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Why Singapore’s Famous Daredevil Monk Went to Jail
Why Singapore’s Famous Daredevil Monk Went to Jail
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Hosted by the dynamic duo behind Ministry of Funny and Yah Lah But... - Haresh Tilani & Terence Chia - "Tell You First" is an edutainment podcast that aims to dive into a fascinating array of topics you never knew you needed to know.
And the fun doesn't stop there—sometimes, we bring in special guests to join the laughter! Tune in for a one-of-a-kind blend of comedy and knowledge, and uncover a world of captivating insights that will leave you both enlightened and entertained.
Produced by Ministry of Funny, and brought to you by Mediacorp
The views and opinions shared during this podcast series are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. or its group of companies.
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- The Great Singapore Workout: From Cringe Campaign to a Guinness World Record · 31 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 19Before TikTok dances and viral fitness challenges, Singapore was Making Workouts Great Again. The Great Singapore Workout campaign encouraged everyone to don bright yellow…
- How The Noose Got Away with 10 Years of Mocking Singapore · 44 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 18The Noose was Singapore’s first and only parody show that poked fun at public office holders, accents, condo names and even why noodle stalls only serve five fishballs. But not…
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- The Nicoll Highway Collapse: How Four Deaths Rewrote Singapore's Construction Rules · 31 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 15On 20 April 2004, 100 metres of Nicoll Highway suddenly collapsed into a 30-metre-deep hole, killing four people and injuring three. The disaster exposed serious failures in the…
- The Coffee Shop That’s Hiding Singapore’s Biggest Sex Forum · 34 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 14Sam's Alfresco Coffee Shop sounds like somewhere you'd order a flat white. But it's actually the innocent-looking front door to the Sammyboy forum, sharing commercial sex…
- The Beyoncé Concert Malaysia Didn't Want You to See · 56 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 13In the 2000s, Malaysia became known for a very different kind of concert run. The Pussycat Dolls' outfits led to a fine against their organisers, Gwen Stefani changed costumes…
- How a 28-Year-Old In Singapore Killed Britain’s Oldest Merchant Bank · 52 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 12Barings Bank was founded in 1762 and was Britain's oldest merchant bank, trusted even by Queen Elizabeth herself. But in 1995, a 28-year-old trader in Singapore brought the whole…
- That Time Indonesia Bombed Singapore, And How Lee Kuan Yew Brought Peace Back · 39 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 11On 10 March 1965, two Indonesian Marine Commandos walked into MacDonald House and planted a bomb that killed three people and injured 33 others. But MacDonald House wasn't even…
- The OG Singapore Idol Finally Reveals Why Singapore Idol Ended (w Dick Lee) · 58 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 10Singapore Idol premiered in 2004 to a reported 1.2 million viewers, skyrocketing a local talent show into a national obsession. Dick Lee, sidelined into a desk job, found the…
- Why Nobody Knows The USB ThumbDrive Was Invented in Singapore · 35 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 9Today, the USB thumbdrive is one of those bits of tech we use without a second thought. But before 2000, the best way to store digital files was a floppy disk holding 1.44 MB…
- Should Only Singaporeans Write National Day Songs? (w Ben Kheng) · 1 sa 3 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 8Singer-songwriter Benjamin Kheng knows exactly how hard it is to write a song for an entire country, he did it himself with 2024's Not Alone. But long before him, the identities…
- The Singaporean Artist Who Had to Sue to Prove She Was Original · 32 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 7A Luxembourg art student copied Singaporean fashion photographer Zhang Jingna's photograph by flipping it, changing the colours, adding earrings and a sword, before calling it…
- The Nude Sports Games That Shocked Malaysia and Singapore · 40 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 6In 2014, fifteen people, mostly Malaysian and Singaporean, spent a day painting body art on each other, running relay races, and doing kettlebell exercises by a campfire, all…
- Was Modern Singapore Built on Drug Money? · 37 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 5For 120 years, the British colonial government was Singapore's largest licensed drug dealer. Opium was processed on a hill in Pasir Panjang, that is known today as Opium Hill. By…
- The NParks Brompton Scandal: Why Singapore Lost Its Mind Over 26 Bicycles · 39 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 4Twenty-six Brompton bicycles, a $57,200 government purchase, and a tender that drew just one bid. Sounds suspicious? HardwareZone users thought so. By tracing Facebook friend…
- The Surprising Story of Annabel Chong: The Girl Who Rejected The Singapore Dream · 35 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 3Her name was a punchline in Singapore. A warning to others. She went from Singapore’s gifted education fast track to global infamy as a record-breaking porn star. But behind the…
- Why the Strait of Malacca Keeps China Awake at Night · 29 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 2In 2003, Chinese President Hu Jintao coined a phrase that still shapes Beijing's strategic thinking: the Malacca Dilemma. Most of China's imported oil passes through the Strait…
- Sarong Party Girls: “Ang Moh Better?” A History of the Stereotype · 50 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 1From British colonial parties to bestselling books and internet scandals, few Singaporean stereotypes have had the staying power of the "Sarong Party Girl". Originally used to…
- The Year Singapore Football Became A Joke · 55 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 40In 1992, Singapore was relegated to Division 2 of the Malaysian football, and publicly humiliated. The Kallang Roar was fading as fans stopped showing up, and the once-dominant…
- How Bugis Street Became One of Singapore’s Biggest Tourist Attractions · 31 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 39You might know Bugis Street today as a tourist hotspot selling anything and everything, from souvenirs to clothes and jewelry. But before all that, Bugis Street was known for its…
- Hawker Culture: From Illegal to UNESCO Recognition · 1 sa 1 dk · Sezon 1 Bölüm 38Singapore’s food story did not begin in air-conditioned malls. It began beside open drains, on pushcarts, and in smoky back alleys where migrant workers needed cheap meals fast…
