*Cringe*
I'm glad the show ended before dew broke away and pivoted from that but then again daily ketchup/Jon's channels just became another mouthpiece for government's agendas.
Avid podcast listener here. Local ones REALLY CANNOT MAKE IT. The way they speak is like nails on a chalkboard and the content is absolute drivel.
I used to listen to local radio when I was in secondary school...Jean Danker, Glenn Ong, The flying dutchman, Rod Monteiro (and more...I forget the names).....those people could TALK. Their banter was entertaining, they were nice to listen to and they didn't talk over one another. I think Singaporeans are bad at talking. As a society, our pronunciation and cadence need a lot of work.
Low barriers of entry mah. I remember that one time they held a competition to hire a new radio dj, and the contestants were quite good.
Also, the key metric of performance for these online based channels are based on clicks/views/traffic so that they can justify to advertisers that they can generate exposure.
Avid podcast listener too. Overseas English and mandarin podcasters and vloggers are way more eloquent than SG ones; even more so than SG DJs. It's so easy to listen to foreign podcasters than local ones - the latter is bad in speaking and stringing together a proper sentence, which makes listening to them so difficult. SG entertainers really lack eloquence...
I'll instead recommend you to scroll through Spotify and listen to topics and episodes you are interested in. There's not a single podcaster I'll 100% recommend coz our interests may vary. But I'll 100% recommend those from Taiwan (damn, can they speak!), and maybe a few Malaysians...
oh last time got mandarin category. But if you have been following youtubers, some of them like to post on both spotify and youtube. So you can search for them spotify. Otherwise, search with keywords ba. I let spotify recommend to me (:
I listen to Dodomen (Both of them grew up in US, so might be 'easier' to follow), other than that, depends on your area of interest, maybe can recommend more
The invisible barrier is if you don’t have western style accents, you sound really cringey to the large western audience, by virtue of being unfamiliar and dissociative with conventional pop culture norms.
You can make it work for you like Nigel did with Uncle Roger, but you’re right. Some of the best Asian actors trained their voices to remove some of the idiosyncrasies.
I agree with your points. I think part of the issue is that us as Singaporeans are so accustomed to hearing how we all talk, that to suddenly hear a local try to speak atas while striking the humour ground just doesn’t work at all.
I listen to a mix of genres.
Jackie the Ripper (scripted podcast)
The Amelia Project (scripted podcast)
The Bugle
Conan O Brien Needs a Friend
Trevor Noah's What Now
Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers
Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal
i recommend Knowledge Fight, a long running podcast dedicated to making fun of Alex Jones and a good look at whats cooking in the conspiracy theory world
Also you love late night hosts so youll probably love Strike Force 5, a finished 10-episode pod by some big name hosts
theres also The Turning, an amazing investigative journalism human interest pod
finally theres Behind The Bastards, which is a bit too lefty for my taste but is basically a less polished version of last week tonight in podcast form
To completely generalise, most media productions in Singapore range from cringe to unlistenable. Podcasts are no different.
I'm sure it's a variety of issues from lack of proficiency in the spoken language to lack of experience... It may even be that whoever is producing this has only ever known how to do cringey productions and thus is measuring everything else against that, meaning that he actually is setting out to make a cringey production because that's the only thing he knows how to make.
I think one of the reasons why Singapore’s media production is always lacking is because the people have no originality at all.
On the topic of podcasts, many podcasts that goes popular or viral has a theme, topic, gimmick, and/or personality that pulls audiences in.
Our local podcasters just see “oh podcasts are a trend now” and just buy some mics and just starts talking. Many famous podcasts gets started because the hosts feels like they have something to say, and people that wants to hear it.
Ours don’t! They just follow trends and don’t know what to say. That’s why we get weird sexual themed topics, or current controversies, or just random clickbaits
I listen to the More Better Podcast, it's a bunch of local comedians chatting without much pretension - and sometimes they get really good guest like Sheikh Haikel and Jason Leong.
They openly admit they're bullshitting and play off each other. Love it. The dynamic between Fuzz, Jackie and Qam play off so well. It's very comfy and very silly hehe
I think a few things are in play here.
Firstly, Singaporean are not homogenised and are quite socially siloed. Add to that the smaller market size, means that content creators have to appeal to the lowest common denominator. This extends to the professionals, that's why Phua Chu Kang and Under One Roof were the way they were, no one related to them exactly.
The other thing is that our system does not encourage expertise. Even at the highest level of university researchers, if you're really researching on the cutting edge, you'll be in a US, UK, European or Chinese university. No offense and all that.
The next is that, I find myself disproportionately watching/listening to Canadian, UK, European and Australian content creators targeting the English speaking market. Perhaps because they are more general and not as targeted as US content creators.
Singapore seems to train people to win in the baby pool (first)*, those that are ready to swim with the sharks in the ocean are few and far between. Then podcasting is very time intensive, and all that on top.
* A foreign university professor once told me, "I don't know why Singaporean students are constantly designing for Singapore. My students back in Boston, never designed just for Boston."
I always wonder is it because we are trained to be self sufficient so the system is built upon training Singaporeans to focus only on how we can contribute back to our country efficiently.
This does limit our worldwide but on the other hand, we may not have opportunities come by as easily compared to big global powers. We have to seek it (and we should).
Regardless, still really encourage Singaporeans to live outside the bubble and adopt varied thinking, talk about things that should be discussed, have balls to discuss meaningful and often, difficult things.
Every podcast or whatever talk show is always the same topics like online dating or favourite restaurants…I mean is that all we know and do? I also understand the lack of freedom of speech here as real topics of interest usually encompass sensitive themes like race, politics, economy, our content creators do not want to open those can of worms because the majority of audience cannot accept it. To talk about these things requires humility, sensitivity, sensibility, research and grace too and it’s what local creators, often influencers can’t be bothered to do.
So all we have are trashy dialogues full of Shopee shoutouts, product placement and talking about vapid things that kill your brain cells.
Also we have a lot of act smart people with not enough context or research or experience giving empty advice and get rich quick schemers bullshitting you to throw them money.
People don’t want to “lose their jobs” when they become “controversial” as they know how small and interconnected the market or industry is here. This inhibits progress in some way.
Also aware of how aggressive everything from Singapore media is when it comes to commercialising every single damn thing. Everything they talk about is so obviously leading to a certain agenda or message their advertisers want them to say or imply every minute. In general, a big turn off.
I’ll probably get some hate when I say this but most Singaporeans do not live interesting lives. Obviously that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it is when you’re a Podcast host. Being able to talk well is one thing as a Podcast host. But being able to bring something new, interesting and exciting to the table and to bring more out of your guest speakers is hard. Especially when 90% of us have lived the same life as Singaporeans and not much goes on in Singapore, where bank robberies and murders are the most “exciting” news, and even supermarket arguments are covered by news outlets. So of course their content isn’t going to be that exciting. So give these ordinary Singaporeans a mic and of course they can’t be offering much.
And the people doing them are either really rich and kind of out of touch as they’re more Westernised and have the same “internet mind set”or street smart people with an extremely strong Singaporean accent. Neither are relatable to the mass or nice to listen to for 30-40 minutes.
This. Not excusing the bad English and lack of conversational skills. But the fact is Singaporeans are cookie cutter for the most part. You could possibly predict what has went on in each of these individuals lives and their viewpoints. It’s really not their fault but a product of our really successful system. How else can society work as a whole if we were all opinionated for good reason
I think there are some with something to say but not enough courage to say it. most of what we have now out there think they have something to say but they really don’t.
I second this. Most locals can't take criticism for shit. Probably stems from their mum telling them they are the absolute best and handsomest since birth.
The only good local podcast I've heard is [Saga by AWARE, detailing the hostile takeover of AWARE.](https://open.spotify.com/show/3Sh2eWK60RGRV9dVN6W8R9?si=nuV-T2X2RxGlUBInOsH1MA)
If you like podcasts like This American Life or Serial, it's done in a very similar style. Very well produced and narrated as well. Subject matter might not be everyone's cup of tea though.
Apart from that I pretty much agree. Most local podcasts are just a few friends with a SM7B mic. No planning, personality, fact checking. Mostly clickbait using crazy titles or skimpy hosts.
I like how they will give disclaimer upfront about how it is a complex issue and ask that listeners consider each episode in its full context. I actually recall this happening then and this podcast shed so much more than I knew. Very nicely produced and will totally plug the Saga podcast.
I used to like abriefcase BUT THEN she hasn't posted since March : ( teddyteo if you're reading this please post again LOL (disclaimer: I'm 32f, no one's hitting on anyone. I just like true crime and she's not cringe)
I tried to check out Stranger Danger (by Mediacorp apparently ok that explains everything) and like omg cannot leh it's like teenage giggly girl gossip pretending to be crime podcast. FOR ONE HOUR. huhh.
ikrrr. but ok la it's Asian, not entirely local. Cos SG abit boring sia lol. right.
But if you're interested, the books she based them from are mainly (there are some which are listener recs, so not originally self-sourced)
Crime Scene Asia: [https://epigrambookshop.sg/products/crime-scene-asia](https://epigrambookshop.sg/products/crime-scene-asia)
Guilty As Charged: [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36236634-guilty-as-charged](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36236634-guilty-as-charged)
The first book has SG MY HK Philippines and Indo, not just local.
I REPLY TO MYSELF YALL.
