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An adult child gets to know her mother during the pandemic. This is part of our mini-series The Blanket Fort Sessions, a collection of personal essays on finding connection during the pandemic. Music in this episode: Hart, M - Debussy: La plus que lente Kevin Mcleod - Magic Scout - Farm Clip from [Oppa Thinking] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJyWeUSb3SE Theme music: Party Song by Sobs. Find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com More at www.somescuffs.com

Grace talks to people for a living. Now she has to do that through a computer screen. This is part of our mini-series The Blanket Fort Sessions, a collection of personal essays on finding connection during the pandemic.

Joshua describes the many beautiful ways the lockdown can bring people together. This is part of our mini-series The Blanket Fort Sessions, a collection of personal essays on finding connection during the pandemic. Find Joshua's writing at: www.joshuapoh.com www.notingthisdown.substack.com www.instagram.com/letmereadthis/ Theme music: Party Song by Sobs. Find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com More at www.somescuffs.com

In this episode, Lauren explores how relationships with our non-human friends can teach us to connect with our human ones. This is part of our mini-series The Blanket Fort Sessions, a collection of personal essays on finding connection during the pandemic. Lauren's podcast can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/the.urban.equestrian/ https://soundcloud.com/lauren-koh Theme music: Party Song by Sobs. Find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com More at www.somescuffs.com

This is the first episode in our mini-series, the Blanket Fort Sessions. It's a collection of personal essays on finding connection during the pandemic. Essay 1 is about the gift and curse of being together in tight quarters amid COVID-19. Theme music: Party Song by Sobs. Find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com More at www.somescuffs.com

What do the sounds we love say about us? This episode is brought to you by Sudio. Get 15% off your next pair of Sudio earphones when you use the promo code "somescuffs" at www.sudio.com Theme music: Party Song by Sobs. Find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com More at www.somescuffs.com

Bill Poorman and Nikolaj Groeneweg are expatriate husbands. Meaning they followed their wives' jobs to Singapore, and play the role of primary caregiver to their kids. And in an era that celebrates gender equality that shouldn't be weird, but we still act like it is. Why? Find the We Don't Mean to Dwell podcast: www.dontmeantodwell.com/ Theme music: Party Song by Sobs. Find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com More at www.somescuffs.com

Producing a podcast is as much of an art as it is a science. Our goal on this show is to put out high quality content, while at the same time being true to who we are. So what goes into making a great, authentic show? Danny Christnanto Koordi, host of the Economical Rice Podcast, spills all. Find the Economical Rice podcast: www.economicalricepodcast.com/ Theme music: Party Song by Sobs. Find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com More at www.somescuffs.com

Nobody Cares is back. In this episode, Jon Wang of the LongKangKitties podcast talks about creating an underwater utopia for hamsters, and Ethan and I rank acts of animal cruelty. Learn more about Hampture: http://hampture.blogspot.com/ Find the LongKangKitties podcast: https://longkangkitties.com/ Theme music: Party Song by Sobs. Find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com More at www.somescuffs.com

Why do some people think Singapore is a boring, soulless city? Lorenzo Petrillo, director of the Urban Design Festival, shares how redesigning our public spaces can help change that perception. Find out about the Urban Design Festival: https://www.urbandesignfestival.com/ Theme music: Party Song by Sobs. Find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com More at www.somescuffs.com

Nicholas Patrick went public with his depression in a huge way: he became the face of a national campaign to remove the stigma of mental health conditions. In this episode, he shares about his 12-year struggle with the disease, and how to have a conversation around mental illness. Find the NCSS Beyond the Label video here: https://youtu.be/VQoiz4wfV_c Theme music: Party Song by Sobs. Find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com More at www.somescuffs.com

"What if Harry Potter was a Malay Muslim boy?" said no one ever... until Suffian Hakim came along and wrote his bestselling parody novel, Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher. We talk to him about his latest book, The Minorities, and how we explore big ideas like identity, science, religion and death through fiction and humour. For more about Suffian, go to www.suffianhakim.com Theme music: Party Song by Sobs. Find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com More at www.somescuffs.com

The benefits of being real and being vulnerable in the workplace range from better emotional health to breakthrough innovation. Entrepreneur and vulnerability advocate Olivia Coleon shares how transparency and trust can transform the likes of large corporations right down to startups with just one or two founders. Find out more about Olivia's event series, Naked Nights at www.facebook.com/nakednights Theme music: Party Song by Sobs. Find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com More at www.somescuffs.com

