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Get your calculators and have your pens and papers ready because on this episode, our featured Young Blood writer will talk about the importance of mathematics in life and in the current pandemic. One thing this pandemic has taught the writer, a math major tired of looking at math without numbers, is that math is necessary. Of course, it is also boring, it is exhausting, it is tedious, it is diffi...

Join us as we welcome December with The Quotation Marks Project (TQMP)! TQMP is a non-government, youth-led organization that aims to give voices to non-prominent people by showcasing how inspiring and relatable they are through their words, both written and spoken. The organization believes that everyone has a voice worth listening to, but not everyone has a platform in order to let their voices...

Growing up in an unconventional family setup is difficult and at times, frustrating. Those of us who never had the chance to have meals with a complete family or perhaps to spend events and milestones in our lives with both our parents can attest to this. It is painful, but as what our featured writer says, this pain must be embraced. Listen more to find out why and how exactly he has done this. |...

While some premature babies have serious medical complications or long-term health problems, many also go on to live normal healthy lives. Leah, this week's featured writer, is one of the lucky ones. But prior to that, she had to go through a series of milestones to overcome her sickly childhood before being completely free from serious negative impacts of her premature birth. She tells us mo...

Opening up may be hard, but many patients with cancer find solace and unexpected benefits by sharing their stories. And this is exactly what Alexa did. She may have hesitated to reveal such a personal and vulnerable part of her life at first, but she summoned the courage to speak up. More so, with COVID19 at its peak during her diagnosis, Alexa struggled but fought on and bravely shared her s...

For this month's Special Episode, we have "Sirang Plaka: Paano Laspagin ang Gasgas with Carlos Palanca Memorial Awardee Salvador Biglaen" in partnership with Miranda Training and Tutorials (MTT). About MTT: Miranda Training and Tutorials is a community of inspiring and passionate mentors. They are dedicated to making a variety of relevant training and purposeful lessons accessible to students of a...

If you're a fellow bookworm, this one's for you. Co-hosted by our Associate Producer, Grazziella Pillado, and our host, Michael Morales, this essay explores the life of an avid book reader and book-hoarder. | A self-confessed nerd, Christian, 28, is a college instructor of medical laboratory science at San Pedro College, Davao City. He is a registered medical technologist but he is also passionate...

This week's featured essay is about the art of appreciating the mundane and making sense of the world around us. Co-hosted by our Content Manager, Joana Bartonico, and our host, Michael Morales, this episode tackles life's mysteries and gifts. As the featured writer says, "Some people are lucky to have overcome the mystery and gone on to discover the gift awaiting them." | David Hinolan is an avid...

Resilience, the very concept that we were conditioned to love growing up, is not unique to us Filipinos. Anyone from any place on earth, if given a challenge, would adapt to it and bounce back. But what could be unique to us is the chronic negligence of those in power to prevent people from having to always rely on their resilience in the absence of anything else. And this negligence goes back gen...

Growing up poor is difficult. This week's featured writer recalls the instances when his resilience was challenged because of poverty. There were days when all his family could eat was a mixture of rice, water, and coffee because they did not have money to buy food. Now a scholar at the Ateneo de Manila University, he is the second financial aid scholar in their family. He tells us more about his...

For this month's featured partner, we have the Ateneo Chemistry Society (ACheS). Founded in 1963, the Ateneo Chemistry Society, also known as ACheS, is the home organization of chemistry students and enthusiasts in the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU). As a projects-based organization, ACheS is able to transform this normally challenging discipline into a whole new dimension, serving as a launch...

Co-hosted by our production manager Joan Basa and hosted by our host Joshua Onsay, this episode talks about how we dream big and be "someone" at a certain age. Graduate college at 20, be a multimillionaire at 25, retire at 30--that kind of stuff--all while having a perfect social and personal life. In retrospect, the writer thinks that this mindset is wrong. What we need to do is just be ourselves...