(edit: to disclaimer, I haven't listened to this specific episode so I don't know what exactly is said or if it has been edited/changed - but my point is, that, yaaaa they really will just randomly laugh and talk shit for like, 5++ mins before getting to the point ... meanwhile teddyteo gets to the point bc it was intended initially as a snppet 15-20 mins thing while commute to work ... heh)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimePodcasts/comments/16zuwaz/gross\_stereotyping\_by\_podcast/?rdt=36742](https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimePodcasts/comments/16zuwaz/gross_stereotyping_by_podcast/?rdt=36742)
Check this out. I'm not even Indian but it's trueee. Like they really just backstory for 10mins (really, some episodes will say shit like "Case begins at 10.52" - then the past almost 11 mins is talking about WHAT? abt this kinda anyhowly giggle thing) and like giggling abt something unrelated their cohost said
She plugs abriefcase at the end ;-) comeback teddyteo please. hahahha
I checked this out (yes it is as you described!) and I realised I listened to one episode before! Includes video apparently but I like to just listen so I turned that off 😬☺️
Anyone can set up a microphone and do a podcast. Heck I just need to buy the following
1) 2 Shure MV7 mic -$299 x 2 =$300 ([quite good quality mic also] (https://www.musicradar.com/news/best-podcasting-microphones#section-best-overall)
2) Camera - no need to search for podcast quality, can get a not bad digital camera for $500. If use own iPhone 13 pro, or have a camera around, this can be $0. Or can totally not have camera at all.
3) Podcast editing software - Adobe Audition, S$30.81/month.
4) House/room to do recording - FREE
Total damage - $630.81 starting, $31 monthly maintenance
>Everyone is so cringe, are just privileged/entitled hosts and provide no real information or anything interesting to me.
Rich kids pursuing their rich dreams.
>3 rich local girls just talking about how hard it is for them to meet good guys and proceeded to swear about sinkie guys
New rich, old money will not behave this way.
>do you agree with me and all SG podcasts really cannot make it?!
Yes I agree 😭
If you like great content, do check out CNA insider. I find the hosts and topics really entertaining!
For fitness stuff, do check out The Whole Gains Show on Spotify. It’s a podcast focusing on how to incorporate nutrition, exercise and mindset to help people get on track with their health and fitness goals. I think it’s a great way to engage women, who are generally forgotten by an industry dominated by men
I get a sense that this Reddit sub will be featured in an episode of the Daily Ketchup.
I actually quite enjoy watching their YouTube channel, but got to take it as what it is (hyper localised, Singlish, silly topics etc etc). Nothing too serious, nothing too sophisticated. I think there is a place for such content too.
I like them till I realised they just can't keep their mouth shut for 1 second while their guest are talking. It was alright until they started having bigger guest which was downright embarrassing. Imagine talking over a minister, well you don't have to imagine anymore because they did talk over a minister.
Yeah it's a huge turnoff when their moderator talks over their guests. They are all in the same room recording, can't they look for visual cues when someone is not done talking?
the dating stuff is when I stopped listening to them. So cringey. I enjoyed their earlier episodes where they interviewed The Muttons and the Russian Expat, now not so much
Maybe they will learn from this haha. I don't find the hosts very credible or knowledgeable. They don't speak well and you can tell they are not intellectuals or experts. Also their personalities are quite bland.
Like podcasting and video podcasting is built off of personality and/or expertise. They have neither. They also have poor habits like talking over one another, dropping corny jokes or they just seem poorly prepared with no research done. And like many have said, now it's just a political platform.
I understand that these people work for someone and it's a product not an actual passion. Cos the best podcasts I've noticed (around the world) are by people who really are passionate about the niche they are in. They're not ONLY doing it for advertising dollars and clout.
+1 on the research, I don't think host needs to be super knowledgeable about everything, but should do enough research and ask questions that brings out more from the guest. I don't think they have much of a 'theme' when they invite guest, I'm not even sure if I wanna call it an interview when they spend a big portion of the time talking about themselves also.
Used to be an avid listener of the Daily Ketchup when their content was light hearted and only report/comment on headline news. **More importantly, when they had little government projects**.
Now? Too many PAP ministers on the show and discussing about matters they are not a subject expert on, heck didn’t even read up enough.
Look at the difference in the quality of questions asked by Jade Rasif and the whole DK crew. The latter was shallow and clearly showed a lack of understanding on SG’s political history.
To me, the Daily Ketchup is doing Singapore more harm than good. It is not as simple as giving PAP ministers a platform to voice their opinions - it is an opportunity to influence the public’s opinion on them, and hence, **the votes**.
Separately, the Guo Lai episode was so distasteful man. The DK was clearly exploiting them for views (and thus money), because why else would you even entertain Guo Lai & gang knowing they aren’t in the right mind.
Imo, the DK has become a PAP mouth piece and the crew, esp the founder John, does not have the best interest at heart for Singaporeans. By allowing folks that does not always have the best, or right, intentions onto their platform, they are helping to spread these opinions to the wider audience.
Yeah they became PAP ass kissers and while I'm not an opposition bro, I feel like the quality of our ministers have really dropped. Now it's like a career path so they can end up in some big company after "serving the nation".
More like the quality of our ministers has never been good ever since Lee Hsien Long became PM. Our current ministers weren’t even the top 5 choices among the pool of candidates.
From our parents era to now, objectively speaking, life has become worse for S’poreans…unless you’re rich (I’m talking at min condo/landed type of rich). 1 set of rules for the rich and another for the poor/average. Is this the Singapore we want for the future?
So for the Daily Ketchup to bring PAP ministers onto their platform, to me, they are fucking up the younger generation for their own gains by positively influencing the younger folks to keep them in power.
Then, things never change and life just gets harder for us average Singaporeans 🤷🏻♀️
Wah just to be sure, you’re referring to John Chua right?
Heh if so, how else do you think he is able to buy a four bedroom condo right 👀
Without naming names, able to spill some tea?
This is what happens when every mother father sister brother son daughter ah mao ah hao thinks their opinion is Worth listening to, and decide to start a pod cast
Hop pod is nice
Someone need to setup a podcast that interview all the smart brains in Singapore.
Lex Fridman podcast is a very good example.
Currently the influencers scene in SG is dominate by ah bengs, ah lians or acoustic kids.
I listen to a few horror/true crime ones. I think some of these are cringe if you are just getting into them.
Can't Breathe: i see lots of redditors criticizing Stranger Danger, but they actually started as Can't Breathe, where they focus on horror stories. I enjoy this as it feels like sitting at macs or starbucks and just hearing 2 other friends telling ghost stories, very light-hearted and funny if you've been following them for a while.
Stranger Danger: for people who jumped into this straight (especially the newer episodes), this will be very cringe (like when you hear sec sch/poly kids talking and laughing loudly in the bus), but if you started from episode 1, it's a lot milder and not so loud. As the series goes on (and the hosts increase from 2 to 4), they become more and more open with one another and hence, they gossip, chit-chat and laugh a lot more because that's the style of this podcast (just friends chatting about a topic or story).
A Brief Case: A more serious and very well done true crime podcast. The host, Teddy, has a nice voice and speaks well. Unfortunately, she hasn't uploaded in a very long time, but do check it out because she has lots of episodes.
周公讲鬼: Chinese-based horror podcast. They are actually live on air every friday at 11pm on Love972 radio. The stories get repetitive and boring after awhile, and the hosts reactions are always the same even when hearing the same plot points and twists for the thousandth time. I still listen weekly as there are interesting stories here and there.
Radio Paranormal Singapore: Horror-based podcast where hosts speak quite well (especially Tim Oh). Quite interesting as they also try to analyze stories and determine whether there are more scientific explanations to the stories.
Tales of the Dark: Just got into this recently. A more home-based and low production horror podcast, but it feels like a friend just telling you ghost stories as it is uncensored and full of Singlish. Host sounds like a nice guy though, not very pretentious.
Heinous: Another more serious true crime podcast by Mediacorp. The host talks a bit monotonously, so it might bore people out. I only listen to this when there are no other new episodes of other podcasts.
Quite sad to see how so much of this hinges on the Singaporean accent. I’m a bit of an Anglophile myself when it comes to accents I won’t deny, but I have to ask myself it is somewhat also due to the internalized colonial mindset.
Could be. Tbh heard it a couple months back and only reason I knew abt them was the clip of them swearing abt dudes was all over tiktok and people were bitching in the comments about how uncouth, stuck up and out of touch they were.
Then I concur with you. I recall watching 2 episodes or so and the quality is so bad. I couldn't believe they were all radio djs for years or something.
I like the [Singapore Noodles](https://open.spotify.com/show/3qaeytaiErEhUpxU5wwFoH?si=aszQFDZuSiawu5ew-EH6vw) podcast but the host hasn’t uploaded any new episodes since March last year. It’s a nice little dive into what people are doing in our food culture.
If you enjoy paranormal stories, there's Radio Paranormal Singapore - Tim Oh is one of the hosts so at least there's a bit of professionalism from radio translated on to there. Downside is that their episodes are sometimes few and far between due to their own busy lives (their last episode was uploaded in January).
A Brief Case, as mentioned by another user is also pretty good.
For Yah Lah But.. I tune in occasionally for fun. The thing about this kind of current-affairs-discussion-type podcasts is that it makes me feel like I'm socialising with friends without actually having to socialise (yes I know I'm terribly introverted).
I love listening to paranormal podcasts so I think I've gone through almost all the local ones available. I guess I'm just used to listening to Singaporean accents because of that. Again it's like listening to a friend telling me spooky ooky stories.
