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In this episode, We speak to Prof. Sharon Quinsaat, faculty of Grinnell College and author of the new book, "Insurgent Communities: How Protest create a Filipino Diaspora?." In the book, she documents the emphatic activism among Filipino migrants abroad and how they contribute to Filipino politics despite being far from the homeland, giving us new ways on how to look at what it means to be a Filipino.


0:00 Music
0:15 Intro
3:00 Prof. Sharon's Origin
8:50 Why write the book?
12:30 Who are the insurgent communities?
18:30 Why are they insurgent?
24:05 Diaspora in the United States and the Netherlands
31:30 Conflict building Diaspora
44:12 Polarization in the Diaspora
51:15 How effective are these insurgent communities?
58:50 Oppositional Consciousness
59:40 Strengths and weakness of insurgent communities
1:03:20 Social Media and Diaspora
1:06:40 Regarding overseas Filipinos
1:09:05 New answers to What is a Filipino?
1:23:00 Recommendations

You may get a copy of Prof. Sharon's book here:
https://www.amazon.com/Insurgent-Communities-Protests-Filipino-Diaspora/dp/0226831663

You can find more of Prof. Sharon's work at the links below:
Website:https://sharonquinsaat.com/
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/misharona/?hl=en
X(Formerly Twitter):https://x.com/smquinsaat?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Recommendations:

Transnational Repression in the Age of Globalisation edited by Dana Moss and Saipira Furstenberg
https://www.amazon.com/Transnational-Repression-Globalisation-Edinburgh-Transnationalism/dp/1399506064

Care Activism: Migrant Domestic Workers, Movement-Building and Communities of Care by Ethel Tungohan
https://www.amazon.com/Care-Activism-Domestic-Movement-Building-Communities/dp/0252087402

Unfree: Migrant Domestic Work in Arab States
https://www.amazon.com/Unfree-Migrant-Domestic-Work-States/dp/1503629651


Courting Migrants: How States Make Diasporas and Diasporas Make States. By Katrina Burgess
https://www.amazon.com/Courting-Migrants-States-Make-Diasporas-ebook/dp/B08D342R3G

When you left me on that Boulevard by Kayla Abuda Galang
https://vimeo.com/887931553

Sunday Beauty Queen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB_bwb7K-7E&t=1505s&ab_channel=TBAStudios

This month, we are taking a short break from our interview episodes and will resume with more thought-provoking guests next month.



In the meantime, this episode is released on "Araw ng Kagitingan" or Day of Valor, and the premiere of GOMBURZA on Netflix. Despite this national holiday,
there seems to a a kind of fatigue and cynicism surrounding nationalism these days. Here, I relate Randy David's discussion on political despair with the need to continue the civic excitement ignited by GOMBURZA.



You may find Randy David's piece here: https://opinion.inquirer.net/172719/overcoming-political-despair



You may also find my piece here: https://opinion.inquirer.net/172127/gomburzas-success-ignited-nationalistic-passion-but-does-it-need-a-sequel




Erratum: My piece can be found on the March 19 edition of the Inquirer, not March 26.

Our guest is Drew Uy, who ran for Mayor of Paranaque City during the 2022 elections. We discuss his campaign, how it inspired a citizen movement, and what he has learned from this unique experience



You may follow Drew Uy at the following links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrewTheDo

X(Formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/DrewTheDo_

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drewthedo_



0:00 Music

0:15 Intro

1:20 Drew Uy's Origin Story

4:40 Paranaque during the Pandemic

7:40 Drew Uy and Political Science

10:40 Drew Uy and Paranaque

16:30 Traditional Politics vs. New Politics

18:20 Drew Uy's Platform.

19:50 Reactions to Drew's campaign

27:00 How Drew went viral and how is his campaign different

36:00 What Drew learned during the 2022 elections.

41:00 After the elections

44:00 Tayo-Tayo movement

48:15 How will Drew Uy Run again?

