• Episode 3: STORYTELLERS in the SPOTLIGHT: Karina Robles Bahrin
    Oct 21 2023
    An insightful and wide-ranging conversation with Epigram Award winning author of "The Accidental Malay", Karina Robles Bahrin, on everything from creating while running a business to 'Own Voices' narratives, writing in a second language, and being multi-racial in Asia. You won't want to miss this one!
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    29 min
  • Episode 2: ABOUT THAT: Spotlight on Storytellers: HARRIS WHITBECK
    Feb 13 2023
    After decades of working with one of the largest global news companies in the world, Guatemala-born journalist, Harris Whitbeck, boldly tells his own story in a new memoir. He speaks to me from his home about death squads, dictators, and growing up gay in Latin America in the late 20th century. We also explore what its like to work in warzones, how using gadgets affects a story's impact on storytellers, and what he's learned about handling creative blocks. Disclaimer: Some colourful content, which is not meant as an endorsement of narcotics or psychedelics.
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    30 min
  • Episode 1: ABOUT THAT: Spotlight on Storytellers: The SERING Sisters
    Feb 13 2023
    The Brontes, The Moriartys, and also The Serings. But besides their individual achievements as authors and writers, sisters Tweet & Tara Sering together penned the hit show "K-Love" for VIU, Asia's leading streaming service. It instantly became a hit with viewers. With the success of their first -- joint -- screenwriting endeavour, Tweet & Tara join me to talk about the joys and challenges of working with a sibling, the many different ways creative projects come to be, and believing in the power of dreams. This is the first episode of a new season spotlighting STORYTELLERS.
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    51 min
  • Episode 31: SPECIAL POST-PANDEMIC EPISODE: The Graduates
    May 8 2021
    Catch up with Gen-Xers Marga (the journalist), Karla (the chef), & Tanya (the film producer), a year after they were first "community quarantined" in pandemic-stricken Manila. The city has been under the longest and most militarised 'lockdown' in the world. Our hosts talk coping, keeping busy, and staying hopeful - as they say farewell to Karla who is off on a new adventure.
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    27 min
  • S3 Ep6: MAPS & Other FICTIONS
    Sep 30 2020
    How do we move past an increasingly polarised world to create a common identity? Or are we doomed to always draw lines between US...and THEM? Back on the podcast is special guest Nik de Ynchausti. Music: Homestead, by Kai Engel
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    29 min
  • S3 Ep5: A LOST GENERATION?
    Sep 13 2020
    Boomers, Gen-Xers, Gen Y, Millennials, Gen Z...each generation had its share of challenges, but it can be argued that none more so than today's children. Health crises, wars, violence, environmental catastrophes, and above all global warming - they're in line to inherit a world with an expiry date. On this episode, we speak to Bhanu Bhatnagar from Save the Children International. Why aren't the Grown-Ups doing more for the world's children?
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    20 min
  • S3 Ep4: The FEMALE POLITIK: The Gender Struggle in Public Office
    Aug 26 2020
    It's the 21st century and women in positions of power are still a rarity in many places. Even the country feted as the most powerful in the world has yet to see a female president. We talk gender and politics with a female (minority) senator from an Asian country overrun with macho, populist leaders and strongmen. SPECIAL GUEST: Philippine senator Risa Hontiveros News clips from : Euronews, ABS-CBN, Vice Music by Scott Holmes
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    29 min
  • S3 Ep3: MAD WORLD OF METH: A Controversial Conversation
    Aug 16 2020
    The ins and outs of the Southeast Asian meth trade. Who are the key players? What's politics got to do with it? And how successful is the so-called "war on drugs"? We speak with journalist Patrick Winn, author of "Hello Shadowlands: Inside the Meth Fiefdoms, Rebel Hideouts and Bomb-Scarred Party Towns of Southeast Asia." Visit us on: www.patreon.com/aboutthatthepodcast Twitter: @margaortigas
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    26 min