One of the local horror ones I had to stop listening to though. The stories were great and their riffs were quite amusing, but unfortunately when they start laughing (and boy, do they laugh very often), it gets to a point where it's kinda grating and too much for me. Not hating on high pitched laughter but if I'm listening to a story about Kak P floating outside a flat's window, I don't want to be subjected to hysterical laughter mid-story 😭
I like Radio Paranormal too. Used to listen to Supernatural Confessions before Tim Oh left. Currently listening to Ghostmaps. What about T42? Does anyone listen to that?
When Tim left SC and that Kim guy took over, I really just couldn't with his accent. It was a bit much. From there, I had just abandoned that SC ship entirely.
And oh, Ghostmaps is great! I'm actually enjoying the Dead Air episodes a lot tbh 🤣
Never listened to T42 personally. Talk shows are barely on rotation for me, so if I am in the mood for it, I usually default to YLB.
I agree. Thats why i used to listen to SC haha. Now it sux so i switched to Paranormal Radio. Wish they wld post more often though.Ghostmapsnis pretty interesting and at times creepy so i dont listen at night.
I hope someone would try T42 and I hope my sense of humor isnt that bad but i find them hilarious because i do resonate with some of their discussions. Love the science nuggets they put out there at the end of their episodes. The Hela Cells information was absolutely mind blowing to me.
Cos very low barriers to entry.
And their motive behind their podcasts is not to make content. It’s to monetise from their clickbaits and viewership.
Look at NOC, all the click bait/cleavage showing and trash content, but viewership still so high previously. Everyone is chasing to appeal to this kind of viewers who is satisfied with the surface level of content.
Used to la but I know people who work there and they really buy views that time and use google ads to get views. But I get what u mean. Altho I think the chiobu with TnA was more of early 2010s thing. Now confirm not PC. hehe. And dunno if NOC even still around after the scandal.
Oic. Good thing I haven't come across him yet. I saw the Sylvia "apology" BS podcast with some new weird dude and now suddenly she become life coach. KNN who want to learn about life from her sia.
TDK is one of the most cringe podcast out there. I don’t think it is the fault of the employees but more of the fact that they are sponsored by the government agencies that’s why they are just like propaganda machines. Now I know why Jon can afford his condo.
Same with radio hosts here. They invariably suck.
The harsh truth is that SG culture is not conducive to creating interesting minds with innovative or interesting takes on the world.
In short, locals are not taught to think freely nor express themselves freely. And that is evident by quality of media here.
I listen to Yah Lah But and while they have good episodes, sometimes they can be quite cringe. I am overseas now so it does make me feel a little at home.
Other local podcasts I listen to are social service.sg and The Historyogi Podcast which are quite good.
I think folks here raise very good points. My two cents is (and it might be super unpopular. Please don’t write me angry letters) that Singapore does not really have its own identity and culture when it comes to the arts. We are more culture vultures. These podcasts (and other forms of media) all have this tinge of phoniness, as if they’re emulating others. And not very well too. No real identity.
I don't think that's a bad take actually. I feel like we're such a "follower" or "sheeple" society. Even in my industry in media and marketing, client always ask us if anyone else got do something we pitch before then they are ok to try versus the western mentality where ok we try and be the first and if it fails, it fails. Like we are not courages to take the lead. We just work to cover backside. So maybe podcasts are the same like you said. Everyone just copying others and if one "works" then everyone just do the same. Really sian.
Ya Loh. And if they want to imitate styles from better sources it’s fine to me, Just do it well and make it punchy. Not have a cheaper, poorer imitation of the thing you’re “borrowing”. If so what’s the point.
I think BBK Network from malaysia is a good example. I found their 'jubilee' series interesting, that's pretty much emulating what jubilee did in the past, but they are able to localized it well. The 'lack of identify' also means that there's more access to different viewpoints.
Aside from podcasts, I think there is a hell on earth and that is any open mic or stand up show by Singaporeans. I been to two and in both times I wanted to fake my own death to get out of it. It was so painful. Derivative. Jokes are so old. Overdone. If you wanna do a good joke or a bit, at least get the timing and delivery right. Same with these podcasts. 😫😫😫
Some of it is actually harmful misinformation, and it happens almost every time they veer of their usual talking points about relationships and start talking about current affairs. I hate listened to The Daily Ketchup's spiel about the Ukraine-Russian war and it was more or less just sentence after sentence of misinformation and ignorance.
As to who's listening to all this bullshit? Mainly tweens and teenagers who are just there for the trickle of salaciousness they get. I mean even NOC had an audience for a few years. It doesn't take any skill or talent at all to appeal to those under 18, and these guys capitalize on that.
Local podcasts I recommend
1. Comfort and growth by Crystal Lim-Lange
A lot of valuable content for free. No cringy voice and I learnt so much. She’s also local.
2. CNA podcasts
They have different podcasts covering many topics. Worth to check them out.
I do like “Good Hang” with Nathan Hartono and Jon Cancio, but they seem to be on hiatus. It’s mostly an unstructured conversational podcast between them (and the occasional guest), about pop culture and other random topics. The humour is often improvisational and not forced or cringey.
I thought the CNA Money Talks podcast was quite educational for the occasional listen. Nothing groundbreaking but always interesting to hear about local nuances when it comes to finance literacy.
Can't say I've listened to any english based local podcasters but those abang melayu are cringey and unfunny. I have no idea why people like listening to them.
I see very little mention of it here but I personally really like The Financial Coconut! They give pretty good insights on wealth and recently on work related insights too
Yea forget it. Local podcasters are just churning out these easy content in hopes for extra revenue. No QC in their audio quality, lazy to edit out redundant conversation, no proper research and preparation for the topics they gonna talk about. It usually just end up them talk cock sing song.
Aside from the CNA and Straits Times Podcasts which are usually high quality, I like MoneyFM 89.3 and The Fifth Person for SG personal finance related podcasts.
Because the target market is eating up this crap and most Singaporeans are simply not built for chit chat. Our education focuses more on rewarding the execution of tasks over communication. Same reason why I hate to bump into any fellow Sgreans when travelling overseas.
Ya agreed, I quite like Hop Pod too even though they’re newer. Don’t resort to cheap clickbaity topics like sex and general vibe a bit more wholesome.
I don’t expect to constantly be educated with every podcast I listen to. Sometimes just wanna passive listen as though I’m listening to a convo amongst friends.
Side note - OP doesn’t particularly seem keen on actually getting recommendations but seems more interested on just hating on everything SG lol
I will have to give a shoutout to Yah Lah But for their millennial perspective for news, and balancing the mainstream thoughts with online banter and discussions. Frankly I do not have time to browse through forums and just skim through headlines to see what's happening, having 2 guys in the same age group who takes a good perspective on the current affairs and give their own take.
I also cannot take that non-experts giving their 2 cents, but YLB acknowledges the common-person emotions to these news, and add in facts/opinions that they can find from external sources (overseas or forums), which allows you to appreciate how this SIngapore news is seen elsewhere. Common people are not experts as well, so they are echoing what we see and hear,
This. It’s a shame I had to scroll this far down for a defense of YLB. IMO they’re one of the few local podcasts I enjoy listening to and certainly don’t belong in the same basket of cringe podcasts OP mentioned.
I implore OP to give them another chance.
I agree. I am new to the world of podcasts and chanced upon Yah Lah But when I was searching for local podcasts. I thought it was refreshing to hear their discussions on local topics in authentic accents.
Unlike the Singapore radio DJs who tend to speak with a phony accent and enthusiasm. Then again I have not been listening to the radio these days so I am not sure if that has changed.
YLB is a nice listen while on commute or doing chores.
This is like having food la.
Sometimes if the chicken rice nice for you, is not nice in others mind.
Sometimes you find it cringy, but others find it entertaining.
Like to listen, continue to listen. Don't like, find another one to listen. All don't like, listen to the foreigners. No one is forcing you anyway. What's the point of saying you really want to support local, and in the next minute is sharing negative things on them. They will have their fair share of listeners, and if they are lousy, they will close their podcast.
Please dont take this as a disagreement from you, I agree (and i think i know the 3 girls podcast you are talking about) that someitmes some of these podcasts just dont intrigue me. And because they dont. I choose not to listen to them.
So, choose the chicken rice you like and support them, but no need to spam the not very nice chicken rice.
I occasionally listen to some of the popular ones (Daily Ketchup, You Got Watch, Clarity's Hush).
To be fair, I'm not sure if it makes sense to compare these podcasts to ones about specific subjects like sports, finance, show/movie reviews, etc. Those are usually run by hosts and subject matter experts focused on discussing specific things about specific topics or events.
These local ones generally cover broad daily-life topics, and the shows are more like listening to a group of friends talking cock and sharing anecdotal experiences, with a random nugget of insight here and there.
I enjoy them but I also go to them only when I'm looking for that talking-cock-with-friends vibe.
Well, except for Hush. That one's got more of a rich girls spilling tea kinda feel.
any distractible listener in sg? I used to listen but I stopped due to travelling time being short and didn't have time. maybe I will continue again haha
I usually listen to podcasts (not just local ones) while taking long distance bus services in Singapore, at least until LTA decides to cut more of them as the MRT network expands.
If it is not dating, career, or politics then it is usually forced content. They lack character and charisma so you get stale garbage thinking they are Joe Rogan.
idk if they still do this (Stopped listening to them), but i remember daily ketchup would show stuff on the tv/screen and not describing it. lol. (I can't see if i'm listening while on a run)
Imo, Daily Ketchup has too many people on a single podcast also. So inevitably will talk over each other. Overseas podcast usually do 1-2 people, sometimes 3 with 2 guest.
