October is both Filipino American History Month and LGBT(QIA) History Month. On today's episode of MESEARCH, we’re getting to know Ron Blakely, a queer, non-binary, Southern California-based singer, actor, and recording artist of Black and Filipino heritage. Ron gets vulnerable and shares how growing up queer and Brown/Black as well as processing the grief of losing both parents affects his artistry as a singer and songwriter.

Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussion of grief, loss, and the death of loved ones.

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MESEARCH welcomes Jaclyn Aimee; a Filipino-American actor and writer based in Los Angeles, California. We get extra vulnerable in this episode; Jaclyn and Krystle share their experiences growing up without fathers.

Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussion of death and murder. Listener discretion is advised.

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In this episode of MeSearch, we connect with long time friend, Krystelle Robeniol, who is a writer and conflict resolution professional. Krystelle is a contributing author of The Kuwento Book: An Anthology of Filipino Stories and Poems.

It's Filipino American History Month and we're back! Season 4 of MeSearch returns with your hosts, Dustin Domingo and Krystle Tugadi. In this episode we reflect on the past three seasons, who we are today, and what we hope to learn, relearn, and/or unlearn in this new season.

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This is a special BONUS episode.

We’re talking about the Writers' (WGA - Writer's Guild of America) and Actors' (SAG-AFTRA - Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) Strike. To learn more about what’s going on and how we can support is actor, producer, co-founder of Filipinx Actors Barkada and SAG-AFTRA strike captain, Danice Cabanela.

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MeSearchers, this is our 100th episode and the finale of our third season of the podcast. In this episode, Krystle and Dustin reflect on their growth over the last three years of this show. They share thanks and flowers to guests and the community. Join us as we reminisce.

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MeSearch meets Dax Valdes, a senior trainer for Right To Be, an organization dedicated to preparing professionals and leaders to create workplaces, schools, and communities that are free of harassment and filled with humanity. On this episode we tackle a few difficult subjects including, the behaviors that can be considered harassment, what to do if you've been harassed, and what to do when you've witnessed harassment. We've also asked Dax whether he's observed any common threads when dealing with these issues in Filipino American spaces.

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In this episode of MeSearch, we meet Dr. Ceazar Nave, a post doctoral research fellow and professor of biology. Dr. Nave's area of expertise is in circadian biology, which means he studies the body's natural processes (i.e. waking, sleeping, digesting, etc.) that occur on a daily cycle. We learned that light sources, whether natural or from our computer/phone screens or lightbulbs can impact the ways in which our bodies undergo the biological processes meant to keep us functioning and well. What does all of this mean for Filipinos with irregular schedules, such as night workers or young students pulling all nighters?

Listen to this conversation as we delve into his research, its application to life as Filipinos, and what it's like being a Filipino American scientist in this day and age.

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In this episode, MeSearch welcomes back former guest, Jaclyn Aimee, and we meet Ray Raymundo.

As the WGA (writers') strike emerged, Filipino American actors Jaclyn and Ray created, wrote, and produced a short film entitled, "See You On IG." It tells the story of the rekindling of a damaged romance that may or may not be destined to fail. We chat about how the writers' strike, and now SAG-AFTRA (Actors') strike impacted Jac's and Ray's creative trajectory and how "See You On IG" is evolving into something bigger.

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In this episode of MeSearch, we learn more about the SoCal Filipinos organization from its founder, Jason Lustina. SoCal Filipinos is a non profit 501c3, which strives to connect the Filipino Community in Southern California by creating and sharing meaningful content, workshops, panels and events.

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