Continuing our Island Woman Rise series with a lovely conversation with Filipino-Canadian Kimmortal! The TFAL crew shares how we tried to reach out to Kimmortal in 2019 when we traveled to Vancouver, BC. The interview did not pan out because the universe had other plans for us. They share their journey as an artist with the TFAL crew and we manifest a Filipino North American queer musical!

Check out Kimmortal’s music video Blue and Orange, which we speak highly of in the episode.

ISLAND WOMAN RISE: Ruby Ibarra, Klassy, Rocky Rivera, Faith Santilla, & Kimmortal at the beautiful Ford LA Theater on Saturday, October 5, 2024. Doors open at 7pm. Show starts at 8pm. TFAL is proud to be a sponsor this show and can’t wait to see these amazing artists underneath the stars. Island Woman Rise: Buy Tickets Here

Show tip: Bring a sweater. It will get lamig! Need a hoodie? Pick up a TFALpodcast hoodie or long sleeve shirt here: TFALpodcast Merch

Listen or download the episode through the embedded player on our site, or subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever your favorite podcasts are found.

Are you a part of the Sad Femme Club? Let us know! Leave us a voicemail at (805) 394-TFAL or email us at [email protected].

What what? Another episode of TFALpodcast? Yup. This time the TFAL crew chops it up with Klassy, the youngest artist on the Island Woman Rise line up. Klassy shares her journey as a Historic Filipinotown kid with a talent for drawing and writing lyrics. Find out which TFAL crew member has tattoos done by the talented artist!

Listen to GOOD SEEDS by Klassy here:

You can also check out the music video for REDIRECT here:

ISLAND WOMAN RISE: Ruby Ibarra, Klassy, Rocky Rivera, Faith Santilla, & Kimmortal at the beautiful Ford LA Theater on Saturday, October 5, 2024. Doors open at 7pm. Show starts at 8pm. TFAL is proud to be a sponsor this show and can’t wait to see these amazing artists underneath the stars. Island Woman Rise: Buy Tickets Here

Show tip: Bring a sweater. It will get lamig! Need a hoodie? Pick up a TFALpodcast hoodie or long sleeve shirt here: TFALpodcast Merch

Listen or download the episode through the embedded player on our site, or subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever your favorite podcasts are found.

Are you excited to see Klassy at Island Woman Rise? Let us know! Leave us a voicemail at (805) 394-TFAL or email us at [email protected].

ISLAND WOMAN RISE: Ruby Ibarra, Klassy, Rocky Rivera, Faith Santilla, & Kimmortal at the beautiful Ford LA Theater on Saturday, October 5, 2024. Doors open at 7pm. Show starts at 8pm. TFAL is proud to be a sponsor this show and can’t wait to see these amazing artists underneath the stars. Island Woman Rise: Buy Tickets Here

Show tip: Bring a sweater. It will get lamig! Need a hoodie? Pick up a TFALpodcast hoodie or long sleeve shirt here: TFALpodcast Merch

Listen or download the episode through the embedded player on our site, or subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever your favorite podcasts are found.

Did you catch Rocky on I’m From Rolling Stone? What are your favorite Rocky Rivera tracks? Let us know! Leave us a voicemail at (805) 394-TFAL or email us at [email protected].

Continuing our series of Island Woman Rise episodes, the TFAL crew has a conversation with the uber talented multi-hyphenated artist who inspired the theme of the show, Ruby Ibarra. Ruby shares her journey joining the Beatrock Music family, her growth as an artist, and drops surprising news to us in the episode! If you haven’t yet, make sure to check out Ruby’s latest music video Bakunawa featuring Ouida, Han Han, & June Millington.

ISLAND WOMAN RISE: Ruby Ibarra, Klassy, Rocky Rivera, Faith Santilla, & Kimmortal at the beautiful Ford LA Theater on Saturday, October 5, 2024. Doors open at 7pm. Show starts at 8pm. TFAL is proud to be a sponsor this show and can’t wait to see these amazing artists underneath the stars. Island Woman Rise: Buy Tickets Here

Show tip: Bring a sweater. It will get lamig! Need a hoodie? Pick up a TFALpodcast hoodie or long sleeve shirt here: TFALpodcast Merch

Listen or download the episode through the embedded player on our site, or subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever your favorite podcasts are found.

Joining us on October 5th? Let us know! Leave us a voicemail at (805) 394-TFAL or email us at [email protected].

In this episode the TFAL crew talks story with Kat Carrido Bonds, our fam and frequent fill in for food appreciator Ryan. Kat shares her journey from music aficionado to college student turned pcn coordinator turned cultural affairs commissioner to Filipino American cultural events producer. Kat and her producing partners with AKB Media are bringing ISLAND WOMAN RISE: Ruby Ibarra, Klassy, Rocky Rivera, Faith Santilla, & Kimmortal to the beautiful Ford LA Theater on Saturday, October 5, 2024, 8pm. TFAL is proud to be a sponsor this show and can’t wait to see these amazing artists underneath the stars. Island Woman Rise: Buy Tickets Here

Listen or download the episode through the embedded player on our site, or subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever your favorite podcasts are found.

Joining us on October 5th? Let us know! What songs are you looking forward to hearing from these artists? Leave us a voicemail at (805) 394-TFAL or email us at [email protected].

