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Making a Podcast About Lawrence Wong: 20+ Interviews, 15+ Drafts and a Story to Weave | Jean Hew - E739
Jean Hew explains how The Neighbourhood Boy, Jom's podcast series on Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, was made over three years. The team picked the subject because Wong had just been named the next PM, and Sudhir and economist Donald Low could speak about his early years. Most interviewees described a guai, down-to-earth technocrat, while Low alone saw him as a PM frontrunner. Each episode went through about 15 drafts, and recording paused when the general election was called, which revealed a more political side of Wong. When the planned narrator withdrew, Jean became host, aiming for a kopi-chat tone. She...
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Eventually, what we decided on was to make the podcast feel like I'm sitting down with you, having a coffee, and we're gossiping about the Prime Minister. When I was the most nervous and I was thinking about the worst things that could happen, like, oh god, what if we get puff mud? What if politicians come out saying that this is a
non-accurate representation of the DAP or of Singapore or of Lawrence? I think people found it insightful, which I'm grateful for. I think that's what we wanted to bring to people. Hey Jean, really excited to have you on the show.
Thank you for having me. Well, you are a podcast veteran by now, producing a podcast series on our Prime Minister, Lawrence Vuong, which is such an interesting piece,
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