The P*I* Podcast

In this Chinese New Year special, we discuss the dysfunctional relationship between the Philippines and China, and the close historical and cultural connection between the two countries. We also discussed ways on how we can move forward and improve dynamics between the two countries via a change in mentality and approach towards China as an "Other".

Reference:

ASEAN Post-50: Emerging Issues and Challenges

Editors: Aida Idris and Nurliana Kamaruddin

https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811380426

Recommendations:

How China's Leaders Think by Robert Lawrence Kuhn

https://www.amazon.com/How-Chinas-Leaders-Think-Current/dp/1118085906

Xunzi

https://www.amazon.com/Xunzi-Complete-Text/dp/0691169314

The Chinese Question: Ethnicity, Nation, and Region in and Beyond the Philippines by Caroline Hau

https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Question-Ethnicity-Philippines-Studies/dp/9971697920

The Sinica Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/show/1QlGMoMsAncoBdH9Uz5u4N?si=MjC58d1TQi6SVI9UFf7pQw

The King's Avatar

https://dramacool.vc/drama-detail/the-kings-avatar

Timestamps

0:00-0:15   Music

0:16-1:10   Greeting

1:11-3:14   Chinese New Year

3:05-6:19   Life in China

6:20- 7:30  Impressions of FIlipinos

7:30 8:48   Chinese tourists stereotypes

8:49- 11:15 Philippines' connection with China

11:16-14:49-Diversity of Chinese culture and cultural markers of chinese

14:50-16:20 history of trade relations with china

16:21-18:30 Tangent: Chinese cuisine

18:31-23:00  Chinese Hegemony and Tianxia; Chinatowns

23:01-23:50   China as a modern invention   

23:51-24:40  Chinese exclusivity;"  great wall"

24:41-27:16   The Duterte regime and relations with China

27:17-30:04   China's similarities to the Philippines

30:05-33:29  How can we balance our approach to China

33:30 37:30  Asserting ourselves with the Chinese

37:31-40:29   What we must do

40:30-45:30   Decentralization in China and the Philippines; Party discipline

45:31-52:12  Learning from China

52:13-1:02:28 Recommendation

In this first full episode for 2021, we discuss  Hero Worship, disillusionment with Heroes, the difference between Heroes and Bayani, and the necessity of identifying living heroes. We also announce new variants of our content at the end of the show!

Sources:

National Heroes Committee

https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/selection-and-proclamation-of-national-heroes-and-laws-honoring-filipino-historical-figures/#:~:text=Ramos%20issued%20Executive%20Order%20No,remarkable%20achievements%20for%20the%20country.

Defining and surveying heroism by Michael "Xiao" Chua

https://www.manilatimes.net/2018/01/20/opinion/analysis/defining-surveying-heroism/375390/

Etymology of Heroism

https://department.monm.edu/classics/courses/clas230/MythDocuments/HERODefinitions.htm

https://www.etymonline.com/word/hero

Metaphilosophy by Henri Lefebvre

https://www.versobooks.com/books/2075-metaphilosophy

Recommendation:

A Question of Heroes by Nick Joaquin

https://shopee.ph/QUESTION-OF-HEROES-by-Nick-Joaquin-i.125283795.2048085152

Buhay at Mga Sinulat ni Emilio Jacinto

https://www.facebook.com/popularbkstore/photos/a.156109574489181/2740891406010972/?type=3

Time Stamps

0:00-0:15-Music

0:15-0:48- Intro

0:49- 1:28-New Year, New Branding

2:00- 5:15-MMFF Movies, Fangirl and Hero Worship

5:16- 10:30-Bonifacio Day, Rizal day and Demystification of Heroes

10:37- 11:10 -Why do we worship Heroes?

11:00-12:29- What is a hero? Greek heroes,the Martial Spirit, and Citizenship

12:30-13:59-Our notion of Bayani

14:00-15:19-Different meanings of Hero

15:20-16:35-Bayani and Society

16:36-20:06-Do Heroes need to be alive or Dead? Law and Criteria of selecting heroes

20:07-22:30 -Personal Heroes Disappointing us; Fear of choosing living heroes

22:31-25:59 -Classes of people like OFWs and Frontliners as Heroes

26:00-27:00 -Heroism as political capital

27:01-29:19 -Heroism as Role models for Citizenship; Compromised examples

29:20-32:16 -Heroes vs. Idols

32:17-34:29 -How can we find more heroes?

34:30-37:05 -Who are these heroes?

37:06-39:11 -Thinking about these heroes?

39:12-40:55 -Can politicians be considered living heroes?    

