Hong Kong Confidential show

Hong Kong Confidential

Summary: Hong Kong Confidential is a podcast designed to educate and entertain. Jules Hannaford interviews interesting people in Hong Kong about their lives, personal journeys and secrets. Guests share their wisdom, experiences and insights with our audience. Guests include a doula, a dating and relationship coach, community leaders, LGBTQ+ activists, human rights defenders, abuse survivors, psychologists, life coaches, recovered addicts, authors, a fire fighter, a matchmaker, accomplished business women and many more. They all have fascinating stories to share.

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 S1E23: 23| Homeless in Hong Kong | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2425

Bong Gabriel recently became homeless in Hong Kong due to illness. He lost everything, including his wife, his son and his work as a musician. Bong shares his story with us and how Impact HK made a difference in his life. Impact HK is an organisation w...

 S1E22: 22| From Russia with Love | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2866

Mikhail Tomosov is the head of the LGBTQIA+ Network in Russia and he was in Hong Kong as a guest of the Human Dignity Festival, organised by Planet Ally. Mikhail talks to us about growing up in Russia without any sex education or gay role models in the...

 S1E21: 21| Wake Up and Roar | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4016

Jules talks to Dr Anastasia Belkova about the amazing projects that she has been running in Hong Kong. She discusses Goodin.HK and how she helps people find what they need to be happy. Wake Up and Roar, where she creates workshops and events to help pe...

 S1E20: 20| Teens! A Right Royal Conundrum | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1318

Australian Psychologist and author, Dr. Michael Carr-Gregg is an eminent resource for teenagers and their parents, and has fascinating insights on the lives and workings of adolescent minds that comes from decades of research and practice. He is prolif...

 S1E19: 19| India by the Bay | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2130

'India by the Bay' is a Festival of India in Hong Kong from the 2nd to the 9th of February 2018\. Jules chats to the organisers of this festival, Lakshmi Laroia and Sonali Laul and they share their excitement about 'India by the Bay', which encompasses...

 S1E18: 18| Playground of Possibilities | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3041

Kay Ross discusses her "Playground of Possibilities" card deck and how we can use the cards to observe the limiting thoughts, beliefs and stories that we have going on in our heads and how we can break these old patterns by choosing new stories and app...

 S1E17: 17| The Power of Poetry | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2344

Henrik Hoeg talks to us about his love of poetry and his passion for Peel Street Poetry open mic events, where he not only reads poems but also is the MC. Over the past eleven years, Peel Street Poetry has evolved into a group of international poets fr...

 S1E16: 16| The Matchmaker | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3249

Ariadna Peretz, a matchmaker from Maitre D’ate, talks to us about the difficulties of dating in Hong Kong. She gives advice on deal breakers in relationships and why we might need to rethink them. Ariadna discusses coping with rejection, flirting skill...

 S1E15: 15| Preeti Strong | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2501

Preeti Sharma grew up in India and when her father died, she found herself on the streets with her mother and four siblings. Preeti had to do her homework under the street lights and this is when she developed her love of studying. Eventually, she left...

 S1E14: 14| Stop Human Trafficking | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3604

Matt Friedman from the Mekong Club talks about his important role in combating human trafficking and modern day slavery. He explains the differences between sex slavery and slave labour and talks in depth about this epidemic that is on the increase glo...

 S1E13: 13| The Accidental Activist | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2722

Kamoga Hassan is the founder of the Queer Kampala International Film Festival (QUEERKIFF), the first and only LGBTIQ festival in Uganda, where homosexuality is illegal. Kamoga is a human rights activist and he is passionate about making a difference in...

 S1E12: 12| Two Men and a Baby | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2094

Robert discusses growing up in South Africa and coming to terms with his sexuality as an adult in Hong Kong. He shares his coming out story and the reactions of his family to this news. Robert is now happily married and a father of a two year old boy, ...

 S1E11: 11| Surviving Domestic Violence | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4018

Jane discusses her experiences with domestic violence as a self confessed serial dater in her younger years. She talks about the social isolation from family and friends, the abuse, manipulation, power and control she suffered through at the hands of h...

 S1E10: 10| The Unsung Heroes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2438

Jane Engelmann talks to us about how she formed a choir comprised of women domestic helpers in Hong Kong, the Unsung Heroes. She gives us an insight into the lives of these women and some of the many sacrifices they have made to work as foreign domesti...

 S1E9: 9| Plustastic | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2606

Neerja Sujanani and Deepa Nainani from Plus Group International talk to us about how they started out in business, their secrets to success and give advice to people who are just venturing into the business world. Both women give us an insight into the...

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