We’re joined by Sheila Seiler of BEAN, who are hosting Bean My Valentine, including bachelor and bachelorette auction, and Steve Cliff, the Great Helmsman of The Camel, who will be hosting The Camel and That’s Shanghai Sports Awards... with us!

The New Year sees us welcome Simon Cockerell of Koryo Tours, who demands that the North Korea show must go on, and promoter DJ B.O. AKA Brian Offenther, who will pay you to listen to the devil’s music. Will you sell your soul?

Our festive special sees Charles Mayer of The Enchanted Circus of Grimm telling us about giving children nightmares before Christmas and Shane Benis of Brawl on the Bund talks giving people a jolly good punch in the face… and money to charity!

Joshua Lange of Rocksgiving reveals secret plans to stuff Yuyintang for charity and W.M.Butler of HAL Publishing tells us about the River South Arts Festival, which their book launch and slam poetry event is headlining.

Elisabeth de Brabant and Tina “Sprinkles” Blakeney talk about their experimental filmmaker night and Ian Bell talks about his boxing event Snatch Shanghai, plus a Chopschticks comedy night giveaway, three CD releases and other assorted awesomeness

Shameless schmoozer Phil Boyle and dirty drunk Ned Kelly welcome Shanghai’s original guy tai and cover story star Devin Silloway and That’s newbie lovely Lauren Hogan onto the pod. Events, music, blah, blah - the usual rambling shambles ensues.

Phil and Ned welcome Shanghai-based DJ B.O. AKA Brian Offenther and the two bands he has brought in from Mongolia, A-Sound and The Lemons, for the big Rock Naadam gig this weekend. They also waffle on their usual rubbish about the weekend’s goings on

Big Bird only stood us up, the yellow-bellied son of a gun, so we decided to get the man and the myth that is Morgan Short in to chirp away with us. Oh yeah, and we secured an interview with Danny Rampling, link to that full interview below.

Phil and Ned welcome Shanghai-based MC Icenine into the studio ahead of two gigs at The Shelter and get Beijing Babe Rachel DeWoskin on the blower to talk about her new novel Big Girl Small and, er, dwarf orgies. Oh, and vote in the Food and Drink Aw

Charles Mayer, Jim Bennett and Jonathan Geenen of The Odd Couple join Phil and Ned on the pod and talk about the uses of urine (Maasai and otherwise) and rope-induced erections. Win a pair of tickets to their play if you dare.