Episodes

Episode 172 – A TFAL Review of ‘Easter Sunday’

August 4, 2022 thisfilipinoamericanlife 01:06:36 0 Comments

In this TFAL episode, we review the much-anticipated film Easter Sunday, the first Filipino American film produced and distributed by a major movie...

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Episode 168 – TFAL Goes to Chicago: Entrepreneurship, NFTs, and Sneakers with Francis Almeda and Jeff Masangcay

May 20, 2022 thisfilipinoamericanlife 01:33:41 0 Comments

This episode rounds out the TFAL crew’s trip to the midwest. On this episode we talk to Francis Almeda, a Chicago based entrepreneur...

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Episode 167 – TFAL Goes to Chicago: Arts, Politics, and Community with Ginger Leopoldo and Mark Calaguas

May 13, 2022 thisfilipinoamericanlife 01:35:49 0 Comments

One of the great things about traveling to a different city like Chicago aside from eating the wonderful food and visiting a Michael...

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Episode 166 – TFAL Goes to Chicago: Traveling to Chi-Town

May 6, 2022 thisfilipinoamericanlife 00:27:00 0 Comments

The TFAL Crew is in Chicago! Over the next three episodes, TFAL brings you to the capitol of the Midwest! We will talk...

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Episode 165 – The 2022 Philippine Presidential Election

April 29, 2022 thisfilipinoamericanlife 01:11:29 0 Comments

In less than two weeks, Filipinos across the Philippines and dual citizens around the world will go to the polls to elect a...

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Episode 164 – Belligerence Has Arrived! TFAL gets real with Melissa Beck from Real World NOLA Homecoming

April 15, 2022 thisfilipinoamericanlife 01:16:56 0 Comments

In the year 2000 MTVs Real World took the audience to New Orleans and introduced Filipino Americans to Melissa Howard. Over 20 years...

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Episode 163 – Who’s le beouf? TFAL talks food criticism with Annabelle Tometich

March 25, 2022 thisfilipinoamericanlife 01:01:01 1 Comment

Surprise, surprise, TFAL talks about their favorite subject – FOOD – in this episode! Specifically food criticism. The team talks about the rise...

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Episode 162 – Estatue, Filipino America? A Memorial-able Discussion about Filipino American Monuments

March 11, 2022 thisfilipinoamericanlife 00:50:39 1 Comment

Monuments, statues, street signs, plaques, memorials, murals. Our communities are filled with tributes to the people, places, and things that hold some sort...

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Episode 161 – The Complicated History of SPAM with Gabrielle Berbey

February 25, 2022 thisfilipinoamericanlife 01:10:52 0 Comments

Oh SPAM…the delectable, delicious soft pink slab of pork meat so ubiquitous to Filipino and Filipino American weekend breakfast meals. You love it...

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Episode 160: TFAL talks The Girl Who Sees with Pattie Umali

February 11, 2022 thisfilipinoamericanlife 01:21:02 0 Comments

It’s no secret that TFAL Producer Mike and Elaine love a good video game from Animal Crossing to Uncharted to Final Fantasy. ...

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Episode 159 – The Secret’s Out: Secretly Filipino

January 21, 2022 thisfilipinoamericanlife 00:47:24 0 Comments

Ever wonder why that peculiar Chinese restaurants have no chopsticks on their table settings? Have you noticed that your finance branch at your...

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Episode 158 – Baybayin atbp. with Kristian Kabuay

January 7, 2022 thisfilipinoamericanlife 00:59:05 0 Comments

Baybayin, the pre-colonial written script of the Philippines, is a major foundation of our cultural heritage. The alphasyllabary script consisting of 17 characters...

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Episode 157 – A Few of TFAL’s Favorite Things – Small Businesses to Support this Holiday Season

December 17, 2021 thisfilipinoamericanlife 00:57:38 1 Comment

In this episode, we shout out some of the many Filipino Small Businesses that we are personal fans of, ones that you should...

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Episode 156 – Freethought, Faith, and Politics with Filipino Freethinkers

December 3, 2021 thisfilipinoamericanlife 01:10:14 0 Comments

Gotta have faith! Freedom Like many Filipinos and Filipino Americans, the TFAL crew grew up around Christianity, specifically Catholicism. We speak of our...

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