The Woke Salaryman Podcast
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The Woke Salaryman Podcast
Hi, we’re Ruiming and Wei Choon, the co-founders of The Woke Salaryman. We’re a web-comic with over 400k followers across our Instagram & Facebook platforms where we talk about personal finance, investments, career things and more. Follow us on Instagram (@thewokesalaryman) or check out our ar...
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The Projector is gone, why films are not classified as art, and art as a cost center
A long chat with film director Cheng Chai Hong about the closure of The Projector, the loss of third spaces in Singapore, the homogenisation of experi...
What we're doing amidst the chaos of world events (it's boring)
Timestamps:
1:59 World events and our reaction
9:12 Just stay calm and boring
12:23 Recent travels
19:19 Thrifting
23:01...
Surviving as an irreverent artist in politically correct Singapore
We had a chat with our friend Dan Wong. Dan is a super creative and unique visual storyteller that has somehow managed to carve out a professional car...
The real estate agent that charges $1999 no matter what
Our interview with the man who is kicking up a storm in the Singapore real estate industry.
Patrick Chee is a serial entrepreneur who is a strai...
The tough thing about side-hustles/passion projects
Hello, this is another tea time video where we talk about something for fun. This week, we talk about why we struggle with our respective side-hustles...
A long chat during our retreat in rural Japan
We recorded this chat when we visited Ruiming's house in Japan. Hope y'all enjoy.
0:00 Intro
1:20 Why are we here?
2:28 Why did RM g...
Young people feeling lost in their first job
Hi everyone, this is a casual chat we had over tea time. We hope you will enjoy chilling with us.
We talk about fresh grads feeling lost...
Surviving and thriving past COVID for SMEs and FnB businesses
*THIS PODCAST EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY UOB*
We sit down with Bernard Tay from Jinjja Chicken and Paul Kan from UOB to talk about the chall...
Our new book and our thoughts from travelling Southeast Asia recently
We've been away for a while travelling Southeast Asia promoting our books.
0:00 Intro
3:36 Traffic in Jakarta, KL VS Singapore
What you stand to lose when you start a creative business
We talk about the trade-offs for the creative soul who wants to run a creative business.
0:00 Intro
0:50 More about our business an...
She runs a 100% remote company
Juliana Chan is a scientist and scholar turned business owner. Today, she runs Wildtype Media Group, managing a 20-member team — based in Singapore, M...
Employee VS employer: Is it okay to leave after training? (and more)
Is overtime ever justified? Why do good employees leave? Do you have to worry about your own job being irrelevant?
This episode,...
Should you start a business with a close friend?
This episode, we talk to the founders of The Black Hole Group; a collective of lifestyle and F&B concepts.
They started out in 2012 with...
We talk to a professional cruise magician
Jeremy Tan is a professional magician who does a lot of work on cruise ships!
We talk to him about the pros and cons of working in such a unique...
Our approach to sponsored content
We respond to some spicy comments on Reddit about the fact that we have sponsors, and talk about how we approach sponsored content, what we say no to,...
Why this financial agent doesn't take commissions and why Asian fathers struggle to be vulnerable
Watch this to understand how your financial agent is actually being paid, and what your options are.
We also talk about parenthood and why Asian...
We interview our first hire
Meet Vivienne, she's the first person we hired since we went full-time with The Woke Salaryman.
2.5 years ago, Viv left an amazing job at a very...
AI IS COMING.
At The Woke Salaryman, we create content by writing and drawing. A.I. solutions for these 2 functions are getting really really good.
Are we at...
Are hawkers sustainable in Singapore?
Hawker culture is very important to Singapore culture.
Central to the definition of HAWKER is the idea that hawker food should be CHEAP and GOOD...
Singapore is the most expensive country to retire in
We talk about this infographic that compares the cost of retiring around the world.
Singapore is the most expensive country apparently. W...
Do we become more conservative with age?
