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Are You Local?"Home is where I am" (with Abbie Almasco)Abbie, who grew up in Saudi Arabia, has a list of suggestions for those considering a move to Dubai.2022-03-2821 min
Are You Local?Finding Familiarity with the New (with Nikhita Arora)Lifelong learner Nikhita moved to the United States to pursue an MBA. She talks about San Francisco and how a part-time front desk job might be the best opportunity to meet people in a new locale.2022-02-1820 min
Are You Local?Reverse Culture Shock (with Quentin Willig)Quentin left France to pursue a life of studies and cultural immersion abroad. He shares his experience of reverse culture shock and how he's getting settled in Montreal.2022-02-1222 min
Are You Local?I Left it All BehindTen years later, I reflect on why I left Manila to pursue a career in Singapore. Plus, my tips for those moving to a new country.2021-12-1820 min
Are You Local?Barcelona / Dubai (with Jake Ofrasio and Kristine Abante)Jake Ofrasio and Kristine Abante, residents of Barcelona and Dubai respectively, share the contrasts between old and new world.2021-11-2821 min
Are You Local?A Few Ways to Thrive in London (with Kishan Lal)Kishan Lal lived comfortably in Singapore for the first 34 years of his life. Now, he tells us what London is like and how he's thriving.2021-11-1422 min
Are You Local?Would you give up your citizenship?You move to a new country and you have an opportunity to fully integrate as a citizen of this country. What will you do?2021-11-0711 min
Are You Local?Cats on an Airplane (with Eric Anaya) Bay Area native Eric Anaya finds comfort in traveling outside familiarity. From Italy to Mexico, what's his advice for those moving to a new place? 2021-07-3011 min
Are You Local?Two Filipinos in New York (with Alyssa Bautista and Eugene Santos)Is there a formula to be considered local in New York City? Alyssa Bautista and Eugene Santos share the no-nonsense charm of "the city".2021-07-2323 min
Are You Local?"I Don't Want To Be Local" (with Ulrike Klemm)There's a difference between integrating and assimilating. German national Ulrike Klemm talks about her identity and Hong Kong.2021-07-1718 min
Are You Local?Multicultural Singapore (with Greg Varghese)What does it mean to be local in multicultural Singapore? Greg Varghese speaks about tolerance, acceptance, and the potentials of co-existence.2021-07-0819 min
Sabaw for the SoulEP6: Sowsyal Media HanashAno nga ba ang naidudulot ng social media sa ating buhay?
In this episode, we channel our inner Catriona Gray and try to find the silver lining in the "masalimuot" world of social media. We talk about Neltflix's Social Dilemma, echo chambers, call-out/cancel culture, surveillance capitalism/economy, fundraisers, the good, the bad and some hilarious, borderline senseless, struggles of Instagram feed curation.
Guests: Windell Ang, Paula Montano, George Putong
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FB: Sabaw for the Soul2020-09-2747 minSabaw for the SoulEP5: Childhood AlaalaWere you a troublemaker as a kid? Teks, 10-20, pogs, sumpak, patintero, Flame of Recca, palo sa pwet and all that jazz. Balikan natin sila! In this riot of an episode, we look back and reflect on our funny childhood memories, the games, the punishments and our weird discoveries as kids. A guest unravelled a gift from a sandbox while another one literally had a taste of the earth!
Guests: Windell Ang, Gel Bataller, Ryan Eugenio, George Putong, MC Magbanua
Find out if masarap ba ang lupa and stay tuned! Say hi: Instagram...2020-09-2045 min
Podlovers Asia: All about Asian PodcastingGoogle, Asian Identity And Diversity: Reflection After Asia Podcast Summit #4In this episode, I reflect on what happened during the live event of the Asia Podcast Summit, setting it up, and my take on what's coming next!During the event, we had a couple of talks:Google and The Future of Podcasting by Stacie Chan, GoogleContent Creation With Mics by Adwin Lin, Audio TechnicaPodcasting In Asia: Challenges and Trends: a panel discussion moderated by yours truly, with panelists Niki Torres of Chief Best Friends podcast, Danny Koordi of Fabl Productions and Rindo Ramankutty of the Livin' it up in the Lion City! Podcast.We also had the announcement of the...2019-11-0920 min