All Episodes
This Filipino American Life Podcast — 101 episodes
Episode 258 – Chasing the Hollywood Sun with Bernard Badion
Episode 255 – Combo on the Run – Exploring the Enduring Legacy of Eraserheads with Diane Ventura and Ely Buendia
Episode 254 – Original Pilipino Musings with Les the DJ – Overdrive, Ligaya, and What Les and Mike Like Right Now
Episode 253 – Original Pilipino Musings with Les the DJ – Toyang, Alapaap, and Analyzing vs Appreciating Music
Episode 252 – Original Pilipino Musings with Les the DJ – Eraserheads, OPM+, and Les Lore
Episode 251 – Telling Truths about ‘Here Lies Love’ with Christine Balance
Episode 250 – Echoes from the Ditches: A Conversation with a Martial Law Activist
Episode 249 – The Fil Am Celebrity Draft
Episode 248 – Community Care with Kalaya’an Mendoza
Episode 247 – Seafood City Late Night Analysis
Episode 246 – Scientific Dragons | Flowers for Dom Magwili
Episode 245 – Filipino American Anthems
Episode 244 – F*ck Cancer with Arthur Yu
Episode 243 – The Politics of Language with Jennifer Delfino
Episode 242 – Walk This Way : A Camino Conversation with Kristine Jan Espinoza
Episode 241 – Labor of Love – Filipino and Mexican Solidarity with Faith Santilla and Martha Gonzalez
Episode 240 | I Know You Got SOL – A Convo with Singer / Songwriter Labit
Episode 239 – Resistance Pop with Chrissa Sparkles
Episode 238 – Filipino American Intergenerational Conversations
Episode 237 – Filipinos in the San Fernando Valley
Episode 236: Storytelling with Randy Ribay
Episode 235: Joke Lungs w/ Vincent Collyer & Charles Collyer
Episode 234 – Dirty Kitchen with Jill Damatac
Episode 233 – Ryan and Joe Talk Fatherhood
Episode 232 | How Did You Get Here? (Hex Hector Mix) | Gaysians with Mike Curato
Episode 231 – Meeting the Moment: A Conversation with Los Angeles City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado
Episode 230 – TFAL x Dear Flor – A Conversation with Lisa Angulo Reid
Episode 229 – Filipinx Studies and its Radical Possibilities with Allan Lumba
Episode 228: TFAL talks Animation with Bobby Pontillas (Rise Up Animation)
Episode 227 – Coming Home for the First Time – Elaine and Producer Mike go to the Philippines
Episode 226 – Filipino American Masculinity
Episode 225 – Sexual Pleasure with Goddess Cecilia
Episode 224 | Living with the Land – A Conversation with Dennis Arguelles
Episode 223 – TFAL x Toronto – Sounds of the 6ix with Pantayo and Ruru
Episode 222 – TFAL x Toronto: Politics and Golf with the Honourable Rechie Valdez and Rise Bogey League’s Adam Robles
Episode 221 – TFAL x Toronto: Welcome to “Torono” with Carlo De La Fuente and Alia Rasul / Pinay Collection with Jovie Galit
Episode 220 – Island Women Rise – Ask Tita Faith w/Faith Santilla
Episode 219: Island Woman Rise – Collective Wisdom w/Kimmortal
Episode 218 – Island Woman Rise – Keepin It Klassy
Episode 217 – Island Woman Rise – Words of Wisdom with Rocky Rivera
Episode 216 | Island Woman Rise: Rising Up w/ Ruby Ibarra
Episode 215 | Island Woman Rise: Connecting with Producer Kat Carrido Bonds
Episode 214 – In the Year 3000: Ryan and Joe Predict the Future
Episode 213 – Go for Gold: TFAL Talks Olympics
Episode 212 – Sauce-Maryosep: Filipino Flavors with Fila Manila
Episode 211 – Breaking Bed: Rethinking Sex Education Among Filipino Americans
Episode 210 – Building and Sustaining Healthy Communities in Hawaii
Episode 209 – Tagnawa: An Ilocano Response to the Maui Fires
Episode 208 – Confessions of a Bad Filipino
Episode 207 – Bayani Komixtape with Bayani Teodosio
Episode 206 – Experiences of a Filipino Adoptee with James Beni Wilson
Episode 205 – Hilaw Pa 6.0
Episode 204 – Filipino Psychology and Spirituality with Carl Lorenz Cervantes
Episode 203: TFAL talks Palestine w/ Michael Arage & JT | Nevadans for Palestinian Liberation
Episode 202 – Vision Boarding Abundance
Episode 201 – Lost LA: Historic Filipinotown
Episode 200 – TFAL 200 Live! Building Community with Faith Santilla and Johneric Concordia
Bonus Episode: “Filipino Balikbayan is Homecoming in a Box” by Gravy Podcast
Episode 199 – The First (?) Annual TFAL Awards!
