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On August 21, 1983, Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., a staunch critic of the Marcos regime, was assassinated on the tarmac of what was then called the Manila International Airport. According to the Martial Law Museum, “Ninoy’s death ignited a fire among the opposition.” Less than 3 years after Ninoy’s assassination, the Filipino people went to the streets in a non-violent mass protest called the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution and ended the two-decade Marcos dictatorship.

Here are some of the things that happened between then and now: Cory Aquino became president, and then 18 years after that her son Noynoy Aquino got elected; Martial Law victims received some reparations and billions of the Marcos’ ill-gotten wealth were recovered; however, in 2022 Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., son of the ousted dictator, got elected to the presidency and returned to Malacañang. And even before that, the Philippines was ravaged by Rodrigo Duterte’s violent “War on Drugs.”

Given this context, our North Star for this wayfinding mission will be these questions:

1. Given the Marcoses' return to power, how do we reevaluate EDSA and the aftermath of Ninoy’s assassination?
2. How do we preserve the memories of the victims of Martial Law despite the efforts of some towards historical revisionism?
3. What should we learn from the people who helped topple the Marcos dictatorship, and how can we treat the project of building a more just and free society as an intergenerational responsibility?

Thank you once again to our guests for lovingly navigating these questions with us.

Episode 7
Defending history: from Ninoy through EDSA to the present with Ging Deles and Kiko Aquino Dee
Wonder Facilitator: Tony La Viña
Field Guide: Ging Deles
Explorer: Kiko Aquino Dee
Episode Director: Beatrice Tulagan
Assistant Director & Writer: Pecier Decierdo
Episode Editor: Lloyd Boongaling
Episode Production Coordinator: Karl Revelar
Production Assistant: Krishna Ariola

The Wonderer Podcast: Intergenerational Conversations with Tony La Viña is co-produced by tala storytelling collective in the Philippines.
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On August 21, 1983, Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., a staunch critic of the Marcos regime, was assassinated on the tarmac of what was then called the Manila International Airport. Less than 3 years after Ninoy’s assassination, the Filipino people went to the streets in a non-violent mass protest called the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution and ended the two-decade Marcos dictatorship.

In 2022, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the ousted dictator's son, was elected president and returned to Malacañang.

What should we learn from the people who helped topple the Marcos dictatorship? How can we treat the project of building a more just and free society as an intergenerational responsibility? How do we preserve the memories of the victims of Martial Law despite the efforts of some towards historical revisionism?

Join us for the release of our new #TheWondererPodcast episode with Ging Deles as our field guide and Kiko Aquino Dee as our explorer. It will premiere on August 21, the 43rd anniversary of Ninoy Aquino’s assassination.

In the meantime, you can tune in to the show via Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or Spotify. You can find links to all our previous episodes via this link: https://bit.ly/TheWondererPodcast-episodelinks

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Mananaig ang katotohanan. This call is more important now than ever. Thanks to the internet and social media, nefarious actors have found it easier to undertake massive disinformation campaigns. This adds to the fact that billionaire-controlled algorithms often let misinformation spread like a virus, beating the pace and reach of the fastest fact-checkers. To top it all, the rise of AI slop and deepfakes has made the work of fighting misinformation even harder.

But as important as it is to fight falsehoods and “fake news,” this impetus can be abused to muzzle good and honest journalism and curtail free speech.

Ito ang ikinakabahala ng marami tungkol sa isinusulong na “Anti-disinformation Bill” sa Kamara at Senado. The versions of the bill pose serious threats, such as criminalizing speech or even reporting deemed politically inconvenient.

In our wayfinding today, our North Star will be these curiosities:

• Who should be held accountable for the spread of disinformation in the age of social media and generative AI? Sino ang dapat managot?
• What are actually effective ways to fight disinformation?
• How do free speech and freedom of the press help protect our other rights?

Thank you once again to our guests from Sigla Research Center for lovingly navigating these questions with us. 

You can read "Architects of networked disinformation: Behind the scenes of troll accounts and fake news production in the Philippines" by Jonathan Corpus Ong and Jason Vincent Cabañes here.

