26 min

Episode 7 - Ambeth Ocampo, Part 1 Conversations With Randy David

    • Society & Culture

Heroes need braces, too. Like us, they're flawed. And Dr. Jose Rizal? He might've even had bad breath. Learn all the juicy details as sociologist, writer, and leading public intellectual Randy David talks to historian Ambeth Ocampo, who insists: "By making our historical personages human, you show that it is in their humanity that they became great." Bonus: here's why Filipino curses are so lame in comparison to Egyptian ones. Also, how do seances figure into our history?
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Heroes need braces, too. Like us, they're flawed. And Dr. Jose Rizal? He might've even had bad breath. Learn all the juicy details as sociologist, writer, and leading public intellectual Randy David talks to historian Ambeth Ocampo, who insists: "By making our historical personages human, you show that it is in their humanity that they became great." Bonus: here's why Filipino curses are so lame in comparison to Egyptian ones. Also, how do seances figure into our history?
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

26 min

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