Lords of Lobang

In this episode, we were invited to sit down with Joncat, a.k.a Sober Shaun, to discuss The Finders, a super-secretive group, now exposed to be a CIA operation, has been cast into the limelight again after 25 years with the recent release of declassified information by the FBI. This FBI drop includes some extremely peculiar bits of information not related to the Finders, how it connects with past...

In this week's episode, we discuss New Creation recent purchase of Star Vista for a whooping 296 million dollars. While the mega church previously owned only The Star Performing Arts Centre (PAC) - a concert venue in the mall that the church also uses for its services - it will now own the entire building. The most important question that we should be asking is: should religious organisations be a...

In this week's episode, we discuss the House of Seafood controversy where the restaurant came under fire for allowing costumers to use a claw machine to 'catch' their own crabs. House of Seafood has received tons of criticisms online for animal cruelty and the SPCA has lodged an official complain against them. The establishment response by removing the claw machine and gave a public apology to the...

In this week's episode, we discuss about female predators especially those that roam the hallways of high schools. An explicit video of a nude woman on a bed has been loaded on to a well-known, free pornographic website citing the name of Fiona Viotti, 30, the Bishops Diocesan College water polo coach who resigned last week amid allegations of a sexual affair with a matric pupil. Should teach...

Pop the champagne, plug in your earphones as we celebrate our 100th episode with a trip down the dark side of humanity. In this episode, we talk about the recent how love, jealousy and hatred can lead someone down the path of criminality.  We promise a lighter topic next week onwards.  Circuit Road murder trial: http://bit.ly/2lUhy5D https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/maid-po...

In this week's episode, we discuss the online outrage at Dave Chappelle's latest standup special Sticks and Stones. Should we moderate what comedians say on stage? Or should comedy be a way to shine a light on taboo subjects that is not discussed in the public sphere? Maybe that is what is so complicated about humor, we don't get to decide what is funny to us, we just laugh when it is. Standup com...

In this midweek episode, we talk about the raging forest fires in the Amazon and discuss the repercussions on Mother Earth. Is the climate changing at a rate that humans will become extinct in the near future? Or is there is a political agenda behind these global alarmist? We also discuss Kong Hee's, Senior Pastor of City Harvest Church, who was just released from prison for misappropriating more...

In this week's episode, we talk about Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender and well connected financier who died in prison while awaiting his charges. Epstein was charged on July 8 with sex trafficking and conspiracy. Prosecutors alleged that Epstein molested girls as young as 14 in a sex trafficking operation that ran from at least 2002 to 2005. Epstein pleaded not guilty. He died by suicide...

In this week's episode, our friends Jaryl and Paula joined us as we talk about the local date renting site, Maybe. On Maybe, you can search for  different profiles of both men and women and if any of them you fancy, you get to book a date with them. A pretty interesting concept given how Tinder has since become a billion dollar company. However, the recent promotional video released by Shout...

In light of Singapore's birthday, we discuss the hot button topic of race. With recent shenanigans involving Havas media and Nets E-Pay for having a local Chinese actor darkening his skin to play an Indian character for an advertisement. Three days later, local YouTubers Preeti Nair and her brother, rapper Subhas Nair, released a rap video, K Muthusamy, creating a shit storm among Singaporeans. A...

In this week's episode, we talk about Lashana Lynch who will be replacing Daniel Craig as the new 007 in the James Bond franchise. We discuss the uproar online on a female black actress playing the role of a secret MI6 agent in a frictional story. Do we need another Hollywood reboot especially after the disaster of Ghostbusters? While we cry a lack of opportunities for minorities on screen, maybe...

In our Sunday special episode, we tackle the issue of women's pay in the world of football or soccer (if any of you Americans are listening). The US team has retained the Women's World Cup, and they have received a team bonus of $4 million dollars. The Men's Team, if they have won the World Cup in 2018, would have a bonus payout of $38 million dollars. However, the 2018 Men's World Cup brought a g...