“In the Year 2000…”

If you know that line, you remember it was a bit that Conan O’ Brien did during his late night talk show where he and his co-host Andy Richter comically predicted what the world would be like in the year 2000. (Yes, we’re that old). In this TFAL episode, Ryan and Joe attempt to rehash this bit, but for the Year 3000 and for Filipinos. Yes, Ryan and Joe alone (without Elaine and Producer Mike who were on vacation) steer this episode in what they call the Bernardo Carpio Legendary Hour. Listen as they try to make both serious and silly predictions about Filipinos and Filipino Americans. What sports will be popular in the future? Which food franchise will make a comeback in the U.S.? What will happen to California’s Filipino enclaves? And what will be the future of Circus Circus?? UY, PHILIPPINES!

Listen or download the episode through the embedded player on our site, or subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever your favorite podcasts are found.

What are your predictions for the Filipino future? Leave us a voicemail at (805) 394-TFAL or email us at [email protected].

Every four years (two years if you care for winter sports) athletes from around the world come together to compete in sporting events at the Olympic Games.  It’s a time when we care about such sports as swimming, track and field, gymnastics, and dressage. (Seriously, how many of us really care about these sports between Olympics??). Think of the Olympics as Friendship Games or Sportsfest but a million times bigger.

In this TFAL episode, the crew talks about the one and only Olympic Games! We discuss our memories of Olympics, the politics of rooting for Filipinos and Filipino Americans, and which sporting events should be offered at the Olympics so Filipinos would excel.  Find out who no longer pays much attention to the Olympics, who roots for the underdog, and who knows what the actual Olympic theme music is. Sportsmanship!

Listen or download the episode through the embedded player on our site, or subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever your favorite podcasts are found.

What is your earliest memories of the Olympics?  Who would you root for between a Filipino and a Filipino American?  Leave us a voicemail at (805) 394-TFAL or email us at [email protected].

Ay SAUCE-MARYOSEP!.  Have you ever thought of what kind of Filipino sauces and condiments are in your kitchen?  Patis, toyo, suka, bagoong, banana ketchup, sinigang packets, etc. These are essential ingredients to all of our wonderful Filipino dishes. OK, so have you also thought of what kind of preservatives and colorings are in them?  Sorbic acid? Sodium benzoate? Titanium dioxide? Red No. 5???

Luckily, Fila Manila is trying to create these sauces and condiments without the added preservatives and other nasty ingredients that aren’t so good for us through locally sources. He’s also hoping that his new Filipino food brand will expand the accessibility of our cuisine to Filipinos and non-Filipinos alike.

In this TFAL episode, we talk to Jake Deleon, founder and CEO of Fila Manila. Listen as we discuss the genesis of his Filipino food brand, how he’s trying to change our diets for the better by rejecting the preservative-ation of Filipino food, what other Filipino food needs to be more accessible to Americans, and his experience on Sharktank.  Of course, we start off the show by talking about the sauces and condiments that are in our kitchens.

Listen or download the episode through the embedded player on our site, or subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever your favorite podcasts are found.

Have you tried any Fila Manila products? What do you think?? Leave us a voicemail at (805) 394-TFAL or email us at [email protected].

Who taught you about SEX? Was it through school? Was it through watching porn? Whatever means you learned (or are learning) about the various aspects of sex, we could bet it wasn’t through your parents! With the Catholic Church shaping our Filipino way our being, sex education has been reduced to abstinence and “family life.” In many ways, Filipinos and Filipino Americans are quite prudish (at least outwardly) when it comes to sex. This is a subject we really never talk about it.

In this episode, we talk about sex (baby!). We focus on the politics of sex education and the cultural mores of pleasure. We talk about education of both sexual health and sexual pleasure with Justine Ang Fonte, M.Ed, MPH and Cecilia Villero, aka Goddess Cecilia. Justine is an award-winning intersectional health educator, ghostwriter, and professor, while Cecilia is a Filipina pleasure educator, advocate, and consultant.

Listen as we discuss the cultural taboos about sex in the Filipino American community, the vital need of sex education everywhere, how sex ed is vital in helping to prevent sexual assault, and precolonial sexual practices (and how religious patriarchy changed them!). Also learn a valuable lesson about not forcing children to hug everyone they meet.

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Any thoughts about sex education as a Filipino American? Leave us a voicemail at (805) 394-TFAL or email us at [email protected].

TFAL goes to Hawaii! Well, actually just Joe goes to Hawaii.  While attending a conference in Honolulu, Joe took the opportunity to do an additional interview with local Filipino American leader, Chachie Abara. Chachie is an Ilocano language and mental health advocate, runs the podcast and media company KasamahanCo, and is author of a bilingual Ilocano children’s book, Ti Nakakaskasdaaw a Padas ni Nasudi (Nasudi’s Amazing Adventure). Listen as we discuss the some the differences between Filipino Americans in Hawaii and on the Mainland. We also discuss her work in promoting Ilocano to young folks in Hawaii and beyond, as well as her career in advocating the need for mental health to Filipino Americans.

Listen or download the episode through the embedded player on our site, or subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever your favorite podcasts are found.

Let us know your thoughts on the episode. Leave us a voicemail at (805) 394-TFAL or email us at [email protected].