The Halo Halo Podcast

Episode 706.5 - Kindness (Part 4 of 4 on Social Justice)

For our Social Justice episodes this April we decided to focus on the Values of the Halo Halo Podcast in a  four part series, Bravery/Courage, Grace, Kindness and Generosity. On the fourth and final episode,  Jezzie and Sigi discuss the how the previously discussed values set us up to be kind. As they take a deep look of what does it mean to be kind and how it is much deeper than being ‘nice’. As they take a moment of introspection, Jezzie and Sigi discuss examples of kindness in their own life and sharely warm their pop culture examples which include Some Good News, Good Hang Podcast, reluctant Jedi-master Obi Wan Kenobi and Hiccup Haddock from How to Train Your Dragon. For our fixing we ask our listeners, “How do you bestow kindness to others?”

Episode 706 - Generosity (Part 3 of 4 on Social Justice)

For our Social Justice episodes this April we decided to focus on the Values of the Halo Halo Podcast in a  four part series, Bravery/Courage, Grace, Kindness and Generosity. On the third episode of this four part series, Jezzie and Sigi discuss the value of Generosity and how it is  not only about giving but also working from a space of cooperation. They discuss the bayanihan spirit and pop culture models of generosity including Dolly Parton, Jamie Lee Curtis, Good Will Hunting and Pose. For this fixing this week, we ask listeners,  ‘How can you be generous to others?’

Episode 705.6 - Grace (Part 2 of 4 on Social Justice)

For our Social Justice episodes this April, we decided to focus on the Values of The Halo Halo Podcast in a four part series, Bravery/Courage, Grace, Kindness and Generosity.
 
On this second episode of this four part series, Jezzie and Sigi discuss the value of  Grace and how to allow people to take up space. Upon further discussion and searching for pop culture examples they revisit their favourite series– Ted Lasso and Schitts Creek. For the fixing of the week, we ask listeners, ‘How do you provide grace to others?’

Episode 705 - Bravery & Courage (Part 1 of 4 on Social Justice)

For our Social Justice episodes this April, we decided to focus on the Values of The Halo Halo Podcast in a four part series, Bravery/Courage, Grace, Kindness and Generosity.
On this episode, Bravery/Courage, Jezzie and Sigi explore this value and discuss the contrast of the two. The delve deeper and look to examples in fiction, Hunger Games and Harry Potter which illustrate characters exhibiting these values in extraordinary circumstances. For the fixing of the week, we ask listeners, ‘How do you summon your courage?’

Episode 704.5 - What if we podcasted earlier Warmup

What If. . .
 the Halo Halo Podcast . . .
occurred for us at Western in 1999–what would that look like—--and oddly I have the answer. What if we hadn’t created the podcast. .  . would we have ventured down this lane?
If it wasn’t The Halo Halo Podcast. .  .what would it be?

Episode 704 - What If and The Goals of the Diaspora

On this episode Jezzie and Sigi discuss the animated anthology series of What If and the goal of the diaspora. But first the hosts catch up and Sigi shares some Tortang Talong backstory and his love of The Residence and Jezzie reflects on a horror and a very slooowwww drama he consumed. Plus he reminds us he is seeing Kylie soon! Later they delve into the alternate universes of the MCU and pivot to the alternatives and the goal of the Filipino diaspora. For the cultural fixing Jezzie encourages us to find where and how you can invest resources in the younger Filipino generation that you are around.

Episode 703.5 - Hot Takes on Oscars 2025 Warmup

The Halo Halo Podcast returns and Jezzie and Sigi are back in fine form. They return to share their hot takes on Oscars 2025. Listen in as they agree that Wicked had some highs and that for once did not watch it live.

Episode 703 - The Kingdom and Romantiziing Decolonization

The Halo Halo Podcast is back after hiatus! Your hosts are back in action and debrief on The Pitt, Arcane: League of Legends, Schitt’s Creek and Sigi’s daughter making tortang talong with her Lola. On this ep Jezzie discusses Filipino film, The Kingdom (2024), set in an alternate timeline where the Philippines was never colonized by Western powers and is a monarchy called Kalayaan. Further Jezzie discusses how the film made him think about how there is this emphasis to decolonize ourselves from Western Imperialism, and how there is an emphasis to have a clean break from colonialism. The fixing of the week encourages to be syncretic and combine beliefs and practice.

Episode 702.5 - Once Upon at Saugeen

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. . . .

Episode 702 - College Honours & Filpino Post-secondary Education

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?