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The most uncensored conversations about censorable things coming out from the much-censored country of Singapore. Hosted by Haresh & Terence from the comedy house Ministry of Funny.
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#792 ft Teo Joo Wah – CEO Managing Billions On Building Portfolios That Last & Singapore's Gold Play
Lion Global Investors (LGI) CEO Teo Joo Wah makes the case for building retirement portfolios that last – not just to perform. He breaks down why life...
#791: HDB Claps Back at Woman’s "13" BTO Fails & Noise-Monitors Installed in Clementi
A TikToker’s “13 BTO tries” story forces HDB to publish the receipts, but their reponse has divided the internet. Meanwhile in Clementi, a noise-monit...
#790 ft. Nicholas Ng – Autonomous Vehicles Better Than Human Drivers? SG’s AV Plan Explained
Driverless vehicles aren’t coming “one day”. They’re already here.
Nicholas Ng, Director of the Centre for Autonomous Vehicles at LTA, explains...
#789: DBS CEO Tan Su Shan’s S$9.6m Salary & Yishun Drink Stall Bans Water Bottles
DBS CEO Tan Su Shan’s S$9.6m package goes public and divides the internet. Elsewhere, a Yishun coffeeshop drink stall tells a customer to hide his own...
#788: Minister David Neo Wants to Help Us Find Friends & Cultural Sensitivity for EP Workers
Acting Minister for MCCY, David Neo, wants to fix the problem of 1 in 10 Singaporeans have zero close friends. How? Through Arts & Sports. Meanwhile M...
#787 ft Natalia Goh – Can You Trust a Bank With No Branches? How Has Digital Banking Changed Personal Finance
Most of us just want banking to be simple: salary comes in, bills go out, and the rest… hopefully grows a bit. But banking has changed so quickly that...
#786: Desmond Lee Rejects Jamus Lim’s “Simple Fix” & Influencer’s Iran-Israel Pun Backfires
Jamus Lim calls class-size relief a straightforward fix; Desmond Lee says teacher recruitment isn’t trivial in a tight labour market. Meanwhile influe...
#785: Indranee’s Parenthood Push & Lion Dance on Hawker Tables Stirs Backlash
TFR crashes to 0.87 and DPM Gan Kim Yong calls it existential as Indranee Rajah leads a marriage-and-parenthood workgroup. Meanwhile, an AMK lion danc...
#784 ft. Rahayu Mahzam – Don’t Suffer in Silence: How Singapore’s New Laws Can Help Fight Online Harassment & Abuse
Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Mdm Rahayu Mahzam breaks down how the new Online Safety (Relief & Accountability) Act is des...
#783: Pritam Singh Demands Budget Report Card & PAP’s Henry Kwek Wants Media Funding
The Budget 2026 debates opens with a $15.1b surplus and Pritam Singh demanding a public “report card” while also questioning Ministerial Salaries. Mea...
#782: Will Trump’s 15% Tariff Hurt SG & Tan Chuan-Jin “Accidentally” Deletes Instagram
DPM Gan Kim Yong warns Singapore to brace for Trump’s 15% tariff after the US Supreme Court kills “Liberation Day” duties. Meanwhile ex-Speaker of Par...
#781 ft. Zames Chew - Gen Z Handyman Upskilled into a Million-Dollar Repair Business
What if a job most people wouldn’t think twice about became a seven-figure business? Zames Chew, Co-Founder of Repair.sg, comes into the studio to sha...
#780: What Budget 2026 Means for You & NTU Students Slammed for Wasting CNY Food
PM Lawrence Wong unveils Budget 2026 and signals Singapore’s next economic and AI push, while NTU faces backlash after students were filmed throwing l...
#779 ft. Selena Ling - Chief Economist on How To Think Clearly In Uncertain Times
Selena Ling, Chief Economist of OCBC, joins us in our studio to answer the burning question on our minds: What does a Chief Economist actually do? In...
#778: Wealth Inequality in Singapore & BreadTalk Worker Fired Over Viral Cleaning Video
The latest paper from the Ministry of Finance shows Singapore’s wealth inequality exceeds income inequality, while median household incomes continue t...
#777 ft. Rishi Budhrani - Plastic Bag Charges: Who Benefits? & Why are SG Workers Unhappy?
We get Singapore’s favourite funnyman, comedian Rishi Budhrani as a guest host on this episode! You’ll be surprised where we go, as we start with 2 ev...
#776 ft. Mark Tan - Should Retrenchment Benefits Be Law? & Amos Yee Fights Deportation to Singapore
Mark Tan of Rice Media joins us in the YLB studio to debate retrenchment benefits, after SMS Koh Poh Koon defended keeping retrenchment payouts non-ma...
#775 ft. Allen Kuo – What Gold’s Rise Means For Singapore and The World | #775
There’s been a lot of renewed interest in gold, so we got Allen Kuo, Chief Investment Officer of Singlife, to walk us through everything we need to kn...
#774 ft. Jasmin Lau - THAT TraceTogether “Fiasco”, PSLE Stress & Balancing Parenting with Politics
Half a year into her sojourn into politics, MP Jasmin Lau joins YLB to discuss parenting tradeoffs, tuition culture, and why policy change is hard in...