It may be hard to believe but we used to be very left-leaning when we were younger.
This is us reacting to a short clip of...
Almost half of Singaporeans don't have enough savings to last 6 months
We react to a report summarizing how Singaporeans are doing when it comes to financial wellness in the past year.
Read the report here: https://...
Singaporean plumber becomes an Australian and earns more money, we REACT
We react to a recent post that went viral, where a Singaporean plumber relocated to Australia because they would be paid far better there.
Are most bosses incompetent? The Peter Principle REACTION
(Sry there was an issue with the export so some parts were muted. We've fixed it) This is a bit late but we intended not to publish this for audio ini...
Ep 16: Yip Pin Xiu on Competitive sports, Money, and Life after the Paralympics
Yip Pin Xiu is a professional swimmer who has won gold at the Paralympics 5 times. She is Singapore's most decorated Paralympian. This podcast was ver...
Episode 15: The Parable of 10 Men: Do we need rich people?
A simple, yet though-provoking parable we found.
How do we take care of the poor? Does progressive tax work? What are the trade-offs when you ta...
Ep 14: FTX Collapse - Are content creators that plugged it shills? Could we have predicted it?
We talk about the recent crypto cataclysm and the pushback against content creators who plugged it.
(Sorry for the thumps we bought a new mic st...
Ep 13: We ask an investment expert layman questions
Our guest Wey Fook is the Chief Investment Officer at DBS Bank.
btw THIS VIDEO IS NOT SPONSORED BY DBS. WE HAVE DONE SPONSO...
Ep 12: Boomer accuses Gen Z of being flaky, Millennials REACT.
(NOTE: In case y'all are interested, the OP recently posted a more serious reply to the story that you can check out on his FB wall.)
Ep 11: Escaping the cycle of poverty/abuse in Singapore (and more) w/ guest Thomas Chua
We talk to our first guest ever on the podcast about how he grew up poor in Singapore and how he broke the cycle.
Thomas is an investor and writ...
Ep 10: Quiet quitting? Really?
Setting healthy boundaries with work, measuring productivity, attendance vs work done.
Time stamps:
0:00 What is quiet quitting and our t...
Ep 9: Rich in cash, poor in lifestyle?
Would you spend all your money if you became rich? Is the point of life to spend the money you earn? Is it possible/fulfilling to have a lot of money...
Ep 8: Is it wrong to be unambitious? Lie flat culture, #vanlife, hustle culture.
Is it wrong to be unambitious? What's with the anti-work, lie flat, 'hikikomori' movements popping up all around the world?
Is this a sign of th...
Ep 7: Is too much foreign talent in Singapore a bad thing? A local and an Immigrant discuss.
Singapore is a small country with declining fertility rates. How should we keep up internationally amidst local resistance to immigration? We discuss...
Episode 6: New office, imposter syndrome, insecurities from running a small business and loyalty
The first podcast we're doing in our new office.
It's a significant upgrade in terms of working conditions, accessibility, presentability, and o...
Episode 5: 2021 Recap + We're moving out! Last day in our very first office.
The last podcast we will do from our very first office!
We are moving to a bigger (and more expensive 😱 office) which wil...
Episode 4: Our analysis on Netflix's Squid Game, as two personal finance enthusiasts
We talk about Netflix's hit series Squid Game. How accurate is the show as an analogy to real life? How far would we personally go to preserve our liv...
Episode 3: Don't have your shit together at 30? It's ok.
Are young people pressured to find success in life too early? We talk about the definitions of success at different milestones, how we view our own ‘s...
Episode 2: The Lessons we learnt from Attack on Titan
We’re huge fans of Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin). In this 2nd episode of our podcast, we talk about the life lessons we learned that relate to...
Episode 1: The FIRE Movement
Hi, we’re Ruiming and Wei Choon, co-founders of a webcomic called "The Woke Salaryman". Our mission is to make personal finance easier and more entert...