The Halo Halo Podcast

On this Warm Up, Jezzie and Sigi stroll down pop culture memory lane and discuss " Unsolved Mysteries ", " America’s Most Wanted " and some crime procedural shows. Most importantly the hosts highlight their fave whodunit from the 80s– CLUE !

To continue with the theme of Crime and Punishment for this month of March, The Halo Halo Podcast focuses on the newest novel from Mia P Manansala, Homicide and Halo Halo. Jezzie and Sigi recount this novel, the second in the series of cozy mysteries written by a Fil-Am author. This frothy whodunit is set in the sleepy town of Shady Palms, and is filled with Filipino culture and tantalizing descri...

On this Taste Test, Sigi and Jezzie sample the limited series- "The Unusual Suspects" currently streaming on HBO Max/Crave. Find out why these two would pair this scrumptious viewing with decadent desserts including 13 layer chocolate cake and red velvet ube cupcake. This miniseries set in Eastern Sydney focuses on the burglary of a multi-million dollar necklace with several suspects connected in...

On this warm up Jezzie and Sigi talk about Doing Time from getting grounded, detention in school and getting tickets for speeding and traffic violations. Find out who got caught speeding to Western and who’s French teacher had a box placed on her head.

The Halo Halo Podcast will be releasing their Crime and Punishment episodes for the Month of March. On this episode Jezzie and Sigi puts a spotlight on Emmy award winning director Michele Josue’s five part documentary "Happy Jail" currently streaming on Netflix. The doc focuses on the Cebu Prison Detention and Rehabilitation Centre (CPDRC) which became an international sensation when its dancing i...

On this final part of our four-part collection on Social Justice, Sigi and Jezzie unpack how organizing, where you add your voice and presence to others who have common cause with you, is a form of community care that results in political action.  Jezzie runs through, in this compact episode, various ways of how you can lend your voice to a collective choir and create change.  From voting in an el...

In this third part of this year's Halo-Halo Podcast's Four-part Collection on Social Justice, your co-hosts continue their meditation on community care, and discuss how calling out and then calling in can be a more interventionist approach to taking care of communities in need.  Listen in on how Sigi asks Jezzie to outline and define what calling out and calling in entails, and the differences bet...

In this second part of this year's Halo-Halo Podcast's Four-part Collection on Social Justice, your co-hosts explore how ethical consumerism, brand activism and buycotting are daily, informed ways of taking care of communities that you support or champion.  Jezzie recounts the history of how buycotting has been a form of political action since the 1990s and how today these daily buying choices can...

Every February at the Halo Halo Podcast we devote our episodes to Social Justice.  To kick off this year's four-part collection, we build on last year's concepts of self-care by Jezzie outlining how we all need to practice some community care before we can expect ourselves or others to engage in proper self-care.  Later your co-hosts talk about how community care is not a new notion to the Filipin...

Khristia continues to guest as co-host as she spells off Sigi while away on assignment, and helps lead her Kuya Jezzie through his taste test of the " Tender Bar ".  As Jezzie savours this Amazon Studio offering, listen in on how he likens this movie to a trip down memory lane with a cross-border chocolate candy haul to boot!  Like a Nestle Crunch , the "Tender Bar" has sweet moments of childhood...

As Sigi is on assignment for the remainder of this month, Khristia continues to take over as co-host and warmups with her Kuya Jezzie to take on this truancy warmup for the Halo Halo Podcast.   Find out from these two unassuming hosts which one impersonated an adult to get a fellow sibling to skip school, and who, like Ferris Bueller on his day off, joined a parade.  Find out these facts and much...

On this visit back to the pop culture vault, the Halo Halo Podcast visit 80s Teenage Delinquency films with educator and special guest co-host Khristia (while Sigi is away on assignment) alongside your very own Jezzie.  Listen in on how your co-hosts for this episode are rule-based learners, and are ironically poised to discuss two of John Hughes' films all-time classics, " Ferris Bueller's Day Of...

On this week’s Halo Halo Taste Test Episode—Jezzie and Sigi sample "Emily in Paris" Season 2, now streaming on Netflix. Find out why your co-hosts would pair this show with Filipino fruit salad and a Jack Astor’s milkshake. If you want to escape to see a show with a gorgeous colour palette of fashion, to hear amazing music from Mean Girls Broadway star—Ashley Park or to crush on some beautiful Fre...