Episode 6 - Truth and consequence: fighting disinformation while protecting free speech 
Wonder Facilitator: Tony La Viña 
Field Guide: Jonathan Corpus Ong 
Explorer: Yuki Abion 
Episode Director: Beatrice Tulagan 
Assistant Writer & Director: Pecier Decierdo
Editor: Lloyd Boongaling 
Episode Production Coordinator: Karl Revelar 
Production Assistant: Krishna Ariola 

The Wonderer Podcast: Intergenerational Conversations with Tony La Viña is co-produced by tala storytelling collective in the Philippines. 
@talastory.studio / www.talastory.studio 

The Wonderer Podcast: Intergenerational Conversations with Tony La Viña is co-produced by tala storytelling collective in the Philippines. 

@talastory.studio / www.talastory.studio 

Follow our show's Instagram and Facebook for updates and bonus content. @wonderer.podcast / The Wonderer Podcast: Intergenerational Conversations with Tony La Viña 

You can stream all our episodes on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. 

Safe journeys! #disinformation #fakenews #freespeech #podcast

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Mananaig ang katotohanan.  This call is more important now than ever. Thanks to the internet and social media, nefarious actors have found it easier to undertake massive disinformation campaigns. 

This adds to the fact that billionaire-controlled algorithms often let misinformation spread like a virus, beating the pace and reach of the fastest fact-checkers. To top it all, the rise of AI slop and deepfakes has made the work of fighting misinformation even harder.

Who should be held accountable for the spread of disinformation in the age of social media and generative AI? Sino ang dapat managot? What are actually effective ways to fight disinformation?

Join us for the release of our new #TheWondererPodcast episode on #disinformation this weekend with Jonathan Corpus Ong as our field guide and Yuki Abion as our youth explorer. It will premiere on Saturday, 7PM Manila time.

In the meantime, stream our latest episodes via YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.

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Kailangan nating ipaglaban ang kinabukasan natin. A better world is possible. The Philippines we want – one, for example, where our healthcare system can heal the sick regardless of financial status, where all of us workers receive fair wages and ample protections, where our human rights are held sacred, where a transportation system lets us move around with dignity, and where our national wealth is safeguarded from corrupt officials and corporate greed – is achievable.

We need to fight for it. And to do so, we need to learn from the lessons of generations of activists who have fought for the freedoms we enjoy today.

In our wayfinding today, our North Star will be these curiosities:

1. Paano natin magagamit ang mga aral ng nakaraan sa kasalukuyang laban natin? How can we draw from the lessons of activism in the past decades in our current fights for justice?
2. How do we tell the story of activism and organizing in this era of historical revisionism and red-tagging?
3. Where can the next generation of activists draw hope to carry on the long, intergenerational fight for a better world? Saan huhugot ng pag-asa ang mga bagong aktibista?

Thank you once again to our guests for lovingly navigating these questions with us.

Episode 5 Practicing the World We Want: Activism and Liberation with Satur Ocampo and Myles Albasin
Wonder Facilitator: Tony La Viña
Field Guide: Satur Ocampo
Youth Explorer: Myles Albasin
Episode Writer & Director: Beatrice Tulagan
Assistant Director: Pecier Decierdo
Episode Editor: Lloyd Boongaling
Episode Production Coordinator: Karl Revelar

The Wonderer Podcast: Intergenerational Conversations with Tony La Viña is co-produced by tala storytelling collective.

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Kailangan natin ipaglaban ang kinabukasan natin. A better world – a world we deserve – is possible. But this just world will not fall into our laps or be served to us while we wait for its inevitable arrival. Many of the rights and freedoms we enjoy today had to be fought for by generations of activists and organizers. 

What can we learn from the struggle?

Join us for the release of our new #TheWondererPodcast episode on the #SONA2026 and #activism this weekend with Ka Satur Ocampo as our field guide and Myles Albasin as our youth explorer.

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Filipinos deserve better than spectacles on livestream that attempt to skew our sense of justice and fairness.

In this episode featuring Atty. Luke Espiritu and Rep. Renee Co, we’ll talk about political developments in the impeachment process of Vice President Sara Duterte, and how the public can serve as watchdogs of our democracy by engaging critically with the upcoming hearings.

