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The Best Filipino American Podcasts to listen to right now
Podcasts have been a thing these days. Seems like a new one is popping up every single day and listeners are benefiting from them. It is an excellent way to learn, be entertained, or both. I like to listen to podcasts because it helps me hear real opinions on topics I’m interested in, it’s not scripted and my commute seems to go faster when I’m engaged in real world conversations that are coming from people who look like me, Filipino
A Tale of Two Tabos: What Assimilation Looks Like As a 2nd Generation Filipino-American
Growing up with immigrant parents can be one of the most interesting yet odd experiences. From my own life, my parents would weave in Tagalog with their English anytime there wasn’t an English word that translated well. The perfect, yet somewhat strange example, is the tabo. I’ve never had so much difficulty explaining something from the Philippines more than the tabo.