Early Convos

By Earl Calingacion

What's Early Convos about?

I am figuring out life. Come with me. Grab your coffee or tea, whatever. Find a chair, sit back, relax, and let's have an early convo.

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Early Convos episodes:

07.08.2023
Life Updates, Where are we going?
Life updates. Been a long time since the last episode. More than a year, in fact. Salamat!
05.10.2022
Another Marcos is President, What Now?
What should we do now that there is seemingly darkness over the horizon? How do we make sense out of this all?
05.03.2022
What is your greatest fear?
We all have fears. But what do you fear the most? I discuss my greatest fear at the moment.
05.03.2022
Why renting is better than owning a house
It is old wisdom that buying a house should be the first investment of any sensible working person. But is old necessarily true? We examine.
05.03.2022
Why it is okay to admit that you are wrong
When was the last time you were wrong? Why is it important to admit when you are wrong and why is is an essential part of growth.
05.03.2022
The Christian and Politics
How should Christians navigate the messy world of politics? Should we involves ourselves with it? Or is it something that we stay neutral about.
08.21.2021
Why I’m A Legit JakBie Fan and Why You Should be too
News Sites and Reputable Websites are behind the paywall. Trash articles about celebrities, annoying as they are, may be keeping the rest of the world from having to pay for news.
05.09.2021
Mary's Dilemma, A Mother's Day Special
Raising kids is tough. But how about raising a perfect child? How do you deal with disciplining an already perfect person? How would you deal with raising a perfect child with imperfect children? But Mary was able to do it somehow, but how?
05.01.2021
Harmony versus Co-existence
What’s the goal? Why is the world like this? Why is there so much hate? Why are we in echo chambers? And is that good or bad?
04.23.2021
Concerning Community Pantries
Social Media and Mainstream Media are reporting one thing more than anything else as of late: Community Pantries. Why are they here? How will they be sustainable? Do they need to be sustainable in the first place, and why Parlade is...
03.25.2021
WHY TEACHING ECONOMICS IS THE BEST WAY TO COUNTER INSURGENCY
Most of the time we think of the war against insurgency as guns, bombs, and death. But most of it is an intellectual battle. Here's an introduction into how credit works, what capitalism is and its flaws are and why...
02.02.2021
Why I don't broadcast cutting ties with "toxic" people
Seriously, why do we do that? Why can't we just go placidly amidst the noise and the haste? In this episode we explore the reasons why we should not wash our dirty linens in public and justify with broadcasting the reasons why...
01.15.2021
Season 2: TULFO and Desiderata
"Even the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story." Why should we do small talk? Why do poor people go to Tulfo? What can we do better?
12.09.2020
Episode 8: Why Bringing Back GMRC is a Bad Idea
In June 25, 2020, amidst the height of the pandemic, the President signed into law the GMRC Act. There has been a long clamor for its revival since it was scrapped from the basic education curriculum in 2013. Is it actually necessary? We'll...
12.01.2020
Episode 7: Why Middle Income Families Should Adopt a Child
In this episode we dicuss the reasons why every middle income family should consider adopting at least one child. We try understand why "ampon" is almost a cuss word, and why it should not be so. Adoption is one of the best...
11.23.2020
Episode 5. The Case for Staying in Hometowns
What are the long term effects of leaving our hometowns. What is a hometown? Where is a hometown? And more importantly, why is a hometown? While it is good for the economy to have remittances on the regular, does emigration actually have a long-term...
11.23.2020
Episode 6: Why Our Parents Fall For Fake News
What can explain the phenomenon of your parents, titos and titas sharing fake "news"? Why do they seem to be disproportionately vulnerable to believe obviously false information? And what do we do then?
11.12.2020
Episode 4. Should We Take Selfies During Relief Operations?
There is a struggle, and I hope there is, for those who are involved in charity work to make things about ourselves. That helping others becomes ME helping others. How do we actually temper the innate desire to make everything...
10.31.2020
Episode 3: Why We Should Name Our Storms After Politicians
My only hope is that as you are listening to this, the storm has passed and left not much of damage. In this episode, we try to discuss, how the Philippines name storms. We will also try to discuss, why as ide-eyed...
10.29.2020
Episode 2. How Tsismis Builds and Keeps Communites
Bakit nga ba masama agad ang tingin natin pag may mga nakikita tayong mga nanay, titas at lolas na naguumpukan pag umaga? In this episode, we try to look at tsimis from a different perspective and try to understand how it...
10.28.2020
Ep 1: How Lazada Killed Santa Claus
This is a reupload of the first episode. The Philippines has the longest Christmas season in the world. But now, is it still true? Stay tuned and subscribe to the podcast for more Early Convos!

What's Early Convos about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Early Convos episodes:

Life Updates, Where are we going?

Another Marcos is President, What Now?

What is your greatest fear?

Why renting is better than owning a house

Why it is okay to admit that you are wrong

The Christian and Politics

Why I’m A Legit JakBie Fan and Why You Should be too

Mary's Dilemma, A Mother's Day Special

Harmony versus Co-existence

Concerning Community Pantries

WHY TEACHING ECONOMICS IS THE BEST WAY TO COUNTER INSURGENCY

Why I don't broadcast cutting ties with "toxic" people

Season 2: TULFO and Desiderata

Episode 8: Why Bringing Back GMRC is a Bad Idea

Episode 7: Why Middle Income Families Should Adopt a Child

Episode 5. The Case for Staying in Hometowns

Episode 6: Why Our Parents Fall For Fake News

Episode 4. Should We Take Selfies During Relief Operations?

Episode 3: Why We Should Name Our Storms After Politicians

Episode 2. How Tsismis Builds and Keeps Communites

Ep 1: How Lazada Killed Santa Claus