41:04-45:40-Recommendations  

45:50-46:50-Announcements of new Content: Slice of P*I* and P*I* Skwela

Hosted by Matt Ordoñez and Anthony Borja

Intro Music is "Scheming and Dreaming by JV Ordoñez"

Layout design and Editing by Anthony Borja

Contact us at [email protected]

Slice of P*I* is a shorter format where we have quick hot takes on certain news issues. In this pilot episode, we discuss cancel culture in the Philippines, particularly the cases of Russu Laurente, a Pinoy Big Brother contestant  in favor of the cancellation of ABS-CBN, Toni Gonzaga, PBB hostess who defended him, and Avel Bacudio, an artist fired after praising Imelda Marcos on Twitter. How should we deal with contrary opinions?

   Sources:

 'PBB Connect': Russu ends journey as housemate by ABS-CBNNews 

https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/03/21/pbb-connect-russu-ends-journey-as-housemate  

Toni Gonzaga defends ‘PBB’ housemate Russu who called for ABS-CBN shutdown by Niña Guno https://entertainment.inquirer.net/400713/toni-gonzaga-defends-pbb-housemate-russu-who-called-for-abs-cbn-shutdown#ixzz6jcQmtBoq

  After designer praises Imelda Marcos, IdeaFirst removes his merchandise from site by Nina Guno https://entertainment.inquirer.net/399845/after-designer-praises-imelda-marcos-ideafirst-company-removes-his-merchandise-from-site

In this short Christmas special, we read and answer fan mail before giving some recommendations for really late Christmas Shopping.

Recommendations

The Political Mind by George Lakoff

https://www.amazon.com/Political-Mind-Cognitive-Scientists-Politics/dp/0143115685

End of Power by Moises Naim 

https://shopee.ph/The-End-of-Power-Moises-Naim-i.137498729.7518517271

Adventures in Political Science by Remigio Agpalo

https://shopee.ph/Adventures-in-Political-Science-%28Revised-Edition%29-i.276147505.7451776313

Theme Song: Scheming and Dreaming by Jv Ordonez

You can find more of his music here:https://soundcloud.com/john-victor-ordo-ez

Ep.7 Why are Fillipino romcoms political? (feat. Janus Nolasco)

This episode features our first podcast interview with our firend and colleague, Janus Nolasco, who will discuss the connection between Flipino romcom films and politics. This is also the first episode of the "PILM INSTITUTE" where we discuss Philippine cinema and their relevance to politics.

[SPOILER ALERT]The discussion contains key plot details of the following films:

Sana Maulit Muli (1995)

One More Chance (2007)

English Only Please (2014)

Day after Valentine's (2018)

Alone/Together (2018)

The Hows of us (2018)

Isa Pa with Feelings (2019)

Hello Love Goodbye (2019)

You may find other works of our guest at https://up-diliman.academia.edu/JanusNolasco

Time Stamps

0:00 Intro

0:15 Greetings

0:40 Introducing the PILM Institute

2:00 Introducing Special Guest: Janus Nolasco

3:20 How did your journey as a researcher begin?

5:20 What are your interests in Asian Studies?

6:40 What made you decide to write on Filipino films?

8:30 Philippine films in context

9:30 What film made you want to write about films?

12:20 On English Only Please: His first published review

13:20 What can you say about the division of english and tagalog speakers in society

16:20 How did the Filipino adapt the american romcom as a genre

17:30 The division between Mainstream romcoms and Indie films

19:40 What do romcoms have to do with politics?

24:58 The connection of romcoms and power-relations, heirarchies, democracies

26:30 Romcom espousing a liberal democratic values and expose certain struggles for self-determination

27:10 Predominance of more subversive and critical rom-coms or "post-romcoms"; 

28:40 Liberal democracy demands singlehood

30:00 Examples of movies demanding singlehood

32:40 Fantasy and endings

33:10 Democracy and Patron-client relations and gender relations

34:00 The Post-romcom and self-care

35:20 Love and equality

37:30 Love and Politics

39:00 Is love a political emotion?

40:20 Eros as a destructive force; Love as a civic virtue

41:30 Love as a tool of power

42:15 Do you have pegs or frameworks for looking at films?

44:00 Rom-coms and political life

45:46 What tips can you offer ordinary audiences in appreciating deeper meanings in films?

