Podcast Episodes

Remembering Juan Ponce Enrile (1924–2025) | 100 Years of JPE and the Philippines (Part 1)

Juan Ponce Enrile, one of the most powerful, influential, and controversial figures in modern Philippine history, has died at 101.

In this rerun of our special series on JPE, we look back on the extra…

Published on 7 hours ago

Remembering Juan Ponce Enrile (1924–2025) | 100 Years of JPE and the Philippines (Part 2)

With the passing of Juan Ponce Enrile at 101, we revisit the story of a man whose influence shaped—and survived—every major turn in modern Philippine politics.

In this rerun of the second and final pa…

Published on 7 hours ago

From stigma to hope: The role of media in mental health conversations

How does the media shape the way we think and talk about mental health? Hannah Tasarra sits down with Roy Dahildahil and Richardson Mojica of MentalHealthPH to talk about how news outlets, social med…

Published on 1 day, 1 hour ago

Roll the dice: Why Filipino adults are falling in love again with tabletop games

In an age of screens and solitude, Filipino adults are rediscovering the joy of gathering around a table: to play, tell stories, and roll some dice. In this episode of Thought Bubbles, we talk to gam…

Published on 3 days, 5 hours ago

The hidden curriculum: Why students with ADHD struggle in traditional classrooms

Teacher Grace Osio, Board Member of World Vision Philippines and a longtime advocate for inclusive education, joins host Hannah Tasarra to unpack what ADHD really is — a condition of regulation, atte…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Cristina Chi on fake news, foreign influence, and the Mindanao secession narrative

PhilStar.com reporter Cristina Chi joins Regine Cabato to unpack how foreign disinformation networks are exploiting real frustrations in the Philippines—turning them into viral calls for Mindanao sec…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

What happens when fact-checkers disappear from the internet?

Meta scrapped its third-party fact-checking program. Google quietly removed its fact-checking features. What does this mean for misinformation, disinformation, and online safety?

In this episode, jour…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Why we treasure art: Filipino artists, AI, and the future of collecting

The jewelry heist at the Louvre shows that some people will risk everything for things that sparkle and inspire awe with their beauty. In this re-run of a Thought Bubbles episode from March 2025, Bub…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Visible on the streets, invisible in the system: Bahay Tuluyan on the Philippines’ street children

TThousands of children in the Philippines live where everyone can see them — on sidewalks, under bridges, in jeepney terminals — yet the system barely knows they exist.

In this episode, Bahay Tuluyan,…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

The human cost of disinformation: How fake news turns victims into peddlers

When fact-checkers dug into fake news flooding YouTube and TikTok, they found something deeper — ordinary Filipinos caught in a web of lies. In this episode, Regine Cabato speaks with Nikko Balbedina…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago