This paragraph was originally posted to Facebook. Titled “Voice from Our Hearts”.

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In this episode I sit down with Jenny and Grace of the HummingFish foundation to discuss how their charity works with farmers to create a sustainable farming practice for coffee growing.
What interested me most is knowing that there are charities in Hong Kong that help other countries and I’d neer know about them in the mainstream media.

I met Jenny at a coffee day at PMQ and her responses to my questions were really interesting that I asked them to come on the podcast.

Together we get in depth with knowing about what they do, what is Timor Leste all about, how wasn’t coffee growing sustainable in the first place and against their efforts is the ever approaching threat of global warming and what will that do to coffee production, not just in Timor Leste but the world.

Links:

http://hummingfish.org

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In this episode I'm take the podcast to Mongolia, and we meet and get to know Edwin and Dulguun, both who live and work in the capital of Ulan-Bator.

Together we discuss how Edwin came originally as a peace core volunteer, Dulguun grew up in the country and the city, so she has kept her nomadic roots and through her we learn a little bit about the nomadic lifestyle and eating wolf. Yes, you read that correctly.

We also get some insight into gender equality, how women are treated, talk about marriage rites, touch on gay culture, the Russian influence and history and the Korean links to Mongolia.

If you're thinking of travelling to Mongolia maybe you'd be interested in knowing how easy is it to get around Mongolia just using English and the cost of living in this country.

At the very end we also share the secret to retiring early.

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In this brief episode sort of like a conclusion to the previous meeting we had together in episode 8, we find out why is Nate moving back to the US, we also talk briefly about the quality of the jazz scene in Hong Kong and New York, where Nate has gigged and we discuss a bit about canto pop dying and why?

Show Links

Visage One - https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/music/visage-one-1

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nate+wong+music+

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In this episode we sit down at the courtesy of The Mahjong in Hong Kong to chat with Melody Leung, a competitive natural body builder. Together we discuss Melody's early days, hitting failure in competitions, we talk about philosophy and goals, the causes and effects of both positive and negative influences on the body.

SHOW LINKS

The Mahjong

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In this episode I sit down with Gregory Rivers, an Australian actor living and working in Hong Kong for the past 30 years. Gregory Rivers has made himself a career as the go to man to represent a white character in a drama or TV show. It helps that Gregory is fluent in Cantonese.

We start talking about the errors in Rivers’ wikipedia page, his time spent learning Cantonese and issues using it for work. Did you know Yale University produces more accurate translation material than Hong Kong University when it comes to producing cantonese language books. Gregory shares his earliest days working as an actor; the pressure of his first job, the various roles he’s been in over the years, dealing with his fame on the street and not taking it too seriously. 

Topics soon switch to the local economy for locals and tourists and Gregory’s 30 history with Hong Kong.

For more information go here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Charles_Rivers

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In this episode I sit down with Ken Choi of X-Game surf shop in Chai Wan

Chai Wan is on the far eastern side of Hong Kong Island, it use to be a large industrial sector and now a lot of the buildings have been converted into coffee shops, unique fashion stores and niche shops like Ken's desiring lower rent and more space than they would get in the more central parts of the island.

Together we discuss Ken's personal history with surfing, he was a bronze medal winner at the 1982 Asian Games for Team Hong Kong/Great Britain and we discuss the state of surfing culture in Hong Kong. During the discussion I take questions from a live audience on Periscope and I reference some articles which are included in the show notes.

SHOW LINKS

How surfing suddenly became cool in Hong Kong, and its ’70s expat roots)

Surf's up as Hong Kong catches the wave | ThingsAsian)

Interview: Hong Kong surfing expert, Ken Choi, on the Hurley Surf Cup 2009

Lee Lai-shan - Only gold medal winner, in windsurfing for team Hong Kong, Great Britain in 1996).

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We start with an introduction to Mikee, a Phillipean woman studying for a PHD while living in Hong Kong. 

We get to know Mikee through dIscussing what it is to be a transgendered woman, we question the types of surgery available, discuss Hong Kong attitudes to trans people, the possibility of developing cancer from hormone treatment, transitioning into a woman and so much more.    

You can find me on Periscope @jonathanjk, my Youtube channel is 'jonathanjk'.

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Hello from Hong Kong and welcome to episode 10, in this episode we meet Jodie of Simple Kitchen. SImple Kitchen is a small business that provides food to those in need. Jodie’s ‘Kitchen’ delivers food parcels free of charge to the elderly so as to help Hong Kong’s old people not make an unfair and difficlut choice between spending money on food or their rent.

We discuss some of the issues Jodie through Simple Kitchen deals with when helping the aged, we touch on some of the government assitance available, Jodie’s motivations and her future plans.

This podcast episode is actually a small part of a larger project I have undertaken through Periscope whereby I am helping the homeless in Hong Kong. All related videos/scopes can be found here: YouTube

If you like what you hear, maybe you’d lke to support me with my podcasts, videos and periscopes - you can find out how here - https://www.patreon.com/jonathanjk?ty=h

SHOW LINKS

Simple Kitchen

SSA policy

Oxfam 

Hong Kong's working homeless: High rents push working people onto the streets

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In this episode I sit down with Josh Stemlie and TEDx instructor and an educator in Hong Kong.

Together we talk about the homeschooling pros and cons in Hong kong, such as motivations, methods, perceptions, benchmarking young learners and how does one get into university? 

Using Youtube and/or Khan Academy while homeschooling.

Differences between homeschooling and private tutoring.

We also touch on what life is like in Hong Kong, dealing with the local language and culture and much much more.

You can find Josh's website here and on Twitter here.

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Munchies in Hong Kong is an organic A La Carte doughnut shop, this episode gives the spotlight to Munchies. I sit down with business owners Michelle and Kim to discuss the businesses goals and achievements, their high standards, sourcing of ingredients and the culture and ambitions of the awesome food that are doughnuts, cookies and ice-cream. 

Show Links

Intro and Outro music by Sorted Food

Munchies HK

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In this episode I speak with Penguin 6 a.k.a Andrew Leyden. Andrew is the most famous Hong Kong Periscoper and probably has the largest following in China. While Andrew isn’t periscoping, he’s an iOS developer and a legal consultant.

Together we discuss meeting the expectations of a viewing audience while being a well known periscoper.

We get down on record why Andrew came to Hong Kong, enjoying Hong Kong, it vs Singapore, the difference in vibe periscoping in Hong Kong compared to other parts of the world.

We also talk about air pollution in Hong Kong, some of the apps he’s written as a developer, Periscope vs Meetkat, limitations with Periscope and Periscope development, taking part in the 2014 protests during the Umbrella Movement.

Monetisation from Periscope is also discussed, changes in lifestyle and the periscope perspective vs the mainstream news perspective.

At the 40 minute mark there is a live Q&A with viewers on Periscope on a wider range of topics, such a 9/11, retiring and food in Hong Kong, 

The Interview was held live in PMQ with construction and piano playing in the background. 

SHOW NOTES

Penguinsix on Twitter.

Deadzone missles are flying

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