48:28 Recommendations

Recommendations

“Origins and Rise of the Filipino Novel” by Resil Mojares https://books.google.com.ph/books/about/Origins_and_Rise_of_the_Filipino_Novel.html?id=QOx9PwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

Richard Gomez at ang mito ng pagkalalake, Sharon Cuneta at ang perpetwal na birhen at iba pang sanaysay ukol sa bida sa pelikula bilang kultural na texto by Rolando Tolentino

https://www.amazon.com/pagkalalake-perpetwal-sanaysay-pelikula-kultural/dp/9712709353

100 Tula Para kay Stella

https://www.netflix.com/ph/title/81131706

The impact of typhoons, Ulysses and Rolly, have begged the question, is Filipino resilience a vice or a virtue? In this episode, we discuss the recent discourse on resilience and how it should move forward with the recent calamity. We took the notion of resilience beyond the current debates while showing dimensions that many have ignored. Plus, we are rebranding as Research Dudes and Polsci Guys

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

0:10 Greetings

1:10 Announcement of Rebranding: Research dudes and polsci guys

3:07 Resilience and typhoon season

5:00 Resilience and media

8:10 What is Resilience? Resilience as a psychological trait

10:10 Resilience as a cultural trait

12:20 Resilience in Filipino(?) as a foreign judgement  on us?

15:20 How can you tell if someone is being resilient?

17:20 Resilience as a virtue and a mean.

19:30 Resilience and empathy

21:40 Resilience and accountability

26:05 Government Accountability in acts of nature

29:50 Science-based governance in climate change

31:00 Resilience in Citizenship and governance

35:20 Resilience and advancement 

37:10 How do we move forward?

41:02 Recommendations

46:50 Should resilience be praised in man-made disasters?

48.37 Credits

References:

On the Etymology of 'Resilience'

https://canvas.eee.uci.edu/eportfolios/13884/Origins_of_Resilience

Anderson Cooper: An Honor to report on PH

https://r3.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/disasters/typhoon-yolanda/44301-anderson-cooper-reflections-haiyan-coverage

Stop praising ‘Filipino resilience’ amid huge unemployment, appeal Slater Young, Frankie Pangilinan by Cha Lino

https://entertainment.inquirer.net/387522/stop-praising-filipino-resilience-amid-huge-unemployment-appeals-slater-young-frankie-pangilinan#ixzz6f5D8299S

Palace extols Pinoys for preparation, resilience during onslaught of typhoon ‘Ulysses’ by Argyll Cyrus Geducos

https://mb.com.ph/2020/11/13/palace-extols-pinoys-for-preparation-resilience-during-onslaught-of-typhoon-ulysses-2/

On Resilience Governance

Blanchet K., Nam S.L., Ramalingam B., & Pozo-Martin F. (2017). Governance and capacity to manage resilience of health systems: Towards a new conceptual framework. International Journal Health Policy and Management, 6(8),431–435.

Brunner, R. D. (2010). Adaptive governance as a reform strategy. Policy Sciences, 43(4), 301-341.

Legido-Quigley, H., Asgari, N., Teo, Y. Y., Leung, G. M., Oshitani, H., Fukuda, K., …& Heymann, D. (2020). Are high-performing health systems resilient against the COVID-19 epidemic?. The Lancet, 395(10227), 848-850.

Olu, O. (2017). Resilient health system as conceptual framework for strengthening public health disaster risk management: An African viewpoint. Frontiers in public health, 5 (263), 1-6.

Recommendation

Basang-Basa sa Ulan by Aegis (Song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2GyI3Whk50&ab_channel=AlphaRecords

Rak of Aegis by PETA (musical)-We could not find the full show but here is a press presentation with the cast of the 2018 run

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEJZCBQn8C8&ab_channel=UnsaulicitedBlog

Darkest Hour

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4555426/

Hosted by Matt Ordonez and Anthony Borja

Music by JV Ordonez

Logo Design by Shin Miyamoto

Editing by Anthony Borja

After recording Episode 5, we decided to record another one on issues that  emerged from the 2020 US Presidential elections, and from the Episode 5 (Part 1). We tackled the following questions: Is Trump comparable to Duterte? Why do Filipinos like him? Would four more years of Trump Benefit the Philippines? Can Filipino progressives learn from Biden's campaign? Is #TayoNaman realistic for Philippine politics? Is there anything we can learn from America right now?

0:00 Intro

0:10 Greetings

1:10 Observations Contentious Results and possibilities of Cheating

4:20 Why are we concerned with American politics? America as our ideal

6:16 Politics as spectator sports

7:18 Are Duterte and Donald Trump comparable? Fall of the Fascists?

11:20- Is Trump Authoritarian?

