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Kasamahan Co
by Chachie Abara
A podcast show that explores the nuanced experiences of Filipino community in Hawaiʻi.
Episodes
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Moving Worlds & Holding On: Diaspora Trauma and Friendship in Forgotten Island
In this episode, host Chachie Abara dives into DreamWorks' Forgotten Island to look beyond the fantasy and folklore, unpacking its deeply relatable themes of diaspora trauma, identity, and mental health. As a 1.5-generation Filipina-American, Chachie breaks down the psychological weight behind Jo...
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Walking into a new Era
Welcome to a brand-new season of Bannuar Voices (formerly Kasamahan Co). We’re kicking things off by stripping away the polished edits and inviting you directly into the room with us for a special, uncut season opener. In a world that often asks us to curate, shorten, and package our truths, this...
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Season 11 Trailer
Welcome to Season 11 of Bannuar Voices (formerly Kasamahan Co). What started as a shared table to bring our community together has grown into a living, breathing archive of our stories. This season, we’re stepping fully into our rebrand to Bannuar—the Ilokano word for hero or brave pioneer. We’re...
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Seeking New Adventure through Banyan Roots ft, Jonah Konop
When it comes about Filipino identity and culture has so much than just where you came from or what language you speak. If you ask me when I first started with the podcast, I was first taken back by all the different cultures and language but as I continued with this journey, it comes to the...
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Season 10 Episode 10 AJ Alcover
AJ Clifforde Alcover (1st generation) Filipino-Cebuano who immigrated from Digos City in the Philippines. He is a former graduate and alumni of Brown University. He is currently on the pre-med track on his way to go for Medical School. Shoutout to Kaeo Studios (@kaeostudios) in Waipahu Plaza for...
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Season 10 - Episode 9 Marinelli Joy Ulep
Marnelli Joy B. Ulep is the Program Development Manager for the Business Administration Division at UH West Oahu. She holds a BBA in Marketing and International Business and a MEd in Higher Education Administration, both from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. For many years, she was involved…
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Season 10 - Episode 8: Tiffany Nohea Kasoga
Fourth generation Filipino-Kama'aina Settler in the Kingdom of Hawai'i, I introduced to you, Tiffany Nohea Kasoga (she/her/hers). Through the season of her life she calls this, "motherhood" and the journey in re-discovering her culture again especially since growing up she did not have any close...
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Season 10, Episode 7 - Demiliza Saramosing
Description: Demiliza Sagaral Saramosing is an educator, scholar, and teaching artist of Bisayan descent with genealogies rooted in the seas shared between the Visayas and Mindanao. She is the descendant of Sakada great grandparents and of immigrant Bisayan parents. Demiliza’s poetry…
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Season 10- Episode 6, Chef Ria Dolly Barobas
1.5 Filipino immigrant from Iloilo and Bacolod City to Los Angeles. We have Chef Ria Dolly Barobas coming to you live here in Hawai’i. Chef Ria has family lineage of our Sakadas. For those who may unfamiliar of what and who are Sakadas, Sakadas were migrant workers in and from the Philippines...
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Season 10, Episode 5 - Aldrin
Growing up (in Hawaiʻi) like some of us, have experienced this shame behind trying to look like your "FOB" or Fresh of the Boat. Was this because our history wasnʻt represented in history books which forces us to assimilate to that typical "white" culture. The importance of knowing our own…
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Kasamas Rise Up Episode 4, Ashley Marie Lardizabal
Ashley Marie is a second generation Ilokana Filipino American. Roots in Ilocos region. Ashley is someone who aspires to break cultural stigma.
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Kasamas Rise Up Episode 3, Carlo Farinas
Kasamas Rise Up, Podcast Host meets Carlo Farinas, a second generation Filipino American born and raised in the island of Oʻahu as the only child. Carlo is someone with great aspirations who continues to seek his Filipino heritage and roots. A timeline of his grandparents lineage: 1969 My...
