Christmas time again! Let's talk about a couple of the things you might see. Partially because I love them so much. Check out @hugotPodcasting on Twitter! Sources: “Christmas in the Philippines.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Dec. 2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Philippines. Tabora-Roberts, Toni. "Retired Printer Shares the Tradition of the Parol, the Filipino Christmas Lantern." Asian Reporter [Portland, Or.] 2007: 11. Web. Dayrit, Christine. “A Decade of...

In a month when so many Filipinos go back for a visit, we should talk about a food that seemingly defines the holidays. (And other parties) Check out @hugotPodcasting on Twitter! Sources: https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/06/11/18/best-pig-ever-with-that-one-phrase-bourdain-put-ph-lechon-in-global-spotlight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lechon https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119075618625939123 ---- Transcript available on our website: www.miscellanymedia.online/transcripts Music for this...

Catholicism is an important part of the Filipino identity. Let's take a closer look at some of the figures involved. Check out @hugotPodcasting on Twitter! Sources: St Rose of Lima https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Rose-of-Lima https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=446 St. Lorenzo Ruiz https://aci.archchicago.org/asian-icons/st-lorenzo-ruiz https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=231?r=1&l=ri&fst=0 St. Pedro...

A different type of tale for you all today... One that hits close to my home. Literally, I guess. The next phase: @HugotPodcasting Be sure to check out Oracle of Dusk and Aishi Online ---- Music for this Episode by Sounds Like an Earful Soundslikeanearful.com ---- www.miscellanymedia.online Twitter: @MiscellanyMedia Tumblr: miscellanymedia Transcript available: www.miscellanymedia.online/transcripts Support the studio: www.ko-fi.com/mmstudios

And of course this episode is late. See you next week. Sources: 1. Ramos, Maximo D., and Dani Reyes. The Creatures of Midnight. Phoenix Pub. House, 1990. ---- Transcript available on our website: www.miscellanymedia.online/transcripts Music for this Episode by Sounds Like an Earful: Soundslikeanearful.com Twitter: @MiscellanyMedia Tumblr: miscellanymedia Support the project: www.ko-fi.com/mmstudios And check out The Oracle of Dusk or Aishi Online wherever you are listening to this podcast

This week, we have a not so fun tale. Or maybe it's funny. I don't know. It might just depend on your perspective. Sources: 1. Ramos, Maximo D. “The Man and the Lizard.” Philippine Myths, Legends, and Folktales, Phoenix Pub. House, 1990, pp. 56–58. ----Transcript available on our website: www.miscellanymedia.online/transcriptsMusic for this Episode by Sounds Like an Earful: Soundslikeanearful.com Twitter: @MiscellanyMedia Tumblr: miscellanymedia Support the project:...

This podcast talks a lot about old stories. Well, there are plenty of new ones coming out of the Philippines. So let's talk about a great movie: Kita Kita (2017) dir by Sigrid P. Bernardo. ---- Transcript available on our website: www.miscellanymedia.online/transcripts Music for this Episode by Sounds Like an Earful: Soundslikeanearful.com Twitter: @MiscellanyMedia Tumblr: miscellanymedia Support the project: www.ko-fi.com/mmstudios And check out The Oracle of Dusk or Aishi Online wherever...

Marcy made an uncharacteristically impulse decision, and she wants to talk to you about it. Namely, she's going to try to be better with something she should probably already know: Tagalog ---- Transcript available on our website: www.miscellanymedia.online/transcripts Music for this Episode by Sounds Like an Earful: Soundslikeanearful.com Twitter: @MiscellanyMedia Tumblr: miscellanymedia Support the project: www.ko-fi.com/mmstudios And check out The Oracle of Dusk wherever you are listening...

This week, Marcy tells a diffrent tale of a familiar demi-goddess. We literally just met her, but there's more to her stories than Marcy was able to say. Sources: 1. “Bathala's Daughters: The Demigods Mayari, Hanan & Tala.” THE ASWANG PROJECT, 14 May 2018, www.aswangproject.com/bathalas-daughters-demigods-mayari-hanan-tala/. ---- Transcript available on our website: www.miscellanymedia.online/transcripts Music for this Episode by Sounds Like an Earful: Soundslikeanearful.com Twitter:...

This week, Marcy returns to Tagalog mythology to showcase the daughters of a very familiar figure. Maybe too familiar, but don't worry about for now. Sources: 1. Jocano, F. "Notes on Philippine Divinities," Philippine Folk Literature: The Myth, Daminan Eugenio, UP Press, 2001. https://www.asj.upd.edu.ph/mediabox/archive/ASJ-06-02-1968/jocano-notes-philippine-divinities.pdf 2. “Bathala's Daughters: The Demigods Mayari, Hanan & Tala.” THE ASWANG PROJECT, 14 May 2018,...

Maybe this isn't the best topic for a podcast episode, but Marcy loves Jeepneys. So you think she would have known more about the subject before doing this episode? Nope. It's not something you might be inclined to think about. Sources: 1. Otsuka, Keijiro, et al. “Community and Market in Contract Choice: The Jeepney in the Philippines.” Economic Development and Cultural Change, vol. 34, no. 2, 1986, pp. 279–298., doi:10.1086/451528. 2. Syed, Saira. “End of the Road for Jeepneys in the...

