Bruha Baddies

Unconventional Bliss with Isabel Bagsik

Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0400

On our last episode for 2023, special guest Isabel Bagsik (she/her), a former Art Director turned Creative Wellness Guide who has held community spaces for over 300+ BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ changemakers, and supports creatives claiming their gifts from a place of rest. Tune into a perfect way to close out the year by returning to yourself and your creative pleasures.

Show Notes:

You can find more on Isabel here:

@unconventionalbliss

Quick Links on Isabel

Unconventional Bliss website: https://unconventionalbliss.com/

Her free newsletter: https://unconventionalbliss.substack.com/

Recommendations:

Isabel

Braiding Sweet Grass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Beautiful Chorus
Plantains

Daniel

Pan fry Chicken for Adobo
Donors Choose: If you’re a teacher in Nevada, you can submit a project for your classroom and get funded for approx. $700! Hurry hurry before the $$ runs out.
The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture by Grace Perry

Nicole

Kylie Prosecco ($15.99 at Total Wine)
Dropout.tv
Sometimes you gotta use a mean voice

Jean

Grabe Gabe! Filipino Family Secrets & FilAm 3rd Spaces

Sun, 26 Nov 2023 01:43:40 -0400

As the year winds down, the BB team sits down with long time supporter, friend, and fan Gabe Oliveros as we catch up about his visit back to the Philippines and uncovering family secrets.

Show Notes:

Top tuned in BB episodes thanks to y'all!

Recommendations:

Gabe:

Daniel:

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus “Whenever you feel afraid, just remember. Courage is the root of change - and change is what we're chemically designed to do. So when you wake up tomorrow, make this pledge. No more holding yourself back… Design your own future. When you go home today, ask yourself what YOU will change. And then get started.”
** Take some time for yourself every day. **
Zippys

Nicole:

GamersUp waifu cups and energy drinks energy drink
Thermacell Mosquito Protection
https://www.her86m2.com

Jean:

Allyson Remigio: Good Grief

Sun, 12 Nov 2023 03:01:56 -0400

Allyson Remigio (@allysonr) is a Baddie from the Bay to Vegas and now Sac. Her research interests include Integrative Health & Wellness, and Motherscholarship. She currently works in rare disease education. BB hosts sit to catch up with Ally on (visiting the Philippines, tiny home living, and parenting). Together they hop on zoom to talk about grief in our Filipino culture and families.

How do we, as Filipino-Americans, deal with the (corporeal) loss of loved ones and of those closest to us?

On today’s episode, we share the honor of remembering Teresa Dancel Fernandez nearly a year after her passing. We invite Allyson to recall the depth of their love and to impart with us her navigation of grief. It is our longest episode to date, but is best delivered in its full completion as tribute.

Show Notes:

Recommendations:

Ally

Tapping @katehenn.healing
Apple Cider Vinegar and Hot Water to help with digestion
Sparkly Nail polish

Daniel

The Theory of Everything Else by Dan Schreiber. Book about weird theories and coincidences. If you’re into that shit – it’s great on audiobook!
Costco’s Cashew Clusters
Get your COVID and flu vaccines now – while they’re freeeee

Nicole

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Stick With Chicken is a Las Vegas-based food truck specializing in Lao Sticky Rice, Baked Bone-In Chicken and Hot Sauce (@stickwithchicken)
The Multicultural Collective at Nevada State University is located in room 110 of the Dawson building. It is hosted by the Office of Community, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

Jean

Sailor Moon: In the name of the moon, I’ll parasuhan you!

Sun, 22 Oct 2023 03:32:44 -0300

Anime was a big part of our collective childhood as Filipina/o/x Americans and as Asian Americans. Sailor Moon is iconic and we know that our listeners stand. What makes this anime so pivotal in shaping 90s kids in our community? Today our Bruha Baddies cohosts reminisce how this show had deeper layers that led to a more intellectual awakening as adults especially with its queer and feminist under and overtones.

Notes:

Pinay Power Dr. Melinda De Jesus

Recommendations

Daniel

Nicole

Jean

Manna Coffee
Rest your eyes from screen time.
Draw fan art

From Georgia, to Germany, to the City of Sin: Zwei Sevin-Lagat tells all

Sun, 08 Oct 2023 03:10:12 -0300

Meet Zwei, long time fan and new friend of BB. We learn about the many layers of life, growing up in the South as the only Filipino son that attended a Catholic military school while learning of his queerness. Grappling with creativity while also surviving Las Vegas with his partner working in hospitality. Join our cohosts learn and celebrate his story.

Recommendations:

Zwei

Nicole

Daniel

Sauteed Mushrooms and Onions on RICE
Creepy Mystery Youtube Channel: @BarelySociable
Graphic Novel: “Stamped from the Beginning” by Ibram X. Kendi

Jean

Kayla Talastas Pinay Tattoo Artist in Las Vegas

Sun, 24 Sep 2023 02:48:44 -0300

Bruha Baddies team takes a field trip to Black Sacrament Tattoo to interview Pinay Tattoo Artist Kayla Talastas. We learn how she's her own boss, her art journey, her family migration story from the Philippines, to Hawaii, and then Las Vegas. This expands on Las Vegas as the 9th Island that we discuss in a past episode with Armina Guelas.

Tune into learn about being a tattoo apprentice and then full on CAREER!

Be on the lookout for a Patreon Exclusive of Nicole's time getting tatted by Kayla after this episode recording. Follow us on patreon.com/bruhabaddies

Filipino/a/x Tattoo Colleagues recommended by Kayla

@kuyajona

@mintyxlovemachine

Recommendations:

Kayla

Black Sacrament Tattoo
Firefly, order Date Bacon Wrap
Hydrate

Nicole

CONFIRMED HOW GOOD Black Sacrament Tattoo
Evelyn at Carmax
Diana Lee Inosanto in Ahsoka

Daniel

Jean

Season 5 returns: So Long Summer! BB’s fall into Fall

Sun, 10 Sep 2023 05:17:49 -0300

A lot has happened this summer. School is back in session. The BB crew navigates how much they've changed this summer by looking back on the great and not-so-great memories. They have great conversations about the education field, Filipino parental growing pains, and health related revelations as they grow older and...maybe wiser? Tune into find out!

"Growth is great." - Nicole Espinosa

Recommendations:

Jean

Daniel

Add .pdf to your google search
Audiobooks of smutty romance
- entry level audio smut: It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
I Love Pho in East Las Vegas

Nicole

Life & Living with Loisse Ledres

Sun, 07 May 2023 02:50:26 -0300

Loisse Ledres is a Filipina freelance designer and illustrator based in the Southwest of what is colonially known as the United States. She is always experimenting to discover how image, text and color intersects with culture to empower and mobilize people. Through her skillset in experiential design, she infuses interactivity within creative media and event spaces. She’s worked with organizations and creative agencies in NYC, San Francisco, LA and New Mexico.

Loisse is also developing personal projects with like-minded creatives that facilitate creativity and breakdown obstacles to doing so. As Creative Director of Tagalikha, she helps lead discussions around the intersection of Filipino identity and creation. She hopes to continue creating art that helps people feel seen and inspired to access their own creativity, too.

See more of Loisse’s work @geezloisse on Instagram and her website geezloisse.com

Show Notes:

Recommendation:

Loisse:

The Rug Lady
Lynns world consignment
Savers on Monday is 50% off

Daniel:

Going on a walk outside.

Japanese Curry

Silly putty

Nicole:

https://www.bustle.com/wellness/is-therapy-speak-making-us-selfish

Jean:

Amy Frost
Around the Campfire Storytelling (every last Friday of the month)
Tacos de Julio

Bernardo Baddie: Design your Life

Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0300

This week, the BB team interviews Chloe Bernardo. She is a “Las Vegas-based Graphic Designer and Illustrator [who] aims to create exceptional design and utilize various media. With focus in conceptual design, branding, and editorial design, she has gained a strong foundation in digital design as well as print. She enjoys the process of expanding her knowledge of communicating visually and collaborating with a team of writers, management, and developers” (from cbernardodesign.com).