13:20- Trump keeping China in check

14:40 -Why Filipinos love Trump

18:45- Are Trump and Duterte Fascist?;Personality politics

21:40- Biden's win as hope?; #TayoNaman

23:15- American Revolution vs. French Revolution

25:40- Progressives hinging on Voter turnout and Activism

29:00- Hope in Youth Politics

31:30- How should we use the story of America right now?

36:10- Recommendation

41:22- Credits

References

Philippines loves Trump the most-Pew by Renzo Acosta

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/182993/fwd-ph-loves-trump-the-most-pew

In Asia, Trump gets second-highest approval rating in PH second-highest-approval-rating-in-ph by Gabriel Lalu

Joe Biden vs. the Nuns by Wall Street Journal

https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-vs-the-nuns-11594336792

Recommendations

Re-conceptualising Political Alienation: On Spectators, Spectacles and Public Protests by Anthony Borja (2015) 

https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/theoria/62/144/th6214403.xml

’Tis but a Habit in an Unconsolidated Democracy: Habitual Voting, Political Alienation and Spectatorship by Anthony Borja (2017)

https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/theoria/64/150/th6415002.xml

Our Brand is Crisis (2015)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1018765/

Our Brand is Crisis (2005)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492714/ 

While billions of people around the world are focusing on the US Presidential Elections, the hosts of P.I. Podcast will tackle why Filipinos in particular are fixated on American politics, and whether or not it is necessary to watch an empire in decline.

Although we had a nice full discussion in Episode 5, many issues have since emerged during US election-watching in the Philippines. 

Part 1 discusses our colonial past under America and our fascination with the "Wrong America."

Part 2 Coming Soon

0:00-Intro music

0:27-Greeting

1:15 Halloween

2:10- US Elections-Why do we care?

4:10 US contemporary politics and Foreign affairs

6:00- US Declining superpower in world politics

6:40- Philippines colonial experiences under the United States

8:36 America as an object and a product of our imagination

10:24 How America was portrayed in history/American listeners

11:30 misalignment between fact and imagination

12:40:Philippines Rationalizing defeat

14:20- Philippine political and educational institutions inspired by American colonialism

16:10 Why Matt is a political scientist and US elections

17:22 US elections fueling our imagination in our elections? We are leader-centric regardless

19:20 Philippine Political science inheriting American Political Science

22:15  The world still sees America as a center; 

23:32- Watching America in Decline; Filipinos in America

25:02 We are looking at the wrong America, Focus on American history an

26:20- Why do we compare?

27:35 -It is still important to watch it fall? It is watching literature

30:00- Is it more important to watch the foundation or degradation of the American Constitution?

30:58 Understanding the American constitution like a body

32:20- F0cus on how it succeeded rather than how it is failing

33:30 the fragility of history; Quality of American history is not the same as ours

35:50- The American past is not so different from the American President

37:15 Globalization of American influence and Philippine Culture: MYMP and BLM

40:00 We are coinciding with American past and not the American Present

41:30- Is our American present our future?

44:20 Even the strongest nations in the same way it crumbles; Embedded mediocrity

45:30 America as an inspiration; Filipinos Aping American culture

48:50 It's like watching a saga; We need to watch the whole story

52:03- Recommendation

58:40- Concluding words

1:01:03-Credits

Citations

Reconstruction in Philosophy by John Dewey

https://www.amazon.ca/Reconstruction-Philosophy-John-Dewey/dp/1647999103/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8CBRXN8XX06C&dchild=1&keywords=reconstruction+in+philosophy&sprefix=reconstruction+in+%2Caps%2C378&sr=8-1

Recommendations

America is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan

https://shopee.ph/America-is-in-the-Heart-i.125283795.2435355573

Race for the White House by CNN

https://edition.cnn.com/shows/race-for-the-white-house

Liberty: The American Revolution by PBS

https://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/liberty.html

Hosted by Matt Ordonez and Anthony Borja

Music by JV Ordonez

Logo Design by Shin Miyamoto

Editing by Anthony Borja

We take questions from listeners, friends, and colleagues on deep topics. Are we progressive or Conservative? How do we persuade people? Where is the soul located? What is the nature of slavery? Lastly, we give our hot takes and predictions on the upcoming US elections and our own elections in 2022.

Questions:

0:27 Intro

3:15 Question #1 What are Matt and Borj's positions in the political spectrum?

18:23 Question #2 What are great practices for breaking up toxic groupthink without being confrontational or agitating?

20:30 Question #3 What is the best way to persuade or at least work with someone who is radically on the other side of the political fence as you?

26:07 Question #4 Ano po ang nature ng Slavery? And bakit po hanggang ngayon nag eexist pa rin po ang Slavery. Ano-ano po ang mga factors or pwersa na siyang dahilan ng pagkakaroon ng slavery sa isang lipunan?

