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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

All Episodes

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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43:58

#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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00:51:29

#58 - Andy‘s break and the latest on the standup...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Mo joins the pod to announce he is taking over hosting duties with Vivek for the next little while. The standup scene is pumping along at the moment, and the guys talked about some massive shows coming up.

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00:46:24

#57 - Sustaining Hong Kong, with sustainability...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Hong Kong's got an unreasonable amount of people living in unreasonably small spaces. And Dr Merrin Pearse's on a mission to make the metropolis continue. Pearse was described as an urban vigilante for HK sustainability. He's an advisor at Purpose Business, and chair at the Living Islands Movement (a local group dedicated to the sustainable environment of the outlying islands). He also founded a consultancy helping companies achieve their sustainability goals. He told us what the city's doing well,

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00:48:18

#56 - The neutering of Hong Kong, with author Antony...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Antony's (@antd) become the resident podcast voice on all things political. Since he last visited, the crackdowns on Hong Kong have been unrelenting and severe. Including vast arrests, mass bail denial, the gov claiming Jimmy Lai's assets, and 7,000 officers deployed to Victoria Park to crush any whisper of a vigil for the Tiananmen Square massacre. Dapiran is a Hong Kong-based writer and lawyer, and wrote two HK books City on Fire and City of Protest. He's appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian,

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00:51:48

#55 - HK‘s television industry, with TV star Vicky...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Vicky Chan 陳偉琪 is a well-known face around Hong Kong, having played Jenny on the hit TVB series Come Home Love: Lo and Behold (愛·回家之開心速遞). She was also previously crowned Miss HK, and separately Miss Chinese Vancouver. She talked about her journey to the big leagues, the pressures of fame in Hong Kong, and the strategies that kept her above the fray and on top of the pile.

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00:51:51

#54 - Capturing Hong Kong‘s diversity, with Dear Hong...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Dear Hong Kong is a well-known photo book featuring inspiring people from different countries, all living in Hong Kong, and their contribution to the city. You can check it out here. The stories are outstanding and it also looks super slick. Oskar Valles has interviewed more than 90 people from different countries including teacher and ex-prisoner Dawit Debasai from Eritrea, and former Pakistani pilo Ajmal Samuel who became a Paralympic medalist.

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00:55:02

#53 - Vaccine hesitancy in HK, with infectious...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Professor Cowling is the Division Head of Epidemiology at HKU and a co-director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Infections Disease Epidemiology and Control. And we're super excited to have him back on the pod. We talked about vaccine hesitancy, addressed the major fears being expressed by the hesitant, immunisation against variants, the need for boosters, and the incentives being used to get people vaccinated.

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00:47:00

#52 - Empowering women in HK to play more sport, with...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Cissy Radford runs a sensational podcast called In The Changing Room, all about women in sport. She also works with WISE HK (Women In Sport Empowered HK) and is a passionate advocate for getting people active. We talked about the situation for females in the city, what sports are taking off, and the work that's being done to move the needle.

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00:58:20

#51 - Colonial British police in Hong Kong, with...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Guy Shirra moved to Hong Kong from England and served as an officer for the Royal Hong Kong Police force from 1967 until the Handover in 1997. His stories are surreal and there were far too many for us to fully cover. He talked about terrorism from across the border in the '60s, corruption, opium raids in the Kowloon walled city, and the catastrophic Po Shan Road landslide at which he was an early responder. Guy's fantastic autobiography The Accidental Prawn is available on Kindle here. Hard copies

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00:45:16

#50 - Volunteering with the famous, with Time Auction...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Fion Leung is the founder of Time Auction, a tech-enabled charity connecting volunteers with their idols. The group enlists famous and important voices in the region, who give up their time to reward those who give their time to charities. It's a far out idea that's taken off. Get more details at https://timeauction.org/ She's also a co-founder of the Mindfulness Movement, and shared a ton of insight into the charities and how Time Auction found it's groove.

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00:42:52

#49 - The debacles and victories of HK‘s vaccine...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

The vaccine rollout in Hong Kong has been both sensational and a total circus. There's been ineffective vaccines, halts on BioNTech, people getting the wrong vaccine, vaccinated people getting sick, and somehow Andy and Mo managed to get jabbed. We diced up all the gory details.

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00:57:52

#48 - The man in HK revolutionising how we make...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

John Buckman's a London-born, French-raised, kind-of American who cut his teeth founding companies in Silicon Valley that aimed to make the world fair. His most recent project is Decent Espresso, aimed at reinventing serious coffee machines, launching them into the digital age, and building a community of obsessed fans who actively participate in making kickass machines.

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