ComebaCK: What’s Your Story?

Alicia Moran is a creative freelancer in Ho Chi Minh Vietnam, from Oregon, experienced in advertising and marketing, and joins me to discuss a wide range of creative projects, including her creative event series at Soma in Thao Dien, showcasing comedy, spoken poetry, and much more. We discuss the importance of combining creativity with her academic background, sorting out her creative process, and...

Selena Luong is a Group X instructor, including Dance Fitness and Sexy Dance, and an aspiring sex and relationships coach, from Vietnam. We discuss her background, evolving towards her work, changing perceptions and attitudes towards sex in Vietnam, pornography, and her work both as a Group X instructor, and as an aspiring sex and relationships coach. If you enjoyed, you can find out more about Co...

Chelsey M Cashwell is an American expat living in Saigon, Vietnam, heavily involved in martial arts, mindfulness, comedy and self improvement, who joins me for the longest episode of ComebaCK to date. This conversation is so wide ranging and insightful, it’s difficult to pinpoint into a bio as we go into numerous avenues. These include her martial arts evolution and spiritual journey, dealing with...

Myself and Nick Cabrejos once again hop onto the pod to dive into the rabbit hole, this time with author, ‘Toe’ from Canada, to discuss his spiritual journey. We introduce the podcast with the story of Toe’s brother’s work, where within a week, three of his dying patients tried to give him a message before death. Throughout the rabbit hole, we discuss how spirituality can’t always translate into l...

Stephan Guyen is a French jazz musician, part of ‘Romain Vuilleman Quartet’, and joins the podcast to discuss his career in music, especially jazz music, and experiences in both of the Paris and Saigon music scenes. We dive into the quartet’s development into one of the biggest stages possible for their genre and the fascinating intertwining of both rock and jazz music. As the conversation develop...

Vesselina Naidenova is the founder of ‘English Vess’, previously in academia, and heavily immersed in education, teaching people English as a foreign language, both with her clients and larger language speaking group sessions, online/offline, with over 25,000 learners around the world. She joins the podcast to discuss her background in native Bulgaria to developing such levels of education and tea...

Katerina Tokareva is a Russian expat who spent 2014-2021 in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, immersed within the bar scene in the famous local tourist and nightlife strip, Bui Vien. On an expat and entrepreneurship themed podcast, Katerina joins me to discuss her main challenges in F&B, developing her career, her experiences in Vietnam specifically, the importance of building connections with locals when set...

Carey from ‘Carey OK!’ and ‘The Tom Cruisader’ , joins the podcast to discuss his career in musical theater, dealing with challenges and setbacks, and expat experiences in Asia. The conversation begins with the fascinating and four year origin story of how Carey became ‘The TomCruisader’, into a philosophical discussion about how we can identify ourselves to be our most effective and authentic ver...

Dr Bram is Saigon’s European chiropractor, and joins me today to discuss his practice, spiritual relationship and journey, and taking on his work from a holistic health perspective. We discuss the logistics of his practice, knowing your audience, managing the risks and misconceptions involved with chiropractic work, and delve more into personality types, and how to acknowledge, explore and underst...

Ruben Martinez Lopez is the founder of ‘Tế Tê Beers’, part of the craft beer scene in Vietnam, heavily involved in advertising, and also a graphic designer, having previously worked in San Francisco, having moved from his native Spain for university. We discuss his background, from an aspiring video game creator, to working on numerous advertising campaigns and 3D design, to ultimately traveling a...

Petey Majik Nguyen is a magician, actor, stand up comedian, entertainer, and host at ‘PartyNeverStops’. He’s had an extensive career in entertainment, featured in Vietnamese movies and media, and has lived in Saigon 11 years. He goes into depth on his background in his magic career, developing it professionally for corporate gigs in Vietnam and regularly performing, moving into acting in large fil...

Mariano D G is a varied and skilled artist from New York, currently operating in Saigon, Vietnam, and joins me today to discuss the range of work in his portfolio, including harnessing inspiration for his creativity by driving around the vibrant Go Vap District, developing illustration, portrait and animation alike. We also discuss the vibrancy of creative and artistic scenes in Vietnam, both Saig...