Chloe co-curated Barrick Exhibit: Am I Your Type | | University of Nevada, Las Vegas (unlv.edu)

Jean Filipina Zine: Jean Munson - Zines (google.com)

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Chloe

1. Naked by David Sedaris

2. Shanghai Plaza

3. Alleyway Hot Pot : 7385 S Rainbow Blvd Ste 120, Las Vegas, Nv 89139

4. Fay Ku

5. Her Australian Shepard

Daniel

1. Lactaid

2. Everything Everywhere All At Once

3. Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

Nicole

1. Gachapon Store in Los Angeles

2. Weighted Dinosaur (Study buddy)

3. Las Vegas Community of Hope (@lv_communityofhope) | Instagram & The Promise (@thepromiselv) | Instagram (non profit for houseless folks)

Jean

1. Vegas Improv Power

2. IS SWEET Coffee & Dessert (@is.sweet) | Instagram

3. HOME (torakatsuandcurry.com)

Asian AmeriCAN or Asian AmeriCAN’T: Disrupting the Model Minority Narrative for Asian-American Women Through Career Counseling (pt.2)

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 03:05:31 -0300

Join us for part 2 for Nicole and Jean's Me-search/Research brochure project about the status of high school and college Asian American women through a career counseling lens and reactions from Daniel (long time educator).

If you’d like access to our finished pdf or a printed copy of the brochure when done then check out our patreon (patreon.com/bruhabaddies), because printing, shipping, and labor will help us continue to dig. Thanks! To be notified of its release, email us at bruhabaddies@gmail.com

Thank you to our current new Patreon supporters!

Recommendations

Daniel

Heartstopper graphic novel
Tostadas (just the chip)
Red Wine in stew

Nicole

Jean

SJ Made @sjmade (not Vegas)
Mom’s Basement Theatre @moms.basement.theatre
Greenlee’s Bakery (not Vegas) @greenleesbakery1924

Brochure REFERENCES:

Kim, Bryan, J., Choi, Y., & Kim, J. H. (2017). Understanding Asian American Student Achievement. Professional School Counseling, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X18788534
Hsin. (2018). Hegemonic Gender Norms and the Gender Gap in Achievement: The Case of Asian Americans. Sociological Science, 5(32), 752–774. https://doi.org/10.15195/v5.a32
Kim, Bryan, J. G., Griffin, D., & Sharma, G. (2022). Hidden behind the model minority stereotype: Exploring disparities and the role of parent empowerment in Asian students’ college enrollment. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 50(4), 183–194. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmcd.12266
Qin, A. (2022, December 6). Applying to College, and Trying to Appear ‘Less Asian’. NY Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/us/asian-american-college-applications.html
Kim, Bryan, J., Choi, Y., & Kim, J. H. (2017). Understanding Asian American Student Achievement. Professional School Counseling, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X18788534
Hom. (2015). Understanding Asian American female college students and their sense of belonging. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
Alcantar, Nguyen, B. M. D., & Maramba, D. C. (2019). Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions: The Importance of External Coalition‐Building for Supporting Internal Collaboration. New Directions for Student Services, 2019(167), 101–110. https://doi.org/10.1002/ss.20324
Mun, & Hertzog, N. B. (2019). The Influence of Parental and Self-Expectations on Asian American Women Who Entered College Early. The Gifted Child Quarterly, 63(2), 120–140. https://doi.org/10.1177/0016986218823559
Niles, S., & Harris-Bowlsbey, J. A. (2022). Career Development Interventions (6th ed.). Pearson.

Asian AmeriCAN or Asian AmeriCAN’T: Disrupting the Model Minority Narrative for Asian-American Women Through Career Counseling (pt. 1)

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 04:22:17 -0300

In this two parter episode, Daniel as a long time educator will be reacting to our findings from me and Nicole’s research project on the status of college and high school Asian American women. Daniel has not seen our finished brochure that we prepared for our graduate class on career counseling. Today we present to him and he can expand or be surprised by our information.

If you’d like access to our finished pdf or a printed copy of the brochure when done (graded and tested against time… jk) then check out our patreon (patreon.com/bruhabaddies), because printing, shipping, and labor will help us continue to dig. Thanks! To be notified of its release, email us at bruhabaddies@gmail.com

REFERENCES:

Kim, Bryan, J., Choi, Y., & Kim, J. H. (2017). Understanding Asian American Student Achievement. Professional School Counseling, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X18788534
Hsin. (2018). Hegemonic Gender Norms and the Gender Gap in Achievement: The Case of Asian Americans. Sociological Science, 5(32), 752–774. https://doi.org/10.15195/v5.a32
Kim, Bryan, J. G., Griffin, D., & Sharma, G. (2022). Hidden behind the model minority stereotype: Exploring disparities and the role of parent empowerment in Asian students’ college enrollment. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 50(4), 183–194. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmcd.12266
Qin, A. (2022, December 6). Applying to College, and Trying to Appear ‘Less Asian’. NY Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/us/asian-american-college-applications.html
Kim, Bryan, J., Choi, Y., & Kim, J. H. (2017). Understanding Asian American Student Achievement. Professional School Counseling, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X18788534
Hom. (2015). Understanding Asian American female college students and their sense of belonging. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
Alcantar, Nguyen, B. M. D., & Maramba, D. C. (2019). Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions: The Importance of External Coalition‐Building for Supporting Internal Collaboration. New Directions for Student Services, 2019(167), 101–110. https://doi.org/10.1002/ss.20324
Mun, & Hertzog, N. B. (2019). The Influence of Parental and Self-Expectations on Asian American Women Who Entered College Early. The Gifted Child Quarterly, 63(2), 120–140. https://doi.org/10.1177/0016986218823559
Niles, S., & Harris-Bowlsbey, J. A. (2022). Career Development Interventions (6th ed.). Pearson.

Mediocrity Minority ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:02:00 -0400

As Asian folx – and as Filipinos who have high standards for ourselves – we are always stricken with the feeling of being mediocre: just okay, good enough, nothing special. This feeling can manifest itself as an inner voice (critic even), a lack of motivation, the loss of trust in oneself, and – overall – defeat. For today’s episode, we’re going to talk about something that we’re good at feeling – feeling mediocre – and hopefully find ways to get out of that and also the will to accept it.

Show Notes:

Ria's Proposal at Pokemon Go! Event 13:00 mark

Recommendation:

Daniel

Nicole:

“Afterlike” by IVE IVE 아이브 'After LIKE' MV
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
Istoria LV (istoryalv.com and @istorialv on IG)

Jean

Ailene the Artista

Sun, 19 Feb 2023 00:01:00 -0400

Team Bruha Baddies interviews Ailene Pasco for her first podcast episode ever! Ailene Pasco was born in Cavite, Philippines and raised in Northern California. She is a mother, educator and business owner of a custom textile-based company, OzzyOllyandOx. Her work has been shown in galleries throughout the Las Vegas valley, both in formal galleries and as public guerrilla-style interventions. She is skilled in fiber art, textile art, sculpture and film photography. Ailene is a passionate advocate for public art and uses her pieces to raise awareness of important issues such as conservation of nature and positivism. Tune in to learn more about Ailene!

Show Notables mentioned:

Dr. Karen Tongson UNLV Guest Lecture reflection

@tongsonator

Recommendations:

Ailene

Daniel

Babel, by RF Kuang
Notion – those templates
Side roads – bc all the highways are closed rn

Nicole:

The Pad Rock Climbing Gym in Henderson (IG @thepadclimbing)
The Office of Collecting and Design (IG @office.of.collecting)
Dungeon & Dragons

Jean

Pasabocas Colombian Bakery
Stretch Marks comic is now carried at Avant Pop Books & The Writer’s Block
Krazy Bao in Henderson NV, get the Chicken Karaage Plate

Season 5 Opener: Bruha/x/o are BACK! Pt. 2

Sat, 04 Feb 2023 23:59:00 -0400

Welcome back to all the meta questions that come with 2023 with Jean, Nicole, and Daniel! Questions for all of us to chew on.

Recommendations:

Nicole

Janelle Quibuyen (@Phatlip on IG) “Little Filipino Kitchen” print-and-cut diy vinyl sticker collection
Kathoola MICROspikes Traction System
Kuma Ball Bungee Cord
Time Timer MOD

Daniel

Best Friend restaurant. Roy Choi.
Notion templates for tracking reading
Boy Bawang and Peanuts. The FILIPINO SNAC

Jean

Simon Sinek Leaders Eat Last
Jan 26 Stretch Marks reading // event recap: https://sites.google.com/plottwistpublishing.com/jeanmunson/collaboration
Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Season 5 Opener: Baddies are Back pt 1

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0400

It’s a new year! Who are we? Who do we want to be? What is in store for us? What are the things that we annually look forward to? This episode is all about our ideas and imaginations for ourselves.

Join us for Part 1 and finish Part 2 with us on 2/5/23 as we tread into the new year.

Also happening this week for co-host Jean Munson, graphic novel reading and conversation at University of Nevada Las Vegas on 1/26/22. Free event, book signing, and more info on tinyurl.com/jeanmunson

mentioned in episode part 2

Season 4 FINALE: Video Gaming & Mental Health with Jenna Buffum

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 04:33:50 -0400

How many of us have grown up playing video games? How many of us have had parents buy us video games? And then in the same vein, scoot us over to busy ourselves with video games while they tsimis, unwind, or do other things? Like a babysitter, third parent, or friend, video games have been in Filipino households from the 80s and beyond. Today we reminisce about our relationship to video games and how as adults these are becoming avenues for mental health even while it is arguably today corrupting the “youth”?

A great conversation with our good friend Jenna Buffum!

Recommendations:

Jenna

Daniel

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
Costco: Parmesan Artichoke Dip
YouTube search: art in ______ video game!

Nicole

Willy’s Jerk Chicken
Sayulita’s Mexican Food
Pan De Sal Saves the Day by Norma Olizon-Chikiamco

Jean

Joel Stokes @stokes.joel handmade journals
If you got Zines from @cozilv fest and came by to the event, thank you! Read zines!
Student Art show December 7 from 5-7pm at Alternate Reality Comics

Changing Seasons

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 03:58:48 -0300

After 2 years of surviving a global pandemic (i.e.intense quarantining, fearing for our lives, and mask mandates), have our values and ways of decision-making shifted in how we relate or want from the world? As most of us have returned to our day jobs in-person, did we return exactly the same? Maybe? Let’s fuck around and find out. With 2022 cooling down the hot-ass desert, let’s talk about possible transitions on the horizon, contemplation, or themifestation.

Support us on patreon.com/bruhabaddies

Recommendations

Nicole

A4 Zine Club (@a4zineclub) at UNLV.
Ailene Pasco (@ailenepascoart)
@httpeanut

Daniel

Wool or woven Socks.
“The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care” by Rina Raphael
Public Libraries

Jean

Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival on Nov 5th in the Clark County Library
Gina’s Cartooning Club on Oct 30 at Ghost Kid Comics
Boston

Money Wounds Part 2

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 23:50:00 -0300

Welcome back to ouch! more talk about Money Wounds in our Filipino community.

Recommendations

Nicole

My Own Story Friday, Sept 16 at UNLV
Z-library

Daniel

Homemade Trail Mix: Goldfish, Peanut M&Ms, Cranberries
Summit Public Schools Curriculum / Fishtank Learning
Chareng! Charotz! Charz. The bakla way of saying “just kidding”

Jean

Check out Co-Zi Fest on November 12 at the Clark County Library from 12-4pm in the Large Conference Room
Ghost Kid Comics
Kakebo: Japanese Art of Mindful Spending

Money Wounds Part 1

Sun, 02 Oct 2022 04:23:33 -0300

Have you ever been in a conversation among other Filipinos about income, only to be followed up with a question about your profession? Are you guilty of, or have you been given unsolicited financial advice? Have you observed your parents/elders give away money they don’t have? “Debt,” “Pagpapautang/Lend,” “Remittance,” and “Income” are all key terms in our culture about money. In today's conversation, we uncover some wounds when it comes to understanding, navigating, and obtaining money.

Join us for Part 1 of this very long, poignant conversation.

When Guam was my World -Guest Starring Mari Santos, Kristine Bactad, and Sangi Susuico

Sun, 18 Sep 2022 13:02:04 -0300

Co-Host and Co-founder, Jean Munson of Bruha Baddies sits with friends long before Bruha Baddies was created. Mari Santos, Sangi Susuico, and Kristine Bactad reflect back on what's changed or stayed the same about Jean after all these years graduating high school in 2005.

Stroll down memory lane and love between childhood friends. Recorded in July 2022.

Recommendations:

Kristine

1. Past Worlds Game

2. Cold Brew Coffee with Honey

3. Live in the Moment

Mari

1. More Yoga

2. Be Kind to Yourself Always

3. Travel more

Sangi

1. Take as many Pictures

2. Always eat pizza

3. Journal everyday

Jean

1. Come to Guam

2. Asiga Cafe in Guam

3. Pay attention to the people who stay in your life

Hot Baddies Summer Part 2

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 03:47:55 -0300

What better way than to reflect how we all grew, change, and learned this summer? Here's part 2 of our Summer Recap, covering self care, growing pains, mental health, and stolen land.

Comics and Zines Las Co-Zi LV events for Fall 2022

Phoenix Zine Fest on Sept 17-18 (12pm-5pm)
2 Cultures, 1 Zine Family Sept 23 (4-6pm)
Las Vegas Book Festival Youth Zine workshop Oct 22 (9:45am-11:45am)

Recommendations:

Jean

1. Stretch Marks comic available on Amazon and local bookstore Alternate Reality Comics

2. KatsuCo - Japanese fast food

3. Riviera Mayan Mexican Food

Nicole

1. Grocery Delivery

2. Trixie Motel

3. Renaissance by Beyonce

Daniel

1. Cerave

2. "Miss a Thing" Kylie Minogue

3. Drag Race Philippines

Hot Baddies Summer Part 1

Sun, 21 Aug 2022 06:05:32 -0300

We’ve been away since May! Did you miss us? Cus we missed all of you. We hope you stayed safe this summer and covid-free! If not, we’re hoping you rest and recover as summer slowly winds down. In this 2 parter episode of BB, we will be deep diving with the team about their summer.

For more content, check out patreon.com/bruhabaddies

More than a Mother: Auntie Virgie

Wed, 18 May 2022 04:24:17 -0300

Reposting due to Sunday 5/15 tech difficulties

To kick off a summer break from your favorite podcast, Bruha Baddies is closing the Spring time in this May episode with Jean's mom. Jean sits down with her mom Virgie to discuss about retirement after 40 years of nursing. She talks about how her Filipino identity shaped the workplace, what life looks like after clocking in 40+ hours a week, and the legacies she leaves behind.

We will be back in the fall, but in the meantime for summer content: patreon.com/bruhabaddies

Recommendations:

Jean

Kimmortal @kimmortaltheartist
Comedian Tin Lorica @selfiemixtape
Wellness Focus

Virgie

Magpagmahal Baddies

Sun, 01 May 2022 03:52:12 -0300

Today’s episode is inspired by years of “tough love” we've consciously and subconsciously engaged in as family members in our Filipino/a/x culture. We answer questions about how love is modeled for us, our learned and unlearned behavior, and the folks who helped us love again.

More content of Bruha Baddies can be found on: patreon.com/bruhabaddies

Recommendations:

Nicole

Daniel

I Can’t Date Jesus by Michael Arcenaux
Bridgerton
Dark Chocolate covered almonds

Jean

All Things B podcast by Brenda Cruz Gomez Gomez Cruz
Tarot Card Readings
Stretch Marks Kickstarter Campaign on May 1-14 bit.ly/stretchmjean

Sam the JurisBaddie

Sun, 17 Apr 2022 00:01:00 -0300

Who is Sam? Sam is colleagues with Nicole's asawa and Bruha Baddies first JURISBADDIE (lawyer)! Sam is a Pokenerd, connoisseur of metal rock, hails from Long Beach, and that she hella resonates with magically disappointing her parents.

Show Notes:

Oil Rig link sent by Gabe in fan mail: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/06/17/482203447/invisibilia-how-lea”

Recommendations:

SAM
1. Turning Red
2. Sugarbee’s Bakery on Rainbow
3. Overnight Diapers
DANIEL
1. Alternative Alamat by Paolo Chikiamco (Author), Mervin Malonzo (Illustrator) — released in mid April
2. Golden Girls
3. LOTION – everyone lotion
JEAN
1. Kickstarter campaign for Stretch Marks Graphic novel from May 1-14
2. Henderson Reads Festival on Water Street April 30 10-3pm
3. Las Vegas Natural Allergy Relief at Sprouts
NICOLE
1. The Adventure Challenge: Couples Edition
2. If you know of any k-12 aged Las Vegans on the East Side, Starting Thursday the 21st, team Co-Zi will be at the Hollywood Recreation Center conducting zine workshops as a part of the CC P&R Empowerment Art

Sunog Sa Sarili: The Difficulties of Asking for Help as Filipino/a/x

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 03:46:21 -0300

Do you ask for help? If so, do you experience difficulty when asking for help? Why is it difficult? WHY ARE WE LIKE THIS? Is it cultural? Today on BB we explore concepts of help: asking, receiving, and giving as Filipino/a/x-Americans.

