We’ve previously featured Globe Telecom, Alibaba, and VNG. And now the next series of the 1 Up Media podcast Empires is out. This time around, Grab (which is sometimes called the “Uber of Southeast Asia”), is in the spotlight. Also notable for this series: both Luis and Claire are providing narration and other voices.

We started off a bit rocky, and we can chalk that up to the fact that we were experimenting. This is Claire’s first go at narrating a podcast, after all. Plus there’s the added challenge of trying to figure out how our voices mesh together.

But as usual, the writing is amazing, and the sound design really plunges the listener into the scene. Listen to all four episodes (and we’ll add the bonus interview when it comes out) and the bonus interview below. Enjoy the ride!