Gideon Lasco occupies a unique space as a millennial intellectual, influencing wide audiences with newspaper columns and tweets informed by his deep academic research. His decade-long study of drug policy made him a credible critic of the Duterte drug war, and led him and a colleague to coin a term, medical populism, that became known around the world to describe leaders who use public health crises such as drug addiction and the pandemic to justify punitive, often violent responses. 

Dr. Lasco has diverse interests and writes well-researched, insightful essays on everyday trends, such as the pandemic plant craze, global coffee culture, and the changing image of "askals."

He’s written an award-winning book, “The Philippines is not a Small Country,” that explains to an emerging generation what being Filipino could mean in a globalized world. 

In a wide-ranging conversation with Howie Severino, Lasco also offers tips on time management and what you can do to achieve more every day.

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Currently SEA Games pole vault champion and number three in the world, 26-year-old EJ Obiena is training to be a gold medalist at the next Olympics, despite paltry government support and a sports bureaucracy that mired him in a dispute at the peak of his career. But despite opportunities to change nationalities and compete for another country, Obiena told Howie Severino that he will always be a Filipino seeking to inspire younger athletes.

Obiena revealed that hours before his flight to Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics, he still didn't know if he would have poles to compete in his event. Sports politics and a major injury threatened to derail his career, but he persevered until he became number 3 in the world in 2022, with two years to prepare for the next Olympics in Paris. He has even beaten world record holder Armand Duplantis of Sweden at a meet this year.

Howie spoke to EJ during his first visit home to the Philippines in three years, accompanied now by his girlfriend, the German triple jumper Caroline Joyeux, who was visiting the country for the first time.

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Ayon kay Zig, may takot siya na hindi panonoorin ang teleseryeng ito dahil mataas ang Noli at Fili. Ngunit dahil sa twists sa kuwento at GenZ karakter na bumalik sa kasaysayan, nagkaroon ito ng malaking audience. 

Idiniin ni Zig na hindi lang mang-aliw ang pakay nila kundi magmulat tungkol sa halaga ng kasaysayan at kalagayan ng kababaihan. 

Ang panibagong Maria Clara ay palaban at hindi mahinhin na dalaga.

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Ayon kay Zig, may takot siya na hindi panonoorin ang teleseryeng ito dahil mataas ang Noli at Fili. Ngunit dahil sa twists sa kuwento at GenZ karakter na bumalik sa kasaysayan, nagkaroon ito ng malaking audience. 

Idiniin ni Zig na hindi lang mang-aliw ang pakay nila kundi magmulat tungkol sa halaga ng kasaysayan at kalagayan ng kababaihan. 

Ang panibagong Maria Clara ay palaban at hindi mahinhin na dalaga.

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