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Kasamas Rise Up Episode 2, Erin E.
Kasamas Rise Up, Podcast Host meets Erin Enriques, Third-generation Filipino-American. She is currently a fourth year student studying international relations and environmental science. Erin is a great granddaughter of Vicente “Inting” Eligio, a sakada from the Philippines In this podcast…
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Kasamas Rise Up! - Emily Erika, Episode 1
Kasamas Rise Up, Podcast Host meets Emily Erika, first-generation Filipino-American who was raised on the west side of Oʻahu. She is currently a second year medical student with hopes of becoming a primary care physician. She is passionate about mentoring first generation students especially…
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Special Episode: Rome Lim, Pinoys on Parliament
Kasamas Rise Up, A spin-off and re-brand show of our podcast series with a whole new look and name. Thrrough this spin off, we will have three featured guests from the diaspora before we dive into the Sakada stories in the coming months. Today's featured episode we have Rome Lim, (he/him) He is…
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Execution with Jordan Tano
A conversation with Jordan Tano, a 1st generation-2nd generation Filipino, Chinese and Japanese American who was roots between Guam, California and Hawai'i. For his podcast narrative we briefly talk about this local identity and reflecting on what it means for him to stay close with family...
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The Road Not Taken with Reina Bonta
Reina is an award-winning filmmaker who graduated in 2022 from Yale University. Originally from California, she is currently based in Brooklyn, NY. Her semi-autobiographical short film and directorial debut, “LAHI”, has been accepted into several film festivals, won the audience award at San…
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Into the Unknown with Mia Balingit
The conversation is also available on our website: www.Kasamahancollective.com From sharing her Filipina-American experience as a queer pinay who advocates her culture through her small business of Perfectly Pinay — we learned that when it comes to her journey a huge chunk of it has to be the…
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Season 9 - Episode 9 Gaven Sugai
Gaven Sugai (he/him) 4th generation Filipino-Japanese born and raised in Kailua, O'ahu. He is an accountant by day and a podcaster at night. Growing up, He used to identify himself more with his Japanese side than Filipino. I didn’t embrace Filipino as an equal part of me until I dated my wife.…
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Season 9 - Episode 8 Liberty Peralta
Liberty Peralta (she/her) born on the 4th of July in Honolulu, Hawai’i and raised in the rural town of Wai’anae in West O’ahu. She is the DIrector of Marketing and Communications at Hawai’i Public Radio as well as the Founder and Owner of a Local Cat Cafe in Kaimuki called, “Popoki + Tea”…
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Season 9 - Episode 7, Sally Milon
Sally Millon (she/her), born and raised in the Kingdom of Hawai'i in a multigenerational household. Graduate of Loma Linda University with Master’s Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics, Aspiring to be a dietitian. To her Reclaiming her own Filipino identity means to go back to the starting point. In a...
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Season 9 - Episode 6, Bryant De Venecia
A first generation queer immigrant from Manila, Philippines. A title to capture a season of his life is the season of becoming. Produced by: Chachie Abara Support Us on AnchorFM by donating $1, $5, $10 to help keep the platform and for us to continue making great content for you....
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Season 9 Episode 5 Ryan Farinas
Ryan Farinas (he/him), a second generation Filipino-American who is the only child of Mr and Mrs. Farinas of San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte. Personally, Ryan struggled in embracing his own cultural identity but through learning what his own culture has to offer and give, he was able to learn the...
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Season 9 Episode 4 Jaimy Valerio
In this episode we talk about Jaimy's growing up experience of what it means to be a Filipino settler residing in the Kingdom of Hawai'i. We briefly have touch upon the difficult journey of being a Filipino who have struggled in creating that identity growing up in Kalihi. For many tuning in,...