Recommendations:

Nicole

Dungeon Forward (IG: @dungeonforward)
Death Drop Skates (IG: @deathdropskates)
Jiji Knight (IG: @jijidraws)

Daniel

Nellis Auction
Pancit Canton: Kalamansi flavor
Chicken Thighs – they be flavorful, easier to cook than breasts

Jean

NPR Life Kit
Air Fry Arby’s curly fries from chef mentor Heather
Bleach Improv

Drag King Krēme Inakuchi

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 23:59:00 -0300

Bruha Baddies welcome Drag King Krēme Inakuchi from Toronto!

Crème if you fancy, Cream if you nasty

Follow him www.kremeinakuchi.com

Learn basic steps into becoming a drag king and how virtual spaces help create safety for queer folks! He is breaking barriers for Filipinx/a/o in the Drag King space and founded @halohalohaus (Filipinx performer database) to increase visibility, accessibility, and community.

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Recommendations:

Kreme
- Wear ear plugs
- Wear Knee pads
- Water
Nicole
Daniel
- The Gilded Age
- Water w/ Fiber Powder
- Z Library
Jean
- Outshine Creamy Coconut Bars
- Impeachment on American Crime Story, also TW before viewership
- Charm Thai Food and Coffee

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Special Thanks to our Founding Patreon Supporters:

Heather Goodlett
Erika Abad
Gabe Oliveros
Ally Remigio
Ria Yap

Join our Patreon for Bonus Baddies episodes: patreon.com/bruhabaddies

Show's music by Chainsaw Fight

Season FOUR (eyes)

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 03:13:34 -0400

Come back for more "High Index lens" laughs and thoughts from these Bruha/x! We set intentions, share growth, and discuss changes in the season/pass year.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Nicole

Daniel

Book rec: “A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible”
Reading about a topic that caused you pain IN A DIFF PERSPECTIVE
Pokemon Legends Arceus
Propagate those plants

Jean

Poppin Pinays Podcast
Himawari House by Harmony Becker - A young adult graphic novel about three foreign exchange students and the pleasures, and difficulties, of adjusting to living in Japan.
Dried Jackfruit Buah brand at Burlington Coat Factory

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Kapit Sa Gabi: Brew-ha Baddies Drunk Season 3Finale

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 04:31:40 -0400

In today’s episode, we invite y’all to raise a glass, plastic tumbler, or hydroflask with us as we close out season 3!

Show Notes:

ICYMI:

- - Jean was on UNLV’s We Need to Talk
  - Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival

So you don’t miss it:

- Co-Zi Zine Makin Hangout

Recommendations:

Jean
1. Hoping for a Filipino poetry night in the next year
2. Hoping for a theatre presentation on Filipinos in the next year
3. Grateful for Co-host commitment

Daniel

Writing poems: let your guard down and be a whirlpool of wordz
Cortisone-10: it’s cold dry skin season
Reading books out loud w/ your kiddos

Nicole

Fuzzy socks to keep your toesies warm
New ABBA music! “Don’t Shut Me Down”

The Intersections of Andrea Darby: Scientist, Blerd, Biracial, Leader, Advocate

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:26:46 -0300

Co-host Jean and Andrea (Drea) Darby go back to UNLV Days circa 4 years ago. Jean initially met Drea as a student leader attending NEW Leadership Nevada 2018. Since then Drea has gone off to get a PhD at Cornell back east, far away from her home. She was born in The Bay Area but was raised in Nevada. They reconnected after Jean’s zine release, “Are You Filipino?” and fruitful conversations about being biracial were shared. Today, we honor and appreciate Drea for her time and the time difference to record this episode. We hope our BB listeners gain and grow from this conversation today about identity, Filipinos response to anti-blackness, and the importance of fandom in creating joy!

Recommendations:

Drea

Asia Jackson - Black Filipina influencer
Unapologetic- Charlene Carruthers
Anime- Marimashta Iruma-Kun

Nicole

Daniel

Afterparties (Anthony Veasna So) --- short stories
Trying out new recipes --- like wine in stew
Block spam callers

Jean-

Vogue Robinson - Local Black poet and educator
Follow Cozi cus some cool shit going down
Kapwa Comics- new comic collab crew on all things Filipino

Multidimensional Medium: Krisell Valenzuela on Psychic Ability

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 03:57:13 -0300

Bruha Baddies co-hosts Nicole and Jean discuss with Krisell an in depth look at her work as a spiritual practitioner. She is the first to come on to our show regarding this topic! For our curious listeners, this conversation aids on how we perceive ourselves culturally as Filipino/a/x s in relation with energy and spirituality.

Helpful Links on reaching Krisell

Website: https://www.krisellcan.com/

Instagram: @krisellcan.medium

Her services: https://www.krisellcan.com/offerings.html

Recommendations:

Krisell

Nicole

Luna Li @lunaliband
Hiking

Jean

1984 Graphic Novel: Original novel by George Orwell and Illustrations by Fido Nesti
The Good Asian Graphic Novel: Written by Pornshak Pichetshote (Thai American), Drawn by Alexandre Tefenkgi
Mellocremes

Filipino Guilt Trips: Shaming into Obedience

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 02:34:00 -0300

Last episode we talked about Guilty Pleasures: Loving and Liking things without shame. That’s a practice in itself. Some days will be easier and some days will be harder. We’re extending this conversation about shame. Today on BB, we are talking about guilt tactics. What have we experienced, specifically within our Filipino culture that are ways of shaming us? Find out with us today!

Recommendations

Daniel

Audiobooks at 1.25x speed.
Collard greens cooked in bacon
Bob’s Burgers

Jean

Kettle Brand Chips Korean Barbecue Flavor
Rest over Coffee
Curry Gatorade Comic @jeaniebeanmarie

Guilty Pleasures

Sun, 19 Sep 2021 03:37:57 -0300

Tune in to this talk about the Bruha Baddies' guilty pleasures! What's a guilty pleasure you have that our culture could potentially shame you about? Nicole, Jean, and Daniel open up in a WALANG HIYA way!

3 Recommendations

Nicole

Charleston Smiles Dentistry on E Charleston & Nellis
Anne Carly’s | My Feelings Shop
Sweet Tart’s Rope

Daniel

Donors Choose
Repurposing
Mini desserts

Jean

Budjette Baddies: TRESE Co-Creator Special Guest

Sun, 05 Sep 2021 04:13:56 -0300

Today’s episode is part four of a multi-part series where we hardcore nerd out about TRESE, the Netflix Original is based on the Filipino komik series by Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo. Team BB is hashtag blessed to have a legendary Pinoy comics hustler, founding member of Alamat Comics, award-winning writer, co-creator, editor and partly responsible for this Trese nerd fest...BUDJETTE TAN.

Prepare to laugh & be inspired!!

Budjette episode resources:

Hans Christian Anderson Ties with Jose Rizal

Whilce Portactio (Marvel Filipino Comic Book Writer & Artist)

RECOMMENDATIONS

Budjette

Penlab.ink-website 300 titles comics creators in pandemic for Filipino
Sound Comics Anthology - Comixology South East Asian stories Difference Engine
Manila Noir - Acashik Press (Trese’s in there)
Please pick up a Lego set today and build something

Nicole

Ep 24 of Komiks Kwentuhan on YouTube was really informative for me as someone who is an outsider to Pinoy comic history and more broadly, Pinoy nerd pop culture (PINERD). The 52 minute mark might be my favorite. *this video is primarily in Taglish*
“Hatinggabi” by The Bed Bites is an antidepressant.
Pick up your trash when you’re hiking.

Daniel

Lola (graphic novel) by J. Torres
DuoLingo? I’ve been learning Korean!
Trese-mé (Kambal Fanart)

Jean (Thinking of other sweet comics to consider that are filipino related)

Petro and the Flea King by Ken Lamug
Whirlwind Wonderland by Rina Ayuyang
Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos, and Me by Lorina Mapa

Trese Komiks Fandom with Tami DeCoster

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 02:35:02 -0300

Today’s episode is part three of a multi-part series where we nerd TF out about TRESE. The Netflix Original is based on the Filipino komik series written by Budjette Tan and illustrated by Kajo Baldisimo. Today we meet Jean's Trese komiks dealer, Tami. Tami was a former guest on the show in season 1 and long time listener of BB. She is a local artist, game designer, comic fan, and propagator of Trese Komiks!

