Behind the Story Podcast
1) A Hong Kong exorcist and the Festival of Hungry Ghosts
While many Western nations have Halloween, in Asia there’s the Hungry Ghost Festival. In this episode, Post reporter Lisa Cam shares what she learned from a feng shui practitioner who helps ghosts mov...Show More
2) What to expect from China under third-term President Xi Jinping
China recently wrapped up the “two sessions'' of its national legislature and top political advisory body. Beyond the confirmation of an unprecedented third term for President Xi Jinping and the unvei...Show More
3) Asia in 2023: the post-pandemic new order
After a turbulent 2022 - which saw changes of leadership in countries like the Philippines and Malaysia, fluctuating stocks and foreign exchange markets, along with a gradual economic recovery from th...Show More
4) China’s Covid crisis: what went wrong and how bad is it?
China is struggling to contain the fallout from suddenly ending its draconian Covid-control regime. How bad is the situation and what’s next for the world’s second-largest economy? Former SCMP editor...Show More
5) ‘China knows it’s getting stronger’: George Yeo on US-China tensions
Former Singapore foreign minister and long-time Hong Kong resident George Yeo has been called a “China whisperer” for his ability to explain Beijing’s ambitions and perspective to the rest of the worl...Show More
6) Neil deGrasse Tyson on China’s space program, science ignorance and UFOs
Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the most recognizable and renowned science communicators in the world. He is famous for combining wisdom and wit to break down complex ideas for the masses and was rec...Show More
7) From non-consensual porn to sextortion: exposing image-based abuse in Asia
Image-based abuse, including sextortion and non-consensual porn for profit, is on the rise in Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, the Philippines & Indonesia. SCMP presents a multinational collaboratio...Show More
From non-consensual porn to sextortion: exposing image-based abuse in Asia
51:47 | Sep 21st, 2021
8) Inside the yoga ball murders: how police solved one of Hong Kong’s most calculated crimes
In 2018 a professor from a Hong Kong university was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his wife and daughter using a gas-filled yoga ball as his murder weapon. Prosecutors had accused the anae...Show More
9) Hong Kong Halloween special 2020
Upon this Halloween the staff of the SCMP gather around a candle-lit microphone to tell some of Hong Kong's legendary ghost stories. Hear about the curse of the Seven Sisters, the haunted movie soundt...Show More
10) Quitting alcohol in Hong Kong: a sport reporter's journey
How hard is it to quit alcohol if it defines your lifestyle? Patrick Blennerhassett moved to Hong Kong and quickly became immersed in a culture of long work hours and even longer hours drinking each n...Show More