Hiraya Talks!

In this episode, we're joined by three incredible artists: Ira, Yuni, and Mike. These talented individuals were featured in Hiraya Media's 2021 Visual Campaign, "How do you fall in love with creating again?" With our Hiraya Talks! host, Ysa Chong, we delve into the intricacies of our relationship with art. Whether emerging from past hardships or still navigating ongoing challenges, we're here to c...

In the last part of this Hiraya Talks! series, we look ahead. We talk about the future of our country, our industry, each of us as individuals, and more importantly, we discuss what's to come for Hiraya Media in 2024. SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@hiraya_media WHO YOU HEAR Jancy Nicolas // https://www.instagram.com/@janslaay Elijah Lajom // https://www.instagram.com/@elijahlajom Loren Villav...

In the third episode of our Year-Ender podcast series, we talk about adulting in the Philippines, and our different experiences with the workforce and how we are surviving it. SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@hiraya_media WHO YOU HEAR Jancy Nicolas // https://www.instagram.com/@janslaay Elijah Lajom // https://www.instagram.com/@elijahlajom Loren Villaverde // https://www.instagram.com/@uniquel...

In the next part of Hiraya Talks! Year-ender series, we discuss further the generational gap within our community, Politics, and culture. SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@hiraya_media WHO YOU HEAR Jancy Nicolas // https://www.instagram.com/@janslaay Elijah Lajom // https://www.instagram.com/@elijahlajom Loren Villaverde // https://www.instagram.com/@uniquelyloren Allie Gagalang // https://www.i...

Hiraya Talks! is the podcast arm of Hiraya Media where discuss further the many aspects of our culture. In the first part of the three-part Year-ender series, the Editorial Team talks about our Co-Founder and Managing Editor's homecoming to the Philippines and the many changes that happened while she was away from Manila. We also discussed media representation in the country, generational gaps and...

We celebrate Women’s History Month this week with this Hiraya Talks! episode where host Ysa Chong, and legendary guests, Sydney Loyola, Nikki “Tita Aida” Calma, and Gelo Arucan discuss J.K. Rowling’s TERF tweets, what it means to be a feminist and what is like being a trans woman both in America and in the Philippines. Learn more about Rowling’s TERF tweets and it’s dangerous effects to the trans...

Given today’s divisive political climate, can you love someone with an opposing political view? In this Valentine’s Day episode, Hiraya Talks! host Nikki Viola eavesdrops as Kakampinks and romance screenwriters Crystal San Miguel and Kristine Gabriel spill the (scalding) tea on dating a DDS. Kristine also gives us a preview of her latest article, “To Have And To Vote.” Find out how married couples...

There are many aspects to the Filipino culture. Most of them are flowery and beautiful, some are ugly and painful. We have played the feel-good tapes over and over again so we’ve decided to talk about the other side of the coin—the ones we don’t recognize that exists. Hiraya Talks! brings in Professor Louie Ignacio from the University of Santo Tomas Department of Political Science to talk about th...

Hiraya Talks! is back and with some fresh new perspective! In this week’s episode, Allie is joined by “The Phobia of the Paranormal Pinay” writer, and trusted Hiraya Media Project Manager, Iyana Mundo, and FEU Sociology and Anthropology professor, Raymond Datuon, to discuss the underlying message of the article in historical and social contexts. The article is live on www.hirayamedia.com

As we wrap up Women’s History Month at Hiraya Media, we look back on the article that introduced us to Alice Peña Bulos, the godmother of Filipino-American Politics. Hiraya Talks! host Allie Gagalang is joined by writer, Arthur Arboleda to look back on Alice’s contributions to the Asian-American community and reflect on how we can further amplify our voices and continue her fight for our rights as...

This Women’s History Month, Hiraya Media celebrates the many Filipino women who have greatly contributed to their own communities. We featured three badass influencers who are making waves and paving the path for the younger generation. One of which is Kyra Lüthi, who founded the international non-profit organization, Breaking Silence Movement that is committed to empowering women like her, and he...

By using the term “lazy leadership”, we mean the corporate (and society) leaders refusal to upgrade their management styles according to the ever changing times. In this week’s episode, we discuss if there is a cookie cutter mold for leaders, the burnout, and what it feels leaving a toxic working environment with writer Charisse Bayona and Hiraya Media’s EIC Jancy Nicolas.

By using the term “lazy leadership”, we mean the corporate (and society) leaders refusal to upgrade their management styles according to the ever changing times. In this week’s episode, we discuss if there is a cookie cutter mold for leaders, the burnout, and what it feels leaving a toxic working environment with writer Charisse Bayona and Hiraya Media’s EIC Jancy Nicolas.

In this week’s Hiraya Talks! episode, host Allie Gagalang, and artist/Mental Health advocate, Dani Nakpil, had a conversation about our mental health and how getting stuck at home last year forced us to finally face the monsters we’ve been putting off. You can find Dani’s article, “Undealt emotions will forever haunt. 2020 showed us” on www.hirayamedia.com

In this week’s Hiraya Talks! episode, host Allie Gagalang, and artist/Mental Health advocate, Dani Nakpil, had a conversation about our mental health and how getting stuck at home last year forced us to finally face the monsters we’ve been putting off. You can find Dani’s article, “Undealt emotions will forever haunt. 2020 showed us” on www.hirayamedia.com

We consider podcasts, either pre-recorded or broadcasted live, to be one of the most human and humane formats in media as it features real-life conversations between people. In the final episode of the #WeAreHiraya series, host Christian Reasonda speaks with Hiraya Talks! Chief Audio Engineer Ky Serra, and Podcast Director Roi Avena; both producing audio content from the Philippines.

There are many reasons to use digital storytelling in this day and age; one of it is to help broadcast the truth through creative content production. In this episode, Host and co-founder Christian Reasonda is joined by Hiraya Media Creative Director, Mark Malolos from New York City and Manila-based Senior Visual Producer Boris Panganiban. Pre-recorded in Los Angeles.

How did a group of Filipino millennial creatives, scattered around the world, and on different timezones, create a digital media platform while going through a pandemic? This episode features Hiraya Media's Editor-in-Chief Jancy Nicolas, Managing Editor Dani Nakpil - both in Manila, Project Manager Iyana Mundo all the way from Toronto, and hosted by Founder and CEO, Allie Gagalang recording from t...

Hiraya Media is a digital media platform that tells authentic Filipino stories through an assertive, creative, and intellectual content production. In this episode, Hiraya Talks! Host and Hiraya Media's Chief of Operations, Production, and Strategy Christian Reasonda talks to Allie Gagalang, Hiraya Media's Founder and Chief Executive Officer, about their experiences in helping tell stories amidst...

Hiraya Talks! is a podcast series produced by Hiraya Media featuring our conversations with Filipinos from across the world. We only have one goal: to echo what is necessary. Let's talk!