This Filipino American Life
Episodes
Episode 158 – Baybayin atbp. with Kristian Kabuay
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Baybayin, the pre-colonial written script of the Philippines, is a major foundation of our cultural heritage. The alphasyllabary script consisting o...
Episode 157 – A Few of TFAL’s Favorite Things – Small Businesses to Support this Holiday Season
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we shout out some of the many Filipino Small Businesses that we are personal fans of, ones that you should definitely support this Ho...
Episode 156 – Freethought, Faith, and Politics with Filipino Freethinkers
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gotta have faith! Freedom Like many Filipinos and Filipino Americans, the TFAL crew grew up around Christianity, specifically Catholicism. We speak of...
Episode 155 – Filipi-mnemonics: Remembering the Tagalog with Geoffrey Ocampo
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Oh, the dad joke. We all know it. We all love it. And for Filipinos it gives us life. While Dad jokes can be a myriad of things, dad jokes to Filipino...
Episode 154 – Manifest Technique: Talking Filipino Americans and Hip Hop with Mark Villegas (Social Distance Series)
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode the TFAL crew is short one Ryan Carpio but is happily joined by Kat Carrido Bonds on this episode about Filipino Americans in Hip Hop....
Episode 153 – Kulintang Kultura: A Conversation with Theo Gonzalves and Mary Talusan Lacanlale
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kulintang (literally meaning “golden sound moving” in English), is the gong and drum ensemble indigenous to the Sulu and Mindanao islands ...
Episode 152 – A Life Well Designed: The Legacy of Pinky Santos and the Influence of Filipino Art on the Lived Environment
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“If there was one thing to take away from this story, I would hope that it’s motivation for you to go create something.” -Antonio “Miko”...
Episode 151 – Filipino American Heritage…er History Month
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Filipino American Heritage…er History Month! It’s hard to believe, but in the five years this podcast has been around, we haven̵...
Episode 150 – The Wisdom of Guncles: A Conversation with Michael Dumlao (Social Distance Series)
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you the black sheep in your family who chafes at traditions and seeks examples of how to redefine them? As Filipino Americans, we are constantly p...
Episode 149 – Contested Relations: Fil Am Experiences with Filipinos in and from the Philippines (Social Distance Series)
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What are Filipino Americans’ experiences and relationships with Filipino immigrants and Filipinos in the Philippines? Filipino Americans ̵...
Episode 148 – A Pawsome Episode for Filipino American Pet Owners (Social Distance Series)
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Although they provide companionship, emotional support, and stress-relieving, these key “family members” of some Filipino American househo...
Episode 147 – Family Matters: TFAL Talks Taking Care of Family
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“As the days go by…it’s the bigger love the family.” Growing up in communal households, many Filipino Americans sense the unsp...
Episode 146 – No Crying in Baseball: A Conversation with The Baseballogist L.A. Gamo
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Take me out to the ball game Take me out with the crowd Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack I don’t care if I ever get back Let me root, root, ro...
Episode 145 – Les is More: Mixing It Up with “Les The DJ” Talusan (Social Distance Series)
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
  Can you believe that, in the five years that we’ve been doing this podcast about Filipino American Life, somehow we have neglected to tal...