Intro about Ed Amon. 00:21   Intro music. 00:45   Ed Amon is buzzed to be here! 01:07   More about Ed Amon and his comedy 01:29   Do you guys swear on this podcast? 02:10   I was pretty shit at comedy at the beginning. 03:22   I enjoy comedy so that was most important. 04:02   I held a knife to my neck! (a $2 store knife so don’t worry) I was bombing at comedy! 05:26   Ed Amon was inspiration for Reality Hub. 06:13   Youtube videos helped to start a podcast. 06:49   There were lots of gatekeepers before podcasts came along. 08:00   Initially our podcast was really bad. 08:28   The goal was to satirize serious stuff 09:26   You had a dream and make it happen. You make shit happen. 10:14   Tell us your story about coming to New Zealand. 11:12   I was supposed to be a doctor. One day I thought I’m not doing this. 12:10   Going to business school and going against what I really wanted. 12:50   Business school was the compromise. 13:13   My main goal was to get out of Pakistan. 13:40   Big turning point in my life. 14:13   I left the country to further my education in London. 14:38   The attraction of coming to NZ and the cricket world cup. 15:15   The Cricket World Cup showcased NZ. 16:29   My city smells like wheelie bin juice! 17:01   Delving into the topic of arranged marriage. 17:34   I had to organize my marriage to look like it was arranged. 18:00   Breaking the myths of arranged marriage. Misconceptions. 18:29   Forced marriage does happen but there are nuanced. 19:22   Arranged marriage is a whole family thing. 20:17   Lots of parties involved with arranged marriage. 21:22   The good part is your family is involved which is good but there’s the bad side too. 22:20   The urban way is good but in rural areas there is less choice. 23:05   What was with the Shane Jones thing? 24:15   Discussing the immigration laws about arranged marriage. 25:00   The 3 month visit visa and the 12 month work visa to prove partnership. 26:40   It was going fine for years. But then it all changed. 27:48   In Pakistan you don’t live together until you’re married. 28:39   If you don’t like it go home! 29:10   It’s not just an Indian thing it affects all groups. 29:40   Bride and Prejudice scenario is common. 31:00   Russian Brides and meeting online. 32:14   The whole family is involved with the problems too and no babysitters in Pakistan. 33:04   Racist elements to what Shane Jones said? 34:28   The biggest immigrants to NZ are Australia and UK. 35:31   Changing the established narrative of immigration. 36:35   Duncan Garner article on Stuff while visiting Kmart. Population control. Link to Duncan Garners misleading Opinion piece in Stuff from December 2017 here:  38:23   The Kmart article excerpt. Summing it up. "Not intended to be racist". 39:50   House prices being kicked up because of immigrants? 40:35   The northern drift to Auckland. 41:54   Fact checking and delve deeper into things like this. 43:20   Looking at the repeated narrative and paradigm of immigration. 44:47   The whole country is full of immigrants and the emotional impact. 45:40   Boxing immigrants into one. 46:44   The country is getting more beige and the essence of an immigrant country. 48:27   We are a fractal of the world wide story. 49:34   Every country is entitled to control it’s borders. 50:00   The right to better your life and you can’t blame people trying to come here. 43:04   We all do it for economic reasons. 51:18   It’s not easy to come to NZ as it seems. 52:23   Having an open mind as an immigrant. Integrating into a new country. 54:18   It’s still a very nuanced thing. 55:15   Making jokes about I left Pakistan to avoid them here in NZ. 56:49   Since I was 14 I wanted to get out. 58:13   In news media we get sound bites about it but never delved in deeper. 1:00:30 No one was clear about the whole immigration law. 1:01:22 If I was going into an arranged marriage. 1:02:52 Example of showing a 12 month relationship was legit. 1:04:49 It did bring attention to it and promoted dialogue. 1:06:01 It’s not all hunky dory. There are always problems to deal with. It’s not foolproof. 1:06:52 Marriage seen as legalisation of sex. 1:07:30 It’s tilted against women in rural areas. The guy chooses the girl. 1:09:00 How I managed my marriage and worked it backwards and worked it like arranged. 1:11:01 City vs Rural and arranged marriage. 1:12:20 It’s not a level playing field for men and women in Pakistan. 1:13:06 Honour killings and the bad side of arranged marriage, complex situation. 1:14:15 Can urban areas lead the way for the rural areas? 1:14:32 Sons of landlords and the feudal system. 1:15:29 Pakistani literature and conversations surrounding the improvement. 1:16:06 The image of forced marriage. Forced by the circumstance of culture. 1:18:14 The path to death! Getting married too young? 1:19:10 Following my own path and doing what was right for me. 1:19:36 Going against the cultural norms and a having a different mentality. 1:20:16 Why I am supposed to love my country and questioning the nationalistic view. 1:21:39 Why did I actually leave the country I was born in? 1:22:19 Loving one country over another and the programming. 1:23:06 Letting go of your identity and how it changes over time. 1:24:14 Identity and putting your brain in a jail. 1:25:10 The whole wedding in Pakistan was for my family. 1:26:31 It was great and it wasn’t a bad thing and it fulfilled me. 1:27:35 With this topic it’s not black and white like in all relationships. 1:28:20 Arranged marriage there are good and bad sides. 1:29:42 You don’t have to have an opinion straight away. 1:30:45 Having a common sense approach to it. 1:31:30 We need to have a discussion on prostitution. It’s a taboo thing to do. 1:32:32 Being open minded to all topic. 1:32:57 Love is the highest vibration in the universe. 1:33:25 Listen to Ed Amon’s podcast! Baboonyodel.com 1:34:54 Outro music.