In this week's episode, we discuss the senseless violence that took place at Orchard Towers on the morning of 3rd July. Should bars and clubs enforce strict rules to thoroughly search patrons for weapons? Should bars and clubs in Orchard Towers have their license to operate till 6am suspended? In the latest update, as of 12th July, 3 men in the group of 7 has murder charges dropped against them.&n...

In this week's episode, we discuss the recent news about a teacher's sexual relationship with one of her underage students. Has the student's perspective on love and life been warped forever or has he instead gotten a 5 year head start beyond his peers? Is it true love or is the teacher a predator?  Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Uni0Jy iTunes: https://apple.co/2UTH731

In this week's episode, our friend Kew Lin joins us on our podcast where we deep dive into the audio and transcript of entertainment lawyer Samuel Seow where he allegedly hits his niece before going on a tirade against his fellow co-workers. For our non-Singaporean listeners, rest assured that we have translated the mandarin bits into bite-size understandable English for you. Reference link: https...

In this week's episode, we discuss the LKY's grandson lighting up the online sphere with his recent marriage to his boyfriend in Cape Town, South Africa. With Taiwan legalising gay marriage and India decriminalising homosexuality, is the time coming for Singapore to take a hard look at itself and remove Penal Code 377A?  We also discuss the abortion ban that is sweeping across the United Stat...

In this week's episode, we discuss the recent passing of the bill to tackle Online Falsehoods. The passing of the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation (POFMA) Bill followed a two-day debate that lasted a little more than 14 hours ending past 10pm Wednesday. Does this bill widen or narrow the powers of the government? How will this bill affect open and transparent speech in Singa...

In this week's Labour Day special, we bring you our holiday episode where we discuss the much talked about peeping tom case in NUS. A recent report has revealed that there were over 25 cases involving insult and outrage of modesty in NUS between 2015 - 2018. Should NUS pelt out harsher penalties to offenders? What are the security measures that should be implemented in dormitories to prevent furth...

In this mid week special episode, we discuss the recent Rice Media article "Is Singapore Ready For Freedom of Speech?". The article was written in response to the IMDA's ban on Watain from performing in Singapore just hours before their scheduled performance. What is hate speech? What is offensive speech? And more importantly, who gets to define these terms?   Do you think Singapore is ready...

Drunk Shaun is back with us after his shenanigans in New Zealand. In this week's episode we talk about China's iron grip on social media, where every Chinese citizen is being tracked and monitored. Is this the dystopian future that George Orwell has so accurately predicted half a century ago?  It truly appears Black Mirror isn't that far off from reality.  Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Uni0...

In this week's episode, Shaun is on a trip to meet some hobbits in middle earth and we have a special guest for you guys, Jon Wang from the LongkangKitties. We talk about how the left is controlling the media by restricting speech online, driving people on the fringe to underground channels. We dive into our deepest darkest fantasies on how to hold a counter strike like competition between various...

In this week's episode, we talk about the petition by a certain religious group in Singapore to ban the performance of Watain, a Swedish death metal band. With claims made in the petition, which was signed by 17,000 Singaporeans, on the grounds of "public order interest" and "religious and social harmony". IMDA proceed to issued a ban on Watain just hours before their scheduled performance. S...

In this week's episode, we talk about the recent conflict between India and Pakistan over contested Kashmir.  Both countries have been warring over Kashmir for many years but now both possess nuclear weapons. Just recently on February the Pakistan-based terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed attacked a paramilitary convoy in Pulwama in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.  Some expert...

In this week's episode, we discuss the Jussie Smollett case, where he is being accused of paying two brothers on staging an attack on him.   "He said they then punched him, poured a potentially chemical substance over him and put a rope around his neck - a reference to racist lynchings of African-Americans. He also claimed the men said "this is Maga country" during the assault, a reference to...

In this week's episode, we discuss the recent case of a jobless man getting into an altercation with a cook because he doesn't have money to pay for his meal. He was sentenced to 8-10 months imprisonment and also couple strokes of the cane. Does corporal punishment have its place in modern society? How good of a deterrent is it?   Other topics that we discuss are the rise to fame of Cong...