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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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00:49:32

#47 - The story of why Mohammed fled to China

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

This is the original interview Andy did with Mohammed Magdi in Shanghai 2015. Mo's story of leaving the political strife in Egypt to live in northern China is genuinely insane.

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00:49:44

#46 - The most famous gweilo of all time, with 河國榮...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

河國榮 Gregory Charles Rivers has a face every Hong Konger knows well. Over his prolific 30-year acting career he's been THE white guy, appearing in more than 200 soap operas. He's been in big films and performs the real deal Cantopop. He also famously blew the city away when he unleashed Cantonese rap of 'Forever ATV' which won him the title of "Hong Kong's most popular male singer 2015".

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00:44:42

#45 - The King of Green, with OmniPork, Green Common...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

David Yeung is the founder of OmniPork, Green Common and Green Mondays. And won the Social Entrepreneur of the Year award at the World Economic Forum. He was recognised in Fortune's 2020 'Change The World' list. And is the author of several best-selling books on Zen wisdom and mindfulness.

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00:46:03

#44 - We have shows again (maybe)!! With Mohammed,...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

We finally try to solve the mystery, are Mohammed and Vivek different people?? Shows are back on in HK, or actually we're not even sure anymore. We've had two weeks of shows and with cases popping up everywhere, who knows.

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00:41:42

#43 - A powerhouse in HK radio, with RTHK Radio 3‘s...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Alyson Hau has dominated the airwaves since joining Metro Radio as a 16 year old. Since then she's covered the Olympics, the World Expo, world premieres for major films including Transformers and Twilight, and interviewed massive music acts such as Maroon 5, Backstreet Boys and Lady Gaga. She told us about the good, the bad and the ugly of meeting superstars, and what it takes to nail a great interview.

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00:54:57

#42 - The dealmaker who secured Disneyland Hong Kong,...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Mike Rowse carries a formidable expat CV. He negotiated the deal that brought Disneyland to Hong Kong, acting on behalf of the government. And was the first expat in HK's history to naturalise as a Chinese national. He was the city's first commissioner for tourism, and the first director of the Financial Secretary's office. He was also on the Independent Commission Against Corruption that changed the city. It keeps going on... In short, the man's got some insane stories.

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00:46:22

#41 - Hong Kong‘s street sleepers, with Impact HK...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

You don't have to walk far in the city to find street sleepers. Or walk past a McDonald's late at night to see the city's McRefugees. Jeff Rotmeyer founded Impact HK which has grown into a force of nature changing the fate of Hong Kong's abandoned residents.

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00:48:14

#40 - Chinese New Year special, with Tim Chan

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Happy new year everybody! Cantonese comedian Tim Chan joins us to ring in the bull year and the three of us talk about how we each celebrate the holiday differently.

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00:47:01

#39 - What‘s going on in HK‘s schools? Politics and...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

It's been a tough year for schools, with prolonged lockdowns, homeschooling and the threat of 'sanitised' curricula. We sat down with a teacher on the inside to find out what's up.

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00:53:12

#38 - The current covid situation in HK, with...

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. The man knows his stuff. He was brought to HK by the gov in the wake of SARS to enhance the city's infectious disease research, and has become a key resource for the city in the current pandemic. We asked him everything we could think of about covid, vaccines, lockdowns, you name it.

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00:52:28

#37 - Hong Kong‘s first female professional MMA...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Tricia was has worn a lot of fitness hats in the city. She was HK's first female professional MMA fighter, CNN referred to her as a fitness guru who helped women break boundaries and she founded the boutique gym Limitless. She's also a core member of the Save HK Fitness movement, trying to rescue the beleaguered industry survive covid.

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00:58:01

#36 - The story behind Hong Kong‘s recent mass...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

The Hong Kong police have made mass arrests of politicians, lawyers, media and a whole bunch of people earlier this month. The author of City On Fire Antony Dapiran rejoins the pod to fill us in on all the bits and pieces we didn't understand.

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00:51:00

#35 - From war in Beirut to fighting climate change...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Bobsy Gaia grew up in war-torn Beirut and was enlisted as a child soldier in the civil war. An insane journey led him to open the plant-based restaurant chain MANA! which has pioneered the plant-based fast-casual market in Hong Kong since 2012.

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01:03:31

#34 - New year, new Vivek. Find out what happened to...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

2020 was tough for a range of reasons and Vivek had to take a step back from the pod when his health took a serious turn for the worse. Here's what happened and where he's at now.

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01:00:56

#33 - New Year‘s Eve special edition, with Garron Chiu

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

What happens in HK on Christmas and western New Year? Why are there so many Christians in the city? What makes the holidays so friggin amazing here? Comedian Garron Chiu answered it all.

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00:53:00

#32 - Certified sexologist and pleasure expert, with...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Sara Tang's a sexologist and host of the Better in Bed podcast. She's shared sexy lifestyle advice on the major radio station RTHK3, appeared in the global documentary 'Sex and the City', has a raunchy blog and provides coaching for getting your sex back on. Check out Sara's podcast: https://www.sarasense.com/podcast

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01:34:37

#31 - A critic of the protests, with Nury Vittachi

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Author Nury Vittachi has released a new book criticising the 2019 protests, and posing questions about the motives of the protestors. We had a chat about his new release and his broader views about China.

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00:53:58

#30 - The homegrown music festival Clockenflap, with...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Clockenflap is HK's legendary musical festival that consistently 'punches well above its weight' landing huge acts, and brings in over 75,000 punters in a normal year. Having lost a year to protests and now another to covid, Justin talked about the resilience and commitment to live music from the brains behind the fest. The team also founded and run Ticketflap, and are a force of nature behind the city's events.

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00:45:56

#29 - The seedy ultra-wealthy dancing ring behind...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Ballroom dancing is super popular with the wives of Hong Kong's tycoons. After the Starlight dance club became the biggest covid super-spreader site in the city to date, viral videos revealed the young toy-boy dance instructors offering more than just salsa instructions.

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00:50:28

#28 - HK‘s darling retailer Bookazine, with director...

Ho Ho Hong Kong ·

2023/01/02

Shonee's dad came to Hong Kong in the 70s with $50 in his pocket, and built a bookstore empire that gained a monopoly on the city's reading. She talked about his journey, and her own, after taking over the chain with her sister Arti and the SARS epidemic as the backdrop. Check out their new website: https://bookazine.com.hk/

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