Taking Batik to New Places: Fern Chua, Malaysia
Fern Chua is the award-winning founder of FERN , a Malaysian sustainable and high-end fashion label rediscovering the elegance of the ancien...
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A Life Less Ordinary
This is the interview series that looks at the little steps taken to make ordinary people extraordinary. Udhara de Silva and his co-hosts have fascinating conversations with artists, adventu...
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Creating Australia's First Anti-Racist Comedy Club: Tina Zaman, Australia
Tina Zaman is a comedian, writer, teacher and founder of Tight5Comedy a unique platform in Sydney's comedy scene. Tight5's comedians of colo...
The Relentless Optimist: Matthew Chapman, Singapore & New Zealand
Matthew Chapman is an entrepreneur and investor who has mastered the art of relationship building. His company ChapmanCG finds HR leaders fo...
On writing her first book, rejection, and diversity: T.P. Tovenaar, Sri Lanka
T.P. Tovenaar is a writer from London, born to Sri Lankan parents. For the last decade, she's called Colombo home. Her book, ' Mum's the Wor...
The Warrior of Singapore's Kranji Countryside: Ivy Singh-Lim, Singapore
Ivy Singh-Lim founded Bollywood Veggies Organic Farm with her husband in Kranji, a northwestern suburb about 22 kilometres from the towering...
Becoming MoneySmart: Vinod Nair, Singapore
Vinod Nair used the last of his life savings to set up a website and hire an intern. Today, that website, MoneySmart.sg , is Southeast Asia'...
Irreverence is an Asset: Rosalyn Lee (Rozz), Singapore
Rosalyn Lee , or Rozz, is a Singaporean radio DJ and TV host with an incredibly adventurous career. She has featured in Elle and Esquire mag...
How to Make Things Cool: Andrew Ing, Singapore
Andrew Ing creates culture for a living, whose career is based on combining the cool with the commercial. In the early 90s he promoted conce...
The King of the Jacket: Thomas Wee, Singapore
Thomas Wee is a Singaporean fashion designer who has worked in the industry for over 4 decades. He is known for his masterful workmanship, c...
Breaking World Records & Breaking Taboos: Theresa Goh, Singapore
Theresa Goh is the first female Singaporean swimmer to qualify for the Paralympics . Vanessa and Udhara met the world-record breaker to talk...
From Creative Public Servant to Tech Exec: Nic Foo, Singapore
Nicolas Foo has had a successful career with the Singapore Tourism Board , is a photographer whose experiences living in India inspired an e...
Helping the Underdog: Adrian Sim, Singapore
Adrian Sim is a volunteer with Singapore's Workers' Party , the only opposition party to have elected members in parliament in a political s...
The Sibling Co-Founders of The Working Capitol: Ben & Saranta Gattie, Singapore
Ben and Saranta Gattie built The Working Capitol , a co-working space set up in a renovated former biscuit factory on Keong Saik Road. Since...
Redefining Success by Embracing Individuality: Dr. Vanessa Von Auer, Singapore
Dr. Vanessa Von Auer is one of Asia's leading child experts and founded Singapore's one-of-a-kind Integrated International School , where st...
The Business of Design & the Design of Businesses: Jonathan Bonsey & John Palmer, Singapore
Jonathan Bonsey and John Palmer have called Singapore home for the last 3 decades. Jonathan Bonsey runs Bonsey Design , a design agency whic...
The Magic of Acting: Tan Kheng Hua, Singapore
Tan Kheng Hua is an award-winning actress and producer who has worked on projects in theatre, TV and film since the early 90s. She was the E...
Everything with Soul: Vanessa Fernandez, Singapore
Show creator Udhara de Silva chats with co-host Vanessa Fernandez , who's been plugged into Singapore's culture for the past 20 years. In th...
Starting Up in Sri Lanka: Indi Samarajiva, Sri Lanka
Outspoken. Irreverent. No bullshit. These are rare qualities in Sri Lankan society, and even rarer for Sri Lankan influencers who run their...
Jaffna Boy: Danu Innasithamby, Sri Lanka
Colombo is a city with many personalities – you have personalities and then you have Personalities with a capital P. The first lot are peopl...
Anonymous Creator: The Sooriya Village, Sri Lanka
This episode's guest has a life deeply rooted in music. His grandfather was a pioneering Sri Lankan pop music entrepreneur. And today, at ju...