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 190 – TFAL Tambayan: Where do Filipino Americans make Tambay?
Episode 189 – Filipino American Suburbanization with Dr. James Zarsadiaz
Episode 188 – Money, Money, Money: TFAL talks with Berna Anat, your Financial Hype Woman
Episode 187 – Baon Bracketology: Filipino Food Face-Off, Part 2
Episode 186 – Baon Bracketology: Filipino Food Face-Off, Part 1
Episode 185 – This Filipino American Academic Life
Episode 184 – Rex in Effect: TFAL laughs with Rex Navarrete
Episode 183 – Scam and Jam – TFAL talks about Scams (Allegedly)
Episode 182 – Supportive White Parents: TFAL Talks Comedy with Joy Regullano
Episode 181 – Hilaw Pa 5.0
Episode 180 – Festivus, for the TFAL in us
Episode 179 – TFAL Gives Thanks
Episode 178 – Josh’s Big Adventure: TFAL Talks to Josh Dela Cruz of Blue’s Clues & You
Episode 177 – Celebrations vs Commemorations vs Complications: How Should We Honor Filipino American History?
Episode 176 – TFAL Fall Update: Ryan the Former Taba-chelor
Episode 175 – A “Pretty Incredible” Conversation with Celeste Perez, Co-founder & CEO of Droplet
Episode 174 – The Value of Community Colleges with Dr. Lily Ann Villaraza
Episode 173 – Futbol is This Filipino American Life! with Anton del Rosario
Episode 172 – A TFAL Review of ‘Easter Sunday’
Episode 171 – Bayan Surf Club – Designing a Lifestyle in Santa Barbara with DJ Javier
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