Episode 198 – “Save the Last Tinikling For Me”: Philippine Folk Dances with Ray Tadio
Episode 197 – Filipino American History, Settler Colonialism, and Jeremy Passion’s “Lemonade” with Adrian De Leon
Episode 196 – Dust Your Shoulders Out: Melissa Magsaysay on Filipino Fashion
Episode 195 – Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow: Estate Planning and Family Inheritance with Marivel Zialcita
Episode 194 – “Our Vibranium is our Culture”: SF’s SoMa Pilipinas w/ Desi Danganan
Episode 193 – TFAL is feeling Nervous: A Conversation with Jen Soriano
Episode 192 – Say My Name, Say My Name: Code Switching and Pronunciation of Filipino Names
Episode 191 – Wala Ka Lista: You’re Not On The List
Episode 190 – TFAL Tambayan: Where do Filipino Americans make Tambay?
Episode 189 – Filipino American Suburbanization with Dr. James Zarsadiaz
Episode 188 – Money, Money, Money: TFAL talks with Berna Anat, your Financial Hype Woman
Episode 187 – Baon Bracketology: Filipino Food Face-Off, Part 2
Episode 186 – Baon Bracketology: Filipino Food Face-Off, Part 1
Episode 185 – This Filipino American Academic Life
Episode 184 – Rex in Effect: TFAL laughs with Rex Navarrete
Episode 183 – Scam and Jam – TFAL talks about Scams (Allegedly)
Episode 182 – Supportive White Parents: TFAL Talks Comedy with Joy Regullano
Episode 181 – Hilaw Pa 5.0
Episode 180 – Festivus, for the TFAL in us
Episode 179 – TFAL Gives Thanks
Episode 178 – Josh’s Big Adventure: TFAL Talks to Josh Dela Cruz of Blue’s Clues & You
Episode 177 – Celebrations vs Commemorations vs Complications: How Should We Honor Filipino American History?
Episode 176 – TFAL Fall Update: Ryan the Former Taba-chelor
Episode 175 – A “Pretty Incredible” Conversation with Celeste Perez, Co-founder & CEO of Droplet
Episode 174 – The Value of Community Colleges with Dr. Lily Ann Villaraza
Episode 173 – Futbol is This Filipino American Life! with Anton del Rosario
Episode 172 – A TFAL Review of ‘Easter Sunday’
Episode 171 – Bayan Surf Club – Designing a Lifestyle in Santa Barbara with DJ Javier
Episode 170 – Celebrating Philippine Independence Day
Episode 169 – Love letters to Lola | TFAL talks CRESCENCIANA: A Memoir In Words And Illustrations with Kenneth Tan
Episode 168 – TFAL Goes to Chicago: Entrepreneurship, NFTs, and Sneakers with Francis Almeda and Jeff Masangcay
Episode 167 – TFAL Goes to Chicago: Arts, Politics, and Community with Ginger Leopoldo and Mark Calaguas
Episode 166 – TFAL Goes to Chicago: Traveling to Chi-Town
Episode 165 – The 2022 Philippine Presidential Election
Episode 164 – Belligerence Has Arrived! TFAL gets real with Melissa Beck from Real World NOLA Homecoming
Episode 163 – Who’s le beouf? TFAL talks food criticism with Annabelle Tometich
Episode 162 – Estatue, Filipino America? A Memorial-able Discussion about Filipino American Monuments
Episode 161 – The Complicated History of SPAM with Gabrielle Berbey
Episode 160: TFAL talks The Girl Who Sees with Pattie Umali
Episode 159 – The Secret’s Out: Secretly Filipino
Episode 158 – Baybayin atbp. with Kristian Kabuay
Episode 157 – A Few of TFAL’s Favorite Things – Small Businesses to Support this Holiday Season