Bruha Baddies

On our last episode for 2023, special guest Isabel Bagsik (she/her), a former Art Director turned Creative Wellness Guide who has held community spaces for over 300+ BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ changemakers, and supports creatives claiming their gifts from a place of rest. Tune into a perfect way to close out the year by returning to yourself and your creative pleasures. Show Notes: You can find more on Is...

As the year winds down, the BB team sits down with long time supporter, friend, and fan Gabe Oliveros as we catch up about his visit back to the Philippines and uncovering family secrets. Show Notes: Dr. Gloria Padoongpatt for Microaggressions research ISTORYA Kumu Ruby Ibarra Top tuned in BB episodes thanks to y'all! Hoy Chismosa Microaggressions Daughters of Immigrants Recommendations: Gabe: Dil...

Allyson Remigio ( @allysonr ) is a Baddie from the Bay to Vegas and now Sac. Her research interests include Integrative Health & Wellness, and Motherscholarship. She currently works in rare disease education. BB hosts sit to catch up with Ally on (visiting the Philippines, tiny home living, and parenting). Together they hop on zoom to talk about grief in our Filipino culture and families. How...

Anime was a big part of our collective childhood as Filipina/o/x Americans and as Asian Americans. Sailor Moon is iconic and we know that our listeners stand. What makes this anime so pivotal in shaping 90s kids in our community? Today our Bruha Baddies cohosts reminisce how this show had deeper layers that led to a more intellectual awakening as adults especially with its queer and feminist under...

Meet Zwei, long time fan and new friend of BB. We learn about the many layers of life, growing up in the South as the only Filipino son that attended a Catholic military school while learning of his queerness. Grappling with creativity while also surviving Las Vegas with his partner working in hospitality. Join our cohosts learn and celebrate his story. Recommendations: Zwei Bottoms Movie Bomb Rus...

Bruha Baddies team takes a field trip to Black Sacrament Tattoo to interview Pinay Tattoo Artist Kayla Talastas . We learn how she's her own boss, her art journey, her family migration story from the Philippines, to Hawaii, and then Las Vegas. This expands on Las Vegas as the 9th Island that we discuss in a past episode with Armina Guelas.  Tune into learn about being a tattoo apprentice and then...

A lot has happened this summer. School is back in session. The BB crew navigates how much they've changed this summer by looking back on the great and not-so-great memories. They have great conversations about the education field, Filipino parental growing pains, and health related revelations as they grow older and...maybe wiser? Tune into find out! "Growth is great." - Nicole Espinosa Recommenda...

Loisse Ledres is a Filipina freelance designer and illustrator based in the Southwest of what is colonially known as the United States. She is always experimenting to discover how image, text and color intersects with culture to empower and mobilize people. Through her skillset in experiential design, she infuses interactivity within creative media and event spaces. She’s worked with organizations...

This week, the BB team interviews Chloe Bernardo. She is a “Las Vegas-based Graphic Designer and Illustrator [who] aims to create exceptional design and utilize various media. With focus in conceptual design, branding, and editorial design, she has gained a strong foundation in digital design as well as print. She enjoys the process of expanding her knowledge of communicating visually and collabor...

Join us for part 2 for Nicole and Jean's Me-search/Research brochure project about the status of high school and college Asian American women through a career counseling lens and reactions from Daniel (long time educator). If you’d like access to our finished pdf or a printed copy of the brochure when done then check out our patreon ( patreon.com/bruhabaddies ), because printing, shipping, and lab...

In this two parter episode, Daniel as a long time educator will be reacting to our findings from me and Nicole’s research project on the status of college and high school Asian American women. Daniel has not seen our finished brochure that we prepared for our graduate class on career counseling. Today we present to him and he can expand or be surprised by our information.  If you’d like access to...

As Asian folx – and as Filipinos who have high standards for ourselves – we are always stricken with the feeling of being mediocre: just okay, good enough, nothing special. This feeling can manifest itself as an inner voice (critic even), a lack of motivation, the loss of trust in oneself, and – overall – defeat. For today’s episode, we’re going to talk about something that we’re good at feeling –...

Team Bruha Baddies interviews Ailene Pasco for her first podcast episode ever! Ailene Pasco was born in Cavite, Philippines and raised in Northern California. She is a mother, educator and business owner of a custom textile-based company, OzzyOllyandOx. Her work has been shown in galleries throughout the Las Vegas valley, both in formal galleries and as public guerrilla-style interventions. She is...