For fellow sea lovers out there with sun-kissed skin and wavy beachy hair, this one's for you. Listen to Czareenah as she tells us the story of her childhood and how her community's perception of her inherent qualities have shaped her thoughts on what it means to be living with brown skin. | Czareenah Dagasdas is a Master student in International Economics. She is very interested in Social Develop...

Ever had that one great plan that you knew would definitely work out but didn't? This week's featured writer had the same experience. Listen to Bernice's Plan B and hear what it's like to be a Fililino in Saudi Arabia--a place she never thought she'd live in. | Bernice Calupas graduated from the University of the Philippines – Diliman with a degree in journalism. She has, over the course of h...

Published almost a decade ago, this piece still encapsulates what living in LB is like, less the political wars. Listen to this episode with an LB native and a prospective memoirist and see LB through his eyes. | Linus Van Plata is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities, University of the Philippines Los Baños. He is currently a PhD student in creative writing at the University of...

With us on our Sept. 1st special is Christopher Martillana Nocos. Christopher has been the The Commission Head of Commission on Youth since 2019. Commission on Youth is a church based Organization that handles 21 Barangay Youth Organizations and a Campus Youth Ministry. Their Goal is to empower the Youth Sector, by providing a leadership training which aims to develop and enhance the youth in...

Yesterday, July 31, we launched our event this year: The 2021 Writers' Conference "It's Gotta be Youth". This episode touches on that and also features our event partner, OSYAF and We Make Change Philippines' Founder and President, Mark Jacinto. | Mark Jacinto is currently the Curator of the Online SDG Youth Action Forum. He is also currently studying Masters of Public Administration at the Univer...

Whenever people think of architecture, they usually think about buildings, skyscrapers and other infrastructures and almost never about growing up. This week's featured writer narrates why we need to think about our people--especially our youth--when designing our homes, our villages and our cities since they greatly affect our children's growth more than we think. | Louise has a master’s in inter...

"I come from a place where it feels that no one cares about the beauty of the stories that serve as the pillars of our literature and windows into our way of life. The works of foreign writers are more patronized than our own. Watching shows from other countries has become a more enjoyable pursuit for many than reading the literary works of our writers. It has been tough for our own literature to...

"We shouldn’t be smelling the pungent smell of crowded wards or tightly packed hallways. Everyone should have the chance to smell the crisp air-conditioned air, vanilla-scented air purifiers, and perfectly sanitized environment of properly run hospitals. People should not go through sweaty skin-to-skin battles in dimly lit, poorly ventilated hospital lobbies just to beg for some medicine. What com...

Did you know that a blackbox is a simple performance space, that varies in size, in theater? This week's featured writer used it in her masterpiece of an essay about womanhood in a pretty unexpected way. Listen to find out how. | About the guest: Angela Maree Encomienda, 20, is a women's rights advocate. She is a sociology and development management student at the Ateneo de Manila Univer...

Fellow Filipinos, check your calendars! As of July 2021, we still have four million unregistered voters. Will we wait for democracy to be taken away from us before we start to realize the importance of voting right? It is all about collective effort. “What can my one vote do?” The problem does not lie in the candidates. The problem is with the voters. We get the leaders we deserve, so we must be v...

What's your biggest worry this 2021? Among others, we're pretty sure that it's catching COVID19. This week, our guest talks about his experience as an asymptomatic COVID19 Patient and Survivor through his essay, "Contracting COVID19." | Ian Salvaña currently teaches politics at Ateneo de Davao University and does research for Collective Plus Consultancy and Youth Peace Mission in the Philippi...

Career or dream? This is the question most people usually ask themselves. After all, not everyone is lucky to be blessed with a 9-5 job that is actually their passion or a job that actually pays well. This week's  featured writer had to make the tough decision between both, too. | Patricia's essay was first published in February 22, 2011,  and today, she joins us to debunk the myths abou...

The concept of death and parting will never be an easy thing to discuss, but sometimes we are given the opportunity and challenge to give a eulogy to a friend or family that has passed away. But have you realized that you could actually write to your old self? This week's author did just that in this week's episode. | Carlisle’s essay was first published on February 12, 2017. Today, she joins Youn...