The Halo Halo Podcast
A Delicious Mix of Pop Culture and the Filipino Canadian Life
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Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Here, at Halo Halo, we ADORE Schitt's Creek! This is our love letter to the entire made-in-Canada, six-season series. This well-told study of Canadiana life and the riches-to-rags, urban, elitist family finding itself in the unlikely setting of Schitt's Creek, is a breath of fresh air on the pop culture landscape. Listen to your co-hosts delight in the wonderful themes and comedy explored in this gem of a show. Later, Sigi and Jezzie unpack the colonial legacy and adopted value of mañana time and rethink it as a call to enjoy what we have today.
In the Mix this Week:
Wikipedia Entry on "Community",
Amazon's "Making the Cut",
ABC's "Modern Family",
ImDB's Entry on Cameron Crowe,
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Halo Halo Listeners get a double treat with a double taste test by both Jezzie and Sigi on the most current offering of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 12. Listen in on how this bubble gum season is not only chewy and poppy, but also familiar and yet tangy. Enjoy!
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Halo Halo Listeners! Start your engine, and may the best quiz-taker win! Take this test with Sigi and see if you can pass with flying colours. Jezzie finds out how much Sigi has studied RuPaul's Drag Race and quizzes him on drag lingo from the Glossary of Drag Terms from Enter the Queendom. And snaps to those that get a dusted mark, and we hope this warmup gives you life! Okurrrr!!!
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Halo Halo listeners, start your engines! Your co-hosts kiki on RuPaul's Drag Race and dissect how its creator has not only created an industrial complex on the art form of drag, but promoted a cultural movement on self-love and authenticity. Later, they discuss Traditional Filipino views on the silent tolerance of homosexuality, and discuss how finding another person's humanity as the key to accepting diversity.
In the Mix this Week:
ImDB's entry on "High Fidelity" TV Series,
ImDB's entry on "Little Fires Everywhere",
Amazon Prime's "Hunters" trailer,
ImDB's entry on "The Man in the High Castle",
RuPaul and Milton Berle incident 1993 MTV Music Awards,
Photographer explores Filipino 'bakla' culture,
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
On this taste test, Jezzie gets the honest and enlivened truth from CNN's "Unseen Enemy" 2017 documentary on the lurking viruses and bacteria that may lead to the next global pandemic. Like the lozenges, Fisherman's Friend, this documentary makes the sharp point that battling the next pandemic will take more than just a super vaccine and quarantine measures. Take care of yourselves and the most vulnerable around us.
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
In this extraordinary time of public safety and the need to engage in social distancing, Sigi and Jezzie warmup by planning and recommending their media binging at home for the foreseeable future. Guess which co-hosts would revisit the Harry Potter franchise and which co-host would dive deep into trivia. Happy binge-watching everyone!
In this extra helping:
ImDB's "Parks and Recreation",
Wikipedia Entry on "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" TV Series,
Miss Information: A Trivia Podcast,
Code Switch: NPR
Friday Mar 20, 2020
Friday Mar 20, 2020
#Canceleverything! Originally, we had two topics that we were going to do a deep dive on for the coming months. The first was the James Bond franchise and the anticipated release of Bond 25 "A Time to Die". The second was Disney's release of their live action take on "Mulan." However, both releases were postponed and as of this moment, the three major cinema chains in Canada have closed to follow the public health authorities direction of social distancing. In these unprecedented times, Sigi and Jezzie discuss the impact that COVID-19 has on pop culture. Later, they unpack how the fatalistic Filipino attitude of "Bahala Na" (aka whatever happens, happens) can help us find the silver lining in today's still world. Finally, the Halo Halo Pop Culture family would like to wish you all safe passage in all your travels. Ingat na!
In the Mix this Week:
Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Your two favourite co-hosts pick their favourite things to warmup before they record their next full episode. Find out who carries a tongue scrapper and who comes prepared to lend you an iPhone cord charger, just in case you need it. Enjoy!
Friday Mar 06, 2020
Friday Mar 06, 2020
Jezzie's back from his travels and Sigi is back in the Halo Halo studios to talk about SB19 (Sound Break 19), the latest boy band sensation coming out of the Philippines and crafted by South Korea's KPop music industry. They discuss SB19's undeniable precision and their ability to not only pierce the mainstream veil, but their potential to be mainstream. Later, they discuss how being agreeable is a hallmark of the Filipino culture and how it values tact over fact. Finally, they invite us to let the truth in so it can make us better and stronger!
In the Mix this Week:
"Next in Fashion" Competition Series Trailer,
"The Circle - A Netflix Reality-Competition" | Official Trailer | Netflix,
TWICE "FANCY" Dance Practice Video,
SB19 - "Go Up" Dance Practice,
SB19 - "Alab" C-Bear's REACTION,
K-pop Vocal Coach reacts to SB19 - Go up,
[PPop in the Streets] Alab (Burning) by SB19 | Dance Cover by YOUNGSIDE,
Asking for the bill or menu in a Filipino restaurant,