The P*I* Podcast

In this episode, we talk to Dominic Ligot, founder of Data Ethics PH and host of AI conversations, on the effects of AI in our society, what are some of the benefits and risks of using AI, and how we can talk and think about AI in a more productive way.

0:00 Music

0.15 Intro on AI

3:00 Guest: Dominic Ligot

4:30 How Dominic Ligot got into AI?

10:00 How are people talking about AI?

16:00 What is AI and what AI is not?

20:20 What AI cant do? AI and Empathy

25:00 Dominic's best arguments for and against AI

31:30 What AI can do that we cannot do.

39:00 How do we move forward safely?

44:00 AI and Religion

46:40 Teaching with AI

55:10 AI in Governance and Policymaking

1:00:00 Closing Remarks

1:05:10 Recommendations

You can find Dominic Ligot in the following Links:

Website: docligot.com

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

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/docligot

Recommendations:

Ex-Machina

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470752/

I,Robot

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_I%252C%2520Robot

Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark

https://www.amazon.com/Life-3-0-Being-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1101946598

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm

Frankenstein Urbanism

https://www.amazon.com/Eco-Cities-Routledge-Studies-Urbanism-City/dp/1138101788

Star Trek The Next Generation: Measure of a Man

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708807/

For this episode, we invited Miro Abala to discuss how Japanese anime is political. We discuss how Filipino society fell in love with anime, Animes as political content, Anime as a labor issue and Anime as foreign policy.

We also briefly recommend some animes that are very

You may get more information here:

https://www.facebook.com/japanesefilmfestPH/

How to Watch: https://japanesefilmfestph.jfmo.org.ph/how-to-watch/

0:00 Music

0:15 Intro

2:10 What is Anime?

5:00 Is Scott Pilgrim Anime?

7:15 Animes but not Animes?

9:30 Why do Filipinos like Anime?

20:20 How is something political?

25:50 Anime as Political Content

35:10 Anime as a Labor issue

44:15 Anime as Soft Power

52:50 Recommendations

1:02:20 Japanese Film Festival ad

Sources:

Scene from Victory Gundam:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gundammobilesuitposting/permalink/6852696901520253/

Karoshi: https://www.ilo.org/safework/info/publications/WCMS_211571/lang--en/index.htm

Jujutsu Kaisen Animator: Industry will Collapse

https://www.cbr.com/jujutsu-kaisen-0-anime-industry-collapse/

Cool Japan: https://www.cao.go.jp/cool_japan/english/index-e.html

Recommendations:

Mobile Suit Gundam

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159172/

Gundam Seed

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374407/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

One Punch Man

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374407/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

The Day I reincarnated as a Slime

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9054364/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Mother's Basement:

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

Gigguk:

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

Trash Taste:

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

Princess Mononoke:

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/28630857

Pom Poko:https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/70035036

Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans:

https://www.netflix.com/jp-en/title/80150290

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

Erwin Smith-A Devil with a Dream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVpRCySUx3Y

The 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) was one of the highest grossing festivals our country has had in years. The top-grossing and most-watched movie from this line-up is Rewind(2023) starring Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera. In this Bonus episode, I invited my Dad to discuss what Rewind says about Marriage, Gender roles, Family Values, Jesus Christ and Story-telling in Filipino films.

This episode was prompted after I discovered the exciting, incisive, and polemical book, Post-Dilawan Cinema and the Pandemic(2023) at the BLTX Small Press expo. We discuss Philippine Cinema through the lens of class struggle with the book's Author, Epoy Deyto. The conversation spans the issues of movie-going, how ph cinema alienates the poor, the ideological content of films, the intersections of politics and business in Philippine Cinema, and Metro Manila Film Festival.

You can find a digital copy of the book here:https://www.missingcodec.com/downloads/post-dilawan-cinema-and-the-pandemic/

You may also find a physical copy of the book from Shonenbat Collective here:https://www.facebook.com/ShonenBatCollective/

You may also find more of Epoy's writing in his blog: here:https://www.missingcodec.com/

You may also support small publishers at BLTX here:

https://www.facebook.com/xeroxography/

https://gantalapress.org/community/bltx/

0:00

0:15 Intro

3:00 What inspired the book?

8:45 What is Cinemaralita?