Welcome back to all the meta questions that come with 2023 with Jean, Nicole, and Daniel! Questions for all of us to chew on.   Recommendations: Nicole Janelle Quibuyen (@Phatlip on IG) “Little Filipino Kitchen” print-and-cut diy vinyl sticker collection   Kathoola MICROspikes Traction System Kuma Ball Bungee Cord Time Timer MOD Daniel Best Friend restaurant. Roy Choi. Notion templates for trackin...

It’s a new year! Who are we? Who do we want to be? What is in store for us? What are the things that we annually look forward to? This episode is all about our ideas and imaginations for ourselves. Join us for Part 1 and finish Part 2 with us on 2/5/23 as we tread into the new year. Also happening this week for co-host Jean Munson, graphic novel reading and conversation at University of Nevada Las...

How many of us have grown up playing video games? How many of us have had parents buy us video games? And then in the same vein, scoot us over to busy ourselves with video games while they tsimis, unwind, or do other things? Like a babysitter, third parent, or friend, video games have been in Filipino households from the 80s and beyond. Today we reminisce about our relationship to video games and...

After 2 years of surviving a global pandemic (i.e.intense quarantining, fearing for our lives, and mask mandates), have our values and ways of decision-making shifted in how we relate or want from the world? As most of us have returned to our day jobs in-person, did we return exactly the same? Maybe? Let’s fuck around and find out. With 2022 cooling down the hot-ass desert, let’s talk about possib...

Welcome back to ouch! more talk about Money Wounds in our Filipino community. Recommendations Nicole My Own Story Friday, Sept 16 at UNLV Z-library Daniel Homemade Trail Mix: Goldfish, Peanut M&Ms, Cranberries Summit Public Schools Curriculum / Fishtank Learning Chareng! Charotz! Charz. The bakla way of saying “just kidding” Jean Check out Co-Zi Fest on November 12 at the Clark County Library from...

Have you ever been in a conversation among other Filipinos about income, only to be followed up with a question about your profession? Are you guilty of, or have you been given unsolicited financial advice? Have you observed your parents/elders give away money they don’t have? “Debt,” “Pagpapautang/Lend,” “Remittance,” and “Income” are all key terms in our culture about money. In today's conversat...

Co-Host and Co-founder, Jean Munson of Bruha Baddies sits with friends long before Bruha Baddies was created. Mari Santos, Sangi Susuico, and Kristine Bactad reflect back on what's changed or stayed the same about Jean after all these years graduating high school in 2005. Stroll down memory lane and love between childhood friends. Recorded in July 2022.   Recommendations: Kristine 1. Past Worlds G...

What better way than to reflect how we all grew, change, and learned this summer? Here's part 2 of our Summer Recap, covering self care, growing pains, mental health, and stolen land. Comics and Zines Las Co-Zi LV events for Fall 2022 Phoenix Zine Fest on Sept 17-18 (12pm-5pm) 2 Cultures, 1 Zine Family Sept 23 (4-6pm) Las Vegas Book Festival Youth Zine workshop Oct 22 (9:45am-11:45am)   Recommenda...

We’ve been away since May! Did you miss us? Cus we missed all of you. We hope you stayed safe this summer and covid-free! If not, we’re hoping you rest and recover as summer slowly winds down. In this 2 parter episode of BB, we will be deep diving with the team about their summer.   For more content, check out patreon.com/bruhabaddies

Reposting due to Sunday 5/15 tech difficulties   To kick off a summer break from your favorite podcast, Bruha Baddies is closing the Spring time in this May episode with Jean's mom. Jean sits down with her mom Virgie to discuss about retirement after 40 years of nursing. She talks about how her Filipino identity shaped the workplace, what life looks like after clocking in 40+ hours a week, and the...

Today’s episode is inspired by  years of “tough love” we've consciously and subconsciously engaged in as family members in our Filipino/a/x culture. We answer questions about how love is modeled for us, our learned and unlearned behavior, and the folks who helped us love again. More content of Bruha Baddies can be found on: patreon.com/bruhabaddies Recommendations: Nicole “Minx” on HBO Max “Under...

Who is Sam? Sam is colleagues with Nicole's asawa and Bruha Baddies first JURISBADDIE (lawyer)! Sam is a Pokenerd, connoisseur of metal rock, hails from Long Beach, and that she hella resonates with magically disappointing her parents. Show Notes: Oil Rig link sent by Gabe in fan mail: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/06/17/482203447/invisibilia-how-lea” Recommendations: SAM Turning...