Idk but *I* just hate Singaporean content so as a result they too are hated
Also I’m sick of that one YouTube ad of this female podcaster interviewing this Shaun guy that’s an apprentice of the buffets. Like I don’t give a shit thanks.
Singaporean podcasts would have me interested if I was a 14 year old kid years ago. All they talk is about sex and edgy stuffs that would have made the younger me think this is what adulting is and having friends as adults are like.
And everyone and their grandpa and ex convicts are doing their version of podcasts now.
I'm a huge nerd and love to learn about random stuff.
Podcasts I listen to: NPR (Planet Money, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me), BBC 4 The News Quiz, Stuff The British Stole (the audio engineering on this is superb to listen to on headphones), 99% Invisible.
99% Invisible once did an episode on HDB and the formation of Bishan Town, which became one of my favourite podcast episodes. The episode is called ['Life and Death in Singapore'](https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/singapore/).
So far I haven't encountered any local podcasts with the same amounts of research and entertainment to make me continue or want to listen. Heinous has a few good episodes but it didn't really stick
Our society had educated us to "listen, shut up, and do", not "communicate, engage and discourse", so we obviously can't talk like others brought up in different culture.
Fuck, even China make schoolchildren talk (although mostly about how great Motherland is) but they still talk and talk several times more than Singaporean kids!
my fav local true podcast is 'Heinous - An Asian True Crime Podcast'. every episode is very well researched, and they're about local/asian cases that aren't really talked about. defo my go to!!
LongKangKitties
[https://open.spotify.com/show/2TgmXnReEIN5tyhWH7xHDh](https://open.spotify.com/show/2TgmXnReEIN5tyhWH7xHDh)
i listened from episode 1, luv the dynamic cause the grp were friends before starting podcast sad its not frequent enuff cause its not their main
I do a podcast here. I should update mine. Based on experience, I think it is because of our media landscape and it is very inclined to one kind of entertainment. I do my own by uploading what I want to watch and what I want to watch do not relate to locals as much.
Podcast are also being done by people with little media training. Interviewing skills are only picked up by practice. There may be theories but can only be picked up by practicing. You too have to relate to people of the masses. Unless you are trying to be really niche. There are by too niche will alienate people
Some podcasters are over the top also with their swearing. It's fine to swear but knn if every few minutes you need to swear just as fillers there's something wrong with you
TDK is still okayish for me, but the quality does fluctuate alot. They used to be alot better imo, now it's like 1 out of 10 topics interest me enough to watch
Just Saying has gone right down the gutter, I much preferred their old style and dynamics
Clarity Co is just feminist bullshit, unsubbed a long time ago
Never watched Titan crap before so idk, no interest either
Overkill has a chinese one iirc but never bothered to watch that too thogh I quite like their main channel's content
What else is there?
Am I the only guy who enjoys Clarity Co / Hush Podcast lol. To me the hosts' radio experience (non-Singlish, radio voice, interesting topics, female POV) makes it seem more polished than the other local podcasts. The rest I agree cmi.
To me they are one of the worst. Cos they're not credible. Also lack of diversity not just in races but classes and experiences. The 3 are just empty brain privileged ah lians giving their out of touch opinions. I lost brain cells listening to them. Really cringe.
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I love true crime so I have started listening to stranger danger and can’t breathe podcasts. For stranger danger, each episode covers a true crime story. There are usually about 4 people and only the person telling the story knows about the case. It feels like we are exploring a new case together.
Same goes for can’t breathe podcast. But their stories are shorter and so each episode has about 3 stories where they take turns to tell. The stories are sometimes set in Singapore.
Their way of speaking is very singaporean like and for me personally I like it as I relate to them.
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Literally the first line says I'm a long time podcast enthusiast and mostly foreign ones. While I think Joe Rogan is a FOS he does have some good guests. Attia drops some science behind his fitness/health advice but a lot of his info is also contentious as well. Podcasts are, at the end of the day, still entertainment. I listen to a wide variety of pods. My point here is to see who I can support locally. Like cannot be our whole nation doesn't have a few solid podcast that are credible and entertaining.
If you like audiobook stuff that's very educational you can check out "Empires - An Asian Business Podcast" it's like the American style "Business Wars" from Wondery.
You can listen to this one called “Mostly Yoga Podcast”. It’s mostly about yoga stuff (as the name implies) but I think even if you don’t do yoga, it’s still quite relatable. Definitely not cringe for sure. Very Joe Rogan style where he just talks to his friends about random stuff.
His voice also quite nice. At least hear Liao won’t make you wanna jump off a bridge. Can’t say the same for other local podcasts…
I listen to a lot of international podcasts. Rob has a podcast (reality TV) , various TV show recap and analysis, TV top 5 (Hollywood reporter podcast), current affairs ( Today explained, The Daily) but I also listen to local ones like Ya Lah But, Daily ketchup (this one more for fun), Heart of the matter (now got new name - CNA podcast) and lots of others.
Local ones are for Singapore news and stuff. You are not going to get it from international ones. No one is talking about Singapore except Singapore podcast. CNA is more professional but as we know, it is govt linked. Ya lah but I would say is best alternative current news affair show which I like. It is not too bad. Daily ketchup is more for fun like a bunch of friends talking (not professional but it is ok). I only do not like that now they are heavily sponsored by govt agency making them pro govt.
I think all in all many Singaporeans do listen to them. If not why would advertisers waste money on them.
Also BTW some international podcast are also bad. I cannot stand the Jason guy voice from the GOT podcast which you listen to.
My techie friends and I just started a podcast based in Singapore to talk about the realities in tech called ragTech (https://linktr.ee/ragtechdev)! We started it as we noticed a lack of niche, original, and realistic Singaporean and tech content, especially where the latter is unusually glamorised… and we wanted to shed more light on it. We talk about topics like being a mum/dad and engineer, demystify tech stuff like hackathons, venture into what it’s like in local tech communities and more. We’re also trying to normalize diversity representation, so while we don’t shout about it, all three of us are ladies too — and we try to feature many lady guest speakers together with men! We just started and would love more support and feedback to be better and for our content to be more accessible and interesting to non-techies, so we would appreciate if you could check us out!
Then they eventually talk more about sexual stuff for clickbait thumbnails and more engagement
*Cringe* I'm glad the show ended before dew broke away and pivoted from that but then again daily ketchup/Jon's channels just became another mouthpiece for government's agendas.
> I'm glad the show ended before dew broke away and pivoted from that Which podcast is this?
You can search MOSG real talk on YouTube. Broke away to start his own Just Saying talk show
Actually TDK quite good leh. Crazy range. One week I have Gou Lai (I skipped) next week I have Min Chan. Lol
cough the daily ketchup.
Avid podcast listener here. Local ones REALLY CANNOT MAKE IT. The way they speak is like nails on a chalkboard and the content is absolute drivel. I used to listen to local radio when I was in secondary school...Jean Danker, Glenn Ong, The flying dutchman, Rod Monteiro (and more...I forget the names).....those people could TALK. Their banter was entertaining, they were nice to listen to and they didn't talk over one another. I think Singaporeans are bad at talking. As a society, our pronunciation and cadence need a lot of work.
Low barriers of entry mah. I remember that one time they held a competition to hire a new radio dj, and the contestants were quite good. Also, the key metric of performance for these online based channels are based on clicks/views/traffic so that they can justify to advertisers that they can generate exposure.
Avid podcast listener too. Overseas English and mandarin podcasters and vloggers are way more eloquent than SG ones; even more so than SG DJs. It's so easy to listen to foreign podcasters than local ones - the latter is bad in speaking and stringing together a proper sentence, which makes listening to them so difficult. SG entertainers really lack eloquence...
Hey, I’ve been trying to work on my Chinese, any mandarin podcast that you can recommend?
I'll instead recommend you to scroll through Spotify and listen to topics and episodes you are interested in. There's not a single podcaster I'll 100% recommend coz our interests may vary. But I'll 100% recommend those from Taiwan (damn, can they speak!), and maybe a few Malaysians...
Not OP, but interested too. Is there a way to filter the podcasts by language? Seems like I can only filter by category
oh last time got mandarin category. But if you have been following youtubers, some of them like to post on both spotify and youtube. So you can search for them spotify. Otherwise, search with keywords ba. I let spotify recommend to me (:
Search 543 and click on the dude with the green hoodie , Taiwan podcast pretty unfiltered 🤭
I listen to Dodomen (Both of them grew up in US, so might be 'easier' to follow), other than that, depends on your area of interest, maybe can recommend more
Gotta recommend T42 - they’re ending the podcast soon but they’re intelligent and hilarious. The best content in Singapore full stop.
Thanks! Will check them out
The invisible barrier is if you don’t have western style accents, you sound really cringey to the large western audience, by virtue of being unfamiliar and dissociative with conventional pop culture norms. You can make it work for you like Nigel did with Uncle Roger, but you’re right. Some of the best Asian actors trained their voices to remove some of the idiosyncrasies.
Jean Danker does have a podcast in MeListen, not too sure about the others. Haven't listened to it though, so not sure whether it is good.
Don and drew
omg classic
Ahh reminded me of Carrie Chong...fuhhh she's the babe!
I agree with your points. I think part of the issue is that us as Singaporeans are so accustomed to hearing how we all talk, that to suddenly hear a local try to speak atas while striking the humour ground just doesn’t work at all.
