Month: July 2017

Episode 14.5 – #TFALheartsOPM

Cheats performing in Los Angeles in 2017 OPM, or Original Pilipino Music, is a term that once referred primarily to the ballads and love songs popular in the Philippines in the 1970s and 1980s.  A modern take on the harana traditions, these songs were sung mostly in Tagalog and were often tied to equally emotive…

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Episode 14 – On TFAL’s Wings: Thoughts on Filipino Catholicism with Father Radmar Jao

Take me to Church! As Filipino Americans, most of us were raised Catholic.  With over 80% of the people in the Philippines identifying as Catholic, it’s no surprise that those of us in the TFAL crew grew up going to church every weekend, observing religious holidays, and some even going to Catholic school. On this…

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