In the finale of our mini-series Magic Hands, we find out if the Moody Nail crowdfunding campaign reaches its target, and where it goes from here. Magic Hands tells the story of yoga entrepreneur Sinnead Ali. Sinnead wrote a guidebook on special hand poses called mudras that are used to enhance your meditation, and started a crowdfunding campaign to get it published. The series follows her through the intense process and questions what it means to sell wellness. More at www.somescuffs.com Theme music by Malika Avani, Derrick Siu and Kei Franklin. Follow Sinnead on instagram: instagram.com/sinnead.tma or instagram.com/moodynails.sg More on the Moody Nails crowdfunding campaign: igg.me/at/moodynails/x Audio for intro from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPUWdhHDKS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snkr-1C2e7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMz_UagXkFk&t=15s

Passion can't pay the bills... or can it? In part 3 of our mini-series Magic Hands, we find out. Magic Hands tells the story of yoga entrepreneur Sinnead Ali. Sinnead wrote a guidebook on special hand poses called mudras that are used to enhance your meditation, and started a crowdfunding campaign to get it published. The series follows her through the intense process and questions what it means to sell wellness. More at www.somescuffs.com Theme music by Malika Avani, Derrick Siu and Kei Franklin. Follow Sinnead on instagram: instagram.com/sinnead.tma or instagram.com/moodynails.sg More on the Moody Nails crowdfunding campaign: igg.me/at/moodynails/x Audio for intro from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPUWdhHDKS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snkr-1C2e7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMz_UagXkFk&t=15s

The story you tell yourself about your life can determine where you end up, for better or for worse. In part 2 of our mini-series Magic Hands, we explore the concept of the narrative identity, with the help of a young yogi who travels halfway across the world to find herself. Magic Hands tells the story of yoga entrepreneur Sinnead Ali. Sinnead wrote a guidebook on special hand poses called mudras that are used to enhance your meditation, and started a crowdfunding campaign to get it published. The series follows her through the intense process and questions what it means to sell wellness. More at www.somescuffs.com Theme music by Malika Avani, Derrick Siu and Kei Franklin. Follow Sinnead on instagram: instagram.com/sinnead.tma or instagram.com/moodynails.sg More on the Moody Nails crowdfunding campaign: igg.me/at/moodynails/x Audio for intro from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPUWdhHDKS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snkr-1C2e7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMz_UagXkFk&t=15s

Magic Hands is a mini-series that tells the story of yoga entrepreneur Sinnead Ali. Sinnead wrote a guidebook on special hand poses called mudras that are used to enhance your meditation, and started a crowdfunding campaign to get it published. The series follows her through the intense process and questions what it means to sell wellness. In part 1, we learn the basics of yoga mudras. More at www.somescuffs.com Theme music by Malika Avani, Derrick Siu and Kei Franklin. Follow Sinnead on instagram: instagram.com/sinnead.tma or instagram.com/moodynails.sg More on the Moody Nails crowdfunding campaign: https://igg.me/at/moodynails/x Audio for intro from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPUWdhHDKS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snkr-1C2e7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMz_UagXkFk&t=15s

We're back with a simple question: who am I? And how do we show people who we truly are in the hope of being received bu them without reservation? In season 2 of Some Scuffs, we hear stories of people who are trying to find their authentic voices, and we look for our own, too. Theme music by Sobs, find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com Sound design by Lee Zhe Ren More at www.somescuffs.com

All parents have high hopes for their kids, right? Sometimes it feels like we can never live up to those expectations, especially if what we want in life deviates from the traditional route to success. What do parents really want from us and how can we truly make them proud? We talk to Lee Wai Hoong, an expert in family, who also happens to be my dad. - This is the last episode of season one, thanks so much for sticking around till the end.

[Nobody Cares is a recurring segment on the podcast in which we talk about stuff that nobody else cares about.] Today, we bring you some of the strangest sports out there - some of which aren't as dangerous as we hoped. We're talking a mix of martial arts and juggling, thumb-wrestling plus many other obscure world championship competitions you've never heard of. - Have you read or come across something that you think is super cool but that probably nobody else cares about? Leave us a comment here, at www.somescuffs.com or drop me an email at davelleee@gmail.com and we'll find something interesting to say about it. More at www.somescuffs.com