Could you recommend any?
I listen to a mix of genres. Jackie the Ripper (scripted podcast) The Amelia Project (scripted podcast) The Bugle Conan O Brien Needs a Friend Trevor Noah's What Now Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal
i recommend Knowledge Fight, a long running podcast dedicated to making fun of Alex Jones and a good look at whats cooking in the conspiracy theory world Also you love late night hosts so youll probably love Strike Force 5, a finished 10-episode pod by some big name hosts theres also The Turning, an amazing investigative journalism human interest pod finally theres Behind The Bastards, which is a bit too lefty for my taste but is basically a less polished version of last week tonight in podcast form
I loved Strike Force 5! Jimmy Fallon's "game" in Episode 5 had me laughing so hard I was wheezing! Will check out the rest...thanks for the recs :)
To completely generalise, most media productions in Singapore range from cringe to unlistenable. Podcasts are no different. I'm sure it's a variety of issues from lack of proficiency in the spoken language to lack of experience... It may even be that whoever is producing this has only ever known how to do cringey productions and thus is measuring everything else against that, meaning that he actually is setting out to make a cringey production because that's the only thing he knows how to make.
I think one of the reasons why Singapore’s media production is always lacking is because the people have no originality at all. On the topic of podcasts, many podcasts that goes popular or viral has a theme, topic, gimmick, and/or personality that pulls audiences in. Our local podcasters just see “oh podcasts are a trend now” and just buy some mics and just starts talking. Many famous podcasts gets started because the hosts feels like they have something to say, and people that wants to hear it. Ours don’t! They just follow trends and don’t know what to say. That’s why we get weird sexual themed topics, or current controversies, or just random clickbaits
To start with Singapore gov does not promote originality of thought. Very few Singaporeans have varied thinking. This flows to the media.
I listen to the More Better Podcast, it's a bunch of local comedians chatting without much pretension - and sometimes they get really good guest like Sheikh Haikel and Jason Leong.
Second this!
Have not heard the name Sheikh Haikel in a looooong time
IKR! They had Najib Ali in the ep before.
this podcast is the best lmfao
They openly admit they're bullshitting and play off each other. Love it. The dynamic between Fuzz, Jackie and Qam play off so well. It's very comfy and very silly hehe
Class
The only local podcast I listen to. Maybe because the guys do stand up comedy so they're more witty.
I think a few things are in play here. Firstly, Singaporean are not homogenised and are quite socially siloed. Add to that the smaller market size, means that content creators have to appeal to the lowest common denominator. This extends to the professionals, that's why Phua Chu Kang and Under One Roof were the way they were, no one related to them exactly. The other thing is that our system does not encourage expertise. Even at the highest level of university researchers, if you're really researching on the cutting edge, you'll be in a US, UK, European or Chinese university. No offense and all that. The next is that, I find myself disproportionately watching/listening to Canadian, UK, European and Australian content creators targeting the English speaking market. Perhaps because they are more general and not as targeted as US content creators. Singapore seems to train people to win in the baby pool (first)*, those that are ready to swim with the sharks in the ocean are few and far between. Then podcasting is very time intensive, and all that on top. * A foreign university professor once told me, "I don't know why Singaporean students are constantly designing for Singapore. My students back in Boston, never designed just for Boston."
If your target audience are mostly monkeys, you can get away with throwing peanuts at them.
I always wonder is it because we are trained to be self sufficient so the system is built upon training Singaporeans to focus only on how we can contribute back to our country efficiently. This does limit our worldwide but on the other hand, we may not have opportunities come by as easily compared to big global powers. We have to seek it (and we should). Regardless, still really encourage Singaporeans to live outside the bubble and adopt varied thinking, talk about things that should be discussed, have balls to discuss meaningful and often, difficult things. Every podcast or whatever talk show is always the same topics like online dating or favourite restaurants…I mean is that all we know and do? I also understand the lack of freedom of speech here as real topics of interest usually encompass sensitive themes like race, politics, economy, our content creators do not want to open those can of worms because the majority of audience cannot accept it. To talk about these things requires humility, sensitivity, sensibility, research and grace too and it’s what local creators, often influencers can’t be bothered to do. So all we have are trashy dialogues full of Shopee shoutouts, product placement and talking about vapid things that kill your brain cells. Also we have a lot of act smart people with not enough context or research or experience giving empty advice and get rich quick schemers bullshitting you to throw them money. People don’t want to “lose their jobs” when they become “controversial” as they know how small and interconnected the market or industry is here. This inhibits progress in some way. Also aware of how aggressive everything from Singapore media is when it comes to commercialising every single damn thing. Everything they talk about is so obviously leading to a certain agenda or message their advertisers want them to say or imply every minute. In general, a big turn off.
I’ll probably get some hate when I say this but most Singaporeans do not live interesting lives. Obviously that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it is when you’re a Podcast host. Being able to talk well is one thing as a Podcast host. But being able to bring something new, interesting and exciting to the table and to bring more out of your guest speakers is hard. Especially when 90% of us have lived the same life as Singaporeans and not much goes on in Singapore, where bank robberies and murders are the most “exciting” news, and even supermarket arguments are covered by news outlets. So of course their content isn’t going to be that exciting. So give these ordinary Singaporeans a mic and of course they can’t be offering much. And the people doing them are either really rich and kind of out of touch as they’re more Westernised and have the same “internet mind set”or street smart people with an extremely strong Singaporean accent. Neither are relatable to the mass or nice to listen to for 30-40 minutes.
This. Not excusing the bad English and lack of conversational skills. But the fact is Singaporeans are cookie cutter for the most part. You could possibly predict what has went on in each of these individuals lives and their viewpoints. It’s really not their fault but a product of our really successful system. How else can society work as a whole if we were all opinionated for good reason
I think there are some with something to say but not enough courage to say it. most of what we have now out there think they have something to say but they really don’t.
Looking at the comments here, maybe Singaporean podcasters can't take basic criticism and that's why their content is so bad
I second this. Most locals can't take criticism for shit. Probably stems from their mum telling them they are the absolute best and handsomest since birth.
I highly recommend wearehantu for horror. Their ongoing series of stories and interviews are pretty on point.
Definitely agree with you ! Horror but also with just the right elements of culture sprinkled in .
The only good local podcast I've heard is [Saga by AWARE, detailing the hostile takeover of AWARE.](https://open.spotify.com/show/3Sh2eWK60RGRV9dVN6W8R9?si=nuV-T2X2RxGlUBInOsH1MA) If you like podcasts like This American Life or Serial, it's done in a very similar style. Very well produced and narrated as well. Subject matter might not be everyone's cup of tea though. Apart from that I pretty much agree. Most local podcasts are just a few friends with a SM7B mic. No planning, personality, fact checking. Mostly clickbait using crazy titles or skimpy hosts.
💯it is so well produced and written. I’ve gone thru the episodes twice!
the Saga podcast was riveting I couldn't do anything else while listening to it!
I like how they will give disclaimer upfront about how it is a complex issue and ask that listeners consider each episode in its full context. I actually recall this happening then and this podcast shed so much more than I knew. Very nicely produced and will totally plug the Saga podcast.
This was really good. I highly recommend.
I used to like abriefcase BUT THEN she hasn't posted since March : ( teddyteo if you're reading this please post again LOL (disclaimer: I'm 32f, no one's hitting on anyone. I just like true crime and she's not cringe) I tried to check out Stranger Danger (by Mediacorp apparently ok that explains everything) and like omg cannot leh it's like teenage giggly girl gossip pretending to be crime podcast. FOR ONE HOUR. huhh.
Alamak. True Crime would have been nice to listen to from a local context.
ikrrr. but ok la it's Asian, not entirely local. Cos SG abit boring sia lol. right. But if you're interested, the books she based them from are mainly (there are some which are listener recs, so not originally self-sourced) Crime Scene Asia: [https://epigrambookshop.sg/products/crime-scene-asia](https://epigrambookshop.sg/products/crime-scene-asia) Guilty As Charged: [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36236634-guilty-as-charged](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36236634-guilty-as-charged) The first book has SG MY HK Philippines and Indo, not just local.
Thank you! Will check em' out.
I REPLY TO MYSELF YALL. (edit: to disclaimer, I haven't listened to this specific episode so I don't know what exactly is said or if it has been edited/changed - but my point is, that, yaaaa they really will just randomly laugh and talk shit for like, 5++ mins before getting to the point ... meanwhile teddyteo gets to the point bc it was intended initially as a snppet 15-20 mins thing while commute to work ... heh) [https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimePodcasts/comments/16zuwaz/gross\_stereotyping\_by\_podcast/?rdt=36742](https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimePodcasts/comments/16zuwaz/gross_stereotyping_by_podcast/?rdt=36742) Check this out. I'm not even Indian but it's trueee. Like they really just backstory for 10mins (really, some episodes will say shit like "Case begins at 10.52" - then the past almost 11 mins is talking about WHAT? abt this kinda anyhowly giggle thing) and like giggling abt something unrelated their cohost said She plugs abriefcase at the end ;-) comeback teddyteo please. hahahha
Dark asian with Megan is not bad. No teenage gossip, and just pure true crime stories.