On this 'On Trend' Warm Up Jezzie and Sigi recounts some trends they followed from their teens. Jezzie shares a poignant and touching story about his father and trying to attain a personal career goal. Sigi taps into his 13 year old self and revels in his Lola making a special purchase for him when he played tennis. Put on that Ralph Lauren polo, Tretorns and let’s search for a posh tennis club in...

The Co-Hosts of the Halo Halo Podcast start 2022 by going back to the vault for the month of January. Jezzie and Sigi revisit 90s Supermodels.  So play some Freedom 90, take out those Herb Ritts inspired photos and you better work! After some gushing over Cindy, Linda, Christy and Naomi, the co-hosts talk about some Filipino fashion designers that catch their eye—Cara Sumabat, Mark Tumang, Francis...

On this Mereyenda Episode of The Halo Halo Podcast, Jezzie quenches his palette and talks about San Miguel—the iconic and number one selling beer in the Philippines. Along with Sigi, the co-hosts toast pop culture highlights as the close out 2021. Happy New Year and Maligayang Bagong Taon from The Halo Halo Podcast! Here’s to many more episodes coming in 2022!

This Wednesday brings in a festive Halo Halo Podcast Taste Test Episode! Aligned to our past two musical full episode and warm up, Jezzie samples Darren Criss’ 'A Very Crissmas Album'. Get a venti Starbucks Sugar Cookie Oat latte while Jezzie dives into this album’s holiday appeal. With some Yuletide classics and some collabs with Adam Lambert, Evan Rachel Wood and Lainey Wilson, Jezzie encourages...

On this week’s Warm Up, special guest Armand Aromin ( www.thevoxhunters.com ; www.thevoxhunters.bandcamp.com and www.arominviolins.com ) join Sigi and Jezzie in the virtual studios  as they name their top three favourite Christmas songs! Listen in as you will find the Christmas staples get this trio into holiday spirit! Halo Halo Listers tell us what Christmas songs tops your holiday playlist!

On this special, extra-sized festive episode of The Halo Halo Podcast, Jezzie and Sigi welcome back Armand Aromin in the virtual studios. They talk about the musical "Come From Away" (currently streaming on Apple TV), Armand’s music and craftsmanship and the undeniable FilipinX ability to make things our own. Loyal listeners–get in the holiday spirit and put in those airpods as Armand and his part...

To complete The Halo Halo Podcast trifecta of Bond-centric episodes, Jezzie and Sigi samples "No Time To Die" on this Taste Test. Have a gin and tonic or Moscati D’Asti as the co-hosts toast Daniel Craig’s last outing as 007. Take in the stylish landscapes in Italy and a 70’s villain lair! Get a peek into Q’s life. And join Sigi’s quest to see if Rami Malek blinks during this flick!

On this Spycast Warm Up, Jezzie and Sigi discuss possible successors to Daniel Craig. They even delve into comedic, Asian and female heir apparents to this stylish franchise. Listen in and weigh in on their choices for the future of Bond and possible recording artist adding to the soundtrack!

What better way to kick off the holiday season but with a bit of intrigue, a dash of style, and a stirred martini.  On this deep dive, Sigi and Jezzie get to the bottom of why they love the James Bond franchise and when this love affair began.  They talk about who their go-to Bond actors are, and then analyze the anatomy of what we quintessentially know as the Bond style.  Later, Sig and Jezzie di...

On this Warm Up, friend of the Halo Halo Podcast, Raie replaces Jezzie while he is on location. Sigi and Raie do the VIP experience to take in the latest from the MCU---Eternals. Likened to a Mandarin buffet and all you can eat sushi, these two dish about the beautiful and diverse heroes; visually stunning landscapes and a questionable time spanning plot that under served a huge cast. They weigh i...

On this warm up, the co-hosts play a round of animal questions inspired by Sigi’s kids and their dinner convos. Find out what pets your hosts had growing up, and hear about some interesting “bird” stories from Jezzie’s past and Sigi’s present!

On this week’s full episode of The Halo Halo Podcast, linked to the November theme of Filipino Folklore, Jezzie and Sigi unpack the controversy of the Aswang Project. They discuss whether the creator was a cultural tourist and further delve into the meaning of cultural appropriation. Later, Sigi asks Jezzie if it can be done right and how to respectfully celebrate other cultures. Jezzie encourages...