Yah Lah But
by Ministry of Funny
Latest episode
#888: Jensen Huang Admits Affair With Alleged Spy & SMRT Tests…
#888: Jensen Huang Admits Affair With Alleged Spy & SMRT Tests…
About this podcast
A thrice weekly podcast on conversations Singaporeans are having but not saying out loud – politics, culture, identity. Haresh Tilani and Terence Chia consider every side, never quite agree, and never play it safe. Honest, informed, always worth arguing about. Subscribe so you don’t miss new episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 895 episodes
- #888: Jensen Huang Admits Affair With Alleged Spy & SMRT Tests Two-Sided Escalators · 1 h 5 min · Episode 891Jensen Huang tells Nvidia staff he’s “deeply sorry” for an affair with an alleged Chinese spy. SMRT asks City Hall commuters to share escalator steps; they keep standing left…
- #887: Shanmugam Slams WP’s Fadli on Israel Questions & Open-Concept Massage Shops Face Licensing · 60 min · Episode 890Minister Shanmugam calls WP MP Fadli Fawzi’s Israel stance “absurd” and brings in race and religion into the debate. Elsewhere, police end massage licence exemptions from Dec 1…
- #886: The Pantry Boy’s Journey from 16-Year-Old Microwave Chef to TikTok Food Creator of the Year · Episode 889From microwaving food at 16, to working in a French kitchen under a Michelin-trained chef, and now getting nominated TikTok Food Creator of the Year, The Pantry Boy's Daren Teo…
- #885: S’pore Schools Hire Discipline Officers & Ex-PAP MP Amrin’s Foodpanda Costume Sparks Debate · 58 min · Episode 888At least 20 S’pore schools will hire outside discipline officers. Meanwhile, ex-PAP MP Amrin Amin dresses as a Foodpanda rider at Chip Bee Gardens Halloween party. 𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗬𝗢𝗨…
- #884: Shanmugam, Grace Fu and Gan Kim Yong Meet CEOs & NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang Defends SG Company · 1 h 1 min · Episode 887Shanmugam, Grace Fu and Gan Kim Yong summon 10 S’pore haze firms for probing. MegaSpeed’s Alice Huang and NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang implicated in Chinese spy plot. Folklory What do…
- #883: S’pore Hikes Retirement Age To 65 & Ho Ching Praises Iswaran Despite Conviction · 1 h 1 min · Episode 866S’pore lifts retirement age to 65 on 1 January 2029, a year early. Meanwhile, Ho Ching thanks ex-minister Iswaran for his LNG “foresight”, adding that we all make mistakes…
- #882: Jamus Lim Slams PM Wong’s WP Critique & Are S’poreans Leaving Recycling to Migrant Workers? · 1 h 2 min · Episode 885The PAP re-elects 14 leaders to its CEC with no new names; ministers Jeffrey Siow and Jasmin Lau miss out. Migrant workers queue at Woodlands Recreation Centre with bags of cans…
- #881: Ex-Indonesian Minister Takes On GIC and Temasek & Restaurant Defends Its "War Zone" Post · 53 min · Episode 884Ex-Indonesian minister Lutfi accuses GIC and Temasek of pressuring MSCI to downgrade Indonesia; both deny it. Upper Thomson restaurant Woodsmen calls a table a "war zone"…
- #880: Shanmugam Finally Takes a Stand on Haze & GovTech Now Cares About 45-Year-Olds · 1 h 0 min · Episode 883Shanmugam says SGX is questioning seven listed firms over Indonesia's haze fires. Meanwhile, GovTech lifts FirstDate's cap from 35 to 45, explaining the old limit kept the test…
- #879: Can Grace Fu's Haze Task Force Keep Up? & HDB Defends ‘Pathetic’ Tengah BTO Kitchen · 56 min · Episode 882NEA serves notices on seven Indonesian firms as Grace Fu says haze could last weeks. Reno Scout calls a Tengah kitchen “very tiny” and it goes viral; HDB defends itself in a…
- #878: Maxwell Stall Gets Record $7,911 Rent Bid & Diner Says Uncles Harassed Her At People's Park? · 56 min · Episode 818Maxwell Food Centre stall draws a record $7,911 monthly bid. Older men at People's Park food court allegedly drink, kiss and tip women; a diner says one mistook her for a…