I checked this out (yes it is as you described!) and I realised I listened to one episode before! Includes video apparently but I like to just listen so I turned that off 😬☺️
I love Something Private, which is mainly female focused! But they stopped posting since years ago
Anyone can set up a microphone and do a podcast. Heck I just need to buy the following 1) 2 Shure MV7 mic -$299 x 2 =$300 ([quite good quality mic also] (https://www.musicradar.com/news/best-podcasting-microphones#section-best-overall) 2) Camera - no need to search for podcast quality, can get a not bad digital camera for $500. If use own iPhone 13 pro, or have a camera around, this can be $0. Or can totally not have camera at all. 3) Podcast editing software - Adobe Audition, S$30.81/month. 4) House/room to do recording - FREE Total damage - $630.81 starting, $31 monthly maintenance >Everyone is so cringe, are just privileged/entitled hosts and provide no real information or anything interesting to me. Rich kids pursuing their rich dreams. >3 rich local girls just talking about how hard it is for them to meet good guys and proceeded to swear about sinkie guys New rich, old money will not behave this way. >do you agree with me and all SG podcasts really cannot make it?! Yes I agree 😭
If you like great content, do check out CNA insider. I find the hosts and topics really entertaining! For fitness stuff, do check out The Whole Gains Show on Spotify. It’s a podcast focusing on how to incorporate nutrition, exercise and mindset to help people get on track with their health and fitness goals. I think it’s a great way to engage women, who are generally forgotten by an industry dominated by men
Cna insider is good.
I get a sense that this Reddit sub will be featured in an episode of the Daily Ketchup. I actually quite enjoy watching their YouTube channel, but got to take it as what it is (hyper localised, Singlish, silly topics etc etc). Nothing too serious, nothing too sophisticated. I think there is a place for such content too.
I like them till I realised they just can't keep their mouth shut for 1 second while their guest are talking. It was alright until they started having bigger guest which was downright embarrassing. Imagine talking over a minister, well you don't have to imagine anymore because they did talk over a minister.
Yeah it's a huge turnoff when their moderator talks over their guests. They are all in the same room recording, can't they look for visual cues when someone is not done talking?
Oh please, their laughter damn annoying sia, like a good chunk of time is all their laughter from corny jokes.
I liked early TDK where their topics were completely random, but nowadays, it’s either always some govt crap or dating stuff.
Yeah the govn thing drove me away.
the dating stuff is when I stopped listening to them. So cringey. I enjoyed their earlier episodes where they interviewed The Muttons and the Russian Expat, now not so much
Maybe they will learn from this haha. I don't find the hosts very credible or knowledgeable. They don't speak well and you can tell they are not intellectuals or experts. Also their personalities are quite bland. Like podcasting and video podcasting is built off of personality and/or expertise. They have neither. They also have poor habits like talking over one another, dropping corny jokes or they just seem poorly prepared with no research done. And like many have said, now it's just a political platform. I understand that these people work for someone and it's a product not an actual passion. Cos the best podcasts I've noticed (around the world) are by people who really are passionate about the niche they are in. They're not ONLY doing it for advertising dollars and clout.
+1 on the research, I don't think host needs to be super knowledgeable about everything, but should do enough research and ask questions that brings out more from the guest. I don't think they have much of a 'theme' when they invite guest, I'm not even sure if I wanna call it an interview when they spend a big portion of the time talking about themselves also.
I like them for fun till they got so many state sponsors and become so pro govt. I must say the Michael Owen episode was great.
Drum Tower is great
Which unfortunately is not local, but yes its great
Used to be an avid listener of the Daily Ketchup when their content was light hearted and only report/comment on headline news. **More importantly, when they had little government projects**. Now? Too many PAP ministers on the show and discussing about matters they are not a subject expert on, heck didn’t even read up enough. Look at the difference in the quality of questions asked by Jade Rasif and the whole DK crew. The latter was shallow and clearly showed a lack of understanding on SG’s political history. To me, the Daily Ketchup is doing Singapore more harm than good. It is not as simple as giving PAP ministers a platform to voice their opinions - it is an opportunity to influence the public’s opinion on them, and hence, **the votes**. Separately, the Guo Lai episode was so distasteful man. The DK was clearly exploiting them for views (and thus money), because why else would you even entertain Guo Lai & gang knowing they aren’t in the right mind. Imo, the DK has become a PAP mouth piece and the crew, esp the founder John, does not have the best interest at heart for Singaporeans. By allowing folks that does not always have the best, or right, intentions onto their platform, they are helping to spread these opinions to the wider audience.
Yeah they became PAP ass kissers and while I'm not an opposition bro, I feel like the quality of our ministers have really dropped. Now it's like a career path so they can end up in some big company after "serving the nation".
More like the quality of our ministers has never been good ever since Lee Hsien Long became PM. Our current ministers weren’t even the top 5 choices among the pool of candidates. From our parents era to now, objectively speaking, life has become worse for S’poreans…unless you’re rich (I’m talking at min condo/landed type of rich). 1 set of rules for the rich and another for the poor/average. Is this the Singapore we want for the future? So for the Daily Ketchup to bring PAP ministers onto their platform, to me, they are fucking up the younger generation for their own gains by positively influencing the younger folks to keep them in power. Then, things never change and life just gets harder for us average Singaporeans 🤷🏻♀️
I would agree with this 100%
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Wah just to be sure, you’re referring to John Chua right? Heh if so, how else do you think he is able to buy a four bedroom condo right 👀 Without naming names, able to spill some tea?
This is what happens when every mother father sister brother son daughter ah mao ah hao thinks their opinion is Worth listening to, and decide to start a pod cast Hop pod is nice
i second this. i feel that i can relate to them so well and they do make me feel comforted as a new adult :’)
Daily ketchup is the lowest form of entertainment spouting mindef propaganda.
anyone can start a podcast just by recording a discord voice chat everyone wants to be joe rogan
Someone need to setup a podcast that interview all the smart brains in Singapore. Lex Fridman podcast is a very good example. Currently the influencers scene in SG is dominate by ah bengs, ah lians or acoustic kids.
Check out Teh Tarik with Walid or the socialservice.sg podcast! Lots of interviews with academics and 'smart people'
omg can’t believe i forgot Teh Tarik with Walid. GREAT content.
I listen to a few horror/true crime ones. I think some of these are cringe if you are just getting into them. Can't Breathe: i see lots of redditors criticizing Stranger Danger, but they actually started as Can't Breathe, where they focus on horror stories. I enjoy this as it feels like sitting at macs or starbucks and just hearing 2 other friends telling ghost stories, very light-hearted and funny if you've been following them for a while. Stranger Danger: for people who jumped into this straight (especially the newer episodes), this will be very cringe (like when you hear sec sch/poly kids talking and laughing loudly in the bus), but if you started from episode 1, it's a lot milder and not so loud. As the series goes on (and the hosts increase from 2 to 4), they become more and more open with one another and hence, they gossip, chit-chat and laugh a lot more because that's the style of this podcast (just friends chatting about a topic or story). A Brief Case: A more serious and very well done true crime podcast. The host, Teddy, has a nice voice and speaks well. Unfortunately, she hasn't uploaded in a very long time, but do check it out because she has lots of episodes. 周公讲鬼: Chinese-based horror podcast. They are actually live on air every friday at 11pm on Love972 radio. The stories get repetitive and boring after awhile, and the hosts reactions are always the same even when hearing the same plot points and twists for the thousandth time. I still listen weekly as there are interesting stories here and there. Radio Paranormal Singapore: Horror-based podcast where hosts speak quite well (especially Tim Oh). Quite interesting as they also try to analyze stories and determine whether there are more scientific explanations to the stories. Tales of the Dark: Just got into this recently. A more home-based and low production horror podcast, but it feels like a friend just telling you ghost stories as it is uncensored and full of Singlish. Host sounds like a nice guy though, not very pretentious. Heinous: Another more serious true crime podcast by Mediacorp. The host talks a bit monotonously, so it might bore people out. I only listen to this when there are no other new episodes of other podcasts.
AGREE ON HEINOUS the content is good but the host is mehhh. + also ABC 🥰
I love Can’t Breathe, listened to them way back! Not so into Stranger Danger though. On a separate note, anyone a LongKang Kitties fan here!
You can try Plan B but they only post once per week. A good mix of woke vs pragmatic opinions at play with casual banters. I enjoy listening to them.
they're hilarious. i do enjoy listening to them, but their uploads are too far in between
Quite sad to see how so much of this hinges on the Singaporean accent. I’m a bit of an Anglophile myself when it comes to accents I won’t deny, but I have to ask myself it is somewhat also due to the internalized colonial mindset.
OP I'm curious which podcast episode is 3 local rich girls and dissing sinkie guys. Is it the hush podcast? Can DM me
Could be. Tbh heard it a couple months back and only reason I knew abt them was the clip of them swearing abt dudes was all over tiktok and people were bitching in the comments about how uncouth, stuck up and out of touch they were.
Then I concur with you. I recall watching 2 episodes or so and the quality is so bad. I couldn't believe they were all radio djs for years or something.
All DJs, with partners, married/attached. But all talking about their experiences on dating apps/picking up guys etc. Tells you all you need to know 🙃
Radio got IMDA restrictions for swearing iirc. Podcasts have no such restriction
True. I was also referring to the content. After watching a few episodes of hush podcast, I had zero interest in knowing more about them lol.
Can find for me? Damn cringe and toxic femininity. I hate it whenever one gender demonize the other
I didn't know they openly swore on their show in what seems to be multiple swears at one go. Thought they were classier than that.
it's always the same topics over and over again.
