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UC Irvine Alums Host âThis Filipino American Lifeâ Podcast
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The couple founded the podcast in 2017 with friends Joseph Bernardo, a second-generation Filipino American, and Ryan Carpio, a Manila native who immigrated to the U.S. at age 7. Its hour-long episodes mix witty banter and in-depth interviews, with recent shows tackling such diverse subjects as a popular Filipina burlesque artist, urban gardening, and journalist Maria Ressa, an outspoken critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
FROM SOCAL TO THE WORLD
Nailat: What surprises us mostâthere are people who listen from other parts of the country, the South or the Midwest, also the Philippines and Australia and Europe. You start to think about the diaspora of Filipinos and where do they end up. We get people calling in from Iowa.