Tami resources mentioned in this episode:

Ma Me Mi Mumu! - https://www.amazon.com/Ma-me-mi-mumu-English-Filipino-Jomike-Tejido/dp/9716301758

The Comics Cube interviews:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnsBg1_mVIy2ytknYi6787BHURFXbUdCq

Recs:

Tami

www.tabi-po.com.
Noli Me Tangere
Ube Tea Cookies from Trader Joe's.

Jean

Smith’s sells some inexpensive pork buns aka siopao
Grinds to da Max Hawaiian restaurant on Charleston
Chika is currently my new fav queer rapper. Check her out!

Nicole

“Iiwanan” by CHNDTR.
Harley Quinn cartoon
Past guest Diana is part of an ensemble called CHORAL AUDACITY. They had a performance earlier in the month that you can watch on YouTube.

Trese Backstage with Mikey Macasero & a Career in Animation

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 04:23:35 -0300

Bruha Baddies continues on their Trese obsession! We learn more about the work behind the Trese animation with Mikey Macasero, a Line Producer for the Netflix show and beloved comic about a female lead. Learn about his journey in animation and to get where he is in that career. Nicole, Daniel, and Jean learn about how cartoons are made!

Special Thanks to mutual friend Quincy Jay Victoria

Recs

Mikey-

You don’t have to be over 50 to join AARP and benefit from their discounts!
Nap when your kids nap. DO IT.

Nicole-

CHNDTR (Chin Detera) - “Kpgd” (kapagud) / Paramore cover of “Ain’t It Fun”
Syd Hartha - “ayaw”
Willow - lately i feel EVERYTHING

Daniel-

YouTube Karaoke
Seafood City has ube extract
Las Vegas-Clark County Library District has Trese vol 1 & 2

Jean-

Uncrustables with Hazelnut
Filipino Olympian: Margielyn Didal from CEBU skateboarder.
Dream again.

Talagang Awkward

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 05:33:11 -0300

Nicole, Daniel, and Jean sit and talk candidly about being socially awkward in the , past, present (during pandemic time), and future, as members of the Filipinx/a/o community. Cool or not cool? Mask or no mask? Save face, gossip, or sit in silence? Socially awkward or Suplado/a (snob)? We're all still living in the pandemic even with vaccinations, so how are we all navigating how to live having being cooped up for so long?

Shout Outs

@MarsWhatNa?- Season 2 launched on July 20th, so make sure to check them out!

@arminakg - (ARM-MEE-NAH) Want to know more about her and why she’s worth investing in for grad school? Check her Episode out on all podcast platforms Armina Guelas: Rebel with Many causes

Recs

Daniel

Canned sweet corn.
If you have the capacity and finances AND you’re feeling a little drab: get yourself a living thing to take care of.
Get the vaccine. Wear a mask.

Jean

Keet’s (@makeshiftlove) zine called Summer Crush.
Never Have I Ever Netflix series
Barnes and Noble in Summerlin area for all your extensive Manga needs.

Nicole

Netflix Original Milkshake Gunpowder
Costco Thai tea Boba creamsicles.
indierock OPM
1. “Kulayan Natin” by Munimuni (2019) (As Tall As Lions, Band of Horses)
2. “Papunta Pabalik” by Autotelik (2016) (Guster, Minus the Bear)
3. “Tama Na Ang Drama” by Ang Bandang Shirley (2013) (The Decemberists, Deathcab For Cutie)

Uno, Dos, TRESE with Jenna Buffum

Sun, 11 Jul 2021 04:45:04 -0300

Today’s episode is part one of a multi-part series where we nerd TF out about TRESE. The Netflix Original is based on the Filipino komik series written by Budjette Tan and illustrated by Kajo Baldisimo. What is Netflix’s Trese about? “In Manila, where dark supernatural forces pervade the criminal underworld, it’s up to Alexandra Trese to keep the peace — but there’s a storm brewing.” So, why Trese? Alexandra Trese is literally a Bruha Baddie: witchy, badass, flawed, and in need of a good therapist. There will be spoilers, so pause now if you want to watch Trese before proceeding.

Special Guest with one of our favorite nerds Jenna Buffum @secondstringer She is a walking encyclopedia of YA (young adult) and WLW (women loving women) fiction, loves a sword at nag ra-roll 20 siya.

Trese Fan group to join on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TreseComics/

Recs

Jenna

Jean

Nicole

Kura Sushi has Sanrio prizes this month!!!
“Tragic” by Jazmine Sullivan

Trese artists to follow:

maik_check on Twitter
Patrick Gañas on Twitter
John Louis Gañas Instagram (chibi kambal)
tapioca terror on Instagram
christiancgtomas on Instagram

Lou on Instagram

Uncovering Filipina Archaeologist Kat Aben

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 04:42:14 -0300

"FILIPINO AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY DOES NOT EXIST. AND SO HOW DO WE MAKE IT EXIST?"-Kat Aben

Special Guest Kat Aben converses with Jean and Daniel about her journey as a as an Archaeologist (a field our filipino/a/x community rarely pursuit). Kat is a Doctoral Candidate with a specialty in historical archaeology and Filipino-American heritage. She is currently employed as a federal archaeologist.

Tune in to how her intentions of helping people led her to a different avenue that ultimately help conserve and investigate our untold stories. Dare we say, she may even be cooler than Indiana Jones!

Special Shout-outs to Grace Talusan (The Body Papers novel) and Mary Talusan (Instruments of Empire: Filipino Musicians, Black Soldiers, and Military Band Music during U.S. Colonization of the Philippines)! Check out these great reads.

Recommendations:

Kathrina

Fundamental Primer on theories of Race:
- The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould
- The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
I Am: An Anthology of Prose and Verse (author, member of FAHNS)
Eating Asian America edited by Robert Ji-Song Ku, Martin F. Manalansan and Anita Mannur (book also with Dr. Mark Padoongpatt, colleague and friend)

Daniel

Embroidering
Soups in the summer
Watching shows in a different language

Jean

Journal Prompts for stress
Journal Prompts for joy
Daniel's fresh polvoron

Swapping Places with Historical Figures, guest starring Vera Blossom

Sun, 13 Jun 2021 05:22:09 -0300

What if we had a time machine? Who would we swap places with in History and why? Sitting down with Vera Blossom, Jean and Nicole re-imagine with them about these known and not so known individuals. Come listen to this wild, funny, and pensive history lesson...

Featuring: María Orosa, Carmen Rosales, and Landonis Balthazar "Lando" Calrissian

Honorable Mention: Zheng Yi Sao (pirate)

Recs

Vera

Letting yourself eat easy food
Trader Joes Vegan Tikka Masala & Premade Tomato Feta Soup
Jollibee Drive through on Rainbow Boulevard
Generic Brand Lactaid

Nicole

Radio Soulwax Presents As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt 2
Lactose-free milk
Communication with a grain of salt because Mercury is in retrograde until the 22nd.

Jean

Do nothing self care.
Visit a psychic.
Check on your funny friends

Sources for Carmen

https://nolisoli.ph/95021/filipina-heroes-women-in-war-ayuvallos-20210309/

https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/carmen-rosales-a00304-20200303-lfrm

https://m.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=5017844391621970&id=111131982293260

https://www.pacificatrocities.org/the-legacy-of-the-asian-women-soldier.html

Sources for María

-Google/Ecosia/Wikipedia/Firefox

-The work of Filipino foo historian Doreen Fernandez

-Little Manila in the Heart for Filipino Oral History on the now extinct Filipinotown that once existed in Stockton, CA

LIVE RECORDING with Bulosan Center Conference: Bruha Baddies and the Transnational Magic of Digital Kwentuhan

Sun, 30 May 2021 00:11:00 -0300

Recorded on 5/29/21 1:15pm-2:00pm, Session E at the 2021 Bulosan Conference Center for Filipinx Studies Research Center.

BB thanks all attendees who held and shared space with us.

Host Recs:

Jean

Seek spiritual advisors like Krisell Can
Einstein’s donuts, don’t sleep on double the frosting
Dig for more intersectional Filipinx podcasts! Make your own too!

Daniel

Google “Free Stuff to Do in ___”. If y’all are making moves in the wanderlust mood + on a budget + safety. That fills up the itinerary quick, without leaving a hole in your bulsas.
Being a plant parent -- Pothos Plant: low maintenance. Had one for a whole year, and she’s thriving! Gives your living space a little green :)
Mindful cooldown

Nicole

TRESE ON NETFLIX, Y’ALL. June 11th
Toro Y Moi/Chaz Bundick’s cover of Joe Bataan’s “Ordinary Man”
MOISTURIZE AFTER GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER.

