This Filipino American Life Podcast

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Episode 264 – Bass Building with Bambu

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2026/09/30

In this episode, the crew comes together to catch up with Elaine’s favorite frenemy, rapper Bambu. Bambu is a father, emcee, community organizer and the Chairman of Beatrock Music Group. With a career that spans just over 2 decades and had released over a dozen bodies of work in that time. While a longtime friend...

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59:43

Episode 263 – TFAL Reviews FILIPIÑANA

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2026/09/19

Rafael Manuel’s debut film, FILIPIÑANA, has been one of the most discussed Philippine films in many years. The visually compelling film quietly (and loudly) interrogates the power dynamics in Philippine society through a normal day at a posh golf course outside of Manila. FILIPIÑANA hits so many issues – classism, racism, colonialism, sexism, regionalism, and...

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Episode 256 – Hot Tropiking with Angelo Mendez

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2026/05/08

If you are into comic books, then you must absolutely know Hot Tropiks, the leading distributor of Filipino comics and children’s literature in the United States. The owner and co-founder, Angelo Mendez, together with his wife, Nadine, began Hot Tropiks to bring the bold, imaginative stories of comics to a global audience. In this TFAL...

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Episode 255 – Combo on the Run – Exploring the...

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2026/04/24

Today’s the day! “Eraserheads: Combo on the Run” is releasing throughout North America across over 60 screens, one of the biggest and widest releases of a Filipino documentary ever. And while the exploits of the band are well detailed in the film itself, we thought it would be worthwhile to sit down with Director Diane Ventura...

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Episode 252 – Original Pilipino Musings with Les the...

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2026/03/24

In a few weeks, Combo On The Run, a documentary chronicling the rise of the band Eraserheads, is set to hit movie screens across North America. It’s not often that a film from the Philippines gets a release and a reception as high profile as this film has been getting, let alone a documentary about...

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Episode 249 – The Fil Am Celebrity Draft

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2026/02/20

Have you ever dreamed about a TV show with an all-Filipino American cast? What kind of show it would be? Who would star in it? In this TFAL episode, Elaine, Joe, and Producer Mike dream up their ideal TV show by playing The Fil Am Celebrity Draft! Adapted from a game that Joe used to...

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Episode 246 – Scientific Dragons | Flowers for Dom...

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2026/01/10

Dom Magwili is a prolific actor, writer, and educator who has graced his presence on stage and screen for years. Most importantly Dom has played a role in our lives when he guided Kat as she was PCN coordinator at UCLA and gave Elaine a boost of confidence when she was an emcee for the...

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Episode 238 – Filipino American Intergenerational...

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2025/08/31

Dear young people, How do we stay cool? Sincerely, Middle-aged TFALers There are many generations of Filipinos who live in the United States in this day and age. Immigrant generations, 2nd generations, 3rd generations, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and now Gen Z. Many have different experiences as Filipino Americans, and in many ways, some...

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Episode 235: Joke Lungs w/ Vincent Collyer & Charles...

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2025/07/11

In this episode Producer Mike and Elaine have a conversation with TFAL graphic designer Vincent Collyer and his brother Charles Collyer about Charles’ experience with a surprise diagnosis of lung cancer. Charles explains how a post Tough Mudder run lead to a rib injury which the X-rays lead to his lung cancer diagnosis. Post lung...

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Episode 233 – Ryan and Joe Talk Fatherhood

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2025/06/14

Amidst the chaos, we still have hope. A couple of weeks ago, Ryan and Joe had a conversation about being relatively new dads. With Father’s Day approaching, the two TFAL dads discuss their experiences navigating fatherhood and all that it entails. Listen as they talk about how their identities changed as new responsibilities came, how...

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Episode 232 | How Did You Get Here? (Hex Hector Mix)...

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2025/06/06

TFALpodcast kicks off PRIDE month with a conversation with author and illustrator Mike Curato. In this episode Elaine and Producer Mike learn about Mike Curato’s journey with Gaysians, Curato’s first graphic novel for adult audiences. Curato is best known for Little Elliot, a picture book series, and Flamer, a young adult graphic novel which has...

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Episode 230 – TFAL x Dear Flor – A Conversation with...

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2025/04/18

In this episode TFAL’s Elaine and Producer Mike have a conversation with Lisa Angulo Reid, founder of Dear Flor @lovedearflor. Dear Flor’s mission is to bring Filipino culture to the world, one flavor at a time. Lisa shares her journey as an entrepreneur and how she transitioned from advertising to the quickly growing cannabis industry....

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Episode 229 – Filipinx Studies and its Radical...

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2025/04/13

In this TFAL episode, Joe talks to Dr. Allan Lumba, writer, researcher, historian, and professor at Concordia University in Montreal, about potential of Filipinx Studies to inspire our community to fight for a better world. Listen how he developed into a brilliant scholar focused on Philippine Studies, the growing number of Filipino and Filipino American...

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Episode 222 – TFAL x Toronto: Politics and Golf with...

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2024/11/08

We continue our Toronto series with discussions on two very important issues that affect us – politics and golf. As with every visit to another city, we love to talk about the local political scene. Here to talk to us about Canadian politics is Member of Parliament and Minister of Small Business Rechie Valdez. She...

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Episode 220 – Island Women Rise – Ask Tita Faith...

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2024/10/03

Last but most certainly not least in our series of Island Woman Rise episodes, we have returning guest Faith Santilla! This episode is a wee bit different in that we call it “Ask Tita Faith” where Faith answers questions from TFAL listeners. Will this be something we do in the future? ABSOLUTELY! Will we start...

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Episode 217 – Island Woman Rise – Words of Wisdom...

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2024/09/25

Surprise episode drop! Leading up to Island Woman Rise we’re dropping two episodes this week! In this episode the TFALpodcast crew has a conversation with Rocky Rivera who recently dropped LONG KISS GOODNIGHT. Rocky shares her journey as a Frisco city kid turned journalist turned full time artist. Bay area folks, check out Rocky’s album...

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Episode 216 | Island Woman Rise: Rising Up w/ Ruby...

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2024/09/20

Continuing our series of Island Woman Rise episodes, the TFAL crew has a conversation with the uber talented multi-hyphenated artist who inspired the theme of the show, Ruby Ibarra. Ruby shares her journey joining the Beatrock Music family, her growth as an artist, and drops surprising news to us in the episode! If you haven’t...

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Episode 212 – Sauce-Maryosep: Filipino Flavors with...

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2024/07/23

Ay SAUCE-MARYOSEP!. Have you ever thought of what kind of Filipino sauces and condiments are in your kitchen? Patis, toyo, suka, bagoong, banana ketchup, sinigang packets, etc. These are essential ingredients to all of our wonderful Filipino dishes. OK, so have you also thought of what kind of preservatives and colorings are in them? Sorbic...

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Episode 211 – Breaking Bed: Rethinking Sex Education...

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2024/07/07

Who taught you about SEX? Was it through school? Was it through watching porn? Whatever means you learned (or are learning) about the various aspects of sex, we could bet it wasn’t through your parents! With the Catholic Church shaping our Filipino way our being, sex education has been reduced to abstinence and “family life.”...

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Episode 210 – Building and Sustaining Healthy...

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2024/06/21

TFAL goes to Hawaii! Well, actually just Joe goes to Hawaii. While attending a conference in Honolulu, Joe took the opportunity to do an additional interview with local Filipino American leader, Chachie Abara. Chachie is an Ilocano language and mental health advocate, runs the podcast and media company KasamahanCo, and is author of a bilingual...

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