the barryanakbarim podcast

Hello, friends! Meet Jon Kennedy, the Sarawakian boy with a dream of becoming a singer known nationally and with a bigger dream to be known globally. With Boy Pablo as his compass and the bedroom pop as his map, he is currently one of Kuching's best pop artist to the musical world out there. Join us as we dive deep into the artistic world of Jon Kennedy; the what's, the why's, the how&...

Hello, friends! Welcome to episode 60! Episode 60 brings you Harun Din, aka The Primordial, the founder of a prominent production house in the Cat City, Spektrum Cahaya. Before we dive into Spektrum Cahaya, we begin by delving into how he started taking pictures and videos in documenting gigs and underground Kuching music scene in mid-2010's as the birth of RukunTV, and how he took jobs to sus...

From mimicking his late uncle to emceeing weddings, corporate events, and church gigs, Timothy Marimuthu found his voice, fumbled forward, and never looked back. We talk about his first awkward gig in college, his 15-year journey with Empowered Ministry, and what it really means to own the mic . Whether or not he’ll take it full-time? That’s still unfolding. But as he says: “Just do it.” Available...

Hello, friends! Welcome to the 58th episode of the barryanakbarim podcast. In this episode, we’re joined by Priscilla John - an esteemed newsreader and a household name in Sarawak. Known as the poster girl for the state channel, Priscilla’s journey began with uncertainty and challenges. But today, she stands as a trailblazer, paving the way for future generations of the Dayak community to see broa...

Hello, friends! This is the first episode for the year 2025!In this special episode, I sit down with Cikgu Ahmad Fayzal / "Cikgu Emmet Menulis", a passionate educator and storyteller, to reflect on his remarkable teaching journey that began in the early '90s when he was posted to SK Lichok, deep in the heart of Sarawak. As a Malay from West Malaysia, Cikgu Emmet shares what it was li...

Hello, friends! Finally the podcast is back after a three-month hiatus. It feels good to be behind the microphone and to talk and share my thoughts to all of you, listeners of the BAB pod. Meet a once-a-stranger now a brother, Ryan O Niel, or better known as Ryan Samsara. Sarawak's favourite content creator in giving us smiles and laughters, and sometimes on his sad and melancholic, hopeless roman...

Hello, friends! Happy September! The 55th episode brings you a young lady who was once embarking her journey to the unknown post-STPM as a bartender, unbeknownst that the sort of life leads her to tuak-making with flavours that aren't usually heard (no roselle or ginger in her line of menus). Meet Sylvia, who runs Ngirupp after she joined a pop-up booth for an event in 2022 and now cemented he...

Hello, friends! A good day to you and hello, August! Four more months to close the chapter of 2024. Excited? Not sure on my end.... Anyway... Meet Bryler. A schoolmate of mine in high school, known for his prankster acts and infamously known in school assemblies (Miss Kho is watching), who is know active in the entertainment industry in Sarawak and currently opening the trails to emo-themed bands...

Hello, friends! August is upon us. How was the first quarter of the year for you? :) Anyway, meet Nordin Razali. a 60-years old with thirty-five years of flying experience under his belt as a cabin crew. Started young in his early twenties with Malaysia Airlines, he then joined FlyAsianXpress and then AirAsia with stories of turbulence of career journey. Today, he has extended his one-year contrac...

Hello, friends! It's episode 52 and it's not for the faint-hearted (haha me included). I have my friends, Churchill and Hakim in sharing our stories about encounters with the spirit world and a little bit of our take on "One by One Gentleman", the bystander effect, and "theory vs practical". This episode doesn't run dry on the funsies, trust me. ;) Buy Me a Coffee h...

Hello, friends! It is still not too late to wish everyone Selamat Hari Gawai / Siramat Onu Gawea! Meet Valerie, a versatile singer with bubbly personality backed with life experiences as a trailblazer in building her character that she carries today. Join us as we talk about her singing experience, the ups and downs as a young Valerie and what inspires her to be the best than ever. Follow Valerie...

Hello, friends! This is the 50th episode and it wasn’t an accolade that I could imagine when I started the first episode back in November 2021, but here we are! Guests and names that I didn’t get to mention on the video, I thank ALL of you for the journey, too.  Thank you to all the questions posted. More could be said but my brain was too slow in processing. Also, my eyes were glued to the screen...