How about story time? What about one you already know? Or that is--at least--familiar.... Sources: 1. "The Frog Princess" in Ramos, Maximo D. Philippine Myths, Legends, and Folktales. Phoenix Pub. House, 1990. pg 33-36 ---- Transcript available on our website: www.miscellanymedia.online/transcripts Music for this Episode by Sounds Like an Earful: Soundslikeanearful.com Twitter: @MiscellanyMedia Tumblr: miscellanymedia Support the project: www.ko-fi.com/mmstudios

Before we do any more profiles on noteworthy Filipinos, maybe you want to hear about the first time I found one. And yes, "found" is the right term... ---- Transcript available on our website: www.miscellanymedia.online/transcripts Music for this Episode by Sounds Like an Earful: Soundslikeanearful.com Twitter: @MiscellanyMedia Tumblr: miscellanymedia Support the project: www.ko-fi.com/mmstudios

How about story time? Sources:1. Ramos, Maximo D. Philippine Myths, Legends, and Folktales. Phoenix Pub. House, 1990. ---- Transcript available on our website: www.miscellanymedia.online/transcript sMusic for this Episode by Sounds Like an Earful: Soundslikeanearful.com Twitter: @MiscellanyMediaTumblr: miscellanymedia Support the project: www.ko-fi.com/mmstudios

Today, Marcy bring up what she sees as one of the main (and most dangerous when the book was released) themes of this culture defining novel. Not so much Good vs Evil but Real vs Appearance. ---- Music for this Episode by Sounds Like an Earful Soundslikeanearful.com ---- www.miscellanymedia.online Twitter: @MiscellanyMedia Tumblr: miscellanymedia Transcript available: www.miscellanymedia.online/transcripts Support the project: www.ko-fi.com/mmstudios

There's one character of Noli Me Tangere that stood out to Marcy, so she wantes to take the time to talk about that today. ---- Transcript available on our website: www.miscellanymedia.online/transcripts Music for this Episode by Sounds Like an Earful: Soundslikeanearful.com Twitter: @MiscellanyMedia Tumblr: miscellanymedia Support the project: www.ko-fi.com/mmstudios And check out The Oracle of Dusk wherever you are listening to this podcast

Let's get to know the book before we dive into it, shall we? Because... oh my word, there's a lot to unpack. Sources: 1. Rizal, Jose. Noli Me Tangere. Harold Augenbraum (trans). Penguin: New York, 2006. ---- Transcript available on our website: www.miscellanymedia.online/transcripts --- Music for this Episode by Sounds Like an Earful: Soundslikeanearful.com Twitter: @MiscellanyMedia Tumblr: miscellanymedia Support the project: www.ko-fi.com/mmstudios And check out The Oracle of Dusk wherever...

Welcome to Season 2. Marcy starts it off by looking at a pretty important (and very familiar) historical figure, Jose Rizal and seeks to explain one reason why--in her mind--he was so important. Sources: 1. Francia, Luis H. “José Rizal: A Man for All Generations.” The Antioch Review, vol. 72, no. 1, 2014, p. 44., doi:10.7723/antiochreview.72.1.0044. 2. Jose Rizal's entry on the Encyclopedia Brittanica. 3. Jackson, Michael. The Politics of Storytelling: Violence, Transgression, and...

Today, Marcy is going to finish up the last of the origin myths, but it's alright because it's ending on a grand note, perspective wise. While also laying down the ground work for all that is coming next on this feed. See you on April 25th! Source: https://www.aswangproject.com/formation-of-the-world-kapampangan-mythology/ New PODCAST!!!!! The Oracle of Dusk ---- Transcript available on our website ---- Music for this Episode by Sounds Like an Earful Soundslikeanearful.com ---- Find us...

[It wasn't just life this time... It was also a research issue, but I made it work, I hope.] And so begins our last origin story. As Marcy expands her scope upwards to the universe. And across the island, you could say. ---- Transcript available on our website ----Music for this Episode by Sounds Like an Earful Soundslikeanearful.com ---- Find us online www.miscellanymedia.online Twitter: @MiscellanyMedia Tumblr: miscellanymedia Transcript available:...

[Welp, life happened again... ] It was supposed to be the month of love, so that meant closing out with a love story. A tragic one involving a man who loved his country and a great deal of women. Jose Rizal was a playboy, yes, but there's always the girl that got away... Or was taken away by disapproving parents. Therein lies the tragedy....

It's the season of love. So what does Valentine's Day mean to Filipinos? Well, it's a familiar sentiment to be sure. ---- Transcript available on our website ---- Music for this Episode by Sounds Like an EarfulSoundslikeanearful.com ---- Find us onlinewww.miscellanymedia.online Twitter: @MiscellanyMedia Tumblr: miscellanymedia Transcript available: www.miscellanymedia.online/transcripts Support the studio: www.ko-fi.com/mmstudios

It's February! The month of love... It shouldn't be. There should be other things for that, but here we are. Trying to make the most of it. So let's start with a legend, shall we? Legendary dating types, am I right? (Definitely not) ---- Transcript available on our website ---- Music for this Episode by Sounds Like an Earful Soundslikeanearful.com ---- Find us online www.miscellanymedia.online Twitter: @MiscellanyMedia Tumblr: miscellanymedia Transcript available:...

Today, Marcy tries to finish up a story that resists being told. But being assembled in the wrong way, it seems. Transcript available on our website MISCELLANY MEDIA STUDIOS HAS A NEW PROJECT: shareddiaries.online ---- Music for this Episode by Sounds Like an EarfulSoundslikeanearful.com ---- Find us online www.miscellanymedia.online Twitter: @MiscellanyMedia Tumblr: miscellanymedia Transcript available: www.miscellanymedia.online/transcripts Support the studio: www.ko-fi.com/mmstudios

Today: an origin story that doesn't quite fit right. It seems like things are perpetually going array in this podcast corner... And yet, Marcy finds yet a new kind of problem along her way. Just kidding, H. Otley Beyer has disappointed her before. OF COURSE, he managed it again.Source:Origin Myths Among the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines by H. Otley BeyerTranscript available on our websiteMISCELLANY MEDIA STUDIOS HAS A NEW PROJECT: shareddiaries.online----Music for this Episode by Sounds...