Jamie Le Dee is a South African international school teacher and expat, having lived extensively in Asia, both South Korea, Vietnam in Da Nang, Hanoi and Ha Long. We discuss her background in South Africa, pros and cons, moving to Asia, her teaching philosophy which is centered around love, and the introspective process that you can go through in living abroad. Thank you very much, Jamie-Lee! If y...

Dia Benke joins the show to discuss her Hungarian background and experiences in both traveling and teaching, both abroad in Vietnam, and also in Turkey and Portugal. We delve into her background of teaching, favorite aspects of the profession, and cultivating a warm classroom culture. We discuss expat life, the importance of immersing yourself in an international background, the importance of conn...

Zeyad Sayed is the founder of ‘Matcha Designs’ here in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, and a recurring guest. He joins the show to discuss the inspiration behind design, the projects that have taken place so far, and life in Vietnam. In a thoroughly enjoyable conversation, we discuss the importance of saying no, working with friends or partners, the intrinsic motivation behind creative pursuits, and the dos...

Darran Wallace is a special recurring guest on ComebaCK, founder of ‘Northern Lights Events Services’, and host of ‘The MiND Podcast’, where I was blessed with my debut podcast opportunity in December 2020. We discuss a busy schedule in 2021 that Darran navigated with both his start up business in events services and his wedding, seeking solace in sport and music pursuits, managing a balance, maki...

In today’s interview, I’m joined by the Vietnamese pop punk outfit, Taiyoken. The boys chat to me about their career so far, expanding the pop punk genre here in Vietnam, themes of their songwriting, being influenced by artists such as blink-182, Simple Plan and Linkin Park, and upcoming 2022 tour plans. You can access their music at Taiyoken: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4waIbFW4Off03pdz6FvlbJ...

In a special edition of ComebaCK, and the one year anniversary, I answer some of the most commonly asked questions about a year of podcasting on ComebaCK, including favorite themes, favorite topics, key lessons, and more. You can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

NACHE CHAN is a recurring guest, part of ‘SHADYLANES’, on Episode 100, and joins me today to discuss upcoming plans for the band in Thailand, his solo releases coming throughout 2022, releasing remixes for Thai and Vietnamese artists such as ‘Getsunova’, and the introspective yet fun balance of releasing music. We also discuss slightly further the themes behind the raw and powerful SHADYLANES vide...

Sadie Young is an artist and educator from California who has been exploring the various modalities of meditation and emotional healing since 2016. She has created a signature method of art to overcome stress, depression and artistic blocks - meditative art. We discuss how meditative art helps stay grounded and present without the pressures of performing, experiencing peace and mindfulness through...

Gareth Craze, previously on Episode 25 of ComebaCK, joins me for Round Two. Gareth is an executive performance coach and life coach, as well as a coaching psychologist, and also teaches leadership to MBA students at Western Sydney University, in addition to teaching management and organizational behaviour at the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City. “There is no such thing as professional succ...

Discretion: This podcast discusses a lot of domestic abuse and violence. Some listeners might find the content upsetting. Maude Berardelli is a recurring guest, having previously appeared on ComebaCK in July, and has been based in Saigon, Vietnam for four years in the F&B scene. Today, in a different themed episode, we discuss challenges specifically women face in the F&B scene, and also society,...

Discretion: The themes discussed in this podcast, some might find distressing. Ed Mashek is initially from America, currently living as an expat in Saigon, Vietnam since 2015, and joins me to discuss his stories background and journey, and how he is making his comeback. We discuss his upbringing in foster care, experiences of torture, rape and child abuse - dealing with intense bullying, and menta...

Clive Pendock, previously on ComebaCK, returns on the first episode of 2022 to discuss his career, his ongoing Vietnam music tour in December 2021 to now, touring Hanoi, Nha Trang, Da Nang, Saigon and Phu Quoc, his musical influences, upcoming album and sponsorship, drunken tour stories, his recent engagement, and dream stag do guests from the music world. If you enjoyed, you can find out more abo...

Coastal Connection join me back for the second edition of ‘Cold Ones With Conor’, following their debut in April. We discuss their career on TV in Rock Vietnam, their evolution, and then move into slightly different territory. These topics include British slang, bringing celebrities to Saigon, which musicians you’d bring on a stag do, dead or alive, the worst names possible, and more. Until Round...