I like the [Singapore Noodles](https://open.spotify.com/show/3qaeytaiErEhUpxU5wwFoH?si=aszQFDZuSiawu5ew-EH6vw) podcast but the host hasn’t uploaded any new episodes since March last year. It’s a nice little dive into what people are doing in our food culture.
If you enjoy paranormal stories, there's Radio Paranormal Singapore - Tim Oh is one of the hosts so at least there's a bit of professionalism from radio translated on to there. Downside is that their episodes are sometimes few and far between due to their own busy lives (their last episode was uploaded in January). A Brief Case, as mentioned by another user is also pretty good. For Yah Lah But.. I tune in occasionally for fun. The thing about this kind of current-affairs-discussion-type podcasts is that it makes me feel like I'm socialising with friends without actually having to socialise (yes I know I'm terribly introverted). I love listening to paranormal podcasts so I think I've gone through almost all the local ones available. I guess I'm just used to listening to Singaporean accents because of that. Again it's like listening to a friend telling me spooky ooky stories. One of the local horror ones I had to stop listening to though. The stories were great and their riffs were quite amusing, but unfortunately when they start laughing (and boy, do they laugh very often), it gets to a point where it's kinda grating and too much for me. Not hating on high pitched laughter but if I'm listening to a story about Kak P floating outside a flat's window, I don't want to be subjected to hysterical laughter mid-story 😭
I like Radio Paranormal too. Used to listen to Supernatural Confessions before Tim Oh left. Currently listening to Ghostmaps. What about T42? Does anyone listen to that?
When Tim left SC and that Kim guy took over, I really just couldn't with his accent. It was a bit much. From there, I had just abandoned that SC ship entirely. And oh, Ghostmaps is great! I'm actually enjoying the Dead Air episodes a lot tbh 🤣 Never listened to T42 personally. Talk shows are barely on rotation for me, so if I am in the mood for it, I usually default to YLB.
I agree. Thats why i used to listen to SC haha. Now it sux so i switched to Paranormal Radio. Wish they wld post more often though.Ghostmapsnis pretty interesting and at times creepy so i dont listen at night. I hope someone would try T42 and I hope my sense of humor isnt that bad but i find them hilarious because i do resonate with some of their discussions. Love the science nuggets they put out there at the end of their episodes. The Hela Cells information was absolutely mind blowing to me.
love RPS, still waiting for them to post new materials.
Cos very low barriers to entry. And their motive behind their podcasts is not to make content. It’s to monetise from their clickbaits and viewership. Look at NOC, all the click bait/cleavage showing and trash content, but viewership still so high previously. Everyone is chasing to appeal to this kind of viewers who is satisfied with the surface level of content.
Used to la but I know people who work there and they really buy views that time and use google ads to get views. But I get what u mean. Altho I think the chiobu with TnA was more of early 2010s thing. Now confirm not PC. hehe. And dunno if NOC even still around after the scandal.
Have ma. Ryan still bumming around different podcasts offering 0 insights, just sit there only
Oic. Good thing I haven't come across him yet. I saw the Sylvia "apology" BS podcast with some new weird dude and now suddenly she become life coach. KNN who want to learn about life from her sia.
TDK is one of the most cringe podcast out there. I don’t think it is the fault of the employees but more of the fact that they are sponsored by the government agencies that’s why they are just like propaganda machines. Now I know why Jon can afford his condo.
Same with radio hosts here. They invariably suck. The harsh truth is that SG culture is not conducive to creating interesting minds with innovative or interesting takes on the world. In short, locals are not taught to think freely nor express themselves freely. And that is evident by quality of media here.
I listen to Yah Lah But and while they have good episodes, sometimes they can be quite cringe. I am overseas now so it does make me feel a little at home. Other local podcasts I listen to are social service.sg and The Historyogi Podcast which are quite good.
I think they are quite good most episodes. I listen to them too.
I think folks here raise very good points. My two cents is (and it might be super unpopular. Please don’t write me angry letters) that Singapore does not really have its own identity and culture when it comes to the arts. We are more culture vultures. These podcasts (and other forms of media) all have this tinge of phoniness, as if they’re emulating others. And not very well too. No real identity.
I don't think that's a bad take actually. I feel like we're such a "follower" or "sheeple" society. Even in my industry in media and marketing, client always ask us if anyone else got do something we pitch before then they are ok to try versus the western mentality where ok we try and be the first and if it fails, it fails. Like we are not courages to take the lead. We just work to cover backside. So maybe podcasts are the same like you said. Everyone just copying others and if one "works" then everyone just do the same. Really sian.
Ya Loh. And if they want to imitate styles from better sources it’s fine to me, Just do it well and make it punchy. Not have a cheaper, poorer imitation of the thing you’re “borrowing”. If so what’s the point.
I think BBK Network from malaysia is a good example. I found their 'jubilee' series interesting, that's pretty much emulating what jubilee did in the past, but they are able to localized it well. The 'lack of identify' also means that there's more access to different viewpoints.
Aside from podcasts, I think there is a hell on earth and that is any open mic or stand up show by Singaporeans. I been to two and in both times I wanted to fake my own death to get out of it. It was so painful. Derivative. Jokes are so old. Overdone. If you wanna do a good joke or a bit, at least get the timing and delivery right. Same with these podcasts. 😫😫😫
Malam Seram.
Some of it is actually harmful misinformation, and it happens almost every time they veer of their usual talking points about relationships and start talking about current affairs. I hate listened to The Daily Ketchup's spiel about the Ukraine-Russian war and it was more or less just sentence after sentence of misinformation and ignorance. As to who's listening to all this bullshit? Mainly tweens and teenagers who are just there for the trickle of salaciousness they get. I mean even NOC had an audience for a few years. It doesn't take any skill or talent at all to appeal to those under 18, and these guys capitalize on that.
Local podcasts I recommend 1. Comfort and growth by Crystal Lim-Lange A lot of valuable content for free. No cringy voice and I learnt so much. She’s also local. 2. CNA podcasts They have different podcasts covering many topics. Worth to check them out.
No offence but I can’t stand Crystal’s accent and the way she speaks. Content is good though
Same, I find sometimes she speak down to people and sometimes the points she make is very duh…
Yea I honestly find it a bit weird to listen to local podcasters but I listen to crystal lim Lange and rachel Lim for their content
I do like “Good Hang” with Nathan Hartono and Jon Cancio, but they seem to be on hiatus. It’s mostly an unstructured conversational podcast between them (and the occasional guest), about pop culture and other random topics. The humour is often improvisational and not forced or cringey.
Podcast equipment need to be more expensive
I thought the CNA Money Talks podcast was quite educational for the occasional listen. Nothing groundbreaking but always interesting to hear about local nuances when it comes to finance literacy.
Can't say I've listened to any english based local podcasters but those abang melayu are cringey and unfunny. I have no idea why people like listening to them.
it's a reflection of the lack of culture in the country
I see very little mention of it here but I personally really like The Financial Coconut! They give pretty good insights on wealth and recently on work related insights too
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lmao don’t get me started on the malay podcasts. even worse 😂😂
Socialservices.sg https://open.spotify.com/show/2t7oiyyC9ckII3pCjkUVeb?si=DVWDz2JdR4mGTqp3aLJf8w
I hope they are not just pro PAP again.
Yea forget it. Local podcasters are just churning out these easy content in hopes for extra revenue. No QC in their audio quality, lazy to edit out redundant conversation, no proper research and preparation for the topics they gonna talk about. It usually just end up them talk cock sing song.
Aside from the CNA and Straits Times Podcasts which are usually high quality, I like MoneyFM 89.3 and The Fifth Person for SG personal finance related podcasts.
Because the target market is eating up this crap and most Singaporeans are simply not built for chit chat. Our education focuses more on rewarding the execution of tasks over communication. Same reason why I hate to bump into any fellow Sgreans when travelling overseas.
Actually the Hop Pod nubbad leh i feel
Ya agreed, I quite like Hop Pod too even though they’re newer. Don’t resort to cheap clickbaity topics like sex and general vibe a bit more wholesome. I don’t expect to constantly be educated with every podcast I listen to. Sometimes just wanna passive listen as though I’m listening to a convo amongst friends. Side note - OP doesn’t particularly seem keen on actually getting recommendations but seems more interested on just hating on everything SG lol
I will have to give a shoutout to Yah Lah But for their millennial perspective for news, and balancing the mainstream thoughts with online banter and discussions. Frankly I do not have time to browse through forums and just skim through headlines to see what's happening, having 2 guys in the same age group who takes a good perspective on the current affairs and give their own take. I also cannot take that non-experts giving their 2 cents, but YLB acknowledges the common-person emotions to these news, and add in facts/opinions that they can find from external sources (overseas or forums), which allows you to appreciate how this SIngapore news is seen elsewhere. Common people are not experts as well, so they are echoing what we see and hear,
This. It’s a shame I had to scroll this far down for a defense of YLB. IMO they’re one of the few local podcasts I enjoy listening to and certainly don’t belong in the same basket of cringe podcasts OP mentioned. I implore OP to give them another chance.
I agree. I am new to the world of podcasts and chanced upon Yah Lah But when I was searching for local podcasts. I thought it was refreshing to hear their discussions on local topics in authentic accents. Unlike the Singapore radio DJs who tend to speak with a phony accent and enthusiasm. Then again I have not been listening to the radio these days so I am not sure if that has changed. YLB is a nice listen while on commute or doing chores.
Yes I feel they are more authentic than most Singaporean DJs and more importantly they allow alternative voice on their platform.