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Season 9 - Episode 3 Adrian Nico
A conversation with a 2nd Generation Filipino American who had a continue to pursue a dream to break barriers. Adrian is passionate about trying new food food, restaurant and boba places! wt throughout my work week. I also like to try new foods, restaurants, and boba places, He is also the owner…
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Season 9 - Episode 2, Clyde Felix
A conversation with a Filipino immigrant who immigrated to the Kingdom of Hawai'i with his siblings and parents through the petition of his family. Clyde is a first generation Filipino who is the first in his family to received a higher degree with a Master in Electric Engineering. You can say he...
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Season 9 - Episode 1, Sharmaine Butac
A conversation with a second generation Filipino American -- Sharmaine Butac is a leader, trailblazer and a true disciple of Christ. She uses her gift of giving to aid our community through the works of using integrative holistic healing with the focus of bettering the wellness of healthy habits...
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Season 8 Finale, Hau'oli
A conversation with FIlipino-Hawaiian instructor, Kumu J. Hauʻoli Lorenzo-Elarco is a, first and foremost, Hawaiian and Filipino. He was raised by the Kīpuʻupuʻu rains of Waimea, Hawaiʻi but currently resides in Waialua, Oʻahu. He is Instructor of Hawaiian Language at Honolulu Community College....
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Season 8 - Episode 9, Angeley
A conversation with Angeley Pasco, an aspiring filmmaker, mental health advocate whose dreams is to uplift stories of her Filipino community. When it comes to her own filipino culture, to reclaim her own culture is to basically just going back home, seeing my family, visiting my hometown and just...
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Season 8 - Episode 8: J.Lynn Music
"Growing up, I never felt like I learned much about filipino culture. Nowadays, I am more interested in learning, so I have been understanding it through being in online communities and filipino pop music. I also am reading more and more articles on filipino news sites, so I keep up with current...
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Season 8 - Episode 7: Gerald Soriano
A conversation with software engineer for Android Mobile Apps, Gerald Soriano is a first born child in the US, his family is from Pangasinan (Dagupan, Bunu'an). He is the oldest of one sibling. For this episode we not only reflect about our own culture and identity but we dive into topics of…
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Season 8 - Episode 6: Charieze
Charieze Lianne, but you can call me Charieze/Char. She was born in Ilocos Norte and moved to Hawai’i at the age of 7 years old. I have grown up in a traditional Filipino household and can still fluently speak Tagalog and can understand Ilocano. I am now a full time student at University of…
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Season 8 - Episode 5 Blessie Vergara
Meticulous, Hard Working, Caring, Blessie Vergara is a second generation Filipino American who is a children of immigrants. Both of her parents got married in the Philippines when they were adults. Her dad immigrated to Hawai’i first, thanks to a petition from her grandmother (from her Dad's…
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Season 8 Episode 4, Algeo Rosario
Hard-working, Introspective, Curious, Algeo Rosario was born and raised in Honolulu, HI to two Ilokano parents. Growing up in Salt Lake, he went to school with a lot of military kids, but was also surrounded with many Filipinos as well. He went to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to study...
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Season 8 - Episode 3, Ryan Geronimo
Easygoing, curious, imaginative - Ryan Geronimo (he/him) is a second generation, Filipino American born and raised in the Bay Area who moved through Hawai'i for college. -- Consider helping support this podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes! Even donating $1 or $5...
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Season 8 - Episode 2, Girlieh Mae
Growing up and not seeing any representation — We didn’t really see the significance of wanting to learn our own native language until we have that immersion experience to go back and learn back our roots. For Girlieh, as a local Filipino in Hawai’i, she strive to keep her Ilocano language…
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Season 8 - Episode 1 DJ Jus Jay
“To show people like me that you can do things that you love..” Listen to DJ share about his identity as a Filipino musician but his hopes and aspiration. Feel free to follow him and support his musical journey on instagram: https://instagram.com/djjusjay?utm_medium=copy_link If you want to be...
