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A Delicious Mix of Pop Culture and the Filipino Canadian Life
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Now many of you long time listeners do recall that Jezzie and Sigi crossed paths at Western. They were both resident staff members at the fabled Saugeen Maitland Hall in London ON.
Did you know. . . .folklore:
SMH was in the Letterman top 10 list,
The safety required for SMH
Duke is the name of SMH's mascot
Let’s revisit the origin story. . . .
Jezzie and Sigi bring you another new episode of The Halo Halo Podcast to complete a trifecta of back to school oriented episodes. They discuss two pieces of pop culture based in college/university - With Honours and The Sex Lives of College Girls. Later Jezzie ties in a 2014 study by Filipino Youth Transitions in Canada, Promoting Post Secondary Pathways Among Filipino Youth in Ontario. He discusses some of the findings and poses the fixing of the week, When a Filipino Student goes to University, the whole family goes to University. How can we accommodate this?
Sigi and Jezzie discuss high school uniforms and dress codes on this warm up and revisit what they wore during the Catholic High School days. Listen in as they discuss Out of Uniform Days and their shoe game in the 90s.
Jezzie and Sigi kick off Season 7 of The Halo Halo Podcast by continuing with the back to school theme and focusing on the FX sitcom English Teacher starring Brian Jordan Alvarez. With a killer soundtrack from hits of the 80s and 90s, the sitcom pulls you in to the life of teacher Evan Marques in Austin as he navigates school life and connecting with Gen Z world. With an engaging group of colleagues including his bestie Gwen, tired Principal Grant Morretti, and gym teacher Markie they deal with wokeness, interfering parents and challenges faced in the public school system. The 8 episode first season is filled with laughs, guest appearance from Trixie Mattel, battling school boosters and addressing generation gaps with millennials and gen z.
Later Jezzie discusses Gen Z in the Filipino diaspora and that holding multiple truths may enable generations to reconcile with one another.
On this warm up, Sigi is inspired while making lunches for his kids and ask what school-aged Sigi and Jezzie list out their top 3 snacks in their lunchboxes. So as they discuss their “baon” find out which treats topped their list!
The Halo Halo Podcast is back to tie up Season 6! After a summer of adventures to East Coast Canada, casinos and concert combos, soaking up the sun and sharing some new pop culture indulgences, the co-hosts are back to school this fall and fawn over Abbott Elementary. They discuss what attracts them to the award winning hit network sitcom which leads to Jezzie pondering about learning about Filipino Excellence growing up. Further he encourages to educate Filipino Canadian youth around us about Filipino successes.
To wrap up Filipino Heritage Month, here is Part Two of this warm up! Jezzie and Sigi welcome Diyyinah and Carlo from the Filipino Public Servants Network (FSPN) into the Halo Halo Podcast virtual studios to play “A Question in 3 Parts” and the co-hosts and guests reflect on what makes them Filipino Canadian. Listen in as they dive into this ice breaker and find their commonalities and discover their personal thoughts behind these questions.
It’s June and in honour of Filipino Heritage month in Canada, we are showcasing Filipino Canadians who elevate and celebrate our community. Last episode we brought into the Halo Halo Podcast Studios Diyannah and Carlo from the Filipino Public Servants Network who shared their story of how the FPSN was founded. In Part Two with the FPSN we spend more time talking about how they recruited for the Network and later on in this episode we find out their thoughts on lateral mentorship.
What are you waiting for? Download and put on those earbuds to find out how Diyyinah went old school and cold called people and maybe hear Sigi ask Carlo to share a little of his Texas accent.
If you’re a current federal public servant of Filipino descent, and want to know more about the FPSN send an email at fpsn.rfp@gmail.com for a monthly newsletter and regularly scheduled events. You can find FPSN on GCxchange and GCpedia, as well as on their Facebook group.
On this warm up, Jezzie and SIgi welcome Diyyinah and Carlo from the Filipino Public Servants Network (FSPN) into the Halo Halo Podcast virtual studios to get their get voices ready for their full two-part episode. They play “A Question in 3 Parts” and the co-hosts and guests reflect on what makes them Filipino, and Canadian. Listen in as they dive into this ice breaker and find their commonalities and discover their personal thoughts behind these questions.
If you’re a current federal public servant of Filipino descent, and want to know more about the FPSN send an email at fpsn.rfp@gmail.com for a monthly newsletter and regularly scheduled events. You can find FPSN on GCxchange and GCpedia, as well as on their Facebook group.
Since it is June and Filipino Heritage Month, The Halo Halo Podcast elevates and celebrates the Filipino Public Servants Network (FPSN) in a special TWO PART full episodes dropping this month! In Part One: Jezzie and Sigi welcome Diyyinah Jamora and Carlo Carandang to the virtual studios to create the “Canada sandwich” with all four of them podcasting from Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Halifax. The co-hosts dive into Diyyinah’s and Carlo’s immigration stories and follow their paths beginning in Vancouver (Diyyinah) and Texas (Carlo) to the Public Service. From reveling in the fact that both of our guests worked in stores where their families sold Filipino snacks, Diyyinah shares how the FSPN came into fruition. Download Part One of this episode now! Stay tuned for Part Two in 2 weeks!
