He Says, She Says, They Say

It has become a bogeyman to many, yet still many are unsure what it even is. We speak to Rish Tandapany, the founder and CEO of boutique thought consultancy Trynkle, about cancel culture to find out more about its origins, what cancel culture actually is, and its implications on modern society.

Social media links:

Rish Tandapany
Website: https://www.trynkle.com/
Twitter: @RTandapany
Instagram: @asktrynkle

Iqbal Fatkhi
Twitter: @Iqtodabal
Instagram: @Iqtodabal

Azielia Anne
Twitter: @azielianne
Instagram: @azielianne

Following the publication of a now-debunked paper tying vaccines to autism in 1998, there has been a growing group of anti-vaccine believers actively trying to combat efforts to vaccinate the world against preventable diseases. Now, as Malaysia embarks on its drive to deliver the COVID vaccine, we speak to healthcare administrator Dr, Khoo Yoong Khean about anti-vaxxers, their beliefs, and how governments should deal with them.

Dr. Khoo Yoong Khean
Website: https://www.medium.com/@yoongkhean
Twitter: @yoongkhean

Iqbal Fatkhi
Twitter: @Iqtodabal
Instagram: @Iqtodabal

Azielia Anne
Twitter: @azielianne
Instagram: @azielianne

As the world sees a global increase in wealth inequality, many are pointing to the immorality of a handful of the world’s population owning most of its wealth. Given this, we speak with the CEO of Islamic budgeting and investing app Kestrl to hear what Islam might have to say about this issue and how zakat might be an answer to these problems.

Social media links:

Areeb Siddiqui, Kestrl App
Website: https://kestrl.io/
Twitter: @KestrlApp
Instagram: @areeb.a.siddiqui

Iqbal Fatkhi
Twitter: @Iqtodabal
Instagram: @Iqtodabal

Azielia Anne
Twitter: @azielianne
Instagram: @azielianne

Ask someone if they want a bowl of Pho or a plate of Pad Thai and they'll get all excited, but ask someone if they want Nasi Lemak and suddenly they're screaming "who are you?" and "how did you get into my house?". In this episode, we speak to food writer/journalist-turned-musician Amirul Ruslan to find out how Malaysian cuisine got left behind as its neighbors win Michelin stars and international acclaim abroad.

Social media links:

Amirul Ruslan
Twitter: @amirulruslan
Instagram: @amirulruslan
Spotify: HH The Archduke

Iqbal Fatkhi
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Iqtodabal
Instagram: @Iqtodabal

Azielia Anne
Twitter: @azielianne

Following the shootings that resulted in 8 victims in Atlanta, Georgia, we speak to Munira Mustaffa about an internet subculture known as incels, and their evolution into a real-world threat, as well a surprising connection between incel violence in the US to Malaysia. Munira is a security practitioner and research fellow at Verve Research who was one of the first people in Malaysia to highlight right-wing extremism in terms of terrorism and political violence.

Social media links:

Munira Mustaffa
Twitter: @MuniraMustaffa

Iqbal Fatkhi
Twitter: @Iqtodabal
Instagram: @Iqtodabal

Azielia Anne
Twitter: @azielianne

Azielia and Iqbal speak to a researcher at the European Commission, Lynn Davies, and former Master's student at the International Islamic University of Malaysia, Basem Talha, about structures of patriarchy around the world, how they affect those living in them, and why some women uphold these structures at their own detriment.

Social media links:

Lynn Davies
Instagram: @Lynn_Marissa_

Iqbal Fatkhi
Twitter: @Iqtodabal
Instagram: @Iqtodabal

Azielia Anne
Twitter: @azielianne

We speak to former Penang Institute research analyst and current Waseda University graduate student, Ooi Kok Hin, about Game Theory - both literally while playing the popular online game Among Us, as well as academically, in analyzing game theory scenarios in Malaysian politics.

Social media links:

Ooi Kok Hin
Twitter: @CinaCakapMelayu
Podcast: @Duripod

Iqbal Fatkhi
Twitter: @Iqtodabal
Instagram: @Iqtodabal

Azielia Anne
Twitter: @azielianne

Today's guest is Muzakir, a former stand-up comic and current comedy/improv sketch writer who joins Azielia and Iqbal to discuss incestuous relationships between family members and whether there might ever come a time when romantic relationships between siblings or parents and children become normalized, and maybe even one day, legalized.

Social media links:

Muzakir Xynll

Twitter: @mzkrx

Instagram: @mzkrx

Website: www.mzkrx.com

Patreon website: https://www.patreon.com/pinballmonkeys

Iqbal Fatkhi

instagram: @iqtodabal

Twitter: @iqtodabal 

Azielia Anne

Twitter: @azielianne 

If you’d like to get in touch with us, or have any ideas for topics or guest speakers that you'd like to hear more about, drop us an inbox at [email protected] and you can also follow us on twitter @heshetheysay_

Till next time, bye! 

Iqbal gets really excited in this episode as he and Sharrif Salleh, a former political researcher, discuss the journey of a Malaysian man from Ipoh, Ian Miles Cheong, going from internet notoriety as one of the first Reddit moderators to be banned from the site, to internet infamy as one of the most well known right-wing, conservative pundits on American politics, despite him not actually even living in America, not being American, and as some allege, never having even been to America.

Social media links:

Shariff Salleh
Twitter: @Sharrif
Instagram: @Sharrifb

Iqbal Fatkhi
instagram: @iqtodabal
Twitter: @iqtodabal

Azielia Anne
Twitter: @azielianne

If you’d like to get in touch with us, or have any ideas for topics or guest speakers that you'd like to hear more about, drop us an inbox at [email protected] and you can also follow us on twitter @heshetheysay_

Thanks for listening! Till next time, Bye!

Shafiqah Othman, a writer and artist who publishes on her own website, ShafiqahOthman.com, and on Medium. Shafiqah shares her experience going from avowed hatred of K-Pop, to mild acceptance, when she discovers her husband is a K-Pop fan himself, to full-fledged K-Pop fanaticism when she starts discovering her own passion for the genre which helped us understand why so many other fans have made the same journey, and how K-Pop managed to take over the world.

Social media links:

Shafiqah Othman
Twitter: @sfqomhz
Website: www.ShafiqahOthman.com

Iqbal Fatkhi
instagram: @iqtodabal
Twitter: @iqtodabal

Azielia Anne
Twitter: @azielianne

If you’d like to get in touch with us, or have any ideas for topics or guest speakers that you'd like to hear more about, drop us an inbox at [email protected] and you can also follow us on twitter @heshetheysay_

Thanks for listening! Till next time, Bye!