Banana Ketchup: BB Catchup & Reflect Post-Vaccination

Sun, 16 May 2021 05:10:33 -0300

It’s been a full year of remote recording. Have we grown? How? What setbacks have we experienced? How much did the 2nd vaccine shot kick our asses? Today on Bruha Baddies, we investigate the psychological and physical impacts of the pan de ube.

**content/activation warning on self harm

**Join us on Saturday May 25th from 1:15 - 2 pm for a live recording from the 2021 virtual Bulosan Center for Filipinx Studies Research Conference. The conference takes place on Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th from 1 - 6 pm. This event is free and registration is required at tinyurl.com/registerbulocon2021. For more information, follow @bulosancenter on IG

**We are in solidarity with past guest (@cuteflesh on IG) Vera Blossom and those at The Believer Magazine and the Black Mountain Institute who are impacted by the institutional white supremacist actions of its former EIC/executive director. More info: https://desertnote-97667.medium.com/

Fan Shout-outs

@softbabebloom

Gabe Oliveros

Recommendations:

Nicole

Yaeji’s (@kraejiyaeji on IG) AAPIHM playlist on Apple Music
Japanese dj named Towa Tei (@towatei on IG).
No chicken nuggies on the 19th. McDonald’s workers are striking for better wages.

Jean

Whale Gummies from Winco
Nonviolent Communication Workbook @co_conspiratorpress
9 Round Kickboxing Henderson- QueerPOC Owned Gym

Daniel

Short-dashed-clothes: Suns out, guns out. Sky’s out, thighs out.
FirstBook Marketplace: for book-adjacent positions and/or organizations who serve low-income, underserved communities.

Filipinx/a/o Leadership

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 04:37:33 -0300

Leadership is a sensitive topic in our Filipinx community. And the reasons for this are layered. Being part of a Diasporic community and histories of dictatorship, there can be clashing definitions of what leadership, community, progress, and legacy mean. Sometimes our best intentions to come together, operate in mechanisms that drive us apart. Join us today on BB as we reminisce about our interactions within culture when it comes to Filipinx leadership.

Shout outs: @tasiamacaraeg (Tasia Macaraeg) @mommavie (Vilma Gorre) @dcsantos9 (Daniel Santos) @desire_encouragement (Desiré Galvez)

Shout outs :

Dr. Constancio Arnaldo https://www.unlv.edu/people/constancio-arnaldo

Dr. Francisco Sy https://www.unlv.edu/people/francisco-sy

Jason Sarmiento https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/author/jason-sarmiento/

Recommendations:

Daniel

A feelings wheel
Pistachio muffins
Water

Nicole:

Those lil bulalo instant noodle cups.
@iaf_inc
Hoka x Cotopaxi collab @rei

Jean

@djmoeejito
@perennialpress Marinna Benzon
@wastedinkzinedistro

Filipino Dessert: What's to love & Why it Matters

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 05:24:57 -0300

It’s a celebration! We’re dreaming up of all the best treats in our culture that we individually love. Behind every treat, there is a story of nostalgia imprinting itself into our taste buds and memories. This episode is about Filipino Desserts! We’d love to hear your stories of your favs while we share ours!

Recommendations:

Nicole

high compression BIKE SHORTS and FULL-LENGTH LEGGINGS
@decarlojraspberry on Tiktok
@kuyateco

Daniel

Amboy: Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream by Alvin Cailan
Cafe86 @cafe_86lasvegas
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong

Jean

PetCo Dog Inflatable collars
UNLV Care Center
Check out Art Day with Beyond Art Journal on April 3rd! @beyondartjournal

Are We Our Parents?

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 03:46:11 -0400

Much of our identity is shaped by how our parents raised us. Are their expectations of us based on their parents’ expectations of them? Do we carry those same expectations onto others in our lives? Is this a uniquely Filipino experience? If so, how?Today, we dig deep into the people we call our parents. Did/does Diasporic parenting impact our values? ARE WE OUR PARENTS?

________________________

Instagram friends to follow: Drag King @Kreme Inakuchi & True Crime Stories Filipino Style @lagimpodcast

Past Guests dropping in hellos Ria Yap and Diana Calica

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Recommendations:

Nicole:

Sleeping with two weighted blankets.
Animal Crossing New Horizons
Suckin’ On A Chilli Dog

Daniel

Filipino Ethnomusicology textbook from UCLA: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A209355
Audre Lorde audiobook: Sister Outsider
Sending this podcast episode to your kapatids kasi you’re not the only one affected by your farentz

Jean (wanting to share 3 concepts)

Look up what ptsd is
Look up how to hold space for others and yourself
Wish Nicole a Happy Birthday by sending them things @colesmcgee

Language Barriers in our Community (Filipinx/a/o)

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 02:36:49 -0400

One of the many indicators in our diasporic community as Filipinx is language barriers. Philippines has many dialects, first/second/third gen and beyond are sometimes raised without the dialect of their family, parents make intentional choices about being an english only assimilated home, and the list of barriers upon barriers are complex, layered, and nuanced.

Today we sit with the co-hosts (Daniel Nero, Nicole Espinosa, and Jean Munson) on their experiences with language barriers, navigating in and around that, or experiencing the marginalization that occurs when one language is superior over the other.

Host Recommendations:

Nicole:

@tofutees is a young Black creative in Las Vegas with dope antiracist merch including embroidered dad hats, enamel pins and ZIIIIIINES.
@missminilife on IG and YT. They’re a miniatures artist who is Black. They recently uploaded a video of a diorama of George Washington Carver’s laboratory.
Dr. Wanni Lie and her Tita assistant at Charleston Smiles Dentistry on the corner of East Charleston and Nellis. When I go in for major work, Dr. Lie gets me a prescription for 1 singulair drug. It helps. I have a lot of anxiety around dentists and teeth.

Daniel

Shiny Stockings, by Count Basie
McDo Pokemon Cards: Torchic and Cyndaquil
Toast with butter and cinnamon sugar.

Jean

@tagalogwithkirby (Joanna Your Tagalog Ate)
@surbiborkay_art
@lagimpodcast

Happy love YOU for YOU! In Her Purpose Special Guests Appearance!

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:58:12 -0400

Whether you celebrate Valentines, Gal-entines, or Pal-entines day, don't forget YOU in the equation! Jean Munson sits down with Co-Founders of IN HER PURPOSE book, coaching, and business Rose Buado and Jennifer Redondo-Marquez. Finding yourself can be a daunting task and this collaborative pinay conversation shares how you or anyone you know can navigate that transition with IN HER PURPOSE as a resource and support (especially in a community where women are expected to give more of themselves everyday to others).

Recommendations:

Rose

In Her Purpose Ube extract on ihpshop.com
@timeless.love.creations on Instagram activity worksheets for virtual students
Purpose Check Up

Jennifer

Jean

Check out In Her Purpose today and share this episode out to continue the great and good things Rose and Jennifer are doing for the community.
Small Netflix binge recommendation because it got me thinking about social media impact with conspiracies and cyberbullying: CRIME SCENE The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
And the Social Dilemma

Happy love YOU for YOU! In Her Purpose Special Guests Appearance!

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:58:12 -0400

Recommendations:

Rose

In Her Purpose Ube extract on ihpshop.com
@timeless.love.creations on Instagram activity worksheets for virtual students
Purpose Check Up

Jennifer

Jean

Check out In Her Purpose today and share this episode out to continue the great and good things Rose and Jennifer are doing for the community.
Small Netflix binge recommendation because it got me thinking about social media impact with conspiracies and cyberbullying: CRIME SCENE The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
And the Social Dilemma

Folklore about Familiars: THE PET EPISODE!

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 01:00:00 -0400

CW/TWarning

As bruha/x with our witchy Walang Hiya ways, all the cohosts have pets aka familiars. Pets that we refer to often as our family members. I wanted to look up what the cultural relationship Filipinx have with animals. The top 3 things came up in Jean's google search,

We eat dogs.
Dogs are the number 1 pets by Filipinos followed by cats. (SURPRISINGLY!!!??)

This information on relationships conflict and the limited research creates a gap in knowing the actual closeness and fondness that exists in our culture with nature’s creatures. So today, our Bruha Baddies team sits down to reflect on familiars/pets and how they impacted us in healthy ways (mind & body) as well.