If you’re a current federal public servant of Filipino descent, and want to know more about the FPSN send an email at fpsn.rfp@gmail.com for a monthly newsletter and regularly scheduled events. You can find FPSN on GCxchange and GCpedia, as well as on our Facebook group.
On this warm up, Jezzie and Sigi hold their cups of tea and rhyme out their top 3 gossip folks in pop culture. Find out who cites Alec Mapa and Jacob Ben Israel in their top 3. They dedicate this warm up to their two real life gossip folk in their friend group–you know who you are because your hair is so big because it is filled with secrets. XOXO.
On this episode Jezzie and Sigi dive into a compare and contrast of Mean Girls 2004 and the Mean Girls Musical 2024, but before they jump into all things fetch and the allure of Regina George, they discuss Jezzie’s Monorail Bar Crawl in Vegas, Rachel Zegler in Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Filipino Lords in Bridgerton Season 3. As they share notes on Tina Fey’s classic 20 year old staple and the newly released movie based on the musical, they revel in an amazing cast, cameos and debate elaborate shownumbers. Later the co-hosts discuss gossip and that in Filipino culture scholars suggest there is gossip and tsismis. Jezzie shares the two-fold value of this concept and observes how it sometimes begs for information and resources to be shared so someone can benefit.
This warm up has both co-hosts share their top 3 pop culture moms. Jezzie also gives Sigi a vocabulary lesson about the ballroom origin of the term “mother.” Find out who tops their lists of sitcom, musical and reality tv moms.
For this month, The Halo Halo Podcast tailored the set of upcoming eps to a Maternal May. Jezzie and Sigi go into the pop culture vault to revisit Mamma Mia the musical, movie and the sequel. Listen in as Jezzie suspends his disbelief and revels in the jukebox musical while Sigi litters the convo with consistent “WHAT IS HAPPENING?!” After much discussion on the Meryl Streep of it all, Amanda Seyfried’s dewy face, the classiness of Christine Baranski and Cher wandering into the movie, the convo shifts to mothers and motherhood. Jezzie references Wilfred Galila’s essay on the “Power of Pinays” where he discusses how pre-colonial and before the arrival of the Spanish, Philippine Society was seen as Matriarchal. Further, Jezzie discusses the power shared by Filipina Women in the diaspora is a quiet power.
The fixing of the week encourages Halo Halo Listeners to celebrate the Filipina Women in our lives and happy mothers’ day to our mothers!
On this Taste Test and to close out our Filipino Food Themed episodes, Sigi samples the novel, Lessons In Fusion by Primrose Madayag Knazan. This novel set in Winnipeg during the pandemic focuses on Sarah who applies to compete in a reality show called Cyber Chef Next Gen. Her participation in the competition puts her on a journey on finding out more about her identity and her family. Pair this novel with the many recipes especially the matzo ball sopas because it is a warm nourishing read. This book is a love letter on how recipes when passed on through generations tells a tale about connections and love in families. This isn’t just a young adult novel, it is a cookbook that fuses together different cultures and encourages the reader to embrace all facets of their identity. Listen in on this ep and go get your copy of Lessons in Fusion!
On this warm up Sigi and Jezzie take some ideas and make it Filipino. Sigi ventures down the fast food lanes to makes them more pinoy and Jezzie finds ways to nourish not only our stomachs but our minds and style. Listen in and find out what condiment Sigi wants to be available for his Costco hot dog and what Jezzie would add to the Canadian staple Timmie’s!
During this month of April and in honour of Filipino Food Month, we at the Halo Halo Podcast will be re-releasing some of our favourite Meryenda episodes, but first in their pop culture catch up Sigi talks about the Hallmark movie based in his hometown Niagara Falls and the recent limited series Apples Never Fall. Jezzie share his thoughts on the latest Rebel Moon and newly crowned Drag Superstar. Further, Jezzie discusses his rediscovered love and ventures back into Lobby Bars in his neighbourhood and revelling in Happy Hour---the perfect segue into revisting Mereyenda Epsiode 406.75 San Miguel Beer from Season Four! Cheers!
On this taste test, Sigi takes his daughter Delaney to Jollibee in Toronto right before the Olivia Rodrigo concert. As Sigi revels in CHICKENJOY with his daughter, he and Jezzie dive deep into the pairing of crispy salty chicken skin paired with warm white rice. Is it possible that it is buried deep in the Filipino DNA? And to even add more to his CHICKENJOY, the presence of ube pie served as the piece de resistance on this adventure. Listen in and this ep will have you craving for fast food giant from the Philippines.
On this warm up Jezzie and Sigi venture into some special Filipino Food Connections and revisit memories of adobo, chicharon, pandesal and ice cream. Join us for a visit down memory lane which will have you craving for more!
For the month of April and in honor of Filipino Food Month, we at The Halo Halo Podcast will be rereleasing some of our favourite Meryenda Episodes. On this ep, Jezzie and Sigi catch up and Sigi shares his Filipino filled Easter which included Olivia Rodrigo, a Jollibee jaunt and an amazing Easter Sunday Kamayan. This serves the perfect segue into the rerelease of our Meryenda Epsiode from season 3-Boodle Fight/Kamayan! Get out those banana leaves and dig in for a big serving of lumpia and bangus!
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