For this episode, Rappler Investigative Head Miriam Grace Go reads the analysis piece "Kaagapay ang COA, hindi kaaway" by economist and Rappler columnist JC Punongbayan.

Episode 14: Protecting the people of Afghanistan

Aug 25th, 2021 9m 32s

For this episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "Leave the door open: The global duty to protect the people of Afghanistan" by the Commission on Human Rights' Reinna Bermudez.According to Bermudez: "The most inhumane thing that the world c

Episode 13: Hidilyn, education, and 'palakasan' culture

Aug 12th, 2021 8m 27s

Just like Hidilyn Diaz, students and teachers have problems getting support from their own institutions – unless they rub elbows with the right people. For this episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "Hidilyn's victory, PH education, and o

Episode 12: Noynoy Aquino after 2016

Jul 13th, 2021 23m 30s

For this episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "Noynoy Aquino after 2016: ‘Bumaligtad ang mundo'" by Rappler senior desk editor Mia Gonzalez.Gonzalez previously covered the Philippine presidency, and had spent significant time with former

Episode 11: What we should know about past International Criminal Court decisions

Jun 29th, 2021 9m 9s

For this episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "What we should know about past International Criminal Court decisions" by Rappler columnist Dean Mel Sta. Maria.In this piece, he discusses past ICC cases, from the murders in the Polpot reg

Episode 10: LGBTQ+ people left behind after the storm

Jun 15th, 2021 8m 13s

For this episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "'LGBTQ+ people left behind after the storm" by ASEAN SOGIE Caucus Regional Coordinator Ryan Silverio.

Episode 9: 'Badoyistic Parladeism' and mutations in the AFP

Jun 1st, 2021 19m 27s

For this episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "'Badoyistic Parladeism' and mutations in the AFP" by Rappler regional columnist Herbie Gomez.According to Gomez, the Philippines appears to have its own, updated version of McCarthyism, with

Episode 8: Duterte keeps Filipinos under threat in West Philippine Sea

May 27th, 2021 18m 3s

For this episode, we're featuring the in-depth article "Duterte keeps Filipinos under threat in West Philippine Sea" by Rappler's foreign affairs reporter Sofia Tomacruz.How often have Filipinos, throughout Duterte's presidency, had to bear th

Episode 7: Let them play – On Fil-foreigners and the PBA

May 18th, 2021 10m 30s

For this episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "Let them play: On Fil-foreigners and the PBA" by Jath Shao.What does a Fil-Am immigration lawyer, who deals with citizenship questions all the time, feel about people questioning the "Filipi

Episode 6: China's game of Go

Apr 29th, 2021 8m 31s

How does the East Asian game of Go compare to the way China behaves today?

Episode 5: The diary of a call center agent

Apr 13th, 2021 6m 3s

What goes on in the head of a young BPO agent working from home? How does she feel about pretending to be American for a living?

Episode 4: Paano naman kami? Decades of fighting for Palawan

Mar 30th, 2021 11m 40s

In this episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "Paano naman kami: Decades of fighting for Palawan," by Sasha Dalabajan.What does it mean to be a Palaweño in this political climate?

Episode 3: So what if UP produces communists?

Mar 2nd, 2021 6m 55s

For Hear, Hear's latest episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "So what if UP produces communists?" by Patricio Abinales.If the University of the Philippines was able to breed both the Marcosian Juan Ponce Enrile and the Marxist Lean Aleja

Episode 2: Should stars pay for their politics?

Feb 22nd, 2021 9m 39s

How "political" can celebrities get in public? Should we be "cancelling" celebrities whose political views we don't agree with?For Hear, Hear's second episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "Should stars pay for their politics?," by Isabel

Episode 1: Voter education by Kristine Reynaldo

Feb 11th, 2021 9m 41s

Rappler Opinion Editor Marguerite de Leon reads aloud the opinion piece 'What voter education misses about the problem of electoral politics,' written by Kristine Reynaldo.

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