12:20 Encounter with Teddy Co

15:30 Theory of Moviegoing/Boom and Bust

20:30 MMFF 2016 Background: Audience

24:30 What is post-dilawan Cinema

27:00 Franchising of Cinema

30:50 Cinema is an ecosystem

35:00 Dilawan Cinema and Neoliberal Ideology

42:30 Action Films and Violent Cinema

45:00 Cinema under Duterte

50:00 Daryl Yap and Vincentiments

54:00 Dilawan Neoliberalism

59:20 Depictions of the personal beyond Dilawan Cinema

1:04:00 FIlm's Epoy Likes?

1:06:00 What should PH Cinema be?

1:12:10 Did anything change since the book?

1:15:15 Hope in Ph Cinema

1:23:00 Exposing and Combatting Imperialism

1:29:00 Cinema for the masses

1:32:00 Where to find the book and epoy's other work?

1:34:15 Comments on MMFF and Cinema's comeback

1:38:00 MMFF and the issues with exhibitors

1:41:50 Recommendations

Apologies if the sound for this episode is off. My microphone had technical difficulties so I had to re-dub my parts for audio clarity.

For this holiday season, this episode will talk about mental health We always hear a lot about mental health. This may contain sensitive themes. We heara lot of buzzwords like anxiety, depression, toxicity, stress, trigger warnings etc . While many dismiss it as a lack of faith or resilience or a fad among the youth, there is a real phenomenon ofan increasing number of diagnoses, which need medication and therapy, and at extreme cases may lead to self-harm and suicide. Many people have integrated mental health into popular discourse but there are still other parts of society that do not understand or tolerate it. There is a lot we do not fully understand about this reality. This week, we have two guests RS Mojica and Bill Fuentes from Mental Health PH, to hopefully help us understand and demystify mental health and how ordinary citizens can address this issue.

Recommendations

Good Will Hunting: imdb.com/title/tt0119217/

The trial (2014) by Chito Rono: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX3dy2s1y3s&t=3941s

Psych2go: https://www.youtube.com/@Psych2go

For more resources check their Mental Health Directory: https://mentalhealthph.org/directory/

Check out Mental Health PH in their links below

Website: https://mentalhealthph.org/

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

X(Formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/mentalhealthph

0:00 Music

0:15 Intro

2:20 Guests Intro

5:55 What is Mental Health PH

10:00 What is Mental Health

16:30 How do we talk about Mental Health

33:55 How to do Mental Health Advocacy

41.15 How is Mental Health in the Philippines

48:50 Priority Solutions

52:00 How to deal with skeptics

58:40 Closing Statements

1:05:25 Recommendations

In this season of film festivals, we are joined by film programmer and festival consultant, Eunice Helera, who is co-organizing this year's French Film Festival. We discuss film festivals, why they are important, and what can audiences gain from them.

The P*I* podcast recommends the 26th French Film Festival which starts on November 25 and ends on December 3, at SM Mall of Asia and SM Megamall. You may see the schedule here: https://agimat.net/26th-french-film-festival/

You may find more of Eunice's socials here:

https://twitter.com/euhelera?lang=en

https://www.instagram.com/euiehlr/

0:00 Music

0:15 Intro

2:00 What is a film programmer?

4:30 How Eunice programs film festivals?

9:00 Eunice, Gawad Alternatibo and Alternative cinema

15:00 Festival films after the film festival

27:00 Digital Streaming or festival strategy

30:50 Why are film festivals are important?

40:00 Philippine films impression around the world

50:25 The future of PH film festivals

56:45 The Government and film festivals

1:01:20 The FDCP and NCCA.

1:04:30 The Metro Manila Film Festival

1:13:50 Why go to film festivals?

1:20:21 Recommendations

For our October episode, we discuss the vast and diverse world of Philippine Folklores with Jean Karl Gaverza, Researcher and Founder of Philippine Spirits. We discuss the many Gods, Monsters (Aswang) of the country's regions, and what they say about the many cultures in the Philippines. Karl also gives a generous list of recommendations on what to read regarding Philippine Myths, Gods and Aswangs. Lastly, we discuss Project Glocal Heritage as a way of preserving these many cultural stories. See how you can donate and help the campaign here: https://www.facebook.com/GlocalHeritagePH

Check out more of Karl's work at Philippine Spirits here:

Website:https://phspirits.com/

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

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

You can read Karl's groundbreaking thesis, "Myths of the Philippines" thesis here: https://www.academia.edu/36248979/THE_MYTHS_OF_THE_PHILIPPINES_2014_

0:00 Music

0:15 Intro

2:00 How Karl Got into Myths

6:40 Linguistics and Mythy

10:00Cataloguing of Myths and Karl's Thesis

13:30 Plurality of belief systems in the Philippines

14:20 Ethnolinguistic groups and Languages in the Philippines

17:43 What Folklores shows about Filipino people?

