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Welcome to my new podcast series, AMAZING ASIAN WOMEN -- featuring four wonderful female Asian leaders and trailblazers from their respective fields.  In this episode, I am joined by Documentary Filmmaker, Michele Josue. Michele wrote, produced and directed the  Emmy award-winning film MATT SHEPARD IS A FRIEND OF MINE about the life of Matt Shepard, and is currently working on another documentary...

Welcome to my new podcast series, AMAZING ASIAN WOMEN -- featuring four wonderful female Asian leaders and trailblazers from their respective fields.  In this episode, I am joined by J. Elaine Marcos. J. Elaine is a singer/actor/dancer; Broadway triple threat and veteran, comedian, acting coach and artist. Listen to this podcast to learn more about J. Elaine's story, background, and thoughts...

Welcome to my new podcast series, AMAZING ASIAN WOMEN -- featuring four wonderful female Asian leaders and trailblazers from their respective fields.  In this episode, I am joined by Gian Besana. Gian is a Travel Blogger & Content Creator, she has traveled to 34 countries and is an expert when it comes to budget travels. Listen to this podcast to learn more about her story, background, and tho...

Welcome to my new podcast series, AMAZING ASIAN WOMEN -- featuring four wonderful female Asian leaders and trailblazers from their respective fields.  In this episode, I am joined by Vivi Lin. Vivi is the President of San Diego Strike Force football team. She is the first Asian woman to become President of a professional sports team. Listen to this podcast to learn more about her story, background...

This is a special podcast episode in celebration of FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH and to kickoff Halloween month! Featuring: Fil-Am Director Randal Kamradt and actor Jake Macapagal from THE MONSTERS WITHOUT movie, which is an official selection of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and is set to make its world premiere on October 1st alongside films such as 'The Fabulous Filipino B...

Welcome to my new podcast series, RISING STARS -- featuring an amazing list of Filipinx creatives/artists in Film, TV and Music. In this episode, I am joined by Garth Garcia. Garth is a multi-awarded singer/songwriter with more then 5 million streams online. He started his singing career in the Philippines and now he is pursuing his passion for music here in the US. He is currently based in Los An...

Welcome to my new podcast series, RISING STARS -- featuring an amazing list of Filipinx creatives/artists in Film, TV and Music. In this episode, I am joined by Erick Esteban. Erick is a stand-up comedian based in LA. He’s also the host of Miscellaneous Brown, a karaoke comedy show which features some of the best stand-ups from Southern California. Check out this episode to learn more about Erick&...

Welcome to my new podcast series, RISING STARS -- featuring an amazing list of Filipinx creatives/artists in Film, TV and Music. In this episode, I am joined by Kian Talan. Kian is a Filipino-American SAG actor currently based in HAWAII. He is a series regular on the upcoming NCIS spinoff, NCIS HAWAII.  His past work includes being on SHADOWS on HBOMax, BRAINCHILD on Netflix and CICADA, which prem...

Welcome to my new podcast series, RISING STARS -- featuring an amazing list of Filipinx creatives/artists in Film, TV and Music. In this episode, I am joined by Aina Dumlao. Aina is a Filipino-American actor based in LA. She recently appeared as Nurse Gerlie on the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy playing the role of a Filipino nurse. She's also in the new Hulu series (originally aired in Aust...

Welcome to my new podcast series, RISING STARS -- featuring an amazing list of Filipinx creatives/artists in Film, TV and Music. In this episode, I am joined by Chris Soriano. Chris is a writer/producer/director/actor based in CA. He wrote/produced/directed and was the lead actor in the movie called Zeus about a boxing champion who'd lost his mother to COVID and who ended up challenging an As...

Here's an excerpt from my book, Kiss My Mike. New season of Kiss My Mike (The Podcast) will return in the Fall.

Welcome to my new podcast series, Director's Cut -- featuring an amazing list of Filipinx directors filmmakers. In this episode, I am joined by Direk Gino M. Santos. Direk Gino is a writer/director based in Manila. He’s known for directing several movies for Star Cinema including "Ex with Benefits" with Derek Ramsey & Collen Garcia, "Love me Tomorrow" with Piolo Pascua...

