#18 Lockdown Podcast Hangout with Melbourne-based Expat Comedians: Abbie Richards, Mare Whittaker and Olga Loitsenko 疫情之下单口相声演员：留守墨尔本的外国段子手们

今天维州州长发话了：墨尔本将取消5公里这个外出距离的限制了，希望大家的工作和生活也快快回到正常的轨道上，更加希望单口喜剧场子也尽快开放营业。 这八个月的隔离，真的是一言难尽。不过我也苦中作乐，利用这段时间采访了15位散居在世界各地的单口相声演员，通过2020共建战友情。 这一季以在墨尔本的中国单口相声演员Sean的采访开始，以在上海的中国单口相声演员Lee的采访结束，也算是给第一季画下一个圆满的句号，给自己留下一个美好的回忆。 2020虽然很糟心，但是只要希望还在，总还是有动力的。 In this last episode, I interviewed a Chinese stand-up comic Lee Yi, who performs in both Chinese and English in Shanghai. It is intriguing to know his comedy journey and his struggles as a comedian in China. The audio is in mandarin Chinese.  XOXO HH

What is our guest comedian doing during this crazy lock-down? What is it like for comedians to have a less stressful approach on comedy gigging? What is like doing stand-up comedy in Brazil, New Zealand and Melbourne? Sounds intriguing? Loosen up, coffee up, enjoy this interesting podcast interview with Michele da Costa, a stand-up comedian and online gamer. Michele is originally from Brazil but she has lived in New Zealand for more than 15 years, and about a year ago, she moved to Melbourne. Now she is "enjoying" the miserable second lockdown with all Melbournians while developing her hobby about online gaming. xoxo HH

What is our guest comedian doing during this crazy lock-down? What is the comedy scene like in the southwest part of China? What is his perspective of doing comedy in China? Sounds intriguing? Loosen up, coffee up, enjoy this interesting podcast interview with Dan Russell, a stand-up comedian and showrunner. Dan is from the U.S., and has been living in China forever. He has been active in China comedy scene for a long time. He is running comedy shows in two major southwestern megacities: Chengdu and Chongqing. You can follow him on instagram @danrussell7857 for the show updates. xoxo HH

When and who first started stand-up comedy in China? Any BEEF? What is the South African comedy scene like? What is Trevor Noah's place? What are the challenges of doing stand-up comedy in China, like submitting your scripts to the culture bureau for review? Sounds intriguing? Loosen up, coffee up, enjoy this interesting podcast interview with Ian Badenhorst, a stand-up comic, a DJ and a manager. Ian is from Durban, South Africa, and has been living in China forever. He has been active in the China comedy scene for the past five years and now he runs the Attic room in Shanghai. You can follow him on instagram @ianbadenhorst xoxo HH

What witty banter and juicy stories do you expect when you have a roomful of comedians sharing their journey, struggles and anecdotes? What are comedians doing during the lock-down to stop ourselves banging our heads against the wall? What are comedians' comedian and their favourite jokes? Curious or just bored? Loosen up, coffee up, enjoy this interesting podcast interview with Richard Meneses, a young Canadian backpacker exploring stand-up comedy in Australia.  You can follow Richard on Instagram @richmenes5 for his updates and shows. XOXO HH

This is the last episode of the first season. First season was planned two years ago so this was recorded two years ago with the other nine interviews of foreigners living in the US. The guest Yang Li in this episode is a good friend of mine and a super smart and hard-core feminist. She grow up in China and went to the US after middle school. She has experienced culture shock, racism and discrimination based on the skin tone yet she survived all of those. Now she is thriving in what she loves to do.

What witty banter and juicy stories do you expect when you have a roomful of comedians sharing their journey, struggles and anecdotes? What are comedians doing during the lock-down to stop ourselves banging our heads against the wall? What are comedians' comedian and their favourite jokes? Curious or just bored? Loosen up, coffee up, enjoy this interesting podcast interview with Mike Herd, a Scottish musician and stand-up comedian in Shanghai.   Mike is also co-running Comedy UN in Shanghai, China, and you find their recent events on Facebook @comedyUNshanghai XOXO HH

What witty banter and juicy stories do you expect when you have a roomful of comedians sharing their journey, struggles and anecdotes? What are comedians doing during the lock-down to stop ourselves banging our heads against the wall? What are comedians' comedian and their favourite jokes? Curious or just bored? Loosen up, coffee up, enjoy this interesting podcast interview with Peng Dang, a standup comedian based in Texas, U.S. He grew up in Hu Nan, China, and went to the States as an international student. He is currently working as a full-time standup comedian touring around the country.  You can follow him on instagram @pengdangcomedy. And you can watch his half hour special here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Knr6e7hQg&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0JOquy6BIZQJ-ctuHdDvpZb_NkednMAjkD2VEm0NJ7clwbuSDWgDdtNe4 More read about Peng Dang https://www.centraltrack.com/humor-us-peng-dang-is-putting-on-for-his-culture/ Chinese comedians referred in this interview: Northern China's style of cross-talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShXAGV7cyzw Peng's favourite HuNan local comedians: Qi Zhi and Da Bing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV_oZNAagDI My favourite Sichuan local comedian: Li Boqing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5vAlEAFWiE

Chien-yu Liu has a JD from Georgetown University and definitely a legit intellectual and ambitious Asian student. Get ready for a short but insightful interview with Chien-yu and hear their stories and perspectives as an international student and expat living in the U.S. Stay Safe xoxo

What witty banter and juicy stories do you expect when you have a roomful of comedians sharing their journey, struggles and anecdotes? What are comedians doing during the lock-down to stop ourselves banging our heads against the wall? What are comedians' comedian and their favourite jokes?  Curious or just bored? Loosen up, hold your class, enjoy this interesting podcast interview with Abbie(American), Maren(French) and Olga(Estonian). /// You can find Abbie on Twitter: abbieasr and Instagram @abbiesr Maren on Instagram @maren.whitt Olga on Instgram @olgaloitsenko Stay Safe HH Sponsorships: on for this episode