The Odd Gratuitous Inquiry (TOGI)
The Odd Gratuitous Inquiry (TOGI) is a podcast where we investigate unnecessary questions and speculate answers no one asked for. My name is Ronald JJ Wong.
- Update frequency
- every 72 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 7
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2021
Tofu, Mid-Career Switching, Design, Project Management, and the Designer’s Ethos: interview with Nicholas Hu
Featuring Nicholas Hu, who was IT guy, banker, intern, and then interior designer, entrepreneur and co-founder of Build Built. We talk about his mental allergy to tofu and switching mid-career to the…
DeFi, cryptocurrency, inequality, humanitarian relief & decentralization: an Interview with Timothy Weerasekera
We talk about his ethnic heritage and identity, crypto asset investing, anti-trafficking work in Singapore, and humanitarian work with schools and refugees in East and North Africa. How does he recon…
Sociolegal critiques of the conventional criminal justice system & restorative justice: Part 2
Is there an alternative to the current way we pursue criminal justice as a society? Are punishment and imprisonment the necessary and sufficient solutions to crime? I consider sociological and legal …
Sociolegal critiques of the conventional criminal justice system & restorative justice: Part 1
Is there an alternative to the current way we pursue criminal justice as a society? Are punishment and imprisonment the necessary and sufficient solutions to crime? I consider sociological and legal …
Chilli, Chili Pepper, Chile
Why do people love it even though it’s painful and torturous? What about chilli makes it spicy? Where did chilli originate from? How did it become part of culinary cultures worldwide?
Post-Pregnancy Confinement
Who came up with this? What good is it? Is there any science to this? What countries or cultures have such practices?
The Origins of Bak Chang - Dialects, Diaspora, Dragons, Qu Yuan Myths and Glutinous Rice
We dive into the origins of bak chang (also known as zongzi) and explore the diverse Chinese dialect variations and the diaspora who eat it. Is the Qu Yuan origin story truth or myth? Are there other…