The Howie Severino Podcast

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The Howie Severino Podcast episodes

July 04, 2024 From upland farmer to TOYM awardee — Mark Gersava on overcoming poverty
In the boonies of Sultan Kudarat province in Mindanao, where conflict would force his community to evacuate, Mark Gersava found a way to finish college. He eventually ended up in an office in Makati where he is thriving as a “social entrepreneur.” He explains to Howie Severino how an innovative, conscience-driven businessman can compete against hard-core capitalists. His main product? Plantable bamboo toothbrushes.Producer: Aubrey Delos ReyesResearcher: Lilian TiburcioEditor: Jayr MagtotoLinks: https://bambuhay.ph/https://www.facebook.com/bambuhayphhttps://www.instagram.com/bambuhayph/
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20 min
July 02, 2024 [MINISODE] Marites Vitug on the PHL's win vs China in 2016 maritime case
It was the rare victory of a small nation over a major power. Using legal and historical arguments, the Philippines convinced an international tribunal that Chinese claims in the West Philippine Sea were unlawful. In time for the 8th anniversary of the historic ruling, we revisit journalist and author Marites Vitug’s take on the epic David-and-Goliath face-off.
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2 min
June 27, 2024 Saving wildlife through dead animals — a convo with Darrell Blatchley
Darrell Blatchley is a Bisaya-speaking American missionary’s son with an unusual passion: he collects the bones of animals that humans have killed through pollution and displays them for education. The founder of the D’Bone Collector’s Museum in Davao, Blatchley talks to Howie about bearing the stench of dead animals, cleaning the bones of whales and crocodiles, and how our plastic waste is causing the deaths of countless creatures.Producer: Eumer YangaResearcher: Jenica VillanuevaEditor: Jayr MagtotoLinks:https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/balitambayan/talakayan/905155/darrell-blatchley-ang-bone-collector-sa-davao-na-pinagdalhan-ng-bungo-ni-mali/story/https://youtube.com/@uncleddbonecollector?si=-EcMjfC_8ZBEE3vX
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32 min
June 25, 2024 [MINISODE] Remembering Floy Quintos as a “cultural polymath”
“Objects are beautiful. Objects are worth obsessing about.”It was a shock to the arts community when theater luminary Floy Quintos passed away last April 27, 2024. He was less well known for his expertise on pre-colonial art. He spent part of his conversation with Howie Severino talking about his extensive collection of rice gods called bulol and traditional Philippine fabrics.
Catch the full episode here:
Part 1:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4H2geah3eJYmqazyvY8hyI?si=4e336d0cbbdb457b

Part 2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3zCGAXi6yPduwKQVtCWVsL?si=0302398624e94a95
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5 min
June 20, 2024 [VIDEO] A Pride Month conversation with Vince Liban
As we celebrate "Pride Month" this June, the national convenor of Pantay, a youth-led gender equality advocacy group and Pride Ph, Vince Liban, talks to Howie Severino about the state of LGBT rights in the Philippines. He explains why, in a society with wide acceptance of LGBTs, the SOGIE equality bill has languished in Congress for 24 years. The recent pronouncement of Pope Francis that priests can now bless same-sex couples was a win, says Liban, and can help open minds to the possibility of legalizing same-sex marriage.#TheHowieSeverinoPodcast
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45 min
June 19, 2024 Pronouns, SOGIE, and the Pope’s blessing — a Pride Month convo
The national convenor of Pantay, a youth-led gender equality advocacy group and Pride PH, Vince Liban, talks to Howie Severino about the state of LGBT rights in the Philippines. He explains why, in a society with wide acceptance of LGBTs, the SOGIE equality bill has languished in Congress for 24 years. The recent pronouncement of Pope Francis that priests can now bless same-sex couples was a win, says Liban, and can help open minds to the possibility of legalizing same-sex marriage.Producer: Aubrey Delos ReyesResearcher: MJ CerilloEditor: Jayr Magtoto
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42 min
June 18, 2024 [VIDEO] June 1898 was a time of Filipino chivalry
Recently discovered Spanish military memoirs reveal that after Filipino revolutionary troops defeated the Spanish colonial army in 1898, the Filipinos treated their prisoners of war with honor.

According to the newly translated and published memoirs of Spanish military doctor Dr. Santos Rubiano, they were detained in the homes of wealthy Filipinos in Batangas, fed well and freed a little more than a year later.

The revealing memoirs were recently found and translated by a young historian, Renz Katigbak, a Filipino immigrant to the US who learned Spanish so he could research obscure texts in the archives of Spain.

Howie Severino talks to Renz about what the Spanish account adds to our knowledge of the period and how he stumbled on the Rubiano memoirs, which have never been mentioned in history books.
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47 min
June 18, 2024 [MINISODE] Toym Imao and his approach to visual art
Toym Imao shares how his multicultural upbringing influenced his art.
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Part 1:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/03b5s6bZOU9hM0n9PefTS3?si=aNldmKpATxqHPHXQxyd9Qw
Part 2:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7i4XVaXt8U72jrKkTTIUXv?si=ua7WfqXTRL2Q06Gr7ZQt6Q
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5 min
June 13, 2024 June 1898 was a time of Filipino chivalry
Recently discovered Spanish military memoirs reveal that after Filipino revolutionary troops defeated the Spanish colonial army in 1898, the Filipinos treated their prisoners of war with honor.
According to the newly translated and published memoirs of Spanish military doctor Dr. Santos Rubiano, they were detained in the homes of wealthy Filipinos in Batangas, fed well and freed a little more than a year later.
The revealing memoirs were recently found and translated by a young historian, Renz Katigbak, a Filipino immigrant to the US who learned Spanish so he could research obscure texts in the archives of Spain.
Howie Severino talks to Renz about what the Spanish account adds to our knowledge of the period and how he stumbled on the Rubiano memoirs, which have never been mentioned in history books.
Producer: Ivy Andrada Bautista
Researcher: Jenica Villanueva
Editor: Jay-r Magtoto
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45 min
June 11, 2024 [MINISODE] When should we celebrate Independence Day?
June 12 marks the anniversary of the nation’s independence. Manolo Quezon, grandson of former president Manuel L. Quezon, breaks down the reasons why this date is contentious.

Catch the full episode here:
Part 1:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5te9kCRiYe0aHpsJJhN1pG?si=FWVBK-oWQJujsIOHUM1hVQ
Part 2:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2H0jEZrQB4djgrr4109Rlk?si=SrA3opBSSyKJl6G1pG46Sw
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4 min