Welcome to my new podcast series, Director's Cut -- featuring an amazing list of Filipinx directors filmmakers. In this episode, I am joined by Diane Paragas. Diane is the writer and director of Yellow Rose, featuring Eve Noblezada, Princess Punzalan, and my one of my absolute favorites, Lea Salonga.  

Welcome to my new podcast series, Director's Cut -- featuring an amazing list of Filipinx directors filmmakers. In this episode, I am joined by Romeo Candido. Romeo is a writer/producer/director based in Toronto Canada. He’s known for the web series Prison Dancer inspired by the viral YouTube video called the Dancing Inmates of Cebu. In addition, he’s the creator of the web series TopLine on...

Welcome to my new podcast series, Director's Cut -- featuring an amazing list of Filipinx directors filmmakers. In this episode, I am joined by Presley Paras. Presley is a film and music video director. He is the founder of Wild Ruffian, a production company based in Los Angeles, and his latest full-length indie feature, Bad Detectives was just released in June. Listen to Presley as he talks...

Welcome to my new podcast series, Director's Cut -- featuring an amazing list of Filipinx directors filmmakers. In this episode, I am joined by Bobby Rubio. Bobby is the writer and director of the animated short film from PIXAR called FLOAT, which is the first ever animated film from Pixar that’s based on Filipino characters.  Hear Bobby's story on how his Pixar short Film came to fruiti...

This is part 8 of my new "Gay Pride & Prejudice" podcast series in celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride this month of June. In this episode, I am joined by Jason Lustina. Jason is the founder of SoCal Filipinos, a community group of over 20K members whose mission to uplift the Filipino community. He's also a baker, dancer, content creator, and a community leader.

This is part 7 of my new "Gay Pride & Prejudice" podcast series in celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride this month of June. In this episode, I am joined by King Akell. King is a content creator (check out his YouTube page called King Akell), an aspiring writer, and a K-pop aficionado. 

This is part 6 of my new "Gay Pride & Prejudice" podcast series in celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride this month of June. In this episode, I am joined by Amanda Kelly Espiritu. Amanda is the founder of Creative Surrender Studios based in New York City. She also wrote the book Creative Surrender, and is the co-founder of ‘That Good FriendShit’, host of TED Circles, and a community leader a...

This is part 5 of my new "Gay Pride & Prejudice" podcast series in celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride this month of June. In this episode, I am joined by Arwine Mateo. Arwine has worked as a copywriter for almost a decade. Currently, he works as a personal assistant to an academy award-winning producer, and he is an LGBTQIA advocate, raising awareness on issues like HIVAIDS, education, an...

This is part 4 of my new "Gay Pride & Prejudice" podcast series in celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride this month of June. In this episode, I am joined by Brandon English. Brandon is a Filipinx-American actor and filmmaker based in LA, he is the writer of the short film Bakla which is now streaming on QueerBee and he is working on a few upcoming projects including Madcaps the WebSeries and...

This is part 3 of my new "Gay Pride & Prejudice" podcast series in celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride this month of June. In this episode, I am joined by Drama Del Rosario. Drama is a documentary filmmaker. He is the director of “In this Family” and “I’m Okay and neither are you,” and is a BAFTA grant and PBS jury winner. Hear Drama's story on how he was outed by his teacher during a...

This is part 2 of my new "Gay Pride & Prejudice" podcast series in celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride this month of June. In this episode, I am joined by Mark Balahadia. Mark is an Arabic-style dancer, content creator, singer, writer, a plant enthusiast and one of the moderators for Barangay Jologs on the Clubhouse App. Hear Mark's thoughts on what gay pride means to him, along with...

This is part 1 of my new "Gay Pride & Prejudice" podcast series in celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride this month of June. In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Arnel Calvario.  He is the founder of KABA Modern and KM Legacy Dance Family.  He is also a community leader, an educator, a doctor in real life (practicing Occupational Therapy), and a current member of KINJAZ. Hear Dr. Arnel's...

In this episode, I am joined by international speaker and “Play” advocate, Jeff Harry, who has helped a lot of organizations like Google, Amazon, Microsoft and many others – motivate their staff by infusing play into the day-to-day. Learn what playful mindset is and how it can lead to a more healthy life!