- #877: Is Grace Fu's Response To S'pore's Haze Strong Enough & Why Is PAP’s Foo Cexiang Wrestling? · 1 h 4 min · Episode 880Grace Fu offers Indonesia fire-fighting help as PSI nears "very unhealthy". MP Foo Cexiang wrestles at Tanjong Pagar CC, wins with an elbow drop; caption crowns him "MP ELBOW"…
- #876: Breast Cancer, Muay Thai & Why Do People Ask Such Intrusive Questions? ft. Shermin Shu · 1 h 11 min · Episode 879In 2025, Muay Thai fighter Shermin Shu was thriving at work, training for her first pro fight and newly engaged to her partner, comedian Jacky Ng, at Hong Kong Disneyland. Then a…
- #875: Winning S’pore First MMA Gold & Do S’pore’s Athletes Still Fall Through The Cracks? ft. Tiffany Teo · 1 h 12 min · Episode 878Years before Asian Games gold, Tiffany Teo was the schoolgirl who skipped PE and joined choir because it was a chill CCA. Now the MMA champion and Homeground MMA co-owner on…
- #874: MOM’s Jasmin Lau On Highest Retrenchments Since 2020 & Punggol’s Tenants Get One More Year · 51 min · Episode 877Retrenchment numbers hit the highest since 2020 says MOM’s Jasmin Lau. Punggol East Container Park's four main tenants get a lease to end-2027. 🔔 Enjoyed this one? Please…
- #873: SG Sports Officials Defend Asian Games Athletes & Man Faces 10 Years in Jail for AI-Photo · 1 h 1 min · Episode 876Officials say Team S'pore met internal medal projections with 2 golds at the Nagoya Asian Games. Meanwhile, a Myanmar man gets charged for sending a colleague an AI crocodile at…
- #872: David Neo Says Scrapping PSLE Could Backfire & GovTech Plays Cupid With A Viral New App? · 1 h 3 min · Episode 875David Neo tells the IPS Forum scrapping PSLE could shift the pressure to Primary 1 admission. GovTech launches FirstDate for public officers, one match at a time, but won't pair…
- #871: S’pore’s Deepest MRT Tunnel & What About Our Nature Reserves? ft. Alvin Sim · 1 h 15 min · Episode 874What does it take to build Singapore’s rail network deep underground? Alvin Sim, LTA’s Deputy Director of Tunnelling, started his career as a fresh graduate with no tunnelling…
- #870: Vivian Balakrishnan Tells UN It’s Too Late On AI & Why Does Primary 1 Involve Property Agents? · 57 min · Episode 873Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, tells the UN General Assembly it's too late to pause AI. P1 registration now includes property agents: alumni…
- #869 ft. Gavin Lee - Is This A New Era For S’pore Football? · 1 h 7 min · Episode 872Recorded on 4 Sep 2026, National coach Gavin Lee opens up on a crazy past year, building belief through culture, his newfound fatherhood and the Jalan Besar crowd that stayed…
- #868: Jeffrey Siow Backs Waymo’s Driverless Taxis In S’pore & LTA’s $500 Bus Fines for Loud Music? · 1 h 6 min · Episode 871Waymo picks Singapore for its first Southeast Asia robotaxi launch by 2028. Meanwhile, bus commuters blasting music or resting feet on seats now face $500 LTA fines. 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿…
- #867: Macklemore Row Splits Ed Sheeran’s Tour & Should S’pore Punish Speak Seah For Sleeping? · 1 h 4 min · Episode 870Macklemore’s “Free Palestine” gets him dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour; every other opener quits. Speaker Seah Kian Peng dozes off mid-Parliament, a clerk wakes him and he…
- #866: NMP Kenneth Goh Challenges Ministerial Pay Debate & Why Athletes Are Blamed For Losing · 1 h 12 min · Episode 869Kenneth Goh, current NMP, SMU Assoc. Prof & President of Singapore Aquatics, argues ministers' pay shouldn't be benchmarked against the top 1,000 earners. He compares winning…
- #865: Study Accuses SG Civil Servants Of ‘Informed Trading’ & Soiled Hyrox Athlete Sparks Global Outrage · 1 h 5 min · Episode 868The Singapore Government is reviewing a Stanford-Columbia paper alleging civil servants bought homes near MRT stations before they were announced. In Beijing, Hyrox's Joanna…
