An internet-based genre of chill music helps people to destress and focus
I’m quoted in The Washington Post!
It’s 9pm. I sit at my desk to work on an article. My laptop is dimly lit by a tungsten lamp. Beside it, a cup of green tea. This is my happy…
You can crumple it, fold it, print on it, and write on it. In short, a piece of paper can do it all. But not everyone agrees about what size it should be.
When I moved to the U.S. for college, I found out that they did not use A4-sized…
No foreign-language film has ever taken top honors at the Academy Awards. But thanks to Donald Trump, Netflix, and a director named Bong Joon Ho, South Korea’s “Parasite” stands a fighting chance.
Imagine this. A stocky Asian man, with wire-framed glasses walks up on stage. The black mop of hair…
The West has voiced their support for Hong Kong protestors, but many overseas Chinese are sitting on the fence. Identity politics means that this battle is being waged on domestic soil.
The Hong Kong protestors have endured a long six months. Since April, demonstrators have organized in marches across the…
The success of a show about a beloved TV series hints at a lucrative new direction for the podcast industry.
Last Wednesday the first episode of Office Ladies was unleashed onto the internet. The hour-long podcast features The Office stars, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, reliving the making of their…
Millennials face a uniquely modern problem — the terrors of endless opportunity.
I always end the week by watching Netflix. As far as I’m concerned the streaming platform is nothing less than a magic elixir for stressful 21st-century life. On Friday night, all I want to do is collapse on…
The podcaster/comedian/UFC commentator has risen up the podcast charts with an eclectic collection of guests.
Podcast extraordinaire Joe Rogan can’t stop talking about his isolation tank. His show — the Joe Rogan Experience — attracts millions of listeners each episode. And why wouldn’t it? Politicians, business leaders, and big-name celebrities…
A modest Japanese clothing company recreates community structures to become a global mega-brand.
Last month, Japanese clothing giant Uniqlo opened its second store in Western Australia. At the Carousel Shopping Center, shoppers lined up to get first access to the brand’s versatile catalogue of clothing. …
One of the biggest global entertainment industries is televised sport. Everyone watches sport. Kids in Peru watch sport. Grandmothers in Iceland watch sport (I assume). What’s more, most people watch multiple types of sport. There is the camaraderie of team competition (football, basketball), and the heroics of individual athletics (swimming…
