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#47 - The story of why Mohammed fled to China

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.

#46 - The most famous gweilo of all time, with 河國榮 Gregory Charles Rivers

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".

#45 - The King of Green, with OmniPork, Green Common and Green Mondays founder David Yeung

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.

#44 - We have shows again (maybe)!! With Mohammed, Vivek and Andy altogether

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.

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

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.

#42 - The dealmaker who secured Disneyland Hong Kong, with Mike ‘Mickey‘ Rowse

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.

 

#41 - Hong Kong‘s street sleepers, with Impact HK founder Jeff Rotmeyer

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.

#40 - Chinese New Year special, with Tim Chan

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.

#39 - What‘s going on in HK‘s schools? Politics and pandemics, with Chris Musni

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.

#38 - The current covid situation in HK, with infectious disease expert Ben Cowling

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.