The Howie Severino Podcast GMA Integrated News

We first saw deepfakes as humorous memes, then as celebrity likenesses selling tacky products. But the deepfake of the president last month calling on the armed forces to take action against a foreign country demonstrated AI-driven deepfakes’ potential for real danger.

Deepfakes have been defined as video or audio manipulated with the help of AI to create hoaxes. But they’re now also considered an advanced form of disinformation with often malicious intent.

Our podcast guest Jeffrey Dy is the government’s undersecretary for Information and Communications Technology. He describes the response of the government to the deepfake president’s order to the military (the deepfake was taken down by YouTube after a few hours and monitored automatically for any reappearance).

He says that the country will need 300,000 cybersecurity professionals to handle the wave of deepfakes and other cyber threats on the horizon.

Producer: Aubrey Delos Reyes
Researcher: Lilian Tiburcio
Editor: Jayr Magtoto

In case you missed it, Hya Bendaña – Ateneo alum and daughter of jeepney driver – shares her lived experience with this iconic mode of transport.



Listen to the full episode here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2LjwLebikKSV9IdXOWsOyQ?si=c82c2eccf1ac4dbe

Who says podcasts have to be only audio?





Introducing part 2 of this landmark “audiozine” episode on Sherwin Felix, the millennial food content creator behind the digital archive Lokalpedia, which has a unique heritage take on Philippine cuisine.





This podcast has always had a video counterpart posted on certain platforms, but video only of the online interviews. One of Howie’s I-Witness documentaries was repurposed for a podcast episode.





To produce this audiozine our podcast team actually had to leave our homes.





Shooting on location for the first time, we went to the Taal lakeshore in Batangas to produce video of Sherwin in a natural setting with a table of little known Philippine heirloom food ingredients. It was a refreshing respite from our usual zoom encounters with thought leaders.





Don’t get used to it. This format is a special occasion to mark this podcast’s third anniversary. We will continue to innovate and occasionally produce audiozines.





Our team enjoyed producing this one as it was a chance to see each other face to face as well as hold, smell and taste the delectable objects our guest was talking about with so much passion.





Producer: Eumer Yanga
Researcher: Jenica Villanueva
Editor: Jayr Magtoto

Naga-based poet and filmmaker Kristian Sendon Cordero talks about his quirky “Savage Mind” bookshop and why he has no plans of living anywhere else but Bicol.


Catch the full episode here: 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ZRHnzHhjsf5kcwMQiQ4gz?si=RM5fNURwT7Ob-grtpOnndg

Ever tasted “aruyuy” aka siling duwag? How about bangkiling, tabungaw, and pahutan? You may not know what you’re missing.



In a leveled-up version of this podcast, Howie Severino invites foodie influencer Sherwin Felix to his home in Batangas to talk about delicious Philippine fruits and vegetables hidden in plain sight.



The millennial behind Lokalpedia, the popular food heritage digital archive, Sherwin assembled for our cameras a wide variety of heirloom foods foraged from nature that have long been part of Filipino cuisine. But these have been neglected or forgotten because of the advent of fast food and foreign flavors.



Lokalpedia has a growing audience that’s interested in rediscovering Philippine food biodiversity.

It's our 3rd anniversary, podmates!



In line with our celebration, we have something in store for you!



Introducing the audiozine – a first in Philippine podcasts wherein magazine meets audio! Here, we will talk about a variety of topics ranging from rare native berries to the common items in the Bahay Kubo song.



Catch this episode on April 26, 2024, Friday on all streaming and social media platforms of GMA Integrated News.