In our wayfinding today, our North Star will be these curiosities:

1. Paano nga ba tayo makikisali sa usapang impeachment sa gitna ng halo-halong kwento at naratibo kung sino ang nasa tama at sino ang tunay na nagkamali? With the impeachment trial starting soon – where should we direct our attention?
2. With everything at stake, how do we broaden political participation beyond social media commentary and election days?
3. How do we conceive of justice in the Philippines, where many are disillusioned by normalized corruption and collusion at all levels? Will this impeachment hearing serve as the public’s model of seeking accountability moving forward?

Thank you once again to our guests for lovingly navigating these questions with us.

Episode 4: Safeguarding justice: The Filipino public as impeachment watchdogs with Luke Espiritu and Renee Co

Wonder Facilitator: Tony La Viña

Field Guide: Atty. Luke Espiritu

Youth Explorer: Rep. Renee Co

Episode Writer & Director: Beatrice Tulagan

Assistant Writer: Pecier Decierdo

Episode Editor: Lloyd Boongaling

Episode Production Coordinator: Karl Revelar

The Wonderer Podcast: Intergenerational Conversations with Tony La Viña is co-produced by tala storytelling collective.

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Filipinos deserve better than spectacles on livestream that attempt to skew our sense of justice and fairness. Join us for the release of our new #TheWondererPodcast episode next week, where we’ll talk about political developments in the impeachment process of Vice President Sara Duterte, and how the public can serve as watchdogs of our democracy by engaging critically with the upcoming hearings. 

With Atty. Luke Espiritu as our field guide and Rep. Renee Co as our explorer, we’ll weave through how we can uphold our demands for accountability and justice beyond social media and election cycles.

See you next weekend! In the meantime, you can stream previous episodes on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

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For this episode featuring Dr. Leovino Garcia and Ian Kintanar, we talked about the value of philosophizing, especially in this age of so-called artificial intelligence, attacks on civic institutions, “post-truth,” and echo chambers constructed by billionaire-controlled algorithms.

In other words, we will be wondering about the nature and value of wondering itself.

The Commission on Higher Education’s proposed Reframed General Education curriculum, put forward in April 2026, halves the number of general education units at institutions of higher learning. The Reframed GE is meant to address the current demands of the job market and to help schools produce “employment-ready” graduates. However, the Reframed GE results in many existing subjects, particularly in the social sciences and humanities, being subsumed into other courses.

In our wayfinding today, our North Star will be these curiosities:

1. What does it mean to philosophize or “do philosophy,” especially in the Filipino context?
2. What is the enduring and radical value of holistic education in this present day and age?
3. How can the act of philosophizing help us become more human, animating us with hope and optimism for the future in this seemingly bleak present?

Thank you once again to our guests for lovingly navigating these questions.

Episode 3: Pagpapakatao: Becoming more human through philosophizing
Wonder Facilitator: Tony La Viña
Field Guide: Dr. Leovino Garcia
Youth Explorer: Ian Kintanar
Episode Writer & Director: Pecier Decierdo
Episode Editor: Lloyd Boongaling
Episode Production Coordinator: Karl Revelar

The Wonderer Podcast: Intergenerational Conversations with Tony La Viña is co-produced by tala storytelling collective.

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For our next episode of The Wonderer Podcast, we will be talking about the value of philosophizing, especially in this age of so-called artificial intelligence, attacks on civic institutions, “post-truth,” and echo chambers constructed by billionaire-controlled algorithms. In other words, we will be wondering about the nature and value of wondering itself.

The Commission on Higher Education’s proposed Reframed General Education curriculum, put forward in April 2026, cuts in half the number of general education units in institutions of higher learning. The Reframed GE is meant to address the current demands of the job market and to help schools produce “employment-ready” graduates. However, the Reframed GE results in many existing subjects, particularly in the social sciences and humanities, to be subsumed into other courses. 

Unfortunately, this threat to the humanities in institutions of learning is just the most recent in a long line of challenges to the value of holistic education.

Join us on Sunday for the release of this conversation with Dr. Leovino Garcia and Ian Kintanar. In the meantime, stream our episodes 1 and 2 via YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other platforms.

Safe journeys!