mohammed Magdi dive into something great about the city.

comedy stand-up

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54:44

#78 - From bean to bar with Conspiracy Chocolate...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Conspiracy Chocolate makes high quality small batch craft chocolate from bean to bar. They use cacao beans from a single farm in Vietnam and process slowly and manually over 5 days to retain the natural health benefits and flavor of the cacao. We chat with its founders Celine Herren and Amit Oz. They are a Swiss and Israeli couple who met in Hong Kong with a passion for creating food and discovering new combinations of flavors. After a few months of learning and refining the process in their kitchen

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58:10

#77 - SEOs, Bridging data science and digital...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Vivek has a huge announcement to make then we get to our guest Ivan Leung. Ivan is the co-founder and GM of Aloha Online, one of Asia's leading SEO solutions and digital marketing technology providers. Ivan gives us a crash course on what SEOs really mean and how any business could improve its Google ranking by following very simple steps. We go into the "science" of Google rankings, what you're really seeing on the first search result pages.Vivek makes a huge announcement then we get to our guest

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48:50

#76 - Vivek Before Comedy!

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

We take a break from having guests on this week and we fly solo. The original idea was for us to talk about what our lives were like B.C. (Before Comedy). We started with Vivek and boy did he have a lot to say. Vivek has had a pretty wild journey even before ever doing standup. In fact he has had so much happen that we didn't have time to share Mohammed's B.C. stories, we will definitely get into that on a later episode though! Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you: Vivek B.C. Enjoy! Follow

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52:39

#75 - The reality of Thailand‘s ”Sandboxes”,...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Cassi Thomas AKA Chaotic Cassi is proper "HK famous", she runs a massive Facebook group called "Chaotic Hong Kong Expats" with more than 18000 members. We catch up with her about her recent trip to Thailand, spending time in Phuket's "sandbox" and traveling to Chiang Mai, her 21 days quarantine and her fascination with the book "The Expatriates" on which Nicole Kidman's controversial show is based. Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/ Follow Vivek on Instagram:

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01:01:16

#74 - The state of dog rescue in Hong Kong, with Sai...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Sai Kung Stray Friends Foundation (SKSFF) is consisted of a group of volunteers who rescue stray, abandoned, sick and injured dogs to provide them with medical care and rehabilitation. Every dog that is rescued is health checked, de-sexed, vaccinated and given flea, tick and heartworm prevention. They also try to provide any necessary treatment and emergency surgery that may be needed. The aim is to find these beautiful dogs, a kind and responsible adopter which can give them a loving forever home

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36:53

#73 - Psychic Entertainer Stuart Palm on performing...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Stuart Palm is an international psychic entertainer, artist, hypnotist, illustrator, seer, reader, mentalist and father. He joins us to talk about his upcoming show “World of Wonders,” his new tarot cards “Palm’s Oracle”; the amazing variety of uses for Hypnosis, and performing Mentalism in Hong Kong and around the world. This episode was aired live on Shopstream. Get the Shopstream app here: https://qrco.de/bcP1HA Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/ Follow

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49:37

#72 - The Tattooed Fairy Godmother of The HK Rock...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

(aka Rock Mum, Goddess of Rock and even “Godmother of Rock”)The driving force behind The Underground (https://undergroundhk.com/). Described by Time Magazine as “Chris B—the tattooed fairy godmother of the Hong Kong scene. ” The ‘face’ of The Underground. Born & raised in Hong Kong, with a Chinese mother and English father. Involved in the HK live music scene since 1990, as a performer, songwriter, guitarist, singer and event organiser. Her Cantonese composition “會否 Will You?” was nominated “Best

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49:37

#71 - Jordan Leung (@69ranch) embracing the...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Comedian Jordan Leung (better known by his online alias 69ranch) moved back to HK from the US when Covid hit, then he started hitting up the comedy circuits here, then he blew up on social media. His IG account amassed thousands of followers in a short period of time, making him by far the biggest draw in the current English-speaking standup comedy scene in HK. He sits down with us to talk about how he perceives his "fame", what happens when you become an influencer and what has changed in his life

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47:15

#70 - Chairman of FinTech Association of Hong Kong,...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Ben Quinlan is the Chairman of Fintech Association of Hong Kong, CEO and Managing Partner of Quinlan & Associates, Adjunct Professor at AIT School of Management, Conference Ambassador for Hong Kong Tourism Board, and somehow he's also one of Asia's most successful standup comedians. We talk about the current political and economic climate in HK, the drastic measures some industries had to undertake to deal with Covid, and of course we touch on standup comedy as well. Follow Mohammed on Instagram:

