Before we end 2023, we’re sharing a special bonus episode for you from our friends at Gravy, a narrative podcast produced by Southern Foodways Alliance and distributed by APT Podcast Studios. Named the “Publication of the Year” by the James Beard Foundation, the series showcases a South that is constantly evolving, using food as a means to dig into lesser-known corners of the region, to complicate stereotypes, to document new dynamics, and to give voice to the unsung folk who grow, cook, and serve our daily meals.
In the bonus episode we’re sharing, “Filipino Balikbayan is Homecoming in a Box,” Gravy explores the histories, politics, and cultures underlying the balikbayan box—a large box filled with everything from tubes of toothpaste to cassette tapes to cans of Spam—that Filipino immigrants in the United States customarily send home to family in the Philippines. There is an entire industry in Filipino communities across the United States dedicated to the logistics of shipping these boxes, which have been popular since the Philippines established the Balikbayan Program in the 1970s. We hope you enjoy it!
Listen to more episodes of Gravy and follow the podcast!
Episode 208 – Confessions of a Bad Filipino
Episode 207 – Bayani Komixtape with Bayani Teodosio
Episode 206 – Experiences of a Filipino Adoptee with James Beni Wilson
Episode 205 – Hilaw Pa 6.0
Episode 204 – Filipino Psychology and Spirituality with Carl Lorenz Cervantes
Episode 203: TFAL talks Palestine w/ Michael Arage & JT | Nevadans for Palestinian Liberation
Episode 202 – Vision Boarding Abundance
Episode 201 – Lost LA: Historic Filipinotown
Episode 200 – TFAL 200 Live! Building Community with Faith Santilla and Johneric Concordia
Episode 199 – The First (?) Annual TFAL Awards!
Episode 198 – “Save the Last Tinikling For Me”: Philippine Folk Dances with Ray Tadio
Episode 197 – Filipino American History, Settler Colonialism, and Jeremy Passion’s “Lemonade” with Adrian De Leon
Episode 196 – Dust Your Shoulders Out: Melissa Magsaysay on Filipino Fashion
Episode 195 – Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow: Estate Planning and Family Inheritance with Marivel Zialcita
Episode 194 – “Our Vibranium is our Culture”: SF’s SoMa Pilipinas w/ Desi Danganan
Episode 193 – TFAL is feeling Nervous: A Conversation with Jen Soriano
Episode 192 – Say My Name, Say My Name: Code Switching and Pronunciation of Filipino Names
Episode 191 – Wala Ka Lista: You’re Not On The List
Episode 190 – TFAL Tambayan: Where do Filipino Americans make Tambay?
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