The Wildcast

Imagine climbing Everest, Denali, Aconcagua, Kilimanjaro, Mt. Elbrus, Mt. Vinson, Puncak Jaya, essentially the highest peaks on all seven continents plus skiing to both the North and South Poles in just 2 years! This is what twins Nungshi and Tashi Malik have achieved in their young careers! They were the youngest (at only 23) of less than 50 people that have completed what is considered the Explo...

This is a Wildcast Short We are releasing our very first piece of merchandise -The Wildcast Diwata Madonna del Ghisallo T-Shirt for the Wildcast Podcast and it is A BEAUTY!! In this Wildcast short i speak to the artist we commissioned to work on our very first piece of merchandise. We have been commissioning artists for the merchandise of the CCT events and as this was our very first piece of merc...

Patricia Perez Eustaquio -Artist There are a few people whom you meet early in life and you think to yourself this person is special they are going to do something that will be a great contribution to the world. Patty Eustaquio is one of those people. I met her many years ago in College in UP Baguio where she was teaching Fine Arts and during that time we spent enough time together for me to know...

Gutierrez 'Teng' Mangansakan II Teng is a Moro film maker who traces his roots to an iconic red house in Pagalungan, Maguindanao -coming from one of the most prominent political clans of Maguindanao. His grandfather Datu Udtog Matalam was a long time governor of the Cotabato Empire and was the founder of the Muslim Independence Movement -a movement that spawned the MILF and the MNLF we know today....

Martin San Diego is an independent documentary photographer based in Manila, Philippines. His work revolves around the interplay of social justice and history. This grasp of history is really something that comes through in the work that Martin has done, especially in Mindanao where he has covered stories on the youth and rebellion in the region. His work has been published in the Washington Post,...

EP22 How do you transform someone who is abused as a child, grows up in poverty, is abused as a child, is a petty criminal, is a drug peddler, for Krie Lopez it is as simple as taking notice of these people and giving them an opportunity to be better, to get them out of the cycle of poverty that they themselves do not see a way out of. Krie Lopez is the founder and CEO of Messy Bessy and House fou...

Neil Daza is a Director, Cinematographer, Photographer and occasional Photojournalist. The son of a political detainee during the Marcos dictatorship and growing up in a family of activists Neil was exposed to the harsh realities of the Philippines early in life. He narrates how growing up he would spend weekends visiting his father, a former military colonel in Fort Bonifacio and picking up his s...

Much more than just a pretty face. You'll realize in the first 30 seconds of talking to her what a total badass she is. Cat is one of those women who acknowledges that she has a pretty face, she joined Mutya ng Pilipinas and placed in the top ten and is one of those women who acknowledges that this was a part of her growth as person and doesn't deny its influence on her. But she is much more than...

EP19 Jamela Alindogan -Journalist Jamela is an award winning self described belligerent journalist who has worked for Al Jazeera as their South East Asia correspondent in the Philippines for more than a decade. She is one of the recipients of the Ten Outstanding Young Men and Women of the Philippines. She was recognized by the Swedish Embassy and UNESCO with nine other female journalists from arou...

EP18 Ewegene Tan -Durian And Race Organizing Ewegene Tan is the founder and race director of the Malaysia Mountain Trail Festival a trail running race that is held in his hometown of Taiping, Perak, Malaysia each year. He is also a very good friend who i raced with for the Dragonsback race in Wales in 2019 covering over 320kms of rough Welsh Mountains together. We also trained for this race togeth...

Episode 17 Part 2 of my conversation with AG Saño Imagine a wall of sea water pounding the second floor of the building you are staying in, strong enough that it feels like an earthquake, people screaming all around you and minutes later just silence. AG recounts his experience surviving the strongest Typhoon ever recorded on earth in Tacloban and walking out the next morning to dead bodies strewn...

Episode 16 If you see a Dolphin on a wall anywhere in the Philippines whether it is in a remote little village in the middle of nowhere or on a skyscraper in Makati -there is a big chance that the Dolphin you are admiring was painted by AG Saño. AG is one of those rare people you come across whose life is lived with intense passion. An artist, environmentalist, activist AG has for the last 20 year...

