"Uhhh... Filipino?'

— Kuya Adobo

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In this exotic Halo-halo dessert, two Filipino-Canadian sinigang fanatics, Kuya Adobo and Ate Ube, transcend the generational tsismis and overthink the complexities of living in the West: the balancing act of race, identity, and existing “in between” cultures (as part of the diaspora).

Non-traditional toppings:

• Context collapse // how, on the internet, we never really know who (beyond our target audience) will see and/or "get" our work
• Filipino cuisine going mainstream? // that one time ube (purple yam from the Philippines) became a huge trend, and whether it will become a mainstay in Western culture

• On Asian and Western identity // our experiences of being children of immigrants, and the challenges of living multiculturally, code-switching, and exoticization of mixed identities (e.g. "wasians")
• Postpone the Apocalypse? // the dangers of the "AI superintelligence race" mixed with the hubris and greed of tech oligarchs (see: recipe for dystopia)
• The Psychology of the Batman Effect // how creating an "alter-ego" as an artist can empower you to do the hard thing and break out of your shell

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Credits for musical interludes/segments featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Adelyn Paik
• G Mills
• Loyee

⁠Terra Incognita (a Neon-Noir Sci-Fi Anthology)

the possibility that love is not enough (a poem)

"Are you living the human experience if you don't lose your mind a couple times?"

– Still Human

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In this cosmic reality check, STILL HUMAN and EJAZZ (AKA The Alien AKA David), dissolve their Egos and overthink about staying human during inhuman times, and what it means to be one of the "crazy ones" that dream of a better world, for oneself and everyone else.

Dollops of enlightenment:

• What does it mean to be crazy? To be sane? To be enlightened?
• On "staying human" during inhuman times (what it means to hold onto one's humanity)
• Is the over-saturation of AI-generated art causing a resurgence of interest in human-made art?
• Seeking spiritual connection for inner peace: Ego death, Buddha-mind and finding God
• Reasons to feel hopeful in spite of all the propaganda, brainrot and doomerism

Credits for music featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Ealot
• Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
• Power Druid
• Maya Lourenco
• Ejazz & Bruno Gillick

Find Ejazz on Instagram, and find his music on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Tidal, and Soundcloud

Terra Incognita (a Neon-Noir Sci-Fi Anthology)

"How much would a cow cost you?"

– Canadian Grit

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In this fresh, never-frozen square beef patty, The Canadian Baconator and Canadian Grit (Jamie Jackson) rewrite the recipe for humanity's future, leaving their phones on the back burner, and reverse-engineering the combo of factors (through the scopes of history, psychology, and politics) that are currently contributing to humanity's downfall...

And what can anyone really do about it?

Topic menu:

• DID FAMILY GUY RUIN THE SIMPSONS? 📺 How Family Guy's cutaways and non-sequitur humour influenced other animated shows and rippled out to pop culture at large
• HYBRID REALITY DISORDER 📵 How our collective tech addiction keeps us immersed in the digital world and the real world, leaving us anxious and unsatisfied
• WHAT'S A CANADIAN, ANYWAY? 🍁 What does it mean to have a national identity? What does it mean to identify with a nation and how does that relate to nation-states and nationalism?
• WELTSCHMERZ, SCHADENFREUDE, FREMDSCHÄMEN, AND RESSENTIMENT 📔 Four words that illustrate how people process collective fear & trauma in 2026
• DIGITAL DIETS AND REALITY TUNNELS 🚇 How algorithms can keep us trapped in echo chambers and personalized newsfeeds that never challenge our beliefs or assumptions, and how to resist the pull of propaganda and groupthink

Producer credits for interludes/segments featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Arthur Benson
• Blue Saga
• Jerry Lacey
• Rachel Sandy

Canadian Grit: North of Ordinary (Jamie's Podcast)

Desiderata (by Max Ehrmann) [Original Text]