The Balut Kiki Project

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! How far have we come when it comes to being allowed to love whom we love, and to tell them we love them? Here are 3 moving love letters written by real-life queer personalities from the very distant past. ( 1872)  The first is a letter written by a 24-year old Bram Stoker (Dracula) to his literary idol Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass). The letter remained unsent f...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! The Balut Kiki Project turned one year old last May and so we let other people take over the podcast! Choi and Nate of PODSURFING Podcast take over the Project and kiki about dealing with workplace burnout! Meron nga bang resignation season kung saan feel na ng lahat pindutin ang send button sa nakabitin na resignation email addressed to our bosses? With 20 year...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! The Balut Kiki Project turned one year old last May and so we let other people take over the podcast! Christine Abrigana , Asia Podcast Festival-nominated fabulous host of Lagim: A Filipino True Crime Podcast and Asia In The Shadows , takes over the Project to help cast some light on the long -regarded 'invisible' sexual orientation: ASEXUALITY . Jesh...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! The Balut Kiki Project turned one year old last May and so we let other people take over the podcast! The stars have aligned dahil Bern, Nikki, Inye, and VP of Tsaastrology The Podcast take over this project! Listen to our astrology Bessies talk about their 'other' expertise: THEMSELVES, especially growing up to different queer influences in pop cultur...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! Warning: This project contains mature and sensitive language and themes such as depression and self-harm. Listener discretion is advised. The Balut Kiki Project is one year old in May and so we let other people take over the podcast! Our  straight and devoutly Christian cis-male friend takes over the podcast and asks the difficult questions! Sa sobrang hirap ng...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! The Balut Kiki Project is one year old this month and so we let other people take over the podcast! Former guest, Nona, who opened up to us in Episode 12 about being very happy in her queer marriage with partner Jules, turns the tables on the Bessies and takes over the podcast! A long-time friend, she asks some tough questions that evoked revealing answers. Paki...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! The Balut Kiki Project is one year old this month and so we let other people take over the podcast! The Bunk Collective is a playful and creative group of Pinoy podcasters making awe-inspiring content. At sabi nga sa umpisa ng bawat episode, our podcast is a proud member of this happy bunch. On this episode, Makoy , one of the producers of The Bunk Collective an...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! The Balut Kiki Project is one year old this month and so we let other people take over the podcast! On this bonus episode, Pageant Page Admins take over! Alexa of The Qrown Philippines kikis with our resident pageant expert here in the podcast - CJ of Korona Filipina as they both assume all hosting duties and discuss the recently concluded Miss Universe Philippi...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! The Balut Kiki Project is one year old this week and so we let other people take over the podcast! On this episode, KIDS take over and turn the tables on us! Joaquin  and Zach assume all hosting duties and ask the tough questions. Ayan nga ba at sabi ni Queen Cat na she wished harder questions were asked. Baka next time, pwede mga bagets at kiddies ang patungin...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! MATURE CONTENT WARNING. Natuloy din, mga Bes! Eto na ang mga kasagutan sa inyong makukulit na katanungan! Sinubukan naming sagutin ang inyong mga pinadalang katanungan thru email, DMs sa Facebook, Instragram, Twitter, o written or audio messages sa aming website. Huwag mag-alala, your privacy is our primary concern kaya't pinagkaingat- ingatan namin ang iny...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! You may know Matt McManus as Fuchsia Luzon, Manila Luzon’s drag sister during the ‘Jocks in Frocks’ maxi-challenge on Season 3, Episode 12 of queer phenom show Ru Paul’s Drag Race.  Matty talks fondly about Fuchsia and almost waxes sentimental about his appearance on Drag Race  as easily being the ‘most special’ thing that he’s ever done and the personal triumph...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! Andrew Jasko was born into a Christian family. Both his parents were ministers and he was even said to be "offered at the altar" at birth. He lived his childhood according to the tenets of his faith, studied and got his Master's degree in Divinity from Princeton Seminary and fulfilled the prophecies at his birth and became a minister. In this proj...