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 150 – The Wisdom of Guncles: A Conversation with Michael Dumlao (Social Distance Series)
Episode 149 – Contested Relations: Fil Am Experiences with Filipinos in and from the Philippines (Social Distance Series)
Episode 148 – A Pawsome Episode for Filipino American Pet Owners (Social Distance Series)
Episode 147 – Family Matters: TFAL Talks Taking Care of Family
Episode 146 – No Crying in Baseball: A Conversation with The Baseballogist L.A. Gamo
Episode 145 – Les is More: Mixing It Up with “Les The DJ” Talusan (Social Distance Series)
Episode 144 – Susus Maryosep: TFAL Talks Recent Filipino Representation (Social Distance Series)
Episode 143 – Filipino American Community Profile: Data and Statistics with Neil Ruiz (Social Distance Series)
Episode 142 – The Bakit List 3.0: What Grinds Our Gears Edition (Social Distance Series)
Episode 141 – Pinays in Political Organizing: A Conversation with Russellie Bongolan & Lillie Madali (Social Distance Series)
Episode 140 – The Good (Ha) Place – TFAL Thinks Happy Thoughts (Social Distance Series)
Episode 139 – Cleaming the Gube: TV Writing with Rene Gube (Social Distance Series)
Episode 138 – A Year of COVID 19: A Conversation with Cindy Evangelista (Social Distance Series)
Episode 137 – tFalling in Love: TFAL Talks Valentine’s Day (Social Distance Series)
Episode 136 – A Good Death: A Conversation with Death Doula/Midwife Michelle Mondia (Social Distance Series)
Episode 135 – Purge Towards New Beginnings (Social Distance Series)
Episode 134 – Philippine Archaeology and the Ifugao Rice Terraces with Stephen Acabado (Social Distance Series)
Episode 133 – TFAL Sweet Talks: Filipino Desserts with Ginger Lim Dimapasok of Café 86 (Social Distance Series)
Episode 132 – Bumoto Kami: Filipino American Electoral Politics (Social Distance Series)
Episode 131 – Who Ordered Tax? TFAL Talks Pinoy Humor (Social Distance Series)
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