Yah Lah But Podcast

Yah Lah But Podcast

@yahlahbut · 37K subscribers · 1,226 videos · English

A thrice weekly podcast on conversations Singaporeans are having but not saying out loud – politics, culture, identity. Haresh Tilani and Terence Chia consid…

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1:31:28

SG's Pantry Boy On Failing in School & Getting Nominated for TikTok Food Creator of the Year | #886

6.4K views · 1d ago · 1:31:28

TELL YOU FIRST Season 3 Catch the all new third season of our edutainment podcast that explores the stories Singapore never taught you in school. This week, we ask what Singapore would have done if Malaysia turned off the tap. For decades, our water depended on a neighbour, and every disagreement carried a risk. We trace how Singapore fought its way out of that corner, from tense water agreements to NEWater.

Topics: Failing Prelims and Choosing Culinary School · The Microwave Restaurant Where Everything Is Microwaved · Six Months in a French Kitchen With an Old-School Chef · Cutting Open His Own Swollen Thumb at 11:30 PM · €500 a Month and Learning to Do Your Own Laundry · Cooking Nasi Lemak for a French Staff Party

▶️ Mentioned videos: Terence: Tom Friedman: We Just Set Off the Second Big Bang NYT Opinion - YouTube

58:29

S’pore Schools Hire Discipline Officers & Ex-PAP MP Amrin’s Foodpanda Costume Sparks Debate | #885

12K views · 3d ago · 58:29

At 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 FIRST Season 3 Catch the all new third season of our edutainment podcast that explores the stories Singapore never taught you in school. This week, we ask what Singapore would have done if Malaysia turned off the tap. For decades, our water depended on a neighbour, and every disagreement carried a risk.

Topics: On this episode... · Singapore Schools Hire Discipline Officers · Ex-PAP MP Amrin’s Foodpanda Costume Sparks Debate · One Shiok Comment · One Shiok Thing

▶️ Mentioned videos: Haresh: AfD co-leader Alice Weidel on Ukraine, migration and Germany’s future

1:02:24

Shanmugam, Grace Fu and Gan Kim Yong Meet CEOs & NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang Defends SG Company | #884

15K views · 6d ago · 1:02:24

Shanmugam, 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 you give the person who has everything? A Folklory! Their memories, their stories, exactly the way they said it, pressed into something you can listen to forever.

Topics: On this episode... · Shanmugam, Grace Fu and Gan Kim Yong Meet CEOs of Haze-linked Companies · NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang Defends SG Company · One Shiok Comment · One Shiok Thing

▶️ Mentioned videos: Haresh: The ElevenLabs Situation Is Crazy Modern Wisdom · Terence: Walt Outplays Mike Analysed like Chess Breaking Bad

📰 Mentioned news: Nvidia Chief, Jensen Huang, Is Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot The York Times · Nvidia CEO reportedly targeted by an alleged Chinese spy The Guardian

15:19

What’s Really Behind China’s Struggling Economy? | FutureChina

12K views · 1w ago · 15:19

YLB’s FutureChina Business Forum Limited Series Episode Three Fan Gang, Professor of Economics at Peking University and Chairman of the China Development Institute on the potential in China and says AI will widen its rich-poor gap. Singapore’s edge, he thinks, is its ability to attract global talent.

Topics: Panel Talk on China’s Economic Transition and Industrial Upgrading · The Biggest Misconception About China’s Economy · Fifty Years of Growth Without a Recession · When the Property Bubble and Local Debt Burst · Two Downturns, One K-Shaped Economy · Tech Optimism vs Consumer Pessimism on the Ground

1:02:08

S’pore Hikes Retirement Age To 65 & Ho Ching Praises Iswaran Despite Conviction | #883

16K views · 1w ago · 1:02:08

S’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. Folklory What do you give the person who has everything? A Folklory! Their memories, their stories, exactly the way they said it, pressed into something you can listen to forever.

Topics: On this episode... · Retirement Age Moves to 65 in 2029 & MOH’s Healthcare Abuse Report · Ho Ching Praises Ex-Minister Iswaran’s LNG “Foresight” · One Shiok Comment · One Shiok Thing

▶️ Mentioned videos: s emotional 2026 Ballon d · Terence: ’s time to come back to Firefox. The Internet you loved is still

1:03:16

Jamus Lim Slams PM Wong’s WP Critique & Are S’poreans Leaving Recycling to Migrant Workers? | #882

26K views · 1w ago · 1:03:16

The 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 for BCRS refunds. TELL YOU FIRST Season 3 Catch the all new third season of our edutainment podcast that explores the stories Singapore never taught you in school. This week, we ask what Singapore would have done if Malaysia turned off the tap.

Topics: On this episode... · PAP Re-Elects 14 Members to Top Leadership Body, No New Names · Migrant Workers Queue at Woodlands Recreation Centre for BCRS Refunds · One Shiok Comment · One Shiok Thing

▶️ Mentioned videos: Haresh: The Haze is Back: Two Drastically Different Skies Over Singapore Just.In.Videos · Video on youtube.com

54:13

Ex-Indonesian Minister Takes On GIC and Temasek & Restaurant Defends Its "War Zone" Post | #881

21K views · 1w ago · 54:13

Ex-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" and parents argue over whether they should clean up.

Topics: On this episode... · Ex-Indonesian Trade Minister Challenges S'pore on Haze & Stock Market Claims · Woodsmen Restaurant's "War Zone" Post Draws Flak · One Shiok Comment · One Shiok Thing

▶️ Mentioned videos: Terence: Michael Official Trailer

29:08

Why Do S’poreans Look Down On China? | Future China

55K views · 2w ago · 29:08

YLB’s FutureChina Business Forum Limited Series Episode Two Ho Kwon Ping, Banyan Tree's founder, says S'poreans still look down on China and that the US is indispensable to Asean only militarily. On AI, the threat of one dominant superpower scares him more than rogue machines.

Topics: Meet the Original Badass Grandpa · Civilizational Reset and the End of Pax Americana · What the Iran Attack Taught the Gulf Countries · Is the US Really Indispensable? The Middle Powers Debate · If I Were a Mindef Planner, I'd Diversify · Did America Really Broker the Thailand-Cambodia Peace?

1:01:29

Shanmugam Finally Takes a Stand on Haze & GovTech Now Cares About 45-Year-Olds | #880

20K views · 2w ago · 1:01:29

Shanmugam says SGX is questioning seven listed firms over Indonesia's haze fires. Meanwhile, GovTech lifts FirstDate's cap from 35 to 45, explaining that the old limit kept the test pool small. Folklory What do you give the person who has everything? A Folklory! Their memories, their stories, exactly the way they said it, pressed into something you can listen to forever.

Topics: On this episode... · Shanmugam Widens the Haze Crackdown on Firms Linked to Indonesian Fires · GovTech Raises FirstDate's Age Limit From 35 to 45 · One Shiok Comment · One Shiok Thing

▶️ Mentioned videos: Terence: I built a Blockbuster Pre Internet

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