When we got to a certain age, we're seeing our friends and us picking some sort of hobby that will determine our personality for the next several years. Maybe it's podcasting (I might be guilty), rebuilding cars, baking bread, or running a marathon to name a few... In this episode we chat about what we're doing to stay active/fit, and maybe we can reflect on this in a few years' time thanking our younger selves that we chose some of these things that we're doing to stay healthy.

This episode is in partnership with the Australian Government. @healthgovau

To find out more, visit https://www.health.gov.au/vaping

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Guests: Matt & Nathan

Items mentioned

WHO Bacon article

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:50 How has your approach to health changed? Hyrox?

6:18 What happens when you train too much

9:01 Pain tolerance, doctor scales

11:25 Necessity of warming up before exercise, extreme vs minimal activeness

13:45 Why is it taking me so long to recover from sickness, calisthenics

17:36 Doing more fitness for your future

19:55 Vaping segment

28:45 Why is it a challenge to be more fit now? Trying other sports

31:55 Body image, Nathan's experience with body dysmorphia

42:02 Cultural attitude towards fitness, nutrition

50:04 'Everything' can cause some sort of health issue

53:58 Eating is a CHORE

59:21 Prioritising eating at home

1:05:03 Mental health, career goals

1:10:30 What you can do to better yourself

I grew up watching a ton of comedies. I always wondered what it's really like getting up on stage and trying to make a room full of strangers laugh. I sit down with local stand-up comedians Ian Mu and David Truong to chat about them getting into the Sydney comedy scene from open mics, weird jokes, their jokes that landed or bombed, and what it takes to keep coming back to the mic (even after a rough set).

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Guests: David Truong & Ian Mu

David's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_davidtruong__/

Ian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianstagramu/

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Items mentioned

Hiring actors NOT to laugh at a comedy show by Misfit Minds

I Brought Silent Mimes To A Comedy Show! by 4fun

yeahmadtv - https://www.youtube.com/@yeahmadtv

The Cheatcoders Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/thecheatcoders

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Music: aKu - Love Shine | aKu - The Final Blow

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

3:00 How do David and Ian know each other? First gigs?

7:00 Was this a COVID project? How did it all start?

11:17 How hard it is to get on stage to begin with

15:34 Running your own show, difficulty selling tickets

20:10 Improv is not the same as stand-up, dealing with hecklers

23:55 Focusing on this full time

29:29 Role models

35:34 What is the average set length? Set etiquette

42:30 Worst bombs

52:19 Staying motivated, coming up with jokes

1:01:07 Comics helping other comics… If you know them. Clean vs dirty jokes

1:07:28 Taboo, low hanging fruit jokes

1:12:18 Representing the area

1:13:42 Advice for aspiring comedians

1:19:09 Outro

Dying is a natural part of life, but what about the admin work that comes after it? Who deals with it? Can you even deal with it? Another type of lawyer, Bao Nguyen, is joining us to share about the morbid side of death and importance of having a Will. We also get to know Bao's journey to law, with a side of political advisory.

To get you thinking about own life admin if the unexpected ever happens, Arver Law is offering a $150 discount exclusively to Rice n Mics listeners for drafting of your Will, valid until 31 December 2025. Please email bnguyen@arverlaw.com.au for more information.

Arver Law: https://www.arverlaw.com.au/

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Music: aKu - Love Shine | aKu - The Final Blow

Chapters

0:00 Intro

2:52 SWEH Expo, Arver Law

5:31 The law journey, too sane to work as a youth officer

8:57 Applying for a Cabra law firm, learning Viet, YES I AM SICK

12:28 Work at the Cabra law firm, differences with a larger firm

15:17 Toxic work culture, emails at 2AM?!

18:57 Hitting a dark spot, changes in work

21:08 More about the Cabra law firm, Maccas

24:35 The clarkeship/graduate experience, Shanghai exchange

32:30 VSA (Vietnamese Students Association)

35:35 Community events, working with Dai Le origin story

40:58 Working as a Policy Advisor for Dai

42:35 What's it like working in a politician's office?

45:25 Election time, who prints posters? Putting posters up?

48:57 Political drama

52:18 Young advisory committee, changes with Gen Z voters

54:16 BRAINROT political campaigns

55:44 The importance of wills, younger clients?

1:00:51 Issues when you don't have a will

1:04:30 Signing off my family member's wishes after death

1:08:02 Living wills vs dead wills

1:11:11 Why can't AI just write it? A DISCOUNT CODE??

1:15:57 Outro