Bulatlat Podcasts

Sa harap ng kaliwa’t kanang pag-atake sa karapatan at kagalingan ng mga migranteng Pilipino, nariyan naman ang kwento ng pag-oorganisa, pagkakaisa, at pagdadamayan lalo sa panahon ng pangangailangan.

Sa podkumentaryong ito, kilalanin natin ang mga kwento ng mga migranteng Pilipino, na sa gitna ng sarili nilang mga kinakaharap na pagsubok, ay tinanggap ang hamon ng panahon.

(Amid the numerous attacks on the rights and welfare of Filipino migrants, stories of organizing, unity and solidarity emerge especially during difficult times.

In this podcast-documentary, let us hear the stories of migrant Filipinos who continue to soldier on despite the personal struggles that they have to go through.)

Isang premyadong makata, mamamahayag, at manggagawang pangkultura, inialay ni Richard Regadillo Gappi (1971-2022) ang kaniyang sining sa pagsisilbi sa bayan.

Naging masugid na kontributor ng bulatlat.com si Gappi, kilala rin sa palayaw na “Insad.” Mula sa pagiging editor ng Philippine Collegian, ang opisyal na publikasyong pang-estudyante ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, Diliman, pinamunuan niya ang community journalism sa Angono, Rizal sa pagtatatag at pagsisilbi bilang patnugot ng Angono Rizal News Online at pagtulong sa pagtatatag ng Rizal chapter ng National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP). Naging tagapagtatag na pangulo at tagapayo siya ng Neo-Angono Artists Collective at Angono Tres-Siete (3/7) Poetry Society.

Isang tunay na Makata ng Bayan, inilarawan ng mga tula ni Gappi ang kalagayan ng masang api at pinagsasamantalahan. Inilantad din niya ang iba’t ibang katiwalian ng mga nasa gobyerno at ng mga kapitalista. Hindi na mabilang sa mga daliri ang kaniyang namulat at ginabayan. Naging inspirasyon siya ng maraming alagad ng sining sa kaniyang kahusayan at paglilingkod.

Narito ang ilan sa kaniyang mga tula na binigkas at binigyang-buhay ng mga itinuring siyang guro at kasama

As this year marks the 36th anniversary of the people power uprising and the 50th year since the declaration of martial law in the Philippines, let's talk about the lessons of the martial law and the people power uprising with martial law survivor, NUPL, and Makabayan Coalition chair, and senatorial aspirant Atty. Neri Colmenares.

In this episode of Bulatlatan, let's celebrate arts month with Det Neri, UP Diliman professor, author of Ang Ikaklit sa Aming Hardin and Ang Misteryo ng Patong-Patong na Damit ni Hulyan and Kevin Eric Raymundo, animation director and the artist behind Tarantadong Kalbo. We talked about their journey and how they use their arts for the people.

Check out Det Neri's works here: https://shopee.ph/product/365199535/8537664185

In this podcumentary, listen to the stories of women and young farmers of Lupang Ramos as they share their roles in their community's struggle for land and justice.
Written by: Janess Ann J. Ellao
Narrated by: Rein Tarinay
Edited by: Alex Suarez
Produced by: Bulatlat and Center for Environmental Concerns

Dig deeper into the cyberattacks against Bulatlat, Altermidya & Karapatan with special guest, Qurium's Technical Director Tord Lundstrom.

Phar-mali?

Overspending, misuse of allocated funds for faceshield, face masks and other protective gears? Pha-rang may mali?

In this Bulatlatan episode, we talked to lawyer and public procurement expert Zoilo Andin Jr, health worker Cristy Donguines and Bayan secretary-general Renato Reyes Jr as we discussed what went wrong with Pharmally, the status of healthworkers and how to seek accountability.

In this podcumentary, we documented how Filipino women urban poor are rising to help one another as the country deals with the pandemic. 

Alam ni Kerima Lorena Tariman ang bisa ng mga salita upang makapukaw ng damdamin, magpalawak ng kaisipan at makapagpakilos ng mamamayan tungo sa pagbabagong panlipunan. 

Ang koleksyong ito ay mga tulang naisulat ng kanyang mga kapamilya, mga kaibigan at mga nakasama at mga tulang isinulat mismo ni Kerima Lorena Tariman. 

Ang "Batingaw" at "29th of May" ay mga tulang binigkas ng kanyang mga magulang na si Merlita Lorena Tariman at Pablo Tariman sa isang parangal para kay Kerima nitong Agosto 28, 2021 sa Bantayog ng mga Bayani.

Ang tulang "Para kay K" ay sinulat ni Jose Sandoval at binigkas ni Edwin Quinsayas. Ang "Alay kay K" at "Kahit si Neruda ay Di Tumula Nang Gaya Mo" ay isinulat at binigkas ng mga nakasama ni Kerima sa CEGP-Karatula staffhouse sa mga taong 2000-2001 na sina Terence Krishna V. Lopez at Ilang-Ilang Quijano.

Sinulat at binigkas ni Raymund B. Villanueva ang "Binhi ng Tula."

Ang "Romanticizing terrorism?" ay direktang sagot ni Luchie Maranan sa pahayag ng isang hambog na opisyal ng gobyerno na kumukutya sa mga nagtatanghal kay Kerima bilang bayani ng Sambayanan.

Ang "Duyan ng Digma" ay awit na sinulat ni Rommel Rodriguez at inawit ni Jasmine Icasiano, pawang mga nakasama ni Kerima sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas.

Binigkas naman ni Sarah Raymundo, malapit na kaibigan ng makata, ang "Pakikipagkamay" at ni Ekis Gimenes, kasama ni Kerima sa Kabataang Artista para sa Tunay na Kalayaan (Karatula) ang "Serye ng Sobresaliente." 

Ang mga tula ni Kerima na pagpapasimple sa dialektong materyalismo na may pamagat na "Pagkilos" ay binigkas ni Terence Krisha V. Lopez at ang kanyang "Aralin sa Ekonomyang Pampolitika" naman ay binasa ni Ronalyn V. Olea.

Ang musical scoring ay nilapat ng mga kasapi ng Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP).  

Missed last night's Twitter Spaces? We got you!

More than a year into the pandemic, without cash aid and assurance of being able to safely return to face-to-face classes, students are reeling the impacts of blended, distance learning.

Listen as we talked to educators, students and parents on distance learning and safe schools opening. 

Concluding our Bulatlatan Pride Series with kilig! Atty. Minnie Lopez and Trish Muli found love in activism. Let's listen to their love story and their continuing fight for human rights and social justice.

For lawfully-wedded partners Migz and Mary, love knows no gender and that's why they took the leap and got married in New Zealand. But more than their dreamy wedding, the couple believes that the fight for equality is still a long journey.

Let's listen to their love story and how they struggle against stigma and discrimination.

With the country almost down to President Duterte's last year in office, Bulatlat discusses his apparent moves to perpetuate himself in power and where the people stand. 

June is pride month but more than the rainbow colored flags, LGBTQIA community reminds us that pride is a protest. Bulatlat invited members of the community to shed light about their lives, struggles, and aspirations. Let us listen to stories of struggle, love and resistance!

This episode, let's get to know Jawo Jayme's life story, journey as an urban poor activist and more!

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Aswang ba? Mukhang may kinakatakutan din sila.

On Monday, outgoing International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda requested the ICC to open an investigation on Duterte's drug war. We invited human rights advocates and family of Tokhang victims to discuss what happens next and how this will impact the present administration's apparent plans to perpetuate itself beyond 2022.

Last month, the Anti-Terrorism Council showed its teeth when it designated 19 individuals, mostly NDFP peace panel members and publicly known peace consultants.

Listen as Bulatlat discuss this list and its impact on critics and activists who have long been subjected to red-tagging.

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UP Center for Internationalist Studies director Sarah Raymundo shares the importance to give a human face to the country's fight for sovereignty.

This week, Bulatlat talked to social worker Karen Faurillo on the continuing agonies faced by health workers tirelessly working to save lives amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

All ears, journalism students. There's no other way but to love Math. Bulatlat journalists Rein Tarinay and Dawn Cecilia Peña sit down for a huntahan on the importance of research, and how numbers and data can be used to speak truth to power.

Exactly a week since the "Bloody Sunday," our Southern Tagalog correspondent Justin Umali sits down for a huntahan to discuss the context behind the series of police operations that killed nine, and arrested three. 

As the SC deliberates the petitions questioning the Anti-Terror Law, let's talk about safe digital space amid terror law.

For historian and academician Francis Gealogo, the four years of the Trump administration only emboldened the long-standing and systemic white supremacy in the US. Now, what's in it for us, its so-called close allies?

In this episode, we get to know more about the community organizers of Gabriela Women's Party.

In this Bulatlatan episode, we'll talk about Karapatan members and their work in their respective regions.

In Bulatlat's second installment for Karapatan's 25th anniversary, relatives of the disappeared Concepcion Empeño and Ipe Soco tell us their journey to becoming human rights defenders themselves - debunking misconceptions about activists and rights defenders.

In this week's Bulatlatan, join union leaders Cristy Donguines of Jose  Reyes Memorial Medical Center Employees Union - Alliance of Health  Workers and National Kidney and Transplant Institute Employees  Association - Alliance of Health Workers' Edwin Pacheco as they discuss  the role of union organizing in ensuring minimum health standards,  rights of health workers amid pandemic.

In  this bulatlatan episode, join the editors of Northern Dispatch and  Pinoy Weekly as they share their history as well as the heightened  attacks they have been experiencing during the pandemic.

With the Terror Law in effect, Sr. Mary John Mananzan of Movement  Against Tyranny assures us that it is okay to be afraid but invites us  to act for the good of humanity inspite fear.

In this week's Bulatlatan, Advocacy and publication officer of Ramento  Project for Rights Defenders, Vaughn Geuseppe Alviar discusses citizen's  role on truth-telling.

In this week's episode of Bulatlatan, let's get to know Bahaghari national spokesperson Rey Salinas' life story and advocacies.

In this Bulatlatan episode, Nonoy Espina, chairperson of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines and Maria Victoria Beltran, Cebu-based artist detained for her satirical post, discuss the implications of the newly signed law on free speech and expression.

In this episode of Bulatlatan, photojounalists Vincent Go, Yummie Dingding, and Jaja Necosia share their experiences of being on the field in the middle of the #COVID19 pandemic.

In this episode of Bulatlatan, Defend Jobs Philippines Spokesperson Thadeus Ifurung and BPO Industry Employees Network (BIEN) Vice President Sarah Prestoza share the conditions of workers and how they assert for their rights amid lack of protection and support from government and employers.

In this week's #Bulatlatan episode, journalists from Northern Dispatch, Radyo Natin Guimba, Dampig Katarungan, and Altermidya - People's Alternative Media Network share the challenges they face as they continue to report the issues of the marginalized & oppressed sectors in their communities. Be inspired by their persistence & courage in telling the truth amid the attacks and lies peddled by the powers-that-be. #journalismforthepeople #alternativemedia #DefendPressFreedom #MediaFightBack

In this week's Bulatlatan, let's compare the US and Philippine public health system and the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. So we ask, is 'State-side' the safe side?

In this Bulatlatan episode, Mrs. Edith Burgos, then general manager of Ang Pahayagang Malaya and We Forum, and son JL Burgos, journalist and filmmaker, look back at the lessons in fighting the Marcos dictatorship and call on the Filipino people to speak the truth amid the creeping tyranny.

For decades, their remittances have kept the country's economy afloat. But in this Bulatlatan episode, overseas Filipino workers in UK and Canada discuss the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic to their lives and jobs and the apparent lack of government assistance they are receiving. pandemic

This week, Bulatlat talks to Dr. Gene Nisperos of the Community Medicine Development Inc. and faculty member of the University of the Philippines on the various narratives and discourse here in the Philippines as we continue to grapple against the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. 

In its very first episode, Bulatlat's associate editor and UP professor Danilo Arao discusses how the Philippine government is at the fore of peddling disinformation amid COVID-19. 

In this episode, Bulatlat talks to human rights lawyer Josalee Deinla on the heightening repression amid the ongoing Enhanced Community Quarantine in Metro Manila and the whole of Luzon to supposedly control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In our newest Bulatlatan episode, University of the Philippines professor Danilo Arao provides us tools to analyze media, news reports, and the importance of understanding how media work in the time of COVID19.