Ginsomnia Nights

For today's episode, Get to know Annika Yañez, an Up and coming filmmaker who is garnered local popularity with her film "Pag-Agos ng Panahon" ( As time flows by) about a 25-year-old lesbian, comes to terms with her traditional Filipino father.

In tonight's episode, we get to know Samantha Velasco, a Production Design graduate from College of Saint Benilde and the co-creator and writer of the popular graphic novel, "Agents of Ambush".

Join us as we take a deep dive into her writing process, experiences in the local comic book scene, side passions, social-political opinions, and her journey of losing a very close friend - the other half of "Agents of Ambush", Andrew Villar.

Check out Agents of Ambush here! https://www.facebook.com/agentsofambush/

Tonight, we share a meditative conversation with Mr. Felix Imperial -- a builder, a shaper, a molder, a fellow dreamer, and an artist. He is the founder of Oui' Architecture & Design. Oui' is a client-centric, contemporary design consultancy firm to help communicate your vision with style. OUI incorporates theories of scale, proportion, and color to translate, communicate, and concretize your wants and needs for your space.

You can check him out at https://www.facebook.com/Oui.architecture 

We are happy to welcome our dearest (second mum) Tita Terry Villareal. She works for one of the subsidiaries which is called Creative Programs Inc. or CPI, a content provider in ABS-CBN as the Head of Services. She has been working in the industry for 14 years.

Tonight, Tita Terry talks about the effects of the ABS-CBN shutdown -- the importance of press freedom and its nationwide ramifications, how the network handles the situation, how she's personally coping in these trying times, a brief overview on the current events, how each generation has their defining moment and hopefully, it's high time for the millennials to step up especially with what's happening in our country now and lastly, what story ideas would sell to the masses.

Tonight, our favorite couple friends share their personal experiences being in a live-in type of relationship and comparing it to being in a long-distance type. Though their thoughts are "sabaw, " we gain their unfiltered insights on how to stay in a healthy and long-lasting relationship despite the drawbacks they inevitably face.

We've talked with artists, filmmakers, healers and students about life, art, politics, life abroad, and many more but tonight, we venture in the world of Religion in its entirety and its effects on the generation today. We are delighted to welcome, Alfonso Divinigracia, a writer and contributor for Rappler. He is well known for his article entitled “Walking away from the golden calf." In this episode, he enlightens us with his views on religion and describes why he has a tortured relationship with God .

In a galaxy far far away, we introduce the Vasy-est of ‘em all from dimension C-137 bringing his goofball energy to your lowly Friday night!

Join us tonight for an overview of the Ukrainian revolution, being in isolation for 53 days, some similarities of Ukraine and Philippine politics, his own version of love languages, and a fun, mushroom cloud of casual take on season 4 of Rick and Morty.

It’s Pickle Vaaaas!!!!

Join us tonight for a semi-lighthearted conversation about life inside a precinct from a typical privileged man’s perspective— from his thoughts and feelings being in the moment of getting arrested, final shit-filled night inside, and how he moves on through that hassling experience.

We are honored to introduce Ms. Ida Del Mundo, who writes scripts for films, short-form videos, the newspaper, Philippine Star, and more. She’s the director of the 2014 Cinemalaya entry entitled, “K’Na The Dream Weaver.” She’s also a very cool, hands-on and passionate professor! As if that’s not enough, she’s also a musician who used to play in the Manila Symphony orchestra as a violinist. A very well-rounded and talented artist, indeed.

Damn, it’s Monday again but luckily, we have a special treat to give life to your monochromatic night! We are very glad to welcome Mellow Fellow and Ruru on Ginsomnia Nights!   For tonight’s BONUS episode, we talk about their humble beginnings from Soundcloud to Spotify, being on the road as independent musicians, the not-so-glamorous life of touring, the joy and fulfillment in the doing, the “business” process of the independent industry, navigating through the signal and the noise as artists, influences for their music, a deep dive in the classics and many many more!