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    Episode 10: Breaking Ground (with mental health professional Darby Latshaw)

    en-usOctober 22, 2017
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    About this Episode

    So...maybe the pressures of the world are getting to you? Too much work? Or not enough? Freaking out about the things you can’t control?

    Maybe you’re older than you ever imagined…and feel too tired to keep moving forward. Sound familiar?

    How do you stay afloat?

    Mental health professional (& fellow Gen-Xer) Darby Latshaw returns to give us a few survival tips.

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    Episode 2: ABOUT THAT: Spotlight on Storytellers: HARRIS WHITBECK

    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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    Episode 1: ABOUT THAT: Spotlight on Storytellers: The SERING Sisters

    Episode 1: ABOUT THAT: Spotlight on Storytellers: The SERING Sisters

    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.

    About That. (with Marga Ortigas)
    en-usFebruary 13, 2023

    Episode 31: SPECIAL POST-PANDEMIC EPISODE: The Graduates

    Episode 31: SPECIAL POST-PANDEMIC EPISODE: The Graduates
    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.

    S3 Ep6: MAPS & Other FICTIONS

    S3 Ep6: MAPS & Other FICTIONS
    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


    About That. (with Marga Ortigas)
    en-usSeptember 30, 2020

    S3 Ep5: A LOST GENERATION?

    S3 Ep5: A LOST GENERATION?
    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?

    S3 Ep4: The FEMALE POLITIK: The Gender Struggle in Public Office

    S3 Ep4: The FEMALE POLITIK: The Gender Struggle in Public Office
    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

    S3 Ep3: MAD WORLD OF METH: A Controversial Conversation

    S3 Ep3: MAD WORLD OF METH: A Controversial Conversation
    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."

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    Twitter: @margaortigas

    S3 Ep2: The FOURTH Estate

    S3 Ep2: The FOURTH Estate
    A former journalist from a country that no longer exists talks to us about oppressive regimes, freedom of the press, and the changing face of democracy.
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    Neven Andjelic left his native Sarajevo when the communist republic of Yugoslavia was splintering. He sought asylum in the UK and is now a leading lecturer on International Relations and Human Rights. I catch him in Croatia.

    Newsclip from Radio Free Europe
    Music: "Paper Lanterns in the Dusk" by springtide

    S3 Ep1: "BAD" History: Revisit, Revise, Re-do?

    S3 Ep1: "BAD" History: Revisit, Revise, Re-do?
    With special guest, Nik de Ynchausti.
    Why are autocrats & the far right rewriting the past? How powerful a tool is social media in this exercise? In the democratized world of information, are we seeing the demise of "objective facts"? And yes, we talk about the Marcoses and their creative view of Philippine history.

    EPISODE MUSIC: "Over Midnight" by Lobo Loco.
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