55:00 Platform On Traffic

58:30 Platform On Education

1:00:45 Platform on Health

1:04:30 Platform on Poverty Alleviation

1:16:00 Story behind Drew Uy's Logo

1:17:50 Final Message

In this episode, we talk to Dominic Ligot, founder of Data Ethics PH and host of AI conversations, on the effects of AI in our society, what are some of the benefits and risks of using AI, and how we can talk and think about AI in a more productive way.





0:00 Music

0.15 Intro on AI

3:00 Guest: Dominic Ligot

4:30 How Dominic Ligot got into AI?

10:00 How are people talking about AI?

16:00 What is AI and what AI is not?

20:20 What AI cant do? AI and Empathy

25:00 Dominic's best arguments for and against AI

31:30 What AI can do that we cannot do.

39:00 How do we move forward safely?

44:00 AI and Religion

46:40 Teaching with AI

55:10 AI in Governance and Policymaking

1:00:00 Closing Remarks

1:05:10 Recommendations





You can find Dominic Ligot in the following Links:



Website: docligot.com

Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@docligot

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/docligotAI

Twitter: https://twitter.com/docligot



Recommendations:



Ex-Machina

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470752/



I,Robot

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_I%252C%2520Robot



Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark

https://www.amazon.com/Life-3-0-Being-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1101946598



Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm



Frankenstein Urbanism

https://www.amazon.com/Eco-Cities-Routledge-Studies-Urbanism-City/dp/1138101788



Star Trek The Next Generation: Measure of a Man

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708807/

For this episode, we invited Miro Abala to discuss how Japanese anime is political. We discuss how Filipino society fell in love with anime, Animes as political content, Anime as a labor issue and Anime as foreign policy.

 

We also briefly recommend some animes that are very
political and endorse the upcoming Japanese film festival.

 

You may get more information here:

https://www.facebook.com/japanesefilmfestPH/

 

How to Watch: https://japanesefilmfestph.jfmo.org.ph/how-to-watch/

 

 

0:00 Music

0:15 Intro

2:10 What is Anime?

5:00 Is Scott Pilgrim Anime?

7:15 Animes but not Animes?

9:30 Why do Filipinos like Anime?

20:20 How is something political?

25:50 Anime as Political Content

35:10 Anime as a Labor issue

44:15 Anime as Soft Power

52:50 Recommendations

1:02:20 Japanese Film Festival ad

 

 

Sources:

 

Scene from Victory Gundam:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gundammobilesuitposting/permalink/6852696901520253/

 

Karoshi: https://www.ilo.org/safework/info/publications/WCMS_211571/lang--en/index.htm

 

Jujutsu Kaisen Animator: Industry will Collapse

https://www.cbr.com/jujutsu-kaisen-0-anime-industry-collapse/

 

Cool Japan: https://www.cao.go.jp/cool_japan/english/index-e.html

 

Recommendations:

 

Mobile Suit Gundam

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159172/

 

Gundam Seed

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374407/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

 

 

One Punch Man

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374407/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

 

The Day I reincarnated as a Slime

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9054364/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

Mother's Basement:

https://www.youtube.com/@mothersbasement

 

Gigguk:

https://www.youtube.com/@gigguk

 

Trash Taste:

https://www.youtube.com/@TrashTaste

 

Princess Mononoke:

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/28630857

 

 

Pom Poko:https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/70035036

 

Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans:

https://www.netflix.com/jp-en/title/80150290

 

Aleczandxr: https://www.youtube.com/@Aleczandxr

 

Erwin Smith-A Devil with a Dream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVpRCySUx3Y

 

 

The 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) was one of the highest grossing festivals our country has had in years. The top-grossing and most-watched movie from this line-up is Rewind(2023) starring Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera. In this Bonus episode, I invited my Dad to discuss what Rewind says about Marriage, Gender roles, Family Values, Jesus Christ and Story-telling in Filipino films.