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! In short, KAN-Thoughts ! Or in other words - our Top 5 list of the most kaloka and controversial awards nights in the history of the universe of all time of the world! Yes, pagbigyan po ninyo kami sa isa na namang Alicia Silverswan moment kung saan we will dip our tippy-toes on the 'sawsawan ng bayan' issues na hot na hot sa kasalukyang panahon. Just w...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! Tito or Tita are Filipino slang for 'uncle' and 'auntie', respectively. Sabi nga ni Cherie Gil, in menacingly Lavinia fashion, "Please don't call me Tita unless we're blood related or super close!" Pakinggan ang kiki with reluctant yet consenting Titos on what it means to no longer be considered young in our youth-obsessed...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! Nakipag-harutan sa isang masayang kiki si Sir Red ng Haynayan At Agham Podcast tungkol sa pag-binge-watch ng mga tinaguriang "comfort TV" - o yung mga go-to TV shows that take us to that happy place of familiarity and delight. Iniwan ni Sir Red ang kaseryosohan ng siyensya para i-celebrate ang culture-changing phenomenon that is RuPaul's Drag Race...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! More than 45,000 churches today still preach that homosexuality is a sin, citing biblical references that condemn “homosexuals.” What would change if churches discovered the truth — that the word “homosexual” was added to the Bible in 1946 by mistake?  The film is entitled 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted A Culture .   1946 was the first time the word “homo...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! Warning: This project contains mature and sensitive language and themes such as depression and self-harm. Listener discretion is advised. So just when we all thought self-medication was confined to taking a paracetamol pill every time you had a headache, it isn't. It includes all the unhealthy coping strategies we turn to when faced with overwhelming emotio...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! MATURE CONTENT WARNING. Patuloy kami sa adhikain namin na ma-normalize at ma-destigmatize ang contextual conversations about sex. Reklamo namin sa episode na ito ang kawalan ng available resources about what was happening to our bodies during puberty and nobody to satisfy our curiosities nung kami ay nagbinata at nagdalaga dahil ang mga elders namin mismo ay tak...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! MATURE CONTENT WARNING. Masc4Masc. Str8acting seeks same. No fems. Not into camp. Discreet for discreet only. Str8tripper here. As queers, we did not have to go far to be shamed for not conforming to what society viewed as traditionally "masculine". Some of us were shamed by our families and relatives growing up, and were unable to escape it even when...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! MATURE CONTENT WARNING. Singapore-based relationship counselor and clinical sexologist Dr. Martha Tara Lee decided to take it upon herself to be an advocate for positive sexuality in 2007 - something that we really need in the Philippines, mga Bessies, kung saan pahirapan pa din kumbinsihin ang lipunan na importante ang sex education sa ating bansa. Since 2011,...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! Warning: This project contains mature and sensitive themes such as depression and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. Handog namin sa inyo ang pang-buena mano sa aming  Pinoy Mental Health Stories . Ito ay bilang pagkilala sa need nating mga Filipinos to normalize conversations about mental health. In this series, listen to regular Pinoys share their battle...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! MATURE CONTENT WARNING. And it's back, back, back, back, back again! Due to popular demand (may tatlong nagtanong, bakit ba?) , nagbabalik ang ating Mini Kiki na kinagiliwan  ninyo sa aming first four episodes! But this time, tinodo na namin ito! Isang buong project na puro mini kiki lang from each of us! Kikiwan: Usapang vibrator ni Demi Lovato at ang pers...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! MATURE CONTENT WARNING.   Bes, kung may libreng pa-facial at full body massage sana for every single time you were asked: "Sino ang babae sa relationship niyo?  So, ikaw yung nagpapa-dyug? Talaga? Kinakaya mo?"  Wow. Super glowing na sana tayo, mga Bes, at ang saya-saya sana ng mga buhay natin dahil madalas pa sa insulin shots ng auntie mong diabetic a...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! MATURE CONTENT WARNING. Pokpok. Malandi . Easy. Pakakak. Burikat . Ho. Whore. SLUT. Just some of the many ways we shame women or queers for going against what one thinks as acceptable codes of sexual conduct. Meanwhile,  men who are sexually prolific are called "studs" and the " babaero " is matinik and somebody to be envied.  The shame has g...

Hey Bessie, send us a text message! Mel has left the building - ay, da Philippines pala - and moved to Europe. For good! (So good luck sa future recordings dito sa Project dahil sa multiple time zones! Ouchie!) Nagkwento si Mel how it was travelling internationally amidst a resurgence of the COVID pandemic with the Omicron variant sweeping across nations and infecting millions. How many tests did...