34:40 Question #5 Where is the soul located in man?

43:36 Question #6 Dun po ba sa Laissez Faire, yung Invisible Hand po ba ay Left or Right?

46:55 Question #7 Could do a brief 101 on US elections and politics? Explain the electoral college, gerry mandering, right-wing populism, etc

51:57 Hot takes on the US elections (On Trump vs. Biden)

56:45 Question # 8 Give us your projection of pres and vp candidates in the next elections in the phl and discuss who could win and who should win. (What could and should happen)

1:00:50 Borj's address to the disappointed; A call to Change!

1:04:48 Question #9 Recommend a song

1:10:43 Closing

1:11:40 Credits

Sources

Political Compass 

https://www.politicalcompass.org/

"How to Lose your Soul(And How to Save it)" by Bishop Robert Barron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dmL48CUdWg&t=428s

Henri Bergson

https://www.amazon.ca/Time-Free-Will-Immediate-Consciousness/dp/0486417670/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=henri+bergson+time+and+free+will&qid=1603452557&sr=8-4

Recommendations

"Hammer to Fall" by Queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiimVjS2DHo

"Kapatid" performed by Abe Autea from the Dekada 70 Musical

Musi

https://soundcloud.com/dekada70musical/kapatid

Dekada 70 by Lualhati Bautista

https://shopee.ph/Dekada-70-by-Lualhati-Bautista-i.125283795.2291376601

Why is it so difficult to have Political Discussions? Why is it so difficult to agree or even agree to disagree? Why do we keep losing friends and family to political disagreements? Matt and Borj discuss the political polarization occurring in the Philippines and around the world and how to adapt to it through conversation beyond debates.

To participate in your Q and A, you can send your questions, comments and suggestions at [email protected] or https://ask.fm/pipodcastph0611

Hosted by Matt Ordonez and Anthony Borja

Music by JV Ordonez

Logo Design by Shin Miyamoto

Sound and Video Editing by Anthony Borja

Sources

Explaining Political Disagreement by Andrew Mason

https://www.amazon.com/Explaining-Political-Disagreement-Andrew-Mason/dp/0521053994

Why is there no Political Polarization in the Philippines? By Paul Kenny

https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/08/18/why-is-there-no-political-polarization-in-philippines-pub-82439

On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche 

https://www.amazon.com/Genealogy-Morals-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141195371/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=genealogy+of+morals&qid=1602225228&s=books&sr=1-2

The Social Dilemma (2020)

https://www.netflix.com/ph/title/81254224

Duterte Approval rating rises t 91% amid pandemic, Cayetano Suffers drop, CNN Philippines(2020)

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/10/5/Duterte-approval-trust-rating-COVID-19-September-2020-Pulse-Asia-survey.html

Recommendations

The Political Mind: A Cognitive Scientist's Guide to Your Brain and Its Politics (2009) by George Lakoff

https://www.amazon.com/Political-Mind-Cognitive-Scientists-Politics/dp/0143115685/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+political+mind&qid=1602225280&s=books&sr=1-1

Moral Politics in the Philippines (2018) by Wataru Kusaka

https://shopee.ph/Moral-Politics-in-the-Philippines-i.75162109.1805844945

The Private Death of Public Discourse (1998) by Barry Sanders

https://www.amazon.com/Private-Public-Discourse-American-Society/dp/0807004340

Time

00:00 Intro Music

00:23-Greeting

01:10-International viewers

02:23-Why can't we be friends?

03:02-Encounter with trolls

04:35 Is walking away a good thing?

06:00-Netflix's Social Dilemma

06:40-Cognifive processes; we are not truly reasonable

07:50-Is the Philippines polarized?

10:58-Pulse Asia survey

14:12-Emotional attachments

18:36 -Have you started political arguments?; Biases against Sciences

20:30- Survival and moving beyond the uncertain;

24:26- Culture of debate;

27:10- Politics and Friendship

28:10- Moral Politics and Class; Conyo vs Jologs

29:00- Neurological Energy

30:40- Politics and Survival

32:30- Friendship and Civic Life

34:10- Politics as a Zero Sum Game

37:50- Philippine Collectivism and Individual Opinions

39:05- How to make friends in an unequal society

40:25- Economic Democracy?

42:08- Christian ethics and Amor Mundi

43:18- Conversations with elites and among Citizen

44:28- Practical advice

47:40- Recommendations

50:28- Ask.fm account, Announcement of Q and A for episode 4

51:35- Credits