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Right before the lockdown, Irish Magno made history as the first Filipina boxer to qualify for the Olympics. Then everything stopped. Get to know this groundbreaking athlete, how she's training in isolation, and how she and her girlfriend are helping Filipinos affected by the coronavirus pandemic. #PrideMonth This is the third of three parts on Filipina boxers. Subscribe to Go Hard Girls on Spotif...

The Itchyworms talk about about the challenges they faced while producing their new single “The Silence” during the lockdown, and how the music industry can get back on its feet. Subscribe to A Better Normal on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Anchor. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Filipina boxer Josie Gabuco has won five straight gold medals in the Southeast Asian Games. Even more impressive? She did it all while being a single mom. This is the second of three parts on Filipina boxers. Subscribe to Go Hard Girls on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Anchor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Let's get intersectional! World amateur boxing champion and SEA Games gold medalist Nesthy Petecio opens up about mental health, being a lesbian athlete, and why she's stronger for all her struggles. This is the first of three parts on Filipina boxers. Subscribe to Go Hard Girls on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Anchor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omn...

In the two-part finale of Meditation Muna's first season, we take the opportunity to restart, envision, and work towards a version of the better normal we want. Join this meditation hosted by instructor Jali Fernando, and subscribe to Meditation Muna on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Anchor. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

In the two-part finale of Meditation Muna's first season, we do a visioning exercise. Let's think about the cracks the pandemic brought to our attention, and how we want to move forward. Which parts of "normal" no longer serve us? Join this meditation hosted by instructor Jali Fernando, and subscribe to Meditation Muna on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Anchor. --- Send in a voice message: https://anc...

Legal expert Ted Te breaks down the anti-terror law and how it could be abused by government today - and by any administration in the future. -- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In China, people are fearful of a new wave of COVID-19 infections supposedly coming from foreigners. Kylie, an OFW there, tells us about the night she was turned away at a restaurant, and how authorities handle and track potential cases.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

We speak with our resident legal expert Atty. Ted Te, host of the podcast Te Talks, law professor, and former spokesperson for the Supreme Court. Atty. Ted says, because justice delayed is justice denied, it's time to go paperless in our courts, and digital, fast. All for the promise of justice. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

What are the things we say to ourselves? Does it help or hurt us? Sa episode na ito, pag-uusapan natin ang halaga ng mantras at kung paano ito makatutulong sa atin.  Join this meditation hosted by instructor Jali Fernando, and subscribe to Meditation Muna on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Anchor. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

For a month, "Luis" volunteered as a driver for medical frontliners. But during his trips around Metro Manila, the most striking people he came across weren't healthcare workers. We listen to a story of parents who needed to get their child to the hospital, and a breadwinner who had to get a much-needed paycheck to feed the family. For Luis, there is a glaring disparity between those with cars and...

Crisis = Opportunity. Urban dev and mobility expert Benjie dela Peña says we should seize COVID's ECQ needs as chance to finally fix our public jeepney and bus systems. More of Benjie's thoughts here: makeshiftmobility.substack.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

On some days, we need a strong push. Days when growth is waiting to happen if only we deal with difficult emotions. Days when we are being called to action, to create big change. Today does not have to be that kind of day.  Hindi mo kailangan maging matapang. Hindi mo kailangan lumaban. Today is calling you to be gentle, to be kind and forgiving towards yourself. Join this meditation hosted b...

"Ang kulungan talaga is a petri dish for COVID infections." Professor Raymund Narag talks to Atty. Ted Te about how prisons around the world are handling the COVID-19 health crisis. Our guest also shares his takeaways from serving time inside the Quezon City Jail. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast...

In light of recent incidents between citizens and the police, many ask: How can law enforcement and LGUs respond with empathy in this crisis? A daughter talks to her mother after she was arrested at their local market. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I signed up for the job... But I never thought na halos tratuhin kami na parang robot."  An anonymous laboratory technician describes what her workday looks like in this pandemic.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Outbreaks and diseases, often with society-ending repercussions, have been a widely used plot point in many works of fiction. Dr. Theresa Mundita Lim, Executive Director for the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity, talks to us about COVID-19 as a zoonotic disease, and how we can help prevent science fiction from becoming science fact. This podcast was produced in partnership with the Earth Journalism Ne...

"When you need hope most is when things are the most dark."   Our instinct as communicators is to tell the story of the things that make us angry - government failure, human rights abuses, etcetera. But we also need to show the things that are going right, and how these came to be. In dark times such as the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to show people, above all, that change is possible. Listen...

Ano ba ang benefits ng meditation sa kalusugan natin? Let's find out with yoga and meditation teacher Jali Fernando. For more Meditation Muna, subscribe to its own channel on Anchor, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fueled by passion and armed with technology, the Filipino youth have been organizing relief operations and fundraising—even when far from home. Aljo Dolores of Bayanihan Pulilan shares how the youth have risen to the occasion to help their hometown in Bulacan. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. Se...

Communications is critical in a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. But there's something we desperately need right now, and that is hope.   Listen to this discussion between WiseOwl, a group of communicators for social change; and Thomas Coombes, a human rights strategist and the founder of the organization Hope-Based Communications. Subscribe to Give A Hoot on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and An...

What happens to our rights when there is a lockdown? Can government simply cancel them out? We find out in part three of our emergency powers series with our special guests Atty. Gwen De Vera and Atty. Dan Gatmaytan. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Water crisis na naman! Bakit ba nawawalan tayo ng tubig sa Metro Manila? Masasagot lang natin 'yan kung babalikan natin ang panahon bago ang Maynilad at Manila Water. Kasama si National Scientist Raul Fabella, dating dean ng UP School of Economics, aalamin ni JC Punongbayan kung ano ang sitwasyon bago ang privatization ng water sector.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodca...

Sa special episode na ito tatalakayin ng Usapang Econ team, kasama si Roby Alampay ng PumaPodcast, ang pangkalahatang epekto ng COVID-19 pandemic sa ekonomiya. Panahon na bang labanan itong recession? O dapat bang mag-time out muna? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Grey Diamante, a volunteer kunduktor for the Office of the Vice President's free shuttle services, talks about the help they extend our frontliners, as well as the fears that unravel when she gets home.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pumapodcast/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.