- #864: US Ambassador Defends Trump’s Tariffs & Says S’pore Can Trust The US | Kevin Kim · 1 h 2 min · Episode 867US Ambassador to ASEAN Kevin Kim defends Trump’s tariffs as a fight for lost American factory jobs and refuses to call ASEAN cooperation "Make ASEAN Great Again." His verdict?…
- #863: Minister’s Pay Rise Long Overdue? & S’pore Creators Cause Offence With A Prank · 1 h 22 min · Episode 866Parliament’s new $1.8m entry-minister benchmark backed by several MP speeches only left us with more questions. Meanwhile, ‘Excuse Me Singapore’ pranks a dance crew mid-rehearsal…
- #862: Is PM Wong Avoiding SG’s Population Question? & The Real Cost of Clean Energy ft. Sudhir Vadaketh · 1 h 9 min · Episode 865Jom Media's Co-founder and Editor-In-Chief Sudhir Vadaketh returns to discuss the podcast PM Wong declined to join, plus why Singapore's Western Island reclamation and…
- #861: Shanmugam And WP’s Tiong Tangled In Racism Debate? & SMU Survey Says S’pore Feels Dirtier · 1 h 6 min · Episode 864Shanmugam calls in police over racist comments, WP’s Kenneth Tiong denies his Air India questions are racist. Meanwhile, an SMU survey finds cleanliness satisfaction at 91%, as…
- #860: Ex-Wah!Banana Actor Acquitted & Yishun Water Bottle Fight Turns Ugly ft. Frankyslates · 1 h 21 min · Episode 863Ex-Wah!Banana actor Lev Panfilov's conviction on four charges is overturned by the Court of Appeal over inconsistencies in the complainant's testimony. Elsewhere, a drink stall…
- #859: Fake AI Photos Of Missing S’poreans In Nepal & LTA Responds to Viral Kneeling Cyclist Clip · 1 h 5 min · Episode 862Fake AI photos of Singaporeans missing in Nepal's floods spread on TikTok; a husband slams the false image of his wife as disrespectful. At Aljunied Crescent, an elderly cyclist…
- #858: An Oscar-worthy SG Film, His Viral NDR Tears & AI's Threat to Animation ft. Ervin Han · 1 h 22 min · Episode 861Ervin Han's animated feature The Violinist just won the top prize at the Annecy Animation Festival, animation’s version of the Oscars. He walks through the 11-year, nine-country…
- #857: AWARE Exposes What S'pore Men Really Think of Women & A Kebaya Dance Sparked A Culture War? · 1 h 12 min · Episode 860AWARE’s new survey finds 55% of S'porean men believe provocatively-dressed women are partly to blame if harassed. Meanwhile, a China troupe's kebaya dance at Chinatown draws…
- #856: S’pore Singles Targeted By PM Wong’s Policies? & TikTok Sellers Slam Fake AI Ads · 1 h 12 min · Episode 859Recruiters warn Singapore employers that new childcare leave could punish singles and breed resentment amongst them. Meanwhile, Shopee's AI video describes author Xie Shi Min's…
- #855: What PM Wong’s NDR Speech Left Out & Did He Forget Singles? | Red Dot Perspective · 1 h 24 min · Episode 858At ITE College Central, PM Wong ties childcare leave to family size, raises BTO ceilings to $16,000, tightens social media age checks, lifts the cap on dialect film screenings…
- #854: Taiwan Hits Back at PM Anwar's "One China" Stance & Halimah Yacob Weighs In on Roxy Square · 50 min · Episode 857Beijing praises Anwar Ibrahim after he tells Al Jazeera that Taiwan is "part of China, period," and Taipei condemns him. Former president, Halimah Yacob, chimes in on the Roxy…
- #853: Roxy Square Head Pat Divides S'pore & You Can Now Drink Till 4am At Clarke Quay · 1 h 8 min · Episode 856Boat Quay and Clarke Quay get permanent 4am liquor hours, with 92 bars approved. Wanton noodle hawker Yeo, 73, pats a girl's head at Roxy Square; her father shoves him to the…
- #852: S’pore Has “No Time” For Movies? & Getting Coldplay In A S’pore Film | Anthony Chen · 1 h 23 min · Episode 855Camera d'Or winner Anthony Chen closes his Growing Up trilogy that began with Ilo Ilo and Wet Season, with We Are All Strangers, out August 20th. He convinced his lead actor to…
