Oct 27, 202630 minS3
Singapore may have no oil, gas or natural resources to speak of, but there was one resource it could not afford to lose: water. For decades, much of Singapore's water supply came from Malaysia, making something as basic...
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Tell You First
Hosted by Mediacorp · education · EN-US
About this Podcast:
Hosted by the dynamic duo behind Ministry of Funny and Yah Lah But... - Haresh Tilani & Terence Chia - "Tell You First" is an edutainment podcast that aims to dive into a fascinating array of topics you never knew you needed to know.And the fun doesn't stop there—sometimes, we bring in special guests to join the laughter! Tune in for a one-of-a-kind blend of comedy and knowledge, and uncover a world of captivating insights that will leave you both enlightened and entertained.Produced by Ministry of Funny, and brought to you by MediacorpThe views and opinions shared during this podcast series are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. or its group of companies.
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What is Tell You First about?
Hosted by the dynamic duo behind Ministry of Funny and Yah Lah But... - Haresh Tilani & Terence Chia - "Tell You First" is an edutainment podcast that aims to dive into a fascinating array of topics you never knew you needed to know. And the fun doesn't stop there, sometimes, we bring in special guests to join the laughter!
Who hosts Tell You First?
Tell You First is hosted by Mediacorp. The show has published 89 episodes to date.
What has Tell You First covered recently?
Recent episodes include "The Water War Singapore Fought Without Firing a Shot" (27 October 2026, 30 minutes), "The Great Singapore Workout: From Cringe Campaign to a Guinness World Record" (20 October 2026, 31 minutes), and "How The Noose Got Away with 10 Years of Mocking Singapore" (13 October 2026, 44 minutes).
How often does Tell You First publish?
Tell You First publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 89 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Tell You First?
Booking probability for Tell You First is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Tell You First requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Tell You First's contact route on record: verified email.
About the host
Mediacorp hosts Tell You First, an education podcast with 89 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Oct 20, 202631 minS3
Before TikTok dances and viral fitness challenges, Singapore was Making Workouts Great Again. The Great Singapore Workout campaign encouraged everyone to don bright yellow T-shirts to perform 15 moves in synchrony to a...
- Oct 13, 202644 minS3
The Noose was Singapore’s first and only parody show that poked fun at public office holders, accents, condo names and even why noodle stalls only serve five fishballs. But not everything was fair game. In this...
- Oct 6, 202646 minS3
What happens when a Singapore megachurch decides to push its beloved pastor's wife to become an international pop star? In the 2000s, City Harvest Church backed Sun Ho's "Crossover Project", an ambitious endeavour that...
- Sep 29, 202650 minS3
Everyone who lived through the 2009 AWARE Saga remembered it, but nobody wanted to talk about it. Not the 3,000 people who queued four hours to vote at Suntec. Not the bank that publicly disowned its own VP. Not the...
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- Sep 22, 202631 minS3
On 20 April 2004, 100 metres of Nicoll Highway suddenly collapsed into a 30-metre-deep hole, killing four people and injuring three. The disaster exposed serious failures in the design and construction of the Circle...
- Sep 15, 202634 minS3
Sam's Alfresco Coffee Shop sounds like somewhere you'd order a flat white. But it's actually the innocent-looking front door to the Sammyboy forum, sharing commercial sex reviews, explicit erotica, and lewd photos...
- Sep 8, 202656 minS3
In the 2000s, Malaysia became known for a very different kind of concert run. The Pussycat Dolls' outfits led to a fine against their organisers, Gwen Stefani changed costumes for every song just to stay covered up...
- Sep 1, 202652 minS3
Barings Bank was founded in 1762 and was Britain's oldest merchant bank, trusted even by Queen Elizabeth herself. But in 1995, a 28-year-old trader in Singapore brought the whole 233-year-old institution to its knees...
- Aug 25, 202639 minS3
On 10 March 1965, two Indonesian Marine Commandos walked into MacDonald House and planted a bomb that killed three people and injured 33 others. But MacDonald House wasn't even their original target. What followed was a...
- Aug 18, 202658 minS3
Singapore Idol premiered in 2004 to a reported 1.2 million viewers, skyrocketing a local talent show into a national obsession. Dick Lee, sidelined into a desk job, found the show reigniting something he'd lost. He...
- Aug 11, 202635 minS3
Today, the USB thumbdrive is one of those bits of tech we use without a second thought. But before 2000, the best way to store digital files was a floppy disk holding 1.44 MB, barely one song. Then Trek 2000...
- Aug 4, 20261h 3mS3
Singer-songwriter Benjamin Kheng knows exactly how hard it is to write a song for an entire country, he did it himself with 2024's Not Alone. But long before him, the identities of the people behind some of Singapore's...
- Jul 28, 202632 minS3
A Luxembourg art student copied Singaporean fashion photographer Zhang Jingna's photograph by flipping it, changing the colours, adding earrings and a sword, before calling it his own. His painting won a government...
- Jul 21, 202640 minS3
In 2014, fifteen people, mostly Malaysian and Singaporean, spent a day painting body art on each other, running relay races, and doing kettlebell exercises by a campfire, all while completely nude on a secluded Penang...
- Jul 21, 202640 minS3
<p>In 2014, fifteen people, mostly Malaysian and Singaporean, spent a day painting body art on each other, running relay races, and doing kettlebell exercises by a campfire, all while completely nude on a secluded...
- Jul 14, 202637 minS3
For 120 years, the British colonial government was Singapore's largest licensed drug dealer. Opium was processed on a hill in Pasir Panjang, that is known today as Opium Hill. By the time the system was dismantled...
- Jul 14, 202637 minS3
<p>For 120 years, the British colonial government was Singapore's largest licensed drug dealer. Opium was processed on a hill in Pasir Panjang, that is known today as Opium Hill. By the time the system was dismantled...
- Jul 7, 202639 minS3
<p>Twenty-six Brompton bicycles, a $57,200 government purchase, and a tender that drew just one bid. Sounds suspicious? HardwareZone users thought so. By tracing Facebook friend lists, company records, and regulatory...
- Jul 7, 202639 minS3
Twenty-six Brompton bicycles, a $57,200 government purchase, and a tender that drew just one bid. Sounds suspicious? HardwareZone users thought so. By tracing Facebook friend lists, company records, and regulatory...
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Gurmit Singh
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Lynn Wong
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