Sources used:

Allan B. de Guzman, Denise S. Cucueco, Ian Benedict V. Cuenco, Nigel Gerome C. Cunanan, Robel T. Dabandan & Edgar Joseph E. Dacanay (2009) Petmanship: Understanding Elderly Filipinos' Self-Perceived Health and Self-Esteem Captured from their Lived Experiences with Pet Companions, Educational Gerontology, 35:11, 963-989, DOI: 10.1080/03601270802708418 @ University of Santo Tomas

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Recommendations

Nicole

VCA Mountain Vista on East Flamingo
Brown Plant Girls on Etsy
Bellesa Boutique dot com

Daniel

1. Using your public library: I got a book (about bisexuality in the ancient world) through Interlibrary Loan. I also got 5 other books delivered to my “home” library because I requested them. I also listen to great courses and ebooks through the library apps. So many things to learn about. In transit: a book about Asian myths -- two are from the PI.
2. Cast Iron Skillet: Truly a nice thing to have in the kitchen. They’re easy to maintain (only water and a non-metal scrubber, no soap –– then oil it up), and they’re good for cooking burgers, steaks, biscuits and gravy, stews, oh my god. So good so good. I’m southern now
3. Scriabin Etude 42 no 5: For the pianists out there -- the tempo is marked as “affanato” meaning “breathless” or “without breath”. So the whole time, the melody is playing within a storm, like it’s trying to get out of chaos --- and when it does, it’s pure tenderness. (But there’s only small bits of tenderness.) This piece makes me cry on really sad days. Give it a listen on YouTube.

Rose

Listen to classical versions of songs. Makes you feel fancy (I’m having a Bridgerton phase)
Trying not to take myself too seriously! I feel being able to joke about myself HEALTHily is a good way to have some sense of reflection and understanding
Kristian Kabuay - baybayin.com

Jean

Headspace the App for peace of mind and practice for noting (clearing the mind from anxious to do lists, self flagellation, and being mindful in the present moment)
Drops the App is for intellectual stimulation (teaching myself tagalog bit by bit and was originally recommended by Nicole) It’s funny because the words I have a sense of familiarity is all the food terms like talong, hipon, and kape.
Emjoy the App is for exploring my sexuality, kinks, self esteem, and desires. and There’s audio for masturbating to or exploring deeply rooted sexual trauma. There’s queer content on here as well.

Season 3: Redefining Rest

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 01:00:00 -0400

Raised on the notion of meritocracy and that hard work leads to success, we reflect on work-from-home conditions from 2020. Does it challenge the Model Minority. If so, how? By making us negotiate whether or not we deserve to practice pausing. Guilt, being called “lazy,” and having to prove self worth through productivity may have come up for our Bruha Baddies hosts.

First BB RECS in 2021:

1. 1. Jean
    - Good pillows.
    - I am Co. 30 day affirmation cards
    - Being my own friend zine by @arcadell
  2. Daniel:
    - Read Harder Challenge from Book Riot
    - Chips Ahoy and Milk at night
    - Ginger Ale BoldAle 8
  3. Nicole:
    - Manta Sleep masks
    - Digital Passion Planner
    - The Bahay Kubo club on the Clubhouse app (co-created by Erwin B Valencia and Elise Bernal)

Season 2 Finale: 2020 Burnout

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 00:05:00 -0400

Half the team of Bruha Baddies (Daniel Nero and Jean Munson) reflect on the year and the meaning of life after 2020. Close out your year with some of these truths about self discovery with your favorite magical radicals!

Bruha Baddies to return on January 17!

And in case the holidays are hard, lonely, or boring, feel free to listen to any and all episodes on your commute or chill time. You've never alone on BB!

Art and Mental Health Series Part 3 with Co-Zi LV (@cozilv), Special Guest Gina Parham (@artofgina)

Sun, 06 Dec 2020 20:38:45 -0400

Many times in our Filipinx/a/o community art is something to stray from, romanticize, or only hold value if it's lucrative. On Bruha Baddies, we want to identify folks that use it as part of an overall healing for themselves that eventually encourages others to participate in art making too. This 3 installment brings it back from Cali and Canada, to Las Vegas.

Meet team Co-Zi Las Vegas (Comics and Zines Las Vegas) and within the team is Nicole Espinosa (BB Co-Host), Jean Munson (BB Co-Host), and third co-founder Gina Parham (@artofgina) as they discuss their friendship and community building through their art. Collectively they talk about their different journeys that led to their healing and planning committee.

Episode Recommendations:

Nicole
- Milk + T (@milkandt) → Y’all know how I feel about the electoral college, but I’m gonna give my measly dollars to a QPOC business. IDGAF where the 45 fandom clowns have to go to get a boba and their yellow fever rocks off. Milk + T ain’t for them. Anyway, pleased as punch with the customer service at the West Side location, my Under Oat drink and the plethora of BOBA WASTED sticker swag Milk + T has to offer.
- Samonte Cruz (@samontecruzstudios) → They’re a Canadian-based badass who posts really cool goldsmithing content and are rooted in decolonization (business ethics, land back, ancestral history, self care, etc). I stan TF out of them. They also made my wedding ring, which I get hella compliments on. Get to know more about them in an interview posted on their IG and buy from their shop.
- Tron (@losingshape) → I’ve been in the TronDon since Livejournal, lol! Representation matters especially when someone who looks and loves like you is embedding ink on your skin. 10/10 would get tattooed again post pandemic. In the meantime, throw some dollars at her online store. P.S. Her partner Rainbow makes dope press-on nails.
Gina
- I just rewatched this documentary, so go watch But I Love The Zine, it’s a documentary on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMOGGY4tqXE
- Check out Noname Book Club for some great reading suggestions! They highlight books by authors of color. https://nonamebooks.com/
- If you’re trying to learn a language, stick to it! In case anyone needed to hear it.

Jean
- Keeping a paper calendar, a good friend during zoom meetings
- Headspace app for meditation (currently doing appreciation series)
- Being open to delays in life, asking and articulating ya sick!

Where to find Co-Zi LV:

Facebook facebook.com/cozilv

Instagram @cozilv

Website cozilv.com

Email cozilasvegas@gmail.com (send us zines!)

Art and Mental Health Series Part 2 with Keet (@makeshiftlove)

Sun, 22 Nov 2020 10:00:00 -0400

Keet Geniza is our first international guest on Bruha Baddies and hails all the way from Toronto, Canada. They are an illustrator and they open up about artist block and social media's impact on art sharing. Tune in for their tips how doodling can save your day! We're fans of Keet's ability to artistically highlight fat experiences among pinays/pinxys, fat women of color, and queer women of color.

Ways to find Keet Geniza:

@makeshiftlove on Instagram

Etsy Store

Art and Mental Health Series Part 1 with Kayleen (@surbiborkay_art)

Sun, 08 Nov 2020 09:45:00 -0400

Content Warning (CW): Sexual Assault

Kayleen is a polymath with art, counseling, and academics. In her avenue of zine making, she re-authors her survivor story and reaffirm her truths helping online and in person communities. Her zines have been conversation openers, and also a source of controversy among family, friends, and fans.

Follow Kayleen's work @surbiborkay and may you find the courage to journal, create dialogue, and own your story too.

BB Recommendations:

Jean:

Jackfruit = LANGKA
Mute Notifications in your settings
Muting friends on a temporary basis

Kayleen:

Growing my own garden
Playing guitar and singing along to cheesy Filipino ballads

Nicole:

I AM OBSESSED WITH KYLIE MINOGUE’S NEW ALBUM AND IDC.
Beet juice

Cultural Fears with Peers

Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:13:32 -0300

Content Warning (CW)

October is many things this month: Filipino American History Month, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Halloween season.

All these themes play apart in this conversation between Jean, Nicole, and Daniel. Join the ebb and flow of talking about trauma, taboos, and teka muna!

And as always, there's recommendations of the things we love at the end of the episode that help bring joy and fun into our lives and yours.

Here's a few:

Daniel:

Air fryers cuz fried food
Advocating for yourself at work: Coaching teachers didn’t go so well lol
Pokemon Sword and Shield DLCs instead of reading

Jean:

Comics out of my Comfort Zone (The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen & Invisible Differences: A Story of Asperger's, Adulting, and Living a Life in Full Color)
Jean Nidetch Women's Center- Healing work in Academia needing constant replication and emulation in more spaces

Nicole:

Tennis’ spoopy cover of the Carpenter’s song “Superstar”
A ratchet-wrench-screwdriver set that doesn’t belong to me.
HOMEMADE S’MORES

White Partners (Part 1 of Many): Centering our Filipina/x/o Identities in our Interracial Relationships

Sun, 11 Oct 2020 00:05:00 -0300

Half the Bruha Baddies team, Jean Munson and Daniel Nero converse about their interracial relationships with white folks. Placing self love grounded in their culture first helps navigate how to build healthy relationships with partners from a different ethnicity.