20:00 Mooneaters/Bakunwa

25:00 Why so many versions?

27:20 Philippine Gods and belief systems

32:20 WHy so many gods?

35:10 How people get research wrong

40:00 Filipino Monsters

49:20 Popular culture

54:00 Impact of Karl's work

56:20 What needs to be done

58:00 PRoject Glocal History

1:02:50 Recommendations

Check out more of Karl's work at Philippine Spirits here

Website:https://phspirits.com/

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

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

Recommendations:

Creatures of lower Philippine Mythology by Maximo Ramos

https://www.amazon.com/Creatures-Philippine-Lower-Mythology/dp/153038999

The Soul Book: Introduction to Philippine Pagan Religion

https://archive.org/details/the-soul-book-demetrio-cordero-fernando-zialcita-1991

The Outline of Philippine Mythology

https://www.amazon.com/Outline-Philippine-Mythology-Landa-Jocano/dp/1790400864

Philippine Folk Literature series by Damiana Eugenio

https://www.goodreads.com/series/200958-philippine-folk-literature-series

Dictionario Mithologico de Filipino

https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Ferdinand-Blumentritt/dp/1777275806

Trese

https://www.netflix.com/title/81012541

Shake Rattle and Roll(1984)

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

Nocebo

https://www.netflix.com/title/81640415

In my Mother's skin (2023)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20413870/

Mga Nilalang na Kagila-gilalas by Edgar Samar

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50910256

Song of the Mango and other new myths

https://unipress.ateneo.edu/product/song-mango-and-other-new-myths

Amburukay Sugidanon (Epics) of Panay by ALicia Magos

https://press.up.edu.ph/project/amburukay-sugidanon-epics-of-panay-book-2/

Works of Karl De Mesa

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/4639021.Karl_R_de_Mesa

Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B

https://www.iwanttfc.com/ssr/en/item/angmanananggalsaunit23b.html

Ang Manananggal na nahahati ang Puso

https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Ang_Manananggal_na_Nahahati_ang_Puso?id=VrpXnSIWwuI.P

Hello Mga Ka-P*I*, this is your host, Matt Ordonez. As you know, this is, admittedly a belated release for the third anniversary of the P*I* podcast and for that I thank all of you for listening and following the podcast until now. Today, September 21, is also the anniversary of the declaration of Martial law. For this reason, I decided to do something different and show a new piece of Philippine history. I recently came across a letter addressed to former president, Ferdinand Marcos Sr. The letter was written by the late Atty. Eufemio Domingo, who at the time was an accomplished Mabini Lawyer and would later be appointed as a Chairman of the Commission on Audit during the administration of President Corazon Aquino. He was known by some as "one of the last honest men in government." The letter was dated on August 28, 1973, almost a full year after the declaration of martial law. It conveys a very mixed message. While he does sympathize with President Marcos with the need for government control, instilling discipline on society, the curbing of a corrupt elite, and the alleviation of widespread poverty in the country, he also expressed doubts with the implementation of Martial law. He also did not necessarily believe in the immediate restoration of democracy either but proposed a more "enlightened liberal dictatorship," perhaps a compromise and appeal to Marcos' better nature in order to improve the country's dire situation. In the end, Atty. Domingo pleads for President Marcos to grant the Filipino nation a new social contract and national purpose, challenging him to be a true father of the nation. Honestly, I am not entirely sure what to feel with this document. It certainly does not neatly fit in my own views nor the views of today's political camps. What I can say is, even an intelligent man with integrity like Atty. Eufemio Domingo did not see the situation as "black or white" even during the Martial law years itself. This is only the perspective of one man but perhaps it is worth considering given the difficulty of our current situation. I share this document not to re-assert or admonish his perspective but to stir some conversation regarding our history and the meaning of Martial law.

