Qamarul Haziq (@qamshot) drops by the podcast for the very first time! Even though him and Muz (@mzkrx) have been working on a podcast together ("How to Malay") for quite some time now. In this episode, they talk about:

• How Qamarul just found out about Muz's YouTube channel that's the same name as this podcast
• Muz's feelings about being called "Mozek"
• What a 'mood check' is, why Muz thinks it's important, and why Qam kinda hates it
• Managing emotional vulnerability on stage and off stage
• Why Qamarul and Muz see dramatic theatre as mean
• The myth of needing pain to be creative
• Hacky writing crutches
• Why a lot of bad pieces of work get made anyway
• How good content is no longer king
• How making media makes us less critical of bad media
• The way Netflix makes content decisions
• The way Marvel Studios' picks directors
• How underrated producers are
• Qamarul getting too used to special treatment too fast during a shoot
• Why Muz doesn't like being on set as a writer
• Being creative collaboratively versus being creative alone
• Muz's insecurities about his standup material
• The monumental importance of the audience in standup comedy
• Perfection being the enemy of good
• How to helpfully support local content creators in the service of the arts
• The role of critics in media
• A LONG-ass rant by Muz against online advertising, the insularity of news, and their relation to the decline in social cohesion.
• Muz proposes a solution to the rotting of public discourse
• Qamarul and Muz's personal negative experiences with Facebook ads
• The particular sensitivity of comedians
• Why Qamarul would probably never join a revolution as a Singaporean
• How much better Singapore is at handling the pandemic compared to Malaysia
  • Qamarul and Muz's contrasting feelings about traveling
  • Comedians "headlining" different comedy clubs around the world via Zoom
  • "Selling out" a socially-distanced venue
    

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