Throughout this episode, TAJ and Will celebrate Filipino American History Month! TAJ reflects on his experience growing up as a Filipino American (10:18) and they talk about Filipino culture going unnoticed in the mainstream (14:36). Then, they get into the End SARS movement in Nigeria and compare it to the current protests in the US (23:14). They also talk about the history of corruption in the Philippines around the 70s, plus the assassination of Ninoy Aquino Jr. leading to the People Power Revolution (28:40). They also have an unfiltered discussion about hypocrisy in religion (38:28), San Francisco’s CAREN Act and Will’s suggestion for improved emergency calls (45:40), and our Nigerian correspondent shares his thoughts on the End SARS movement (48:20).
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