Although Atty. Domingo tried sending the letter to the president, it is unknown whether President Marcos Sr. received or read the letter

The following is an audio recording of myself reading the letter as faithfully as I can for everyone to judge for themselves. I look forward to any comments or responses any listener may have. Thank you and I hope you appreciate the recording.

This episode is all about books. They aren't only things we read but things we buy, write, produce, market, and sell. We discuss the country's reading culture and the status of publishing sectors with guest, Kevin Ansel Dy from the National Book Development Board. We also discuss some tips for publishers and authors on how to improve the situation and some interesting books about books in the recommendations.

This episode is produced in partnership with the Manila International Book Fair 2023. The MIBF is back with over 100 publishers, from indie to international. There will be many book launches, forums, sales, and many more. The fair will be on September 14- 17, 2023, from 10am to 8pm, at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City. Entrance is free for See you all there!

You may follow the MIBF here:https://www.facebook.com/ManilaBookFair

You may register here: http://bookfair.winposunlimited.com/

0:00 Music

0:15 Intro

1:11 Manila International Book Fair 2023

3:00 Why Kevin entered a career in publishing books?

10:00 Frankfurt Fair: Ph is the Guest of Honor

18:50 What PH publishing can offer the world

23:00 Filipino reading culture

32:20 The status of PH publishing

44:40 Ph Digital Publishing vs. Print Publlishing

55:45 What the Government needs to do

1:01:00 Tips for Publishers and Authors

1:09:00 Recommendations

Recommendations

Tagalog Bestsellers of the Twentieth Century: A History of the Book in the Philippines by Patricia Jurilla

https://unipress.ateneo.edu/product/tagalog-bestsellers-twentieth-century-history-book-philippines-0

Merchants of Culture by John B. Thompson

https://www.amazon.com/Merchants-Culture-John-B-Thompson/dp/0745647863

Book Wars

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Wars-Digital-Revolution-Publishing/dp/1509546782

Origins and Rise of the Filipino Novel in English by Resil Mojares

https://shopee.ph/Origins-and-Rise-of-the-Filipino-Novel-i.492896083.21531091487

Enigmatic Objects by Resil Mojares

https://unipress.ateneo.edu/product/enigmatic-objects-notes-towards-history-museum-philippines

Shakespeare and Company by Sylvia beach

https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare-Company-Sylvia-Beach/dp/0803260970

Wiseguys Bookshop

https://www.facebook.com/wiseguysbookshop

Page 394

https://www.facebook.com/Page394books

Filipiniana Bibliophile Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/724239588008284

Everything's Fine

https://www.everythingsfineph.com/

In this episode, as we experience more drastic changes in our weather, we discuss environmental issues, Climate change, advocacy in the Philippines with activist, John Leo Algo.

0:00 Music

0:12 Intro

2:30 Guest: John Algo

3:30 Why Environmental Advocacy?

11:50 What is environmental science?

14:40 Contributions to Environmental Advocacy

22:25 What are the most pressing environmental issues?

33:00 Climate Change denial and debates

37:00 Climate change humanly caused and humanly solved?

41:27 Climate change news?

48:40 What would John Algo tell the government?

51:00 Policy Wishlist for the Marcos Admin

57:55 Highlights from civil society

1:03:25 The role of ordinary filipinos

1:16:50 Recommendations

Sources:

What Filipinos think about climate change?

https://www.licas.news/2022/07/05/study-says-most-filipinos-see-climate-change-as-something-personal/#:~:text=Most%20Filipinos%20treat%20climate%20change,highest%20scores%20among%20those%20surveyed.

You can see more of John Leo Algo's work at the following links below:

Living Laudate Si Philippines

https://livinglaudatosi.org.ph/

Aksyon Klima

https://aksyonklima.org/

None left behind

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BoU_ETlndwsRsNVFWRZ4_wgZ1W-gYpvu/view

Recommendations

Dont Look up (2021)

https://www.netflix.com/title/81252357

Whether the weather is fine

https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Whether-the-Weather-is-Fine/0RPTBS3WR76OKWJA8HQPDUSZM1

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change

https://www.ipcc.ch/

Oscar M. Lopez Center

https://www.omlopezcenter.org/

The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change

https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/the-science-and-politics-of-global-climate-change/197C1C55A3966B01BC35862BACAF3982#overview

Alon a Documentary on plastic waste

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKTdKpNWmr4

Our Planet by David Attenborough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfO-3Oir-qM