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Speaker 1: You can catch Jason Leong's show The ask the theaters

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Speaker 1: to now I just called Brain Drain. Tickets are through

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Speaker 1: ticket Tech and Jason's joining us now. Good morning, Joyce,

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Speaker 1: very good morning, I should say, doctor Jason Leong, you

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Speaker 1: are a doctor.

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Speaker 2: How does a doctor become a comedian by being.

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Speaker 3: Very bad at his job? Well, no, because I've always

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Speaker 3: wanted to try so that I'm comedy. Just to clarify

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Speaker 3: to all the listeners, it's not because I kill patients

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Speaker 3: during my tenure as a doctor.

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Speaker 4: Sure be very clear, yes, okay, good Hi Joce. I've

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Speaker 4: just got a bit of a pain just on my

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Speaker 4: right side. Can you have a bit of a looking

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Speaker 4: for me?

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Speaker 3: Sure? But you know you must I must question you.

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Speaker 3: This is not a regular doctor. This is a doctor

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Speaker 3: who has given up on his profession. Do you really

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Speaker 3: want someone with no passion?

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Speaker 4: If you'll take anyone, Jayson.

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Speaker 2: There must be endless content for comedy. Having worked in medicine.

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Speaker 3: Well, yes, I do bring it up once in a while.

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of experiences that I can share on stage.

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Speaker 3: But you know the thing is, I realized that I've

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Speaker 3: quit medicine nine years ago, so I've actually been a

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Speaker 3: full time comedian longer than I've been a full time doctor, right,

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Speaker 3: so that part of me is slowly going. But you know,

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Speaker 3: it's always nice to bring it back on stage because

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Speaker 3: it differentiates me from other comedians. You know. It's a

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Speaker 3: bit of a flex too, but you know, don't tell

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Speaker 3: the other comedians.

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Speaker 2: It's very good.

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Speaker 4: Some people would run a mile from their past life

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Speaker 4: and that kind of stuff, so it's good that you

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Speaker 4: can sort of tap into it occasionally.

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Speaker 3: Yes, thank you, that's very empowering. Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Well. Tell us about the show Brain Drain.

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Speaker 3: I've totally show across Australia, so the first show will

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Speaker 3: be the last show. It's really all about why I'm

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Speaker 3: wanting to leave Malaysia. You know, there's a whole story

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Speaker 3: behind it. There's some jokes in it, of course, I hope,

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Speaker 3: and I think in Perth there are a lot of

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Speaker 3: Malaysians who can test it because a lot of Malaysians

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Speaker 3: have less Malaysia and they reside in too many Malaysians

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Speaker 3: if I may say so, And no, I don't want

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Speaker 3: to get you get guys in couple. So it's a

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Speaker 3: fun show. I like it, you know, and I hope

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Speaker 3: that people who come and watch like it too.

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Speaker 2: What's the comedy saying like in Malaysia?

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Speaker 4: Is it laugh a minute? What's kind of on there?

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Speaker 3: Well? Okay, So since twenty ten, which which was the

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Speaker 3: first time I started, there's been an exponential growth in

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Speaker 3: the comedy scene. We had at one point two full

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Speaker 3: time comedy clubs and we have various pop up shows

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Speaker 3: throughout the whole week in kualaun Po. And yeah, it's

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Speaker 3: a burgeoning scene. A lot of people want to come,

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Speaker 3: and a lot of people love comedy in Malaysia, you know,

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Speaker 3: and you know, occasionally you'll get one or two want

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Speaker 3: to be who go out of Malaysia and do comedy

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Speaker 3: shows in person.

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Speaker 4: Of course, of course you are like one of the

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Speaker 4: hot new things on Netflix in recent years. They seem

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Speaker 4: to like you. How has it been with hashtag Lesson Rodwicks?

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Speaker 3: Oh? Yeah, So those were a big, very big deal

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Speaker 3: for me in Malaysia because it's very rare that a

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Speaker 3: comedian in this part of the world, South, this Asia

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Speaker 3: gets a chance to be on Netflix. So it is

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Speaker 3: a big deal. And my first special hashtag Glass it

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Speaker 3: was put up on the service during the pandemic because

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Speaker 3: I had actually filmed the show in twenty eighteen, tried

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Speaker 3: to sell it to Netflix but couldn't get through, and

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Speaker 3: then during a pandemic they suddenly found themselves in a

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Speaker 3: position to buy finished product, and I had my in

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Speaker 3: lockdown and ready to go. So what I'm trying to

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Speaker 3: say is the pandemic worked really well for me.

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Speaker 1: You were talking about Malaysia and the comedy saying that

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Speaker 1: Cola Lumper is often for a long time being suggested

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Speaker 1: to us in tourism campaigns is a great place to shop.

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Speaker 1: So you can extend that and say come to Ko

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Speaker 1: for a great place to shop.

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Speaker 3: And laugh, Yes, yes, yes, because okay, definitely shop because

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Speaker 3: your currency is so much stronger than an hour, so

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Speaker 3: you get really cheap stuff, and stuff really cheaply, not.

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Speaker 2: Cheap stuff at exactly.

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Speaker 3: And yeah, the comedy shows are great, you know, and

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Speaker 3: so definitely to all those stop by column for and

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Speaker 3: spend a few days and not just on transit, you know,

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Speaker 3: to America or the stuff, and spend a few good

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Speaker 3: days in column for.

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Speaker 4: Why do you ever bump into old friends or all

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Speaker 4: school enemies even? And how do people perceive your success?

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Speaker 2: Well?

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Speaker 3: I think my friends they are proud that I am

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Speaker 3: succeeding in comedy, and my fellow comedians are in like

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Speaker 3: a gust. They're like, how, I mean, how does he

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Speaker 3: get so many friends? But it's I think formerly for

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Speaker 3: the Malaysian comedy audiences. They are happy that they see

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Speaker 3: me outside of Malaysia. Of course, my friends in Perth

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Speaker 3: are happy that I'm coming. You know, I'm bringing a

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Speaker 3: piece of home to them and my friends, especially the

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Speaker 3: ones who are doctors themselves, because we know we work together.

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Speaker 3: And when they first found out that I'm going to

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Speaker 3: leave medicine, they really meant it well when they say, Jason,

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Speaker 3: go and do a comedy and don't ever come back.

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Speaker 3: Not because because because they themselves know how hard is

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Speaker 3: it to be a doctor in Malaysia. So it's like

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Speaker 3: Y're sending me off on a ship on a voyage

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Speaker 3: and I never come back to this place. Go and

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Speaker 3: find better past your elsewhere. Very sweet of them, so

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Speaker 3: they're the most they see fellow doctors.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, Well, chance for your old fans and

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Speaker 1: your new fans to discover you tonight in Brain Drain

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Speaker 1: at the ASTA Theater. Tickets are through ticket Lovely to

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Speaker 1: talk to you, Jason, takes the laugh man my pleasure.

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Speaker 3: Thank you,