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53:22

#69 - Hong Kong‘s most prolific standup writer, Chris...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

We continue on our journey of catching up with the city's top standup comedians, and this week we have Chris Musni on. Chris is Hong Kong's most prolific standup writer, one of the OGs of the standup comedy scene in HK, the original found of comedy.hk, yet, he has had a very turbulent relationship with standup throughout the years, falling in and out of love with it, the politics and the bookers pushed him to quit for many years, and now he's back smashing it all over town, and claiming his rightful

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52:36

#68 - Comedy writing, workshopping jokes and a...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

We are flying solo this week with no guests and a whole lot of nerding out on comedy. From our different processes of writing jokes to refining bits at open mics and how we come up with ideas for jokes, then we bust out our notebooks and run our very new and super old bits past each other, add tags and share a lot of laughs. This one is for the hardcore comedy folks so, strap in! Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/ Follow Vivek on Instagram:

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54:09

#67 - Comedy Central‘s Garron Chiu on Nicole Kidman...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

This week we're back on the comedy train, with one of Asia's top comics and comedy powerhouse Garron Chiu. We discuss the recent talk of the town in Hong Kong: Nicole Kidman skipping HK quarantine to film her new show "The Expats", as well as the chaotic way the quarantine rules in HK keep changing last minute and Phuket's Sandbox updates (where Garron's wife Cassi is currently "stuck") Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/ Follow Vivek on Instagram:

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51:49

#66 - Emily Tan and Vivek Mahbubani on fighting...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Emily Tan is a health & fitness professional, co-founder of aerial arts & pole dance academy Viva Vertical, host of Body Blaze TV series, presenter of fitness education and performer of aerial dance - these were all proud titles before the title of “cancer fighter”, which led to “mental health advocate” and founder of the podcast Tackling Minds (www.tacklingminds.com) Emily shares her story with our hosts, going through the range of emotions of finding out she has cancer to chemotherapy and learning

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01:06:56

#65 - Simon Wilson, the mastermind behind The Grounds...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Like many others, Simon Wilson lost his job due to Covid, and unlike many others, he didn't "wait it out", he went on to create Hong Kong's biggest and most successful event in HK since Covid started, The Grounds then The Lawn. He sits down with Vivek and Mohammed to tell them all about his insane journey, from launching food festivals and taking TV shows like MasterChef and Top Gear Live on the road, to managing sponsorship operations at each of the stadia used for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in

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#64 - Andy‘s final episode

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Andy's on the pod for one last time, he hands over the podcast to Vivek and Mohammed as he talks about his reasons for leaving the pod, why he left HK and what his new gig is, his plans for the future and some of his favorite moments on the podcast.

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55:07

#63 - The stories of HK‘s traditional tradesmen with...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Lindsay Varty, author of Sunset Survivors and former professional rugby player sits down with Vivek and Mohammed to talk about why she embarked on a journey to document Hong Kong's last tradesmen and women. From the story of a face threader to a Shanghai-style barber, Lindsay had a great journey talking to people empowered by their love of their crafts. Lindsay also has had an amazing career as a professional rugby player as well and she got to represent Hong Kong at the Rugby World Cup in Ireland,

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52:56

#62 - Lebanese food, life and reality with Beyrouth...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

If you've ever partied in Hong Kong, you've definitely walked by Beyrouth Bistro or ordered food at 3 in the morning there. Listen to one of Beyrouth Bistro's partners Charbel Assaf talk about his life growing up during war times, his move to Hong Kong and the nitty gritty of what's going on in his home of Lebanon. We also discuss how he and Vivek became certified fitness trainers at one point in their lives (what?!).

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59:11

#61 - The magic business, with mentalist Anson Chen

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Anson Chen's a world-class illusionist and mentalist, reading minds all over the planet. He explained his journey from Taiwan to HK to Shanghai. How he learnt from the world's top magicians. And the challenges of performing magic vs comedy.

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52:44

#60 - Behind the scenes at a comedy show

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Mo and Vivek spilled the beans on what it takes to run a comedy show. What exactly happens back stage? What's all that noise at the back of the room? How do they handle all the egos? And most importantly, what happens when the heckler gets booted?

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00:52:39

#59 - The world of food, with Jen Balisi from...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Jen Balisi is a proud Filipina-American based in HK, and a legit trail-blazing food influencer. We talked about her journey from blogging in New York, to pursuing her passion of dining, travel and recipes. And what she does when she has to review food that stinks.

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