Episode 15 Prasenjeet Yadav is a National Geographic photographer based in India whose work in wildlife and nature photography has been published in the National Geographic's yellow border magazine. Imagine living in the remotest mountains on earth for months, alone trying to catch a glimpse of one of the rarest animals on earth, often in minus 40C degree cold and in the very barest of creature co...

Episode 14: Koi Grey on the evolution of being (Entire episode is in Filipino) Mga anim na taon ko nang kakilala si Koi isa sya sa mga batikan sa larangan ng trail running at hiking and trekking sa Pilipinas. Dito sa episode 14 ng Wildcast nag kwentuhan kami tungkol sa buhay nya bilang isang mamumundok. Pinag-usapan namin dito ang hirap na dinanas nya sa buhay nung kanyang kabataan at kung paano n...

Welcome to Episode 13 of the Wildcast This episode was recorded in May and I talk to Mary Anne Potts and Ben Clark from Ben’s ancestral home in Tennessee. Mary Anne is of course the former editor of National Geographic Adventure and with a real wealth in experience covering adventure and outdoor stories over the last 20 years her insight into the adventure space and the changes that have happened...

Episode 12: Ayen Dela Torre "Where to Next?" Do you have those conversations with people where right after the conversation you have to go to someone else and say "you have to listen to what we just talked about!" Well this conversation with Ayen was one of those incredible conversations! She is without a doubt someone who is wise beyond her years and incredibly insightful about the situation we f...

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On Episode 11 of the Wildcast i talk to Steve Rogers in Sagada about his life in the Philippines. It is an interesting conversation that jumps from the streets of Manila during the EDSA revolution seeing the first tanks stopping in front of protesters to working on Hollywood movies like Platoon with stars like William Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, and Johnnie Depp and of course we get on to the adventure...

The Wildcast Episode 10 Hana Raza Conservation Warrior of Iraqi Kurdistan I met Hana in 2013 as a member of the US International Visitor Leadership program- this is a program that of the US government for emerging leaders around the world. She has the distinction of being one of the first people to rediscover the Persian Leopard in Iraq, an animal thought to have been extinct in most of Persia. Sh...

The Wildcast Episode 9: Laurel Chor Laurel is a Hong Kong native, a journalist, and fellow National Geographic Explorer. On this week's episode i talk to her about what is currently happening in Hong Kong with the Chinese government's imposition of the security law and the effect of this on civil liberties, human rights, and her own field of journalism. We chat about the difficulty working as a Jo...

The Wildcast Episode 8: Paco Guerrero Photography and Philippine Tourism Paco is a photographer. If anything that is probably the best way to describe him. He has been creating beautiful images since he was 12 years old. He is a Spanish-Filipino Travel and Commercial Photographer who has lived in many around Asia and Europe. He has shot for Conde Nast Travel, National Geographic Travel, Grid Magaz...

The Wildcast Episode 7: Manix Abrera talks about Kikomachine Comics **99% of this episode is in Filipino/Tagalog This week's podcast i talk to Manix Abrera one of the foremost comic artists in the Philippines. His comic strip Kikomachine Comics which appears in the Inquirer is a strip i have been following for the last 20 years. We talk on the podcast about his journey in the comic book business,...

Episode 6 of the Wildcast with Jim Ward This is a special episode of the Wildcast with a very good friend i have known for most of my adult life. Jim is one of the people who has seen me grow through the years from my college days in UP all the way to where i am today. He once owned Bliss Cafe a vegetarian cafe and art space in Baguio city -and a haven for people like myself who was always the odd...

The Wildcast Episode 5 On episode 5 of The Wildcast I talk to Michelle Barretto CEO and Founder of Vitamin B Inc. (https://vitaminb-brands.com/) a branding agency that specializes in building and elevating brands through insightful brand strategy, brand design and brand experience. They are responsible for the creation of brands such as Alveo Land, The Mind Museum, Liter of Light and serve clients...

Welcome to Episode 4 of the Wildcast Quarantine Chronicles Our guest today is Doctor Nina Beltran-Yap Pulmonary Specialist, Triathlete, Aspiring Writer, and she talks about life on the frontlines treating COVID19 patients. Incredibly interesting discussion and she goes deep into her clinical practice now treating COVID19 critical patients. She discusses how she at one point in the last month has h...