- Samsui Women: The Original Girlbosses Who Built Singapore · 55 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 37They carried bricks, cleared rubble and helped build modern Singapore, yet most people barely know anything about them. Samsui women arrived on our shores as poor immigrants and…
- How Singapore Turned the Sea into Prime Real Estate · 37 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 36Singapore’s land reclamation story is not a smooth tale of engineering triumph. It began with failed seawalls, ten year delays and costs that multiplied sixfold, before evolving…
- When the British Blew Up One of Singapore's Oldest Relics · 28 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 35At the mouth of the Singapore River once stood a massive inscribed stone that may have been the oldest written record ever found here. No one could decipher its inscriptions, but…
- The Golden Age of YouTube in Singapore and Why It Disappeared · 47 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 34There was a moment when YouTube felt like the most exciting place in Singapore. YouTube channels creating slapstick listicles became media conglomerates overnight, cross-genre…
- That Time When A Singapore Airlines Plane Was Hijacked · 37 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 33On a quiet Tuesday night in 1991, the routine Singapore Airlines shuttle flight SQ117 from Kuala Lumpur to Changi Airport turned into a nine-hour hostage nightmare. As hijackers…
- How Orchard Towers Earned Its Shady Reputation · 33 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 32Orchard Towers opened in the 1970s with food competitions judged by Lee Kuan Yew’s mother and dreams of clean modern retail. Over time, bars, massage parlours, and underground…
- When Phua Chu Kang Got Scolded By The Prime Minister · 57 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 31Yellow boots, a giant mole, and broken English. Phua Chu Kang has cemented his place as a household name across Singapore, JB, and some say Batam. But the story behind how the…
- How Singapore was Once the Pirate Capital of the World · 31 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 30In the 1980s, Singapore was openly labelled the world’s leading producer of pirated tapes, exporting millions of counterfeit cassettes across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East…
- Why Is Singapore So Serious About Bomb Shelters? · 27 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 29That reinforced room within your HDB flat is not just for luggage and old fans. It’s a blast resistant capsule meant to keep you alive through bomb shocks, debris and even…
- Why This $150 Million Kampong is Still Standing · 36 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 28Surrounded by modern estates and valued at over a hundred million dollars on paper, residents here still pay rent in the tens of dollars and leave their doors open to neighbours…
- How A Riot Changed Singapore’s Nightlife FOREVER · 31 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 27Singapore has never banned alcohol outright, but after the Little India riot it built a maze of rules that changed Singapore’s drinking culture and stopped people from buying rum…
- When Gangs Ruled Chinatown · 32 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 26Long before Chinatown became known for its historic temples and colourful shophouses, its streets were controlled by secret societies fighting over turf, vice money, and…
- Steven Lim and the Fatal Fight · 50 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 25What began as a celebrity Muay Thai match featuring Steven Lim spiralled into one of Singapore’s darkest sporting moments when bodybuilder Pradip Subramanian collapsed after…
- Katong’s Lost Palace: Sex Scandals, Circus Elephants, and Magicians · 31 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 24Before Katong had cafes and condos, it had a cattle baron who built a seaside palace complete with a tower, fountains and a private football field. Step inside the strangest…
- How Singapore Lost an Island in a “Crabby” Deal · 31 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 23Few know that Christmas Island was once run from Singapore, complete with Singaporean schools, homes, and food. But in 1958, a $20 million deal was struck with Australia to…
- The Merlion: The Myth That Became Legend · 33 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 22Did you know Singapore’s most famous creature wasn’t born from myth, but a government-led marketing effort? Over the years, it’s been loved, mocked, and endlessly reimagined, but…
- Chope-d With Tissues: Singapore’s Most Polite Power Move · 54 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 21A packet of tissues on a table means one thing in Singapore: it’s reserved. But how did this strange system of trust and order evolve in a city obsessed with efficiency? We…
- Singapore’s Famous Dragon Playground Has A Secret · 30 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 20In a quiet corner of Toa Payoh lies a dragon that has seen presidents, queens and generations of children. Once a symbol of modern design and national pride, it now guards…
- Singapore’s War on Sex, Drugs, and Rock ’n’ Roll · 29 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 19From banning Playboy and pinball to cutting the hair of foreign pop stars, Singapore once waged a full-blown crusade on what it called “yellow culture.” This episode dives into…
- One Man, One Wife, Banning Polygamy in Singapore · 33 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 18Legally recognised under British colonial rule, polygamy was rife in the early days of Singapore. Many men chose not to register their marriages, using this loophole to avoid…
- The NKF Scandal: Peanuts, Gold Taps, and a $600,000 Salary · 38 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 17It started in April 2004 with a newspaper article about a bathroom tap. By the time it ended, the National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) CEO was in jail, its board resigned, and the…
- From Power Plant to Party Central: The Story of St James Power Station · 33 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 16Originally Singapore’s first coal-fired power station, St James has been many things, a warehouse, a nightclub, and now Dyson’s global headquarters. We follow its 100-year…
- The Street Where People Went To Die · 29 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 15For a few dollars, you could rent a bed beside coffins and wait for death. This was life on Sago Lane, once known as the “street of the dead.” In this episode, we trace the dark…
- The Dark Story Behind the Tiger Balm Brothers and Haw Par Villa · 28 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 14Many know Haw Par Villa for its surreal statues portraying themes from Chinese folklore, or maybe even its water splash ride taking visitors through the 10 Courts of Hell. But…
- Why Can’t We Stop Seeing Ghosts In Singapore? · 31 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 13Singapore has more than a hundred mapped haunted sites, a best-selling ghost book series, and a ghost festival that turns entire streets into altars. But our spirits are more…