- #851: Grace Fu Says MSE Has No Role in Maju Forest Plans & AI-Slop Film Premieres On National Day? · 1 h 10 min · Episode 854After 57,000 sign a petition against clearing Maju Forest, Grace Fu goes to social media to say that land use isn't MSE's call. Meanwhile, Trace Project, an AI-made sci-fi film…
- #850: PAP’s Janil vs. WP’s Jamus Over O-Level Oral Exam Glitch & CNA Called Out For Misleading Video · 57 min · Episode 853MOE clears the O-Level oral exam of errors despite 432 students reporting a different prompt, sparking a Parliament debate between Janil and other MPs. Elsewhere, CNA pulls a…
- #849: Alvin Tan Clashes With WP On Maju Forest & Massive Attack To Blame For Their Own Ban? · 1 h 13 min · Episode 852Alvin Tan confirms Gillman Barracks and Maju Forest housing will proceed despite pushback. Massive Attack's founders get permanently banned from Singapore after unfurling a…
- #848: A Russian's Real View On S'pore & What Money Can't Buy Billionaires ft. Max Chernov · 1 h 29 min · Episode 851He's sat across from billionaires who told him the same secret, every time. From Singapore's former Foreign Affairs Minister, George Yeo, to comedy legend Kumar and many more…
- #847: French Teen Fined $600 For iJooz Straw Lick & Jeffrey Siow Uses CDC Vouchers On Date Nights? · 58 min · Episode 850A French teen films himself licking a straw at an iJooz kiosk, puts it back, and gets fined S$600. Meanwhile, Minister Jeffrey Siow says he personally spends CDC vouchers on date…
- #846: Exposing Cambodia’s Scam Industry & Is S’pore’s Money Behind It? | Shibani Mahtani · 1 h 14 min · Episode 849Investigative journalist, Shibani Mahtani reveals the darker secrets from inside Cambodia's scam compounds, where 200,000 trafficked workers were freed this year. She traces the…
- #845: $1,800/Month Is 'Affordable' For SG Youth? & Outrage As Foragers Endanger Changi Marine Life · 1 h 1 min · Episode 848President Tharman and David Neo launch the SG Youth Plan: $500 Curiosity Credits for youths in self-help groups, 12 free "third spaces," and 30,000 annual job tasters by 2030…
- #844: Biggest Shocks of PM Wong's Cabinet Shake-Up & Seniors Blamed for Botched AI Banner · 1 h 13 min · Episode 847PM Wong promotes first-term MPs Jeffrey Siow and David Neo to full minister and brings Ng Chee Meng back into Cabinet. Meanwhile, an AI-generated National Day banner in Bedok…
- #843: Faishal Ibrahim Resigns Over Harassment Claims & GovTech Layoffs Mean No Jobs Are Safe? · 1 h 8 min · Episode 846Faishal Ibrahim resigns as MP for Marine Parade-Braddell Heights and Acting Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs after a woman's complaint to PMO and mutual harassment…
- #842: Economist on China's Growing Influence Over SG & S'pore's AI Obsession Problem | Donald Low · 1 h 56 min · Episode 845Economist Donald Low unpacks why the viral "anti-Indian" TikTok videos were designed to provoke Chinese Singaporeans, and revisits the Speak Mandarin Campaign's…
- #841: Quitting Banking For Theatre & Why S’pore Isn’t Being Honest About Race | Shaza Ishak · 1 h 29 min · Episode 844Teater Ekamatra’s Artistic Director, Shaza Ishak, restages Charged, its 2010 play on racism in the SAF, at Funan from 23rd July till 2nd August. Ishak recounts a lawyer who…
- #840: HDB Clearing Maju Forest Sparks Protest & David Neo Watches Dear You Amidst Backlash · 1 h 1 min · Episode 843HDB spark petitions amidst proposals to clear parts of Maju forest and to turn Gillman Barracks into a new housing estate. Elsewhere, David Neo joked ministers "have no time to…
- #839: MHA Wants Stricter Driving Penalties & Retiree Uses Zoom Camera To Spy On Neighbours · 1 h 0 min · Episode 842The Road Traffic Bill more than halves the alcohol limit to roughly 1.5 drinks, adds roadside evidential breathalysers and makes holding a phone while moving an offence…
