Cozy Kwento: A Filipino Storytelling Podcast
Episodes
Episode 10: A Tale of Two Kings
07 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 10: A Tale of Two KingsIn this episode of Cozy Kwentos, we read and explore two classic Philippine folk tales from Philippine Folk Stories by ...
Episode 9: The Silver Shower
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why does Manila Bay glow at night?This week’s Cozy Kwento revisits The Silver Shower, an old tale that turns shimmering water, evening concerts, and...
Episode 8: Mangita and Larina
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why do green plants keep floating through Laguna de Bay and the Pasig River? This week’s Cozy Kwento revisits a Luzon folktale with an answer: Mangi...
Episode 7: Quicoy and the Ongloc
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Cozy Kwento, where we share Filipino folktales cozily, the way stories sound when told under warm candlelight, even when the tales the...
Episode 6: The Tobacco of Harisaboqued
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 6: The Tobacco of HarisaboquedThis week on Cozy Kwento, we climb the smoky slopes of Mount Canlaon to meet Harisaboqued, the King of the Mount...
Episode 5: The Conjure Man of Siargao
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Cozy Kwento, where we tell Filipino folklore stories that linger like the whisper of leaves at night.In Episode 5: “The Conjure Man of Si...
Episode 4: Gawigawen of the Adasen
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 4: Gawigawen of the AdasenWelcome to Cozy Kwento, where we tell Filipino folktales slowly and softly — as if by lamplight, while the rain hu...
Episode 3: Aponibolinayen and the Sun
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 3: Aponibolinayen and the SunIn Episode 3 of Cozy Kwento, we read from Mabel Cook Cole’s 1916 “Philippine Folk Tales” — a Tinguian (It...
Episode 2 : The Cave in the Side of Coron
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this eerie island tale from Sargent Kayme’s Anting-Anting Stories, we find ourselves off the cliffs of Coron, Palawan, where the sea meets a hidd...
EPISODE 1: The Anting-Anting of Captain Tollig
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Cozy Kwento, a storytelling spinoff of The Gods Must Be Crazy Podcast.In our first cozy tale, “The Anting-Anting of Captain Von Tollig,”...