Hello, friends! Let me introduce you to Alireza, or Ali, a friend of mine whom I’ve known for years thanks to his early days of making shisha around top bars in Kuching a decade ago; mainly along the stretch of Jalan Song Thian Chiok and that was how I met Ali as a frequent buyer of his shisha.

Fast forward to recent years, he was promoted as the manager of the old Monkeebar and now manages Bear...

Hello, friends! It's the forty-eight episode of the podcast. Think of a friend or a family member in mind that sells insurance. Got them pictured? Okay, now think of some of the questions about their job that you might want to know. Got them, too? Okay, great because some of the questions in your head I will ask them to Joey Hiu, an insurance agent with an experience of almost on her fifth year an...

Hello, friends! Welcome to the forty-seventh episode of the podcast! Today's episode features the recent champion of Bintang RTM 2024, our homegrown singer hailed from Kampung Bratan. A lady with character and with soulful voice thanks to her influencers - Dayang Nurfaizah & Alicia Keys, making R&B as her trademark & genre. Grab your beer and hang out with us as we talked about our experience with...

Hello, friends! Another day, another new episode of the BAB pod!

Meet Debbie, a lady with a passion in beading and making it as her passion project. She has soared her passion by joining multiple craft festivals and having recurring VIP’s as her loyal customers. 

A proud Iban living abroad away from home, she and other Sarawakians have worked their way to promote the Dayak culture in Perth and h...

Hello, friends! Selamat Hari Raya to all of you who are celebrating! For this episode, I am bringing you an uncle who is a family man, a former marine engineer and former car salesman for Mitsubishi, and now helping out with papa's law firm and currently pursuing his degree in Law. Meet Calvin Dior, an interesting guy with many takes and opinions about life and things in general. Fun fact, he...

Hello, friends! How you doing? :) I had the privilege to be invited as a guest for REDfm RTM English Sarawak's show called #34je, RTM's radio segment in celebrating stories of Sarawakians. Nad Kamal, the announcer and producer has invited me to share on my thoughts regarding podcasting, the scene in Sarawak, and a brief sharing on the mental health issues in Sarawak and how the barryanakba...

Greetings, friends! Episode 44 here. Some would say the number 4 as "bad luck", some would see it as "good luck", or if you're like me a neutral you'll be like "meh", then here's an invisible high-5 from me to you. Anyway, this episode brings a conversation from an emcee to another, a host to another, and a podcaster to another. Meet Joachim, a friend and...

What is up (and hopefully not down), friends?!! Hopefully all is well on your side! Episode 43 features myself with two of my closest buddies in the whole world. Anne whom I've known since 7 and Hakim whom I've been friends with since 16, have decided to take the down memory lane and revisit some of our childhood and teen memories, some are core enough as reminders that our lives were once...

Hello, friends! March is approaching and how fast 2024 flies, right? But the BAB pod doesn't slam on the brake pedal! Here's an episode 42, where I have invited Sarawak's own fashion designer and who has been in the scene for almost a decade, Neng Kho Razali. Using her name as her brand (coughs as barryanakbarim is also a brand :p), "Neng Kho Razali" has appeared in Sarawak&#...

I am inviting you to listen to a young man's story who once dreamed of living life as an entertainer & in following the footsteps of his idol, Pak Nil. Meet Steward Dawi, an individual with years of broadcasting experience under his belt & using it to educate and inform the people of Sarawak through his flair and his unique characteristics. As one of the few TVS crews who trailblazed a...

Happy New Year, friends! May 2024 bring you success and all the niceties your heart desires to have, because that is my wish for this year, too! :) Meet Larissa Ping, a Sarawakian sweetheart who has won Miss Malaysia in 2018 and represented the country while competing in China. For this episode and in this channel however, we have touched less on the pageantry and more on who she is as a person, t...

Hello, friends! For the second part of the podcast, we are going to play Icebreaker, a card game. How it works? We will choose each card with six categories and we will answer questions from the card. Enjoy! Follow Barry on Instagram and TikTok @barryanakbarim - “Purpose of Life” - “Why should you go to church?” - Thanks, Madam Grace! - Girls named Grace are all patient. - We owe a lot to our Engl...

Hello friends! Episode 39 is here. I was supposedly on a creative break but these beautiful ladies were in Cat City and while they're here, I invited them for a recording and they gladly said yes so... Join me as I have invited two beautiful ladies from Lawas to talk about their lives as content creators and a 4-wheel-drive enthusiasts, Grace Padan and Jasmine Saran. Grab your bobba tea and ha...