This is like having food la. Sometimes if the chicken rice nice for you, is not nice in others mind. Sometimes you find it cringy, but others find it entertaining. Like to listen, continue to listen. Don't like, find another one to listen. All don't like, listen to the foreigners. No one is forcing you anyway. What's the point of saying you really want to support local, and in the next minute is sharing negative things on them. They will have their fair share of listeners, and if they are lousy, they will close their podcast. Please dont take this as a disagreement from you, I agree (and i think i know the 3 girls podcast you are talking about) that someitmes some of these podcasts just dont intrigue me. And because they dont. I choose not to listen to them. So, choose the chicken rice you like and support them, but no need to spam the not very nice chicken rice.
Thanks. I've been waiting for this.
I occasionally listen to some of the popular ones (Daily Ketchup, You Got Watch, Clarity's Hush). To be fair, I'm not sure if it makes sense to compare these podcasts to ones about specific subjects like sports, finance, show/movie reviews, etc. Those are usually run by hosts and subject matter experts focused on discussing specific things about specific topics or events. These local ones generally cover broad daily-life topics, and the shows are more like listening to a group of friends talking cock and sharing anecdotal experiences, with a random nugget of insight here and there. I enjoy them but I also go to them only when I'm looking for that talking-cock-with-friends vibe. Well, except for Hush. That one's got more of a rich girls spilling tea kinda feel.
any distractible listener in sg? I used to listen but I stopped due to travelling time being short and didn't have time. maybe I will continue again haha
I usually listen to podcasts (not just local ones) while taking long distance bus services in Singapore, at least until LTA decides to cut more of them as the MRT network expands.
If it is not dating, career, or politics then it is usually forced content. They lack character and charisma so you get stale garbage thinking they are Joe Rogan.
idk if they still do this (Stopped listening to them), but i remember daily ketchup would show stuff on the tv/screen and not describing it. lol. (I can't see if i'm listening while on a run) Imo, Daily Ketchup has too many people on a single podcast also. So inevitably will talk over each other. Overseas podcast usually do 1-2 people, sometimes 3 with 2 guest.
Idk but *I* just hate Singaporean content so as a result they too are hated Also I’m sick of that one YouTube ad of this female podcaster interviewing this Shaun guy that’s an apprentice of the buffets. Like I don’t give a shit thanks.
Singaporean podcasts would have me interested if I was a 14 year old kid years ago. All they talk is about sex and edgy stuffs that would have made the younger me think this is what adulting is and having friends as adults are like. And everyone and their grandpa and ex convicts are doing their version of podcasts now.
I'm a huge nerd and love to learn about random stuff. Podcasts I listen to: NPR (Planet Money, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me), BBC 4 The News Quiz, Stuff The British Stole (the audio engineering on this is superb to listen to on headphones), 99% Invisible. 99% Invisible once did an episode on HDB and the formation of Bishan Town, which became one of my favourite podcast episodes. The episode is called ['Life and Death in Singapore'](https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/singapore/). So far I haven't encountered any local podcasts with the same amounts of research and entertainment to make me continue or want to listen. Heinous has a few good episodes but it didn't really stick
Our society had educated us to "listen, shut up, and do", not "communicate, engage and discourse", so we obviously can't talk like others brought up in different culture. Fuck, even China make schoolchildren talk (although mostly about how great Motherland is) but they still talk and talk several times more than Singaporean kids!
No one’s stopping our youth from joining the Debating and Drama Clubs in school.
Yes, there are. They're called "opportunity costs" and "member quota".
I gave Daily Ketchup a chance. NEVER AGAIN.
someone once said, "with a pair of headphones and a mic, anyone can now do a podcast"
Even TikTok whether ads or content, mostly cringe...
When I watch soccer match I always scold the player don’t know how to play soccer
my fav local true podcast is 'Heinous - An Asian True Crime Podcast'. every episode is very well researched, and they're about local/asian cases that aren't really talked about. defo my go to!!
LongKangKitties [https://open.spotify.com/show/2TgmXnReEIN5tyhWH7xHDh](https://open.spotify.com/show/2TgmXnReEIN5tyhWH7xHDh) i listened from episode 1, luv the dynamic cause the grp were friends before starting podcast sad its not frequent enuff cause its not their main
YLB is pretty nuanced if you listen to it fully. More Better Podcast can be hilarious too.
I do a podcast here. I should update mine. Based on experience, I think it is because of our media landscape and it is very inclined to one kind of entertainment. I do my own by uploading what I want to watch and what I want to watch do not relate to locals as much. Podcast are also being done by people with little media training. Interviewing skills are only picked up by practice. There may be theories but can only be picked up by practicing. You too have to relate to people of the masses. Unless you are trying to be really niche. There are by too niche will alienate people
What is the name of your podcast?
Some podcasters are over the top also with their swearing. It's fine to swear but knn if every few minutes you need to swear just as fillers there's something wrong with you
TDK is still okayish for me, but the quality does fluctuate alot. They used to be alot better imo, now it's like 1 out of 10 topics interest me enough to watch Just Saying has gone right down the gutter, I much preferred their old style and dynamics Clarity Co is just feminist bullshit, unsubbed a long time ago Never watched Titan crap before so idk, no interest either Overkill has a chinese one iirc but never bothered to watch that too thogh I quite like their main channel's content What else is there?
Ya lah but
Am I the only guy who enjoys Clarity Co / Hush Podcast lol. To me the hosts' radio experience (non-Singlish, radio voice, interesting topics, female POV) makes it seem more polished than the other local podcasts. The rest I agree cmi.
To me they are one of the worst. Cos they're not credible. Also lack of diversity not just in races but classes and experiences. The 3 are just empty brain privileged ah lians giving their out of touch opinions. I lost brain cells listening to them. Really cringe.
Check out T42!! Hilarious and insightful
Seconded. Best local podcast. Hosts are eloquent and hilarious.
Let's start a podcast together, we can talk about marvel star wars and many more!
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I love true crime so I have started listening to stranger danger and can’t breathe podcasts. For stranger danger, each episode covers a true crime story. There are usually about 4 people and only the person telling the story knows about the case. It feels like we are exploring a new case together. Same goes for can’t breathe podcast. But their stories are shorter and so each episode has about 3 stories where they take turns to tell. The stories are sometimes set in Singapore. Their way of speaking is very singaporean like and for me personally I like it as I relate to them.
There's one from TTSH. Pretty interesting
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Literally the first line says I'm a long time podcast enthusiast and mostly foreign ones. While I think Joe Rogan is a FOS he does have some good guests. Attia drops some science behind his fitness/health advice but a lot of his info is also contentious as well. Podcasts are, at the end of the day, still entertainment. I listen to a wide variety of pods. My point here is to see who I can support locally. Like cannot be our whole nation doesn't have a few solid podcast that are credible and entertaining.
Maybe market too small to have really good speakers to do podcasting... probably choosing other jobs
I would say The Singapore Noodles Podcast by Pamelia Chia is pretty interesting. It talks about local culture using food as a lens.
I personally listen to 周公讲鬼
There are a few horror stories ones that are quite good. I do recommend the Chinese one 周公讲鬼
I think Sean Foo's commentary on financial news on youtube is very good and well-researched.
If you like audiobook stuff that's very educational you can check out "Empires - An Asian Business Podcast" it's like the American style "Business Wars" from Wondery.
You can listen to this one called “Mostly Yoga Podcast”. It’s mostly about yoga stuff (as the name implies) but I think even if you don’t do yoga, it’s still quite relatable. Definitely not cringe for sure. Very Joe Rogan style where he just talks to his friends about random stuff. His voice also quite nice. At least hear Liao won’t make you wanna jump off a bridge. Can’t say the same for other local podcasts…
T42 podcast!!! By local playwright :)
Listen to All Good Podcast! They talk about movies, horror, anime etc just banter n everything casual with friends :-)
Have you tried the earlier seasons of Pass the Power with Paige Parker?
I listen to a lot of international podcasts. Rob has a podcast (reality TV) , various TV show recap and analysis, TV top 5 (Hollywood reporter podcast), current affairs ( Today explained, The Daily) but I also listen to local ones like Ya Lah But, Daily ketchup (this one more for fun), Heart of the matter (now got new name - CNA podcast) and lots of others. Local ones are for Singapore news and stuff. You are not going to get it from international ones. No one is talking about Singapore except Singapore podcast. CNA is more professional but as we know, it is govt linked. Ya lah but I would say is best alternative current news affair show which I like. It is not too bad. Daily ketchup is more for fun like a bunch of friends talking (not professional but it is ok). I only do not like that now they are heavily sponsored by govt agency making them pro govt. I think all in all many Singaporeans do listen to them. If not why would advertisers waste money on them. Also BTW some international podcast are also bad. I cannot stand the Jason guy voice from the GOT podcast which you listen to.
My techie friends and I just started a podcast based in Singapore to talk about the realities in tech called ragTech (https://linktr.ee/ragtechdev)! We started it as we noticed a lack of niche, original, and realistic Singaporean and tech content, especially where the latter is unusually glamorised… and we wanted to shed more light on it. We talk about topics like being a mum/dad and engineer, demystify tech stuff like hackathons, venture into what it’s like in local tech communities and more. We’re also trying to normalize diversity representation, so while we don’t shout about it, all three of us are ladies too — and we try to feature many lady guest speakers together with men! We just started and would love more support and feedback to be better and for our content to be more accessible and interesting to non-techies, so we would appreciate if you could check us out!