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Season 7 - Episode 10: Mc Erl Dave Andres
Can i get an HOOOOOOOOOO YAAAA! The very last podcast guest of the season is someone who has made such a positive impact on my life and I am so grateful to have had this conversation and to have them share their story, their narrative and overall their overall nuanced experiences of what it means...
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Season 7 - Episode 9: Kit Furukawa
A conversation about reflecting back to our journey as a Filipino immigrant but also sharing her experiences working within the public administration sector as well as sharing her Tita advice to this younger generation. Also, feel free to support Tita Kit’s business: Sweet Chili Oil -...
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Season 7 - Episode 8: Charlene
A conversation of identity formation through bridging her ancestral past to the future, her future career goals and what does it mean for her to reclaim her filipino identity through language and family. We also talked about her reflections being a mixed filipino. Check out socials on instagram...
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Season 7 - Episode 7 - Jerilyn Ornellas
A conversation about staying in touch with her cultural roots through music. Jeri is a music teacher and is someone who is not afraid to speak her mind. She is someone who is always so intrigue about learning the different nuances of her own identity as a mixed filipino! Follow her sticker shop...
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Season 7 - Episode 6 Dee Diaz
A Conversation with Dee about his own culture and identity, we talk briefly about how was it like for him to have such a huge gap between him and his siblings specifically why he was always consider different growing up from the “normal” or traditional Filipino children. If you want to follow…
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Season 7 - Episode 5 Shania Amodo
A Conversation with Shania Amodo with Culture, Identity and Family, we talks about what it means for her to reclaim her own filipina identity specifically being the second to the eldest child of the family. She shares that for one to reclaim her own identity is a personal experience tat one must...
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Season 7 - Ebony Soy
A conversation about growing up as a third generation Filipino-American, this rising artist continues to connect to her culture and her roots through beauty of Philippine art and mythology. Ebony says, “I’m constantly learning about Filipino identity and culture. There’s so much more I don’t...
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Season 7 - Episode 3 AP Gajigan
A conversation with a international student at UH Manoa, we have Adi hear with us on Kasamahan Co sharing his experience as a PhD Student. He would say I’m a Filipino, not an immigrant so the generational classification might not be appropriate. I consider myself transient in Hawaii and planning…
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Season 7 Episode 2 - Mary Jane Livingston
A conversation with MJ about her own filipina identity. Mary Jane Livingston has been practicing Dental Hygiene for the past decade. She dreamt of being a hygienist since High School. Mary Jane worked in all fields of dentistry, from the front and back office assistant to Dental Hygiene professor...
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Season 7 - Episode 1 Celina Hayashi Macadangdang
A conversation with Dr. Celina Hayashi about what it was like growing up not only in the island of Hawai'i but specifically the island of Maui as a Filipino whose dreams are to make her ancestors proud such as her grandparents whom emigrated from the farmlands of Ilocos Norte, Philippines in 1946...
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Season 6 - Episode 10: Jasmine Padamada
ambitious, empathetic, idealistic, Jasmine is a 2nd Generation Filipino; born and raised on the Big Island of Hawai’i. Graduated in 2019 with a degree in Biology she aspires to achieve her dreams to give back to her community in the Big Island to be one of the Filipinx physicians care taking the...
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Season 6 Episode 9 - Jefferson Peralta
Grit, Resilient, and empathetic, Jeff was a second generation Filipino immigrant born and raised in Ewa Beach, HI. Now in Portland, OR seeking undergrad in Marketing at the University of Portland. I didn’t really think about my Filipino identity in high school until I started going to college....
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Season 6 Episode 8 - Jordan Abanto
Loud , observant and intelligent -- Graduate Student at the College of Education, Master’s in Educational Administration Being 3rd generation and my parents both being born and raised in Hawai‘i, a lot of the values were more from a westernized/local perspective. I think the main Filipino value…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast show that explores the nuanced experiences of Filipino community in Hawaiʻi.
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Chachie Abara
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