The Howie Severino Podcast

The exchange of drug bombshells between former President Rodrigo Duterte and current President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. represents a high-stakes gambit: how much will Marcos tolerate verbal abuse and threats from his predecessor? Is Duterte risking irrelevance by making threats that no longer resonate beyond his Davao base? Dr. Aries Arugay analyzes the political chess match and the various other pla...

“Ilabas na ang popcorn,” many exclaimed online as theMarcos-Duterte feud blew up. But is this more than just entertainment? Professor Aries Arugay unpacks the current political brouhaha and its possible impact on the country’s political alignments. He also points out what he sees as the real existential threat to the democratic system – charter change – and breaks down the camps on both sides, whi...

After being misdiagnosed and enduring a long journey to healing, breast cancer survivor Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala says what troubled her most was not the pain or even the prospect of dying young. She tells Howie Severino there was something even worse. But there were also blessings. As we mark World Cancer Day on February 4, we revisit Kara’s inspiring message about surviving cancer and the need for...

Long before the Internet, one could disconnect completely by going to places like Sagada, an alluring mountain town nestled in sublime vistas. Howie Severino remembers the many trips he made to that Sagada, sometimes alone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unconsolidated PUV operators and drivers will be banned from plying their traditional routes soon, in line with the PUV Modernization Program. In case you missed it, Toym Imao describes his 2020 installation art that reflected the plight of jeepney drivers. Catch the full episode here:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/03b5s6bZOU9hM0n9PefTS3?si=ea0537b06a1949be Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Her father’s jeepney is exactly her age and named after her. All of her young life, it was the same jeepney that sustained the family through her father’s long days and nights driving polluted routes, before catching a few hours of sleep inside the jeepney. All of her father’s hard work enabled Hya Bendaña to focus on school and graduate college valedictorian of Ateneo de Manila University in 2019...

Her father’s jeepney is exactly her age and named after her. All of her young life, it was the same jeepney that sustained the family through her father’s long days and nights driving polluted routes, before catching a few hours of sleep inside the jeepney. All of her father’s hard work enabled Hya Bendaña to focus on school and graduate college valedictorian of Ateneo de Manila University in 2019...

In case you missed it, Raya School Director Ani Almario breaks down some key features of progressive education. Listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7HhbhDqFeR3HR7Ev09537K?si=43e624fe61014f29   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If the Department of Transportation has its way, more than30 percent of jeepneys will be off the road starting this year. Those are the vehicles that private operators did not include in new jeepney cooperatives and corporations required by the DOTr. That will be the first stage of the government’s controversial jeepney modernization program. The older, decrepit vehicles will then be replaced by n...

January 9th saw close to 6 million devotees joining the Traslacion 2024. Truckloads of garbage were collected in the aftermath. In case you missed it, Fr. Edu Gariguez talks about being a priest environmentalist and the role of Christians in taking care of the environment. Catch the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jBQRhyLHOyq3sPOSGsIE1?si=5a3b0618a0274af7 Hosted on Acast. See...

If the Department of Transportation has its way, more than 30 percent of jeepneys will be off the road starting this year. Those are the vehicles that private operators did not include in new jeepney cooperatives and corporations required by the DOTr. That will be the first stage of the government’s controversial jeepney modernization program. The older, decrepit vehicles will then be replaced by...

Metro Manila Film Festival Best Director awardee for the film “Gomburza,” Pepe Diokno, shares his surprise at how a serious movie about history has drawn mainstream audiences. He talks to Howie about researching how the idea of a Filipino nation was born and how faithfully his movie tries to portray history. They discuss the challenge of dramatizing historical events without battlefield heroes and...

Metro Manila Film Festival Best Director awardee for the film “Gomburza,” Pepe Diokno, shares his surprise at how a serious movie about history has drawn mainstream audiences. He talks to Howie about researching how the idea of a Filipino nation was born and how faithfully his movie tries to portray history. They discuss the challenge of dramatizing historical events without battlefield heroes and...

Javea Estavillo, the Philippines' youth delegate to the recent climate change conference in Dubai, delivered a speech calling for developed nations to compensate smaller countries for damage caused by climate change. Raised in Pasig and bound for Stanford University, Javea shares with Howie Severino her impressions of being one of the youngest among tens of thousands of attendees in Dubai. Whi...

Javea Estavillo, the Philippines' youth delegate to the recent climate change conference in Dubai, delivered a speech calling for developed nations to compensate smaller countries for damage caused by climate change.  Raised in Pasig and bound for Stanford University, Javea shares with Howie Severino her impressions of being one of the youngest among tens of thousands of attendees in Dubai. Wh...

Howie Severino reflects on the adventure tale and stunning visual feast that begin in a Manila slum and descend on a magical island. The movie received multiple awards in the 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival including Best Screenplay and Best Picture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In case you missed ti, curator Marian Pastor reveals the stunning story behind Rizal's last signature before he was to be executed. Listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6csUGLWqT6rQqQKIbLn2Qi?si=27cd5499ab1a4652&nd=1&dlsi=e8bd47e4cebe4c57 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suave, American-accented and half-French, Erwan Heussaff stuck out in Basilan and Tawi-tawi, just two of the places off the beaten track he's gone to explore the world of Philippine cuisine. "I get frustrated sometimes with the monochromatic view that we have of Filipino food and culture," the food vlogger tells Howie Severino, explaining his travels to remote corners of the archipel...

Do relatives really mean well when they ask certain questions during gatherings? In case you missed it, trauma therapist and mental health clinician Gang Badoy answers. Listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7Acmz5ST3dv2NRFZLgkL7a?si=dd5c04b9853246c3&nd=1&dlsi=20a9ec8e7cbb4ede Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a ten-year career as a theater actress in Miss Saigon and other international productions, Lissa Romero de Guia was living a joyful family life in Baguio with two young children when she suddenly lost her husband, the filmmaker Kidlat de Guia, who died in his sleep while visiting Spain in 2022. When he died, Lissa had just taken a workshop on grieving after losing a close friend. She had als...

After living in New York, London, and Manila, the former TV producer and now LGBT advocate Queenmelo Esguerra has resettled in Siargao, which has evolved from remote provincial backwater to a trendy, cosmopolitan surfing hot spot. Queenmelo, or Melo for short, tells Howie Severino what makes Siargao magical: the combination of natural beauty and an egalitarian vibe where rich and poor, native and...

After a ten-year career as a theater actress in Miss Saigon and other international productions, Lissa Romero de Guia was living a joyful family life in Baguio with two young children when she suddenly lost her husband, the filmmaker Kidlat de Guia, who died in his sleep while visiting Spain in 2022. When he died, Lissa had just taken a workshop on grieving after losing a close friend. She had als...

In case you missed it, Chef Claude Tayag shares tips on how to get the best out of feasting on the Philippines' popular holiday offering. Listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QxMRyM4hOzJDqir6n2T6b?si=0a678d7ca85a49d2&nd=1&dlsi=6f2789b980bb486d Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second part of their conversation, Patricia Evangelista discusses with Howie a thought-provoking aspect of her approach: unpacking the peculiar language used in the Philippines to cloak, justify and record violence by the state, from the origins of "salvage" to mean extrajudicial killing to the refrain of "nanlaban" (resisting arrest) to the clinical coldness of absurdly...

Newly published in the United States, Patricia Evangelista's book, "Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in my Country," has been appearing on prestigious lists of best books of the year. The editor of the esteemed New Yorker magazine called it a "journalistic masterpiece." When Patricia spoke to Howie Severino, she sounded more relieved than elated, having finished...