"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

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