Shows / Mr Murugan and Ms Fong
Mr Murugan and Ms Fong
One is Mr Murugan. He talks a little too much, thinks out loud and occasionally says something profound before realising it himself. The other is Ms Fong. She says less, observes more and has the uncomfortable habit of being right before the rest of us catch up. Together, they explore Eastern wisdom, spirituality, science, health, happiness, ageing and the human condition – with some detours along the way. Just two people, one conversation and the kind of insight that slips in quietly between…
Episodes
- Mr Murugan and Ms Fong
Take Away Your Job, Your Name, Your Body. What's Left?
There is a method over a thousand years old that never tellsyou what you are. Only what you are not. It is called neti neti – "not this, not this." Notyour…
- Mr Murugan and Ms Fong
The System Wants You to Buy and Throw!
Fixing something you already own has quietly become one of the more subversive things you can do.In 2022 the world generated 62 million tonnes of electronic…
- Mr Murugan and Ms Fong
Why the First Reaction Is Almost Always Wrong
IN THIS EPISODE - Why one word changes how far apost travels, and why truth has nothing to do with it - The MIT study that tracked adecade of news on Twitter…
- Mr Murugan and Ms Fong
I Won't Let You Earn More Than Me
Here's a question that sounds simple, and isn't. Would you rather earn $50,000 a year while everyone aroundyou earns $25,000 — or earn $100,000, while everyone…
- Mr Murugan and Ms Fong
Weekend Was Invented By Drunk People
The weekend feels like a law of physics. Two days off, every week, forever.It isn't. It's younger than the lightbulb, and it was a live argument for more than…
- Mr Murugan and Ms Fong
They Need More Than Food
Your pet has been trying to talk to you. Not with words. With every pace across the floor, every toy ignored, every time they stare at you a little too long.We…
- Mr Murugan and Ms Fong
Scientists Counted The Birds. The Number Made People Cry
Murugan downloaded a bird identification app. Forty minutes later he was still on the balcony, phone held up, not moving.Then Ms Fong looked into why so many…
- Mr Murugan and Ms Fong
15-Minute Boredom Trick To Make You Creative
A person is alone with their own mind for twelve seconds and immediately reaches for a phone, as though they had been abandoned in a forest.No danger. No…
- Mr Murugan and Ms Fong
Ancient India Found 107 Points On Your Body That Can Kill You
Cut a body open and you find muscle, bone and blood. That's the anatomy your doctor learned.But across Asia, entire civilizations built completely different…
- Mr Murugan and Ms Fong
Do Binaural Beats Actually Work?
There is a sound your ears never actually receive — but your brain builds it anyway.Put one tone in the left ear. Put a slightly different tone in the right…
- Mr Murugan and Ms Fong
When did you last notice the weather?
When did you last notice the weather – not check it on an app, but actually notice it?The quality of light. The direction of the wind. Whether the air smelled…