Now Steaming: Conversations on Tsinoy Life

We’re wrapping up this season with a fresh peek into the world of pageantry with Miss Chinatown Philippines 2020 and Miss World Philippines Charity 2022 Cassandra Chan as she shares her trajectory from ballerina to beauty queen, dealing with bullies, and feeling all the love from some very supportive Tsinoy aunties.

We're going back into the archives for this week's episode! We first recorded this interview with Mikey and Charisse Llorin in 2021 during the podcast's original run, and the stories and insight hit just as hard as they did the first time around! Our friends Mikey and Charisse talk about their experiences with the dreaded "Great Wall" of Tsinoy relationships, how Mikey eventually climbed it, and how their marriage has worked in spite of it.

We’re in the middle of the election campaign season with so much going on around us, but we’re taking stock of what’s at stake and why Tsinoys should exercise their right (and duty) as Filipinos to vote.

We cap International Women's Month by talking to software engineer Liv Tan Ong who shares about her life as a leader in tech and the arts, finding her voice, taking space, and fully embracing her identity a transwoman.

We’re halfway through International Women’s Month and this week, we’re honored to interview actress and producer Rebecca Chuaunsu. She tells her story of fighting for her dream to be an actor, breaking the mold of what a Tsinoy actress should be, and now telling uniquely Tsinoy stories as a director and producer.

We celebrate International Women’s Month with DJ Cal Soesanto to talk about her experience navigating her identities as a Tsinoy lesbian woman, defying traditional expectations as a modern-day Mulan, and now, living her best life as a club DJ and car/motorcycle enthusiast.

This week, we meet the MMDA's Head of Special Operations Gabriel Go, whose videos of the MMDA's clearing operations have gone viral on social media. He talks about growing up in Binondo, the reactions to his work and videos, and why Tsinoys should answer the call of public service.

The OG Tsinoy athlete and one of the PBA's 40 Greatest Players Atoy Co joins us to share his stories about growing up as a Tsinoy who loved basketball and turned it into a career in the 1970s and 1980s. His son, PBA sportscaster Andre Co, also joins us to share insights on how his father's career choices influenced his parenting style. Together, they have an open and honest father-son conversation about generational expectations and blazing their own paths.