Happy Birthday TFAL! We made it to one year! Join us & help us celebrate a year of air horns, half baked ideas, and stories that have made us and you giggle. There will be bbq. There will be beers. There will be (possibly) karaoke. Saturday, May 13th 8pm-Midnight Many thanks to the homies at…
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As Filipino Americans, we all know or know of someone in our lives who is undocumented. That one uncle who left his family in the Philippines. That one auntie who’s always “fixing her papers.” That one friend who doesn’t leave the house very often. According to various statistical computations, Filipinos who are undocumented in the…
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On this mini episode we talk TV! What were your favorite TV shows growing up? As 80s babies we rehash our love of Saturday morning cartoons, Saved By The Bell, and A-Team. Do you remember Ernie Reyes Jr on Sidekicks? Or are you a fan of TJ Perkins on WWE? What would a Filipino American…
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Are you a nurse? Do you know someone or are you related to someone in the nursing field? (Hahaha…of course you do!). Ever wonder why there are so many Filipino nurses in the United States? The statistics are astonishing. According to Aaron Terrazas and Jeanne Batalova from the Migrant Policy Institute, nearly one of every…
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Is there a use for Filipino American holiday? Is there a way to accommodate bigger and bigger family parties? Is there a better way to transport stuff to loved ones in the Philippines? Why, yes, of course!!! The TFAL crew answers all these questions and more in their second installment of Hilaw Pa where we…
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On this episode of This Filipino American Life, the TFAL crew talks about their experiences with blogging. Blogspot, Xanga, Livejournal and countless other internet sites were the home to our early 00s thoughts and terrible spoken word poetry. In this new era of blogging, Facebook has become the home of writing down these thoughts. One…
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Play another slow jam, this time make it sweet…a slow jam. Many Filipino Americans love slow jamz, that sweet, loving, largely African American-composed music that dominated late nights on urban radio stations during the 1980s and 1990s. They made slow jam mix tapes and gave it to girls, they sang them on karaoke, there were…
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Nakakaon ka na ba? Kumain na kayo? Nangan kan? Did you eat yet? Ah yes…the question your parents/grandparents/family members ask you as you walk in the door. Among Filipinos, it’s a more common way to say hello. Food is perhaps the most innate thing that makes us human. It keeps us alive. It comforts us. …
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Thank you to everyone who has got us to 1000 likes on our Facebook page! We appreciate you so much! Maraming Salamats for being a part of our TFAL podcast journey.
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Happy 2017 TFAL pans! For some of us, 2016 left bad tastes in our collective mouths and 2017 couldn’t come any sooner. Though the world is a bit more uncertain than ever, we can hope that the new year will bring more good than bad, more prosperity than scarcity, and more laughter than tears. Along…
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