Experiencing cultural stigmas, racism, and difficult conversations, the co-hosts manage to find and manifest joy in straight and queer relationships.

Content warning: violence

Secret Mom Episode: Being a Nurse, Patient, Parent, & Daughter during Covid

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 08:00:00 -0300

On this episode, meet the woman who fondly calls Jean Munson (podcast co-founder) Bruha. Recorded during the last week of care taking her mom, Jean and Virgie (Mom) sit down to have a candid conversation about living together as adults and the role reversal of caring for each other.

If you liked or related to this episode, write us a review or letter! This was a very vulnerable recording since the generational cultural barriers of sharing created a bit of hesitation from Jean's mom to trust that her stories/experience/love matter.

Magic Summer Wrap Up Party

Sun, 13 Sep 2020 08:00:00 -0300

We survived the Las Vegas summer ya'll (pandemic and all)! Tune into this catch up session between friends (Nicole, Jean, and Daniel) and the recommendations they have on new and old things (encouraged by our Listener series guest Gabi Oliveros)

Let's "FALL" into it! Listen to who's in love, who's got into accidents, and who's having health issues. Yikes! Did we mention we're surviving and laughing at the same time?

Here's a preview of some of their fun recs...

NEW Filipina/x podcasts:

@everanddoe

@magandz

@bobatalk

Books:

Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong

Shows:

Undone

Downtown Abbey

Art:

@kurboi

Listener Tribute Series Part 3 with Camille Ungco

Sun, 30 Aug 2020 08:00:00 -0300

We moved the proverbial Bruha Baddies plane from Vegas, to the Bay area, and now to the Pacific Northwest in Seattle to talk to one of our long time listeners Camille Ungco. She grew up in New Jersey and is now on the pursuit of a Doctoral degree.

Tune in to how we mutually cheer, learn, and listen to each other no matter the distance.

Listener Tribute Series Part 2 with Ria Yap and Diana Calica

Sun, 16 Aug 2020 00:07:00 -0300

After breaking 10,000 downloads, we wanted to reflect on the folks that got us to where we are by holding space for us every time an episode airs.

In part 2 of the Listener Tribute Series we connect with long time supporter and friends, Ria Yap and Diana Calica. They are carving and creating spaces in their own lives with the work they do, hobbies they enjoy, and their friendship with each other. We are honored for the things they teach us as podcasters, because their input, views, and voices matter.

Channel into that inner walang hiya (even introverted) you may tuck away sometimes and find yourselves connecting to these listeners who have a chance at the mic.

Follow them

@rialize

@dcalicamusic

@kustomkru (for custom Pops)

Listener Tribute Series Part 1 with Gabe Oliveros

Sun, 02 Aug 2020 08:00:00 -0300

After breaking 10,000 downloads, we wanted to reflect on the folks that got us to where we are by holding space for us every time an episode airs.

Our first guest is Gabe Oliveros from Las Vegas and was born in the Philippines. Learn how this guy is a fan from day 1 and gives invaluable insight about what he's gained from listening and relating with us femmes, queers, and radicals on our show.

No Education Vacation: Activism & Safety in Schools

Sun, 19 Jul 2020 17:48:36 -0300

Half the Bruha/x team showed up to talk candidly and reflectively about Education and being Educators. Rosalina Trinindad and Daniel Nero talk about experiences in their teaching careers and the full scope roles they assume in the lives of students during the pandemic and social revolution actively happening in 2020.

Tune into their external and internal conflict on managing safety, education, and self harm that we think fellow POC/Filipinx/a/o educators can resonate with.

Queer Dating Apps: Swipe right, kasi.

Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:38:41 -0300

Nicole Espinosa, Daniel Nero, and Rosalina Trinidad share their different experiences with dating as queer filipina/o/x! Here are the deets about hooking up and don't worry if you feel terrible at online dating! The co-hosts are here to help you out with their candid conversation with living in Las Vegas!

Questions that we raise:

-How do the apps inform you about the queer community?

-How do the apps inform you about … yourself?

Black Lives Matter: Historical and Lifelong Anti Racist Work Perspective

Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:27:02 -0300

Co-Hosts of Bruha Baddies Jean Munson, Nicole Espinosa, Rosalina Trinidad, and Daniel Nero create and discuss an intentional outline about anti-blackness that is historical, regional (by province), and domestically related to this country and to the Philippines. They honor and recognize the current work done by black folks and allies by highlighting those accounts and intellectual labor being shared and circulated.

They want to make sure you have access to finding avenues in supporting black folks at every level of activism during pandemic along with them.

Living document Daniel referenced in Episode: https://blacklivesmatter.carrd.co/

Public google doc of recommendations by the BB team to access videos, follow accounts, book titles, and tune into informative podcasts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NVV2gzMknxNKUZIpu_KD7gmmn45U0ZIv94bN10ZvVug/edit?usp=sharing

Chaos & Kapatids

Sun, 07 Jun 2020 16:08:41 -0300

With a pandemic, protests, and numerous stressors happening today, the Bruha/x Baddies team sits down to reflect on how sibling interactions can be volatile in the home. Listen in how communication is important in filipinx/a/o spaces especially among among our kapatids who know our long personal histories and triggers/activations.

Welcome Back Rose

Sun, 24 May 2020 08:00:00 -0300

After taking a few months to acclimate to her career as a teacher, Rosalina Trinidad pops on to speak with co-hosts of Bruha Baddies Jean Munson, Daniel Nero, and Nicole Espinosa. They talk about the changing times for educators since they are working in different institutions: public high school, charter high school, and college.

They also reminisce about life from a student lens after graduation. Pop in to hear these four filipinx friends during the month of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

Episode Notes:

When recording this episode, we broke 7,000 downloads. As it airs today, we broke 8,000 dowloads. Thank you to our curious, dedicated, and informed listeners.

Microaggressions for Mental Health Awareness Month

Sun, 10 May 2020 14:10:13 -0300

Co-hosts Jean Munson, Daniel Nero, and Nicole Espinosa reminisce the impacts of microaggressions in every day interactions. Tune in more for what these moments can look like in subtle conversations and tools to navigate the energy allocated in dealing with these moments.

Recommended Professors for classes to learn more at UNLV referenced in today's episode:

https://www.unlv.edu/people/gloria-wong-padoongpatt

https://www.unlv.edu/people/constancio-arnaldo

Queer Break Ups

Sun, 26 Apr 2020 14:33:34 -0300

Co-hosts Nicole Espinosa and Daniel Nero reflect on break ups and the concept of learning to be alone, loving yourself, and moving on without timelines. Enjoy this long episode of friends reflecting on relationships.

Content warning: Intimate partner violence

Pausing with Pilipinx during the Pandemic

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 14:01:21 -0300

Tune in on how the three co-hosts Jean Munson, Nicole Espinosa, and Daniel Nero reflect and adjust during this time indoors.

Armina Guelas: Rebel with Many Causes

Sun, 29 Mar 2020 14:33:51 -0300

Meet the hidden friend we keep referencing to, ARMINA GUELAS. Ecofeminist, 9th Island Researcher, Neon Pacific Podcast Member of the UNLV Asian and Asian American Studies Program, and a Bunso Baddie. Find out what all this means from this meaningful person!

Found Family with Vera Blossom

Sun, 15 Mar 2020 19:09:28 -0300

Even in marginalized communities and cultures, we can still find family! Joining us for this conversation is Vera Blossom as she recounts her experiences growing up from Daly City to Las Vegas as a filipinx/a.

Breaking Barriers with Books: LET'S GET LIT!

Sun, 01 Mar 2020 13:41:50 -0400

Daniel Nero leads discussion with recommended reads for filipino/a/x and how the impact of literature affects our overall ideas about our cultural identity and activism. Grab a note pad to take down these titles!

Also we encourage you shop from the following as an alternative to corporate bookstores:

Arkipelago Books

East Wind Books

Philippine Expressions Books

And support the growth of Gantala Books (Feminist Publisher located in Manila)

Find them on IG!

Queer Dating

Sun, 16 Feb 2020 13:33:48 -0400

Nicole Espinosa and Daniel Nero talk candidly with Jean Munson about their navigation of queer dating that can be applied to some of the forbidden questions we have about relationships in our filipino/a/x communities. How have our exes, the internet, and friends inform these decisions about dating and relating? Find out now on Bruha Baddies!

If you aren't caught up on who Nicole and Daniel