#773: PROTECT Yourself from Corporate Scams!
Scams are getting increasingly common, and we are all at risk. In this episode, we chat with Aaron Chiew, Group Head of Digital Channels, Institutiona...
#772 ft. Red Dot Perspective - Does “We First” Include Foreigners & PLB Alleged Cheating Scandal
Kian Boon from Red Dot Perspective steps in as a guest host to discuss the spiciest topics of the week! First, we break down Gan Kim Yong’s comments a...
#771: Singapore’s Myopia Problem For Kids & What Parents Can Actually Do
Childhood myopia is rising at an alarming rate in Singapore. The good news is it is not inevitable. We sit down with Dr Au Eong Kah Guan to unpack why...
#770: WP Rejects LO Appointment & Students Slam AI-Generated Posters
WP rejects PM Wong’s request to nominate a new Leader of the Opposition, and PMO says the LO office will stay vacant. Elsewhere, there’s huge backlash...
769: Who Should Replace Pritam Singh as LO & Why Trump Wants S’pore on His “Board of Peace”
Note: This was recorded at 11am on Wed, 21 Jan 2026, before WP’s statement rejecting the LO nomination.
As the Workers’ Party weighs who should...
#768: Secrets to Overcoming Self-Doubt & Turning Your Passion Into a Career
Ruth Saw, an adult professional trainer, reflects on her personal journey of confidence and growth, and how lived experience shaped her approach to le...
#767: Pritam vs Indranee as Parliament Deems Him Unfit as LO & Bayfront MRT Stops Dancers
Tensions were rife as Parliament backed a motion expressing regret over Pritam Singh’s conduct, deeming him unfit to continue as Leader of the Opposit...
#766: PAP’s Jasmin Lau Refutes TraceTogether "Fiasco" & S’porean Challenged by Warner Bros
MOS Jasmin Lau and WP MP Kenneth Tiong spar in Parliament over an amendment that will allow public sector data to be shared with trusted external part...
#765: Pritam Singh’s LO Role Under Fire from Indranee & Hwa Chong Denies Punishing Students
Leader of the House, Indranee Rajah, files a motion to consider Pritam Singh’s suitability as Leader of the Opposition, while Hwa Chong addresses clai...
#764: Is Singapore Really Multicultural? A Youth Leader’s Unfiltered Take
Amalina Nasir, a youth leader and advocate for interfaith work in Singapore, shares her work bridging young Singaporeans with global communities. Draw...
#763: Backlash for NMP Dr Haresh’s PAP Shirt & Uproar at Hwa Chong’s New Canteen Food
A photo of an Incoming NMP, Dr Haresh Singaraju, wearing a PAP shirt sparks renewed debate over the scheme’s neutrality. Elsewhere, “cookhouse-style”...
#762: S’pore “Concerned” by USA’s Capture of Venezuelan President & 9 New NMPs Announced
The Singapore MFA expresses “grave concern” over US intervention in Venezuela, but what does it mean for regular citizens like us? Elsewhere, the new...
#761: PM Wong’s Message for 2026 vs Opposition Parties & Backlash for STOMP Article on Yong Tau Foo
PM Wong delivered his New Year’s message, highlighting Singapore’s 4.8% economic growth over 2025, while also calling for a refreshed strategy going i...
#760: Footballers vs Ministers, How S'pore Looks from Abroad & What We Learnt While in the UK
After an epic trip to the UK in early December, we reflect on the whole experience, discussing football & sporting culture in the UK vs Singapore, cla...
#759: S’porean Architect on How Feng Shui Made Him World-Famous & Why COVID Saved Him | Dear Modern
Recorded onsite in London, we speak with Cliff Tan, architect and creator of Dear Modern, on how a “very Singaporean” path led him to global fame. Cli...
#758: S'porean in Premier League Football On What We Need to Succeed Overseas | Sean Bai, Burnley FC
Recorded onsite at Burnley FC, we speak with Sean Bai, Chief of Staff of Football about Singapore’s AFC Asian Cup qualification, belief under pressure...
#757: Best Foreign Interference, Most “Umbrage” News Story & More - The Inaugural SINKIE AWARDS!
It’s the first-ever SINKIE AWARDS! This is the inaugural version of our own Yah Lah But Year-end Awards, and it’s unlike any Singaporean award show yo...
#756: SEA Games Athletes Slammed by SNOC for Poor Performance & Backlash for SG Mermaid Influencer
Singapore won 52 gold medals at the SEA Games, but during a review, Mark Chay, Secretary General of SNOC, criticised football and badminton performanc...
#755: Bertha Henson on Support for PM Wong, What Pritam Said on the Assembly & Her New Book
Bertha Henson returns to talk to us about her reflections on GE2025, how the senior and new ministers have been faring, as well as her latest book: “H...
#754: What the Bondi Beach Shooting Means for S’pore & Backlash for $2 Coffee at Bras Basah Stall
A shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach prompted global scrutiny and increased police patrols in Singapore, alongside statements condemning hate-based viol...
#753: Mediacorp Pulls Pritam Interview Over Contempt & Wedding Venue Slams Influencer for Request
Mediacorp removed a CNA interview with Pritam Singh after concerns it could amount to contempt of court, with both parties issuing apologies. Separate...