Kwentong Creatives

Part 2 - The live recording of the Club KC event where our panel answers a Lightning Round of random questions! Find out about our panel's zodiac signs, pets, and who among them is a classical flutist! Also hear questions from our live audiences about budgets, burnout & influential films & TV!

Part 1 of 2 - The live recording of the Club KC event, where Gio asks our panel questions about Creative Careers from different perspectives: Atom Araullo on journalism, Kookie Santos on design & Shaira Luna on photography.

Stay tuned for Part 2 where we share our Lightning Round and Audience Q&A!

Gabby Padilla is a film & theatre actress who's made a name for herself in the performing arts. She's known for her roles in Gitling, Billie & Emma, and A Very Good Girl just to name a few. Gabby shares her thoughts on a love for stories, creative inspiration, bringing characters to life, and learning from collaborators.

The Walters are a 5-piece band from Chicago, known for their viral hit "I Love You So". Gio caught them before their set at the Wanderland Music & Arts Festival.

This is a video episode!

Sonny is a photographer who's captured beautiful images of food, people and places for restaurants & publications around the world. He's also the co-founder of Grid Magazine. We talk about mentorship, relationships with clients and sharing work with authenticity.

Gio goes to Graphika! Gain XP from the Conference on Creativity, featuring highlights from amazing speakers like Lauren Tsai, Benjamin Su of Pixar, Timothy Goodman, the Acid House & many more! Also hear learnings and insights straight from the KC Community!

Martika is a writer-director & cinematographer. Her film "Leonor Will Never Die" has won awards around the world including the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. She's currently in the process of writing her second feature film.

Kriza is the chef and owner of Pilya's Kitchen at The Grid Food Market. After making hundreds of noodle bowls a day from her time in New York, she's made a name for herself with her unique take on hand-pulled noodles and delicious Asian dishes.

Abi aka "Lumpia Queen" is the Tiktok Food Content Creator of 2023, known for her entertaining recipes & food reviews that inform millions of people from around the world.

Gio brings his bandmates from Nanay Mo to talk about creative collaboration, work-life balance, music and where friendship fits into all that.

Nanay Mo is an indie rock band made up of Jong (vocals), Nash (drums), Mag (bass), Anjo and Gio (guitars). Check out their music here:

Music video of Nanay Mo's latest single STUPID:

Jayda is a musician, singer-songwriter & actress who grew up around music through the concerts of her pop star parents. With a dedicated fan base and a fresh batch of personal songs, she's one of the most exciting artists to watch out for.

A collection of supernatural stories from decades of shooting on creepy locations. We're joined by two film industry veterans with a special gift for sensing spirits, Executive Producer Emie Rodriguez & Line Producer Beng Nadres 👻

Mara is an interior designer, production designer and founder of Studio Mara. She creates unique designs that serve both aesthetic and functional purposes in residential, commercial and public spaces.

Jamie Miller is a singer-songwriter from the UK. His uplifting songs have charted globally with millions of streams, also going viral all over Tiktok. He released “Maybe Next Time” featuring OPM artist Moira Dela Torre and just launched his new EP The Things I Left Unsaid. Jamie joins us for his first podcast ever in the Philippines!

This is also our first full video episode!

Toff is congressman, journalist, theatre director and principal author of the Philippine Creative Industries Development Bill (RA 11904). We talk about the journey in making the Philippines the #1 Creative Hub in ASEAN by 2030, and finding hope in our country where #TheFutureIsCreative

Coming off his sold-out exhibit "Surrealicious", Raco Ruiz continues to make visual art through paintings, murals and digital art inspired by a twisted take on cartoon culture. He's also a content creator who's gone viral with his conyo comedy sketches! Ayyygagiii

Nobody is a clothing brand coming out of Cubao, QC. Started by a dedicated group of young creators, it has grown from a lowkey streetwear brand into a vibrant community of passionate fans who vibe with its blooming designs. We talk about their journey in building a brand with sincerity and creativity.

Part 2 of our conversation with award-winning filmmakers Jopy Arnaldo & Kevin Mayuga. We take audience questions about collaboration, working with actors, scriptwriting & dealing with imposter syndrome.

Award winning first-time filmmakers Jopy Arnaldo and Kevin Mayuga join us for a conversation about starting & finishing passion projects.

At the recent Cinemalaya Festival, Jopy's film Gitling won Best Screenplay and Kevin's film When this is All Over won Best Cinematography, Production Design & Musical Score.

Our first live podcast event featuring our panel of professional filmmakers: Cinematographer Pong Igancio, Production Designer Nina Torres & Director Paul Halili. Listen in on the Q&A session between our live audience and our panel - everything from freelancing, accountability and even love life in prod?!

juan karlos is a singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He’s garnered hundreds of millions of plays on Spotify with hit songs like “Buwan” and “Demonyo”. He’s also an actor who’s been in films like “Blue Room" and the upcoming "When This is All Over" in this year's Cinemalaya.

Reb Ataderois an accomplished theatre actor, voice actor, host & content creator. With 17 years of experience in the industry, he’s best known for his role in "Ang Huling el Bimbo” He’s currently starring in "Lungs" in the Sandbox Fest 2023. 🎭 He's also content creator with a large following online from his educational content on all things history & culture. 🌏

Drew Arellano is a man with many roles - he’s a host who’s been traveling the Philippines for 2 decades with the hit travel show Biyahe ni Drew. He’s the co-founder of the performance-wear brand Vamos. And most of all, he’s a happy family man whose made his work and home life live in harmony.

Hannah Reyes Morales is an award winning photojournalist and National geographic explorer whose work conveys the human stories behind some of the critical issues of our time.  She was commissioned as the Nobel Peace Prize photographer in 2021, recognized as a cultural leader by the World Economic Forum, and one of her photographs was featured in the 100 Iconic images from this Century. She has been published in The New York Times, National Geographic Magazine, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and many more.

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Nicole is a content creator who makes videos on personal finance, investing & self-development. With over 400k subscribers on Youtube, she's one of the best creators in the space - and she's just getting started at  22 years old! We talk about the rapid growth of her channel, to the burnout she experienced from creating content weekly. She shares plenty of insight on investing, long term health & happiness, and possibly retiring before turning 30?

Ashley is a content creator whose made a huge name for herself in the world of gaming & cosplay. She's also a talented musician & photographer whose been creating her own content for over a decade now. And more recently, she's been diving deep into spirituality & esoteric knowledge as a certified tarot card reader.

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Kookie is the former creative director of Serious Studio and is currently one of the Design Leads at Canva Philippines.  Her work has gotten recognized all over the world in publications like Adobe & The New York Times. She gives talks and workshops that focus on nurturing one's own creative identity, with a leadership style that focuses on compassion and empathy.   This episode was done in partnership with Canva. Listen to the episode to find out how you can win a voucher for a Canva Pro subscription valid for 1 year!

This 2023, take a step back and take some time to think about your journey as a creative. Some of our favorite excerpts from my conversations with guests - all lessons and insight that you can apply to your own big picture thinking. You'll hear from photographer BJ Pascual, comedian Red Ollero, journalist Atom Araullo, and content creator Erwan Heussaff.

Angelo Mendoza is a photographer known for his work in travel, landscape and portraiture. As a full-time creative, he’s done plenty of prominent commercial work and is also a co-owner of a wedding photography studio. We talk about having photography as a career in the Philippines, finding personal style and the intricacies of capturing images out on assignment.

A new short format episode where Gio collates the best excerpts from guests around a specific topic. Now, we explore the strategies & lessons that can help us overcome that dreaded creative block. Featuring interviews from creatives in music, design & filmmaking. 

This was recorded live for Design Week Philippines 2022: Design For All. In this roundtable discussion and open forum we try to demystify what it means to have a career in design across different sectors: image-making, place-making and experience-making. 

Dan Matutina is a designer, illustrator, founding partner at Plus63 and Hydra Design Group. Joel Luna is someone with over 30 years of design experience in architecture, planning, urban design and design management. He is the former Chief Architect at Ayala Land and founder of  JLPD studio. Maine Manalansan-Veneracion is the former editor of YoungSTAR and Design Director of the Sandbox Collective. Today, she uses her design background in an applied field as Brand Strategy Lead at Edukasyon PH.

Erwan is a dedicated writer, content creator and entrepreneur. He's been building his own brand in the food & culture space for over a decade now, from the Fat Kid Inside to his new and thriving content studio FEATR. We talk about his journey through the restaurant business and how he finally took on content creation as a full-time job. This is a great episode for any creative with goals in brand building, entrepreneurship and content creation. 

Shaira Luna has been a professional photographer for 15 years now, with an impressive body of work in fashion, beauty, food & advertising. Her unique style particularly shines in her recent works with musicians like IV of Spades, SB19 & Zild. She shares the inspirations behind her passions in fashion, thrifting and vintage things. Also, we get into her history from growing up as a Promil kid/"gifted child". 

Quark Henares is a writer, director, producer & DJ who is now head of Amazon Prime Video Philippines, after heading Globe Studio for 6 years. He's been at the creative and business ends of the filmmaking industry, which affords him a unique perspective on production and media. Quark's life and work has also hugely been influenced by an immersion in music, starting off as a band manager; then a music video director for a many influential local artists. You'll enjoy this episode if you have a lot of interests that interconnect and inform the work you do.  

Red Ollero is a stand-up comedian, host, writer, wrestler and producer. He's sold out theatres and arenas with Comedy Manila, and is currently doing his latest series of shows called Finally! - one of the first live comedy shows since the pandemic. He's gone viral for his characters, sketches, and on-stage presence as the current hypeman of the Leni Robredo rallies.