Podcast #43 – Mayhem in May: The 1957 Asian Flu epidemic in colonial Singapore (with Liam Hoo) 8 Sep 2025 Singaporeans are generally familiar with the Covid 19 pandemic and the Sars epidemic from 2003. But did you know Singapore faced a flu epidemic in 1957? Today, we speak to…
Podcast #42 – The First Fools: Lesser-known histories of Singapore’s Old Guard (with Peh, Derek & Jaime) 4 Aug 2025 Singapore’s Old Guard leaders are well known as politicians and cabinet ministers. But the ten of them also had lesser-known passions and careers beyond politics. Today, we speak to Peh,…
Podcast #41 – The story of Lee Ek Tieng: The Green General who cleaned up Singapore (with Samantha & Matthew) 12 May 2025 Singapore has a long standing reputation as a clean and green city. It is also known as the Garden City. But did you know things were completely different in the…
Podcast #38 – The Lion’s Roar: The tenacity of S Rajaratnam, Singapore’s first foreign minister (with Irene Ng) 10 Sep 2024 In 1965, Singapore separated from Malaysia, shattering the hope of a shared postcolonial future. The new country needed as many friends as it could get. The man who led the…
Podcast #37 – History on Screen: Showcasing Singapore’s past in short films (with Leon Cheo) 31 Jul 2024 Singapore’s short film industry is a small but vibrant one. With limited budgets, filmmakers aim to spotlight events and issues that rarely surface in more mainstream platforms. One such filmmaker…
Podcast #36 – Enigmas: The story of Singapore’s first spy chief (with Simon Tay) 30 Jun 2024 Most of us are familiar with famous intelligence agencies such as the American CIA, the British MI6 and Israel’s Mossad. But did you know Singapore has its own spy agency…
Newsletter Issues Historyogi Post Issue 99 7 Mar 202414 Apr 2024 Welcome to another year of learning and making history. We have two new podcast episodes to usher in 2024. Learn more about Anglo-American cooperation and engagement in Malaya and Singapore…
Podcast #32 – Arc of Containment: UK & US engagement in cold war Malaya & Singapore (with Ngoei Wen-Qing) 21 Jan 202418 Feb 2024 When we think about Southeast Asia during the Cold War, we usually think just about Indochina and the Vietnam War. But British counterinsurgency strategies and engagement with nationalist elites in…
Newsletter Issues Historyogi Post Issue 98 29 Dec 202314 Apr 2024 Nine podcast episodes. Five newsletter issues. Over 70 TikTok posts. 2023 has been a productive year and I thank my listeners, readers and followers for supporting this Historyogi project to…
Newsletter Issues Historyogi Post Issue 97 13 Oct 202314 Apr 2024 The relevance of history in the issues of the present has become stark with the latest outbreak of violence in the Middle East. We once again see the consequences of…
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