About That. (with Marga Ortigas)
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About That. (with Marga Ortigas)
The latest issues. A broader view. Unique perspectives. Join international journalist Marga Ortigas and her special guests as they have the necessary conversations on everything from historical revisionism to human rights. . "Insightful." | "So Interesting!" | "Super accessible."
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Episode 3: STORYTELLERS in the SPOTLIGHT: Karina Robles Bahrin
An insightful and wide-ranging conversation with Epigram Award winning author of "The Accidental Malay", Karina Robles Bahrin, on everything from crea...
Episode 2: ABOUT THAT: Spotlight on Storytellers: HARRIS WHITBECK
After decades of working with one of the largest global news companies in the world, Guatemala-born journalist, Harris Whitbeck, boldly tells his own...
Episode 1: ABOUT THAT: Spotlight on Storytellers: The SERING Sisters
The Brontes, The Moriartys, and also The Serings. But besides their individual achievements as authors and writers, sisters Tweet & Tara Sering togeth...
Episode 31: SPECIAL POST-PANDEMIC EPISODE: The Graduates
Catch up with Gen-Xers Marga (the journalist), Karla (the chef), & Tanya (the film producer), a year after they were first "community quarantined" in...
S3 Ep6: MAPS & Other FICTIONS
How do we move past an increasingly polarised world to create a common identity? Or are we doomed to always draw lines between US...and THEM?
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S3 Ep5: A LOST GENERATION?
Boomers, Gen-Xers, Gen Y, Millennials, Gen Z...each generation had its share of challenges, but it can be argued that none more so than today's childr...
S3 Ep4: The FEMALE POLITIK: The Gender Struggle in Public Office
It's the 21st century and women in positions of power are still a rarity in many places. Even the country feted as the most powerful in the world has...
S3 Ep3: MAD WORLD OF METH: A Controversial Conversation
The ins and outs of the Southeast Asian meth trade. Who are the key players? What's politics got to do with it? And how successful is the so-called "w...
S3 Ep2: The FOURTH Estate
A former journalist from a country that no longer exists talks to us about oppressive regimes, freedom of the press, and the changing face of democrac...
S3 Ep1: "BAD" History: Revisit, Revise, Re-do?
With special guest, Nik de Ynchausti.
Why are autocrats & the far right rewriting the past? How powerful a tool is social media in this exerci...
SPECIAL QUARANTINE EPISODE
A brief look at life in Manila, one of the longest lockdowned cities in the world. We talk staying sane, Viber ecosystems, cloud kitchens, social part...
An ABOUT THAT Special Episode
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S2 Ep8: A Conversation with DELAMAR
If there's anything that many of our guests have echoed it's that legacies are built one small step at a time.
In this final episode, a...
S2 Ep 7: RANDI LEVIN: Life Changes, Transitions, & Reinventions
Are you feeling overwhelmed by the world and struggling to keep up with everything you need to do? Or do you sometimes find yourself feeling "blah" a...
S2 Ep 6: NENA's Magic Mixes: Everything You Didn't Even Know You Wanted to Know About Essential Oils
We're always searching for next big health kick...the latest cure-all and magic remedy. But what if that "new" health fix is really an old one? Cent...
S2 Ep 5: DR. LIA - Prescription for Happiness
Are you battling depression? Maybe you're dissatisfied with your life - or know someone who is. Do you think people are unhappier now than they have b...
S2 Ep4: RAJO LAUREL - Man on a Mission
Fashion designer. Artist. Entrepreneur. Son. Brother. Partner. Empire builder. Just a few of the hats worn by Philippine style icon Rajo Laurel.
S2Ep3: MATT KILLEEN - Dreamer, Father, Author: a Creative Journey
This episode is dedicated to the dreamers. To those who are still in pursuit of dreams, and those who have had them come true.
Are yo...
S2 Ep2: GABY TABUNAR: A Man of Character, Reflections of a Nonagenarian
Turning the tables on a veteran journalist:
Gaby Tabuñar, Chairman Emeritus of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippine...
S2 Ep1: TIRSO RIPOLL - Daddy's a Rockstar
We all know Jagger, Ozzie, and even Gene Simmons... but ever wonder about a rockstar's life in the East?
Spanish-Filipino musician Ti...
EXTRA: Top 8 for 2018
2017 was a year of change and transition for many people - among them, our host veteran journalist Marga Ortigas.
In this podcast EXTRA...
Episode 13: MIGUEL CASTRO - Midlife Dad
Midlife crisis? Not quite, for Gen-X guys. At least that's the experience of Spanish videographer Miguel Castro.
Listen in as he candid...
Episode 12: ARZU KAPROL - Beyond Fashion
She's a world-renowned designer from Turkey who expresses herself through fashion and design - within a very special context.
An artist with l...
Episode 11: Solo travel - tricky or treat?
More people are travelling alone these days. And they're not just young men with backpacks, or veteran travellers.
A growing number of...
Episode 10: Breaking Ground (with mental health professional Darby Latshaw)
So...maybe the pressures of the world are getting to you? Too much work? Or not enough? Freaking out about the things you can’t control?
...
Episode 9: Breaking Out (with former gangster Marianne Diaz)
Ever wonder what your skin ‘tells’ people about you?
Do you have a tattoo? Are you part of a gang? Is that all that you think ‘marks’...
Episode 8: Breaking into Motherhood (with international journalist Divya Gopalan)
It's a fact that more people are having kids later in life.
In the UK, birth rates of women in their 40s have risen to a higher level...
Episode 7: Breaking Point (with mental health professional Darby Latshaw)
How many hours do you spend online and how does it affect you?
In this episode, we speak to Los Angeles-based musician-turned-therapis...
Episode 6: Breaking The Mold (with international fixer Inky Nakpil)
What's it like to be an independently-employed woman who is also raising a family? Inky Nakpil, a veteran freelance fixer for foreign media companies,...
Episode 5: Breaking Bread: Food, Friends, & Faking it...
In this episode, Marga, Karla, & Tanya -- our gang of Gen-Xers -- talk about the importance of food on memory and identity.
With guest...
Episode 4: Breaking Chains (with former news executive Charie Villa)
Ever find yourself wondering why you’re doing what you’re doing?
Maybe your career doesn’t suit you anymore, and you’re looking to do...
Episode 3: Breaking Expectations
Perennials take on Tinder, dating in their 40s, and letting go of things they cannot control.
Episode 2: Breaking Ceilings (with broadcast pioneer Cheche Lazaro)
It's said that life begins at 40.
In this episode, Asian broadcasting legend Cheche Lazaro tells us how she did just that, and more, b...
Episode 1: Breaking Stereotypes (Introductions & Transitions)
Meet our host, veteran international journalist Marga Ortigas, and her friends – chef Karla Mendoza and media producer Tanya Yuson.
Af...