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Early Convos

by Earl Calingacion

I am figuring out life. Come with me. Grab your coffee or tea, whatever. Find a chair, sit back, relax, and let's have an early convo.

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Episodes

  1. Life Updates, Where are we going?

    Life updates. Been a long time since the last episode. More than a year, in fact. Salamat!

  2. Another Marcos is President, What Now?

    What should we do now that there is seemingly darkness over the horizon? How do we make sense out of this all?

  3. What is your greatest fear?

    We all have fears. But what do you fear the most? I discuss my greatest fear at the moment.

  4. Why renting is better than owning a house

    It is old wisdom that buying a house should be the first investment of any sensible working person. But is old necessarily true? We examine.

  5. Why it is okay to admit that you are wrong

    When was the last time you were wrong? Why is it important to admit when you are wrong and why is is an essential part of growth.

  6. The Christian and Politics

    How should Christians navigate the messy world of politics? Should we involves ourselves with it? Or is it something that we stay neutral about.

  7. Why I’m A Legit JakBie Fan and Why You Should be too

    News Sites and Reputable Websites are behind the paywall. Trash articles about celebrities, annoying as they are, may be keeping the rest of the world from having to pay for news.

  8. Mary's Dilemma, A Mother's Day Special

    Raising kids is tough. But how about raising a perfect child? How do you deal with disciplining an already perfect person? How would you deal with raising a perfect child with imperfect children? But Mary was able to do it somehow, but how?

  9. Harmony versus Co-existence

    What’s the goal? Why is the world like this? Why is there so much hate? Why are we in echo chambers? And is that good or bad?

  10. Concerning Community Pantries

    Social Media and Mainstream Media are reporting one thing more than anything else as of late: Community Pantries. Why are they here? How will they be sustainable? Do they need to be sustainable in the first place, and why Parlade is doing the worst thing. Ultimately, what does this mean?

  11. WHY TEACHING ECONOMICS IS THE BEST WAY TO COUNTER INSURGENCY

    Most of the time we think of the war against insurgency as guns, bombs, and death. But most of it is an intellectual battle. Here's an introduction into how credit works, what capitalism is and its flaws are and why we should teach the youth about economics before it is too late!

  12. Why I don't broadcast cutting ties with "toxic" people

    Seriously, why do we do that? Why can't we just go placidly amidst the noise and the haste? In this episode we explore the reasons why we should not wash our dirty linens in public and justify with broadcasting the reasons why we are cutting ties with a particular person or set of persons in the...

  13. Season 2: TULFO and Desiderata

    "Even the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story." Why should we do small talk? Why do poor people go to Tulfo? What can we do better?

  14. Episode 8: Why Bringing Back GMRC is a Bad Idea

    In June 25, 2020, amidst the height of the pandemic, the President signed into law the GMRC Act. There has been a long clamor for its revival since it was scrapped from the basic education curriculum in 2013. Is it actually necessary? We'll look into that. Stay tuned.

  15. Episode 7: Why Middle Income Families Should Adopt a Child

    In this episode we dicuss the reasons why every middle income family should consider adopting at least one child. We try understand why "ampon" is almost a cuss word, and why it should not be so. Adoption is one of the best things we could do for a child, our family and our country.

  16. Episode 5. The Case for Staying in Hometowns

    What are the long term effects of leaving our hometowns. What is a hometown? Where is a hometown? And more importantly, why is a hometown? While it is good for the economy to have remittances on the regular, does emigration actually have a long-term halting effect on the growth of small communities?

  17. Episode 6: Why Our Parents Fall For Fake News

    What can explain the phenomenon of your parents, titos and titas sharing fake "news"? Why do they seem to be disproportionately vulnerable to believe obviously false information? And what do we do then?

  18. Episode 4. Should We Take Selfies During Relief Operations?

    There is a struggle, and I hope there is, for those who are involved in charity work to make things about ourselves. That helping others becomes ME helping others. How do we actually temper the innate desire to make everything about ourselves including relief operations during times of…

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  19. Episode 3: Why We Should Name Our Storms After Politicians

    My only hope is that as you are listening to this, the storm has passed and left not much of damage. In this episode, we try to discuss, how the Philippines name storms. We will also try to discuss, why as ide-eyed kids, storms were fun, and why we hate them now. Keep Safe!

  20. Episode 2. How Tsismis Builds and Keeps Communites

    Bakit nga ba masama agad ang tingin natin pag may mga nakikita tayong mga nanay, titas at lolas na naguumpukan pag umaga? In this episode, we try to look at tsimis from a different perspective and try to understand how it actually helps bind us all together as a functioning community.

  21. Ep 1: How Lazada Killed Santa Claus

    This is a reupload of the first episode. The Philippines has the longest Christmas season in the world. But now, is it still true? Stay tuned and subscribe to the podcast for more Early Convos!

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

I am figuring out life. Come with me. Grab your coffee or tea, whatever. Find a chair, sit back, relax, and let's have an early convo.

HOSTED BY

Earl Calingacion

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How many episodes does Early Convos have?

Early Convos currently has 21 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

What is Early Convos about?

I am figuring out life. Come with me. Grab your coffee or tea, whatever. Find a chair, sit back, relax, and let's have an early convo.

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Early Convos has 21 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

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Early Convos is created and hosted by Earl Calingacion.
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