Ho Ho Hong Kong
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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 233
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
#33 - New Year‘s Eve special edition, with Garron Chiu
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.
#32 - Certified sexologist and pleasure expert, with Sara Tang
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 raunc…
#31 - A critic of the protests, with Nury Vittachi
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 C…
#30 - The homegrown music festival Clockenflap, with co-founder Justin Sweeting
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 …
#29 - The seedy ultra-wealthy dancing ring behind HK‘s current outbreak
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 you…
#28 - HK‘s darling retailer Bookazine, with director Shonee Mirchandani
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 ov…
#27 - The Wanch closes, with co-owner Keith Goodman
The Wanch aka Hong Kong's #1 Live Music Venue has shut its doors. The live house opened in 1987 and for over thirty years has been an institution in the city's music scene.
Owner Keith Goodman is on …
#26 - Protesting in Hong Kong, with Antony Dapiran
Antony 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, Foreign Policy, Quartz, the whole shebang.
…
#25 - Virtual Reality in HK, with Sandbox VR creative director Michael Hampden
We are in the era of virtual reality making leaps and bounds in technology, and HK's own Sandbox VR is leading the charge. With the backing of Alibaba and they have a plan to open a holodeck in every…
#24 - Can comedians be spiritual?
Are all comedians depressed? It is possible to be funny without being broken? We take a deep dive into the spirituality of the clowns on stage.
#23 - HK‘s homeless problem, with Maitreyi Karanth
Maitreyi's a standup comedian, actress and an absolute force of nature helping feed the homeless in Hong Kong.
She talked about her life from India to China, working in film and helping people out.
#22 - Hong Kong‘s queen of bagels, with Rebecca Schrage
Rebecca is the genius behind Schragels, the only place in Hong Kong to get the real-deal NYC-level bagels. The former banker was discovered by a chef after making bagels for a buddy, and is taking th…
#21 - Organised crime on the streets, with Mohammed Magdi
A drive by shooting outside Mohammed's apartment took out the windows of a restaurant last week. He also saw machete wielding gangsters running from police in a nearby park, and a little further away…
#20 - The restaurant biz, with head chef Fabio Nicotra
Fabio's the head chef of Soho Italian fancy restaurant 121BC. He told us about life in the kitchen, how the food & beverage industry is surviving the protests and covid, what is the worst thing to or…
#19 - The reopening of Hong Kong II
#18 - Hong Kong‘s professional dance scene, with Katie Hill
Katie's a DJ, a pro dancer and part of the city's whacky and wonderful dance scene that is full of insane stories of events here and across the border in mainland China, including working with Christ…
#17 - The future of us, with Mohammed Magdi
Andy and Mohammed were let go from the comedy club last week. They walk through their long history of destroying comedy clubs and scenes and what's in store for them next.
Chaotic HK IG: https://www.…
#16 - Colonial Kids, who are they? With Cassi Thomas
Cassi Thomas was born in Hong Kong, her mum was born here, and she's a staunch defender of all things she loves about the city. She joined the pod to talk about HK's colonial kids and her insane onli…
#15 - Adventuring in HK, with Ryan Hynek
Canyoning, off-road motorbiking, rock climbing, sea kayaking, coasteering, mountain-bike riding, hiking and capturing it all with a drone, there is so much stuff you can do outdoors in HK. Ryan Hynek…
#7 - Catfishing and creating, with Jules Hannaford
Jules Hannaford joins the pod to talk about a terrifying online-dating catfishing ordeal she went through. Jules wrote the Webby-nominated book Fool Me Twice, stars in the eponymous podcast, and host…