The 2025 midterm elections have just concluded with may surprising and crucial results in the senatorial and partylist races. We are joined by Prof. Arjan, Assistant Professor at Ateneo de Manila University, seasoned campaign consultant and Political Analyst. We discuss what makes a good campaign, election spending, endorsements, coalitions and how they affected the results of the Senatorial and partylist elections.

You can follow Arjan at the following links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arj.aguirre.9

X (formerly twitter): @arjaguirre

Email: [email protected]

0:00 Intro

1:20 Arjan's Campaign Experiences

4:40 Basic Principles of a good campaign

12:10 Adjusting to difficult campaigns

17:30 Campaign Strategies backfiring

24:20 Endorsements

31:00 On the Senatorial Magic 12

36:00 On Imee Marcos and Camille Villar

39:30 On Bam Aquino and Kiko Pangilinan

45:30 Arj's advice to Alyansa team

53:00 Arj's Advice to Duterten

59:00 Partylist results

1:09:00 Final Remarks

Note: You MUST watch this in VIDEO format!

In just one week away from the 2025 Midterm elections, we are joined by Timothy "Tim" Hormigos who has produced detailed and comprehensive maps of the 2022 National and Local election results. We discuss his process in creating the maps and key voting territories, patterns and power struggles he discovered with the maps.

You may find Timothy's work at his X(formerly Twitter) account here:

https://x.com/bnstim?s=21

You can find Project Boses '25 here: https://t.co/DCzouBKEOe

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:40 Who is Tim Hormigos

4:00 Why Maps?

7:40 Presidential Maps

30:40 Senatorial Maps

48:50 Partylist Maps

1:06:30 Concluding Remarks

1:13:30 Recommendations

Recommendations:

Post-Marcos Politics: A Geographic and Statistical Analysis of the 1992 Philippine Elections by Carl Lande

https://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/186

https://www.amazon.com/Post-Marcos-Politics-Carl-Lande/dp/9813055200

Philippine Electoral Almanac:

https://archive.org/details/philippine-electoral-almanac-revised-and-expanded/page/n123/mode/2up

Comelec: https://comelec.gov.ph/?r=home

For more x(formerly Twitter) maps, check them out here:

@ianislander3

@Heyograpinas

@AkachiYousoro

This episode features Lean Porquia, lifelong activist, labor organizer and candidate for the Partylist, Bayan Muna, one of the pioneers of the party list system.

We discuss the importance of protest, labor issues, Bayan Muna's rich history in the left and congress, its struggles with red-tagging, the partylist system and Bayan Muna's platform for 2025.

You may learn more about Bayan Muna below:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bayanmunapartylist/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bayanmunapartylist

Website: https://bayanmuna.com.ph/

Email:[email protected]

0:00 Music

0:10 Intro

1:30 Who is Lean Porquia

5:00 Lean's leftist influences

9:20 The left's reputation among Filipinos

12:15 The left and protest culture

16:00 What protests gave us

19:00 What is Bayan Muna

22:00 The Rise and decline of Bayan Muna

29:30 Bayan Muna and Red-tagging

34:00 Bayan Muna's legislative record and platform

40:30 How Bayan Muna adjusts for 2025

46:20 Party list reforms

48:00 Why vote for Bayan Muna

50:00 Nominees of Bayan Muna

In our ongoing series on the 2025 Midterm Elections, Drew Uy is back and is once again running for mayor of Paranaque City. In this episode, we discuss his new platform, his new team of volunteers, his running mate and heartwarming stories of his interactions with the Citizens of Paranaque.

#UyParaSaParanaque

Check out his previous episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4zz8WhtRFyYqmMEKtnIzjG?si=q-0C31BCTzanyJ6zSHGzyQ

For more information about his current campaign, see the links below:

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/DrewTheDo

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drewthedo/

TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@drewthedo

For Eric Martinez:

https://www.facebook.com/KonsiEricMartinez

This episode is a first of a series featuring returning guests and new guests participating in the upcoming 2025 Midterm elections. In this episode, David San Juan returns as 3rd Candidate for the Act Teacher's partylist to discuss the partylist system, the achievements and platforms of Act Teachers, issues and challenges of the teacher's sector and education in the Philippines

Take note that this episode is for educational purposes and the guestings do not act as a political endorsement to the candidates and parties featured.

See more of Act teacher's partylist here:

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ACTteachers/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcURaLBzsu1DbTvHw83ZaDw

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@act_teachers

For our 100th upload, we are joined by Mara Coson and Sam Marcelo of Exploding Galaxies, a press focused on republishing and rediscovering old Filipino literary masterpieces such as Wilfredo Nolledo's For the Lovers, Linday Ty-Casper's Three Cornered Sun and many more. Get your copies and learn more about exploding galaxies at the following links:

Website: https://www.explodinggalaxies.com/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/exploding_galaxies/

Everything is fine bookstore: https://www.instagram.com/everythingsfineph/?hl=en

0:00 Music

0:15 Intro

1:50 The beginning of Exploding Galaxies

3:30 Republishing old masterpieces

6:40 Why begin with Nolledo's But for the lovers?

10:40 Updating Nolledo

13:10 Why Three-Cornered Sun as a follow-up?

15:30 Collaborating with Lynda Ty-Casper

18:20: Family and History

20:50 Designing the books

29:00 the Impact of Exploding Galaxies

34:00 The Future of Exploding Galaxies

37:30 Politics of Exploding Galaxies

42:00 Closing Messages

43:00 Recommendations

Recommendations:

Arcane Season 2: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11126994/

Greg Brillantes Collected Stories:https://unipress.ateneo.edu/product/collected-stories-gregorio-c-brillantes

Saving Mr. Banks :https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140373/

Tiny Beautiful Things:https://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Beautiful-Things-10th-Anniversary-dp-0593685210/dp/0593685210/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

Disney:https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/tiny-beautiful-things/3qcYH5G1LUZv

A rambling reflection on Saints and Citizens for All Saint's Day followed by an important announcement.

In this episode, we talk with Direk Kip Oebanda, Writer and Director of iconic films like Bar Boys, now a musical, Liway, and Balota, his latest film. We talk about what inspired Balota, the impact of his works, the link between advocacy and branding, and what we can learn from Philippine elections.

Balota is out now in theaters. See cinema schedules here:

https://www.clickthecity.com/movies/buyticket/6dbcfd/cinemanila-balota

Barboys the Musical is also showing. See tickets here:

https://ticket2me.net/event/21741

You can watch more of Kips films here:

https://www.youtube.com/@leadharb

You can watch Barboys here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzvAKY6Xbno&t=5s&ab_channel=KipOebanda

You can watch Liway here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVzF8xqctco&t=387s&ab_channel=KipOebanda

0:00 Music

0:15 Intro

1:20 Kip's start in Filmmaking

4:!5 Kip's as a political filmmakers?

6:30 Barboys and Barboys Musical

12:59 Barboys inspiring lawyers

15:00 Liway and Propaganda

25:40 Why Balota

35:50 Politicians of Balota

40:25 Marian Reviera, Sasha Girl, and Esnyr

46:00 Hope in politics

52:00 Final Message

55:50 Recommendations

Recommendations:

Barber's Tales

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3254578/

On the JOb 2: The missing 8

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3785036/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

The Substance

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_7_nm_0_in_0_q_The%2520Substance

No!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2059255/

In this episode, Jay Aruga is back and has published a new book, "Conservative ka Ba?: A 3 step approach to protect the Filipino family from Woke Ideology. We discuss why he decided to write a book, what are his three steps against Woke Ideology are, and what he hopes to achieve with this book. We also briefly explore tips for writing your own book.

You may get a copy at St. Paul's Publishing below:

Website: https://www.stpauls.ph/product-info/conservative-ka-ba

Shopee: https://shopee.ph/product/274489164/25685460706/

You may also listen to the Jay Aruga Show below:

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/TheJayArugaShow/

Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@JayAruga

You may also check our the sentinel below:

https://www.facebook.com/TheSentinelPh

Recommendations:

Catholic Lo-fi

https://www.youtube.com/@catholiclofi

Final Fantasy 7 OST:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udgGfmnuPMQ

Genshin Impact OST:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8fZemLM-gGfJ2001AJEY8S-_qlbKnj_s

Recondite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaBuXWIzl2E&list=RDEM0wjnymQtTZ6ZwBaSGuvwAg&start_radio=1

Google Keep

https://keep.google.com/u/0/

In this episode, we speak with Founder of Komiket, Paolo Herras, and Komiket's Executive Director, Kris Porio, on the origins and journey of Komiket and how they helped develop the diverse world of independent Filipino Komiks.

You can find more info about Komiket here:

Website: https://www.komiket.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/komiketph

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/komiketph/?hl=en

Check them out on Komiket Pride on June 7-9 and June 14-16, 10am-8pm at Ayala Malls The 30th, as well as the PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL COMICS FESTIVAL (PICOF) on July 20-21 at the Podium Mall.

0:00 Music

0:15 Intro

2:00 What is Komiket and how Paolo Founded Komiket?

5:00 How Large was it in the beginning?

8:30 Komiket in the pandemic?

10:30 Kommiket publishing

18:50 International Festivals and recognition

23:00 How Kris got into Komiket

27:00 Growth in operations

30:30 THe new spirit of Filipino Comics

42:00 Komiket Pride

47:30 What is next for Komiket?

59:30 Recommendations

Recommendations

Trese

https://www.amazon.com/Trese-8-book-series/dp/B08H8896Y2

Mythology Class

https://www.amazon.com/Mythology-Class-Philippine-Legends-Reality/dp/0804855420

Tarantadong Kalbo

https://shopee.ph/TARANTADONG-KALBO-Vol.1-by-Kevin-Eric-Raymundo-i.294959109.4375015439

Somewhere in my past

https://www.facebook.com/somewhere1987/

Sa Wala (Nothing to lose)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CyYHATWs0Bb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Dead Balagtas

https://deadbalagtas.wordpress.com/

Manix Abrera

https://www.myavenida.com/collections/kikomachine-komix/manix-abrera

Dobiedoo asks

https://books.gov.ph/doobiedoo-asks/

Way Way out there

https://www.lazada.com.ph/products/way-way-out-there-by-cat-s-i3481573142.html

Rurok

https://hottropiks.com/products/rurok-comics-art-anthology

Patay Kung Patay (Death be damned)

https://shopee.ph/PATAY-KUNG-PATAY-Issues-1-6-i.294959109.3466317531

BadinggerZ

https://www.adobomagazine.com/arts-culture/introducing-badingger-z-the-fabulous-rainbow-crusader-of-this-world-the-universe-rather/

Third World Power

https://www.komiket.com/products/third-world-power-blue

Rodsky Patotski

https://books.gov.ph/rodski-patotski-ang-dalagang-baby/

Komikero Museum

https://www.facebook.com/komiksmuseum/

Satan's Tears

https://www.amazon.com/Satans-Tears-Art-Alex-Nino/dp/B000LH3ZVS

Elmer

https://komikerodotcom.blogspot.com/p/komikero-store.html

Comics Cube with Duy Tano

https://www.youtube.com/@TheComicsCube

The Legendary Komiksman Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/@komiksman