Podcasts by Home on the Dot
Welcome to Home on the Dot, the podcast that explores the meaning of home on the little red dot called Singapore.
We feature stories inspired and produced by students from the National University of Singapore, opening a door onto the everyday lives, hopes, fears, memories, and dreams of young people in this dynamic, fascinating country.
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Relocating Home from 2022-02-07T02:08:46
Singapore is a country on the move. Those who can afford to do so are moving up the housing ladder, from public housing flat, to private condo, to landed property. Those who cannot afford to climb ...
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The Home Game from 2021-02-15T16:17:03
Buying your first home can be a daunting experience. It requires a long-term commitment and a tolerance for risk, not to mention a willingness to compromise if you buy with a partner. Many young Si...
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Home-Baked Business from 2021-01-31T14:06:31
2020 brought more than Covid-19. It also brought more time in the kitchen. More people than ever were baking bread, cakes, and cookies to satisfy their cravings for both a wholesome hobby and some ...
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Hawker Centers: Singapore’s Living Heritage from 2020-12-31T10:53:57
2020 ended with some exciting news for Singapore: in mid-December UNESCO added Singapore’s hawker culture to its list of intangible cultural heritage. In honor of this unique designation, we return...
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Long-Distance Love from 2020-12-22T13:18:17
Love knows no boundaries, but in 2020 some boundaries have become more impervious than ever. Covid-19 has hit couples in long-distance relationships hard. Long-distance love has always been difficu...
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Unwelcome Guests from 2020-08-28T02:37:45
Covid-19 has closed the door on house guests. When home is a shelter from the virus, we must limit visitors. This restriction becomes particularly painful during major holidays, when people normall...
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Isolated Far From Home from 2020-08-08T17:49:22
The Covid-19 global pandemic forced young people on exchange around the world to abandon their plans and return home. Their language immersion, cultural exposure, and social outings with new friend...
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Putting University on ICE from 2020-07-30T18:51:44
With the new school year just around the corner, universities are struggling to open safely. In the third of our ongoing Covid-19 episodes, we hear from Jared, a Singaporean and rising Sophomore at...
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Home in a Rot from 2020-07-26T16:20:56
What is the value of study abroad? It is a rare opportunity to live and learn overseas. In the life of a Singaporean student, it is a narrow window of ultimate freedom, when educational success can...
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The shock of coming home too soon from 2020-07-23T03:22:56
This episode marks the beginning of a mini-series of episodes from Home on the Dot about Covid. In this episode, student producer Shriya Sharma shares about her exchange experience in France being ...
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? (COVID-19 and Study Abroad) from 2020-03-20T17:25:12
The COVID-19 virus has disrupted countless lives as it has become a global pandemic. Hundreds of millions of people in China, Italy, Spain, the Philippines, England, France, Germany, the United Sta...
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Handmade Tale from 2019-10-04T05:39:15
Can a kitchen appliance change your life? In this episode, student-producer Shriya explores the art of making chapatti, a flatbread that is a staple in households around the world. She discusses th...
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Halfway Home from 2019-09-13T14:46:41
Institutional homes are often stigmatised as dreary places for the poor, the elderly, and those abandoned by society. In this episode, student-producer Weiyun introduces us to a different kind of i...
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High-Rise Dying from 2019-08-30T16:19:22
In land-scarce Singapore, the living compete with the dead for space. The result is both high-rise living and high-rise dying. In this episode, student-producer Jia Han examines the columbarium, Si...
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Homelanding from 2019-08-23T09:37:19
How does a foreign land become your homeland? This is the question migrants and host societies ask every day around the world. Singapore has long been a country of migrants. Ask any Singaporean and...
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Home Sweet Mall from 2019-08-16T11:59:55
Every Sunday, Singapore explodes with life as tens of thousands of foreign domestic workers escape their workplaces and head to the island's parks, churches, tourist attractions, and other public s...
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Hooray For The Void from 2019-08-09T09:55
Welcome back to Season 2 of Home on the Dot. In this episode, we return to the topic of public housing by introducing the uniquely Singaporean public space at the base of most HDB blocks: the void ...
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Home School from 2018-10-04T00:00
Young people from around Asia move away from home and family to pursue their education in Singapore. Some arrive as young as 10, moving into dorms or staying with families who are paid to care for ...
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Haunted Homes from 2018-09-27T00:00
Ghosts are everywhere in Singapore. From the Malay pontianak, a female figure that haunts men, to Chinese festivals that burn offerings for the dead, the supernatural and the occult are integral to...
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Home Campus from 2018-09-20T00:00
University offers many young people their first chance to live away from home. Staying on campus can be liberating, with the freedom to try new things and meet new people. It can also be overwhelmi...
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Home Defense System from 2018-09-13T00:00
A house can be protected by the very four walls that support it, and a padlock on the door. But how does one defend an entire nation? In this episode, we look at military service in Singapore, and ...
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A Place Out Of Time from 2018-09-06T00:00
Do you love museums or hate them? Are they curio cabinets displaying old junk or treasure chests filled with carefully curated objects that transport you to another time and place? In this episode,...
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HomeWork Machine from 2018-08-30T00:00
The HomeWork Machine
In this age of fast fashion, the whirring sound of a Singer may seem to belong to another era. Instead of the hum of domestic industriousness and thrift, it might be t...
Burning Down the House from 2018-08-23T00:00
Why do the dead need homes? This episode highlights the Chinese tradition of burning paper houses at funerals and other annual ritual events. NUS professor Richard Lee, an expert on this custom, de...
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A Nation's Dining Room from 2018-08-16T00:00
Once upon a time, Singapore’s hawkers peddled their foods on the streets. But in the 1950s, the government began to shepherd them into hawker centres; congregations of food stalls where food hygien...
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Happy Dream Blocks from 2018-08-09T00:00
About 80% of Singapore’s resident population lives in public housing, more commonly referred to as ‘HDBs’ (after the organisation-in-charge, the Housing Development Board). The quality and affordab...
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Pilot Episode from 2018-08-09T00:00
Home. A common word with just one syllable. And yet a word teeming with subjectivity, so personal and abstract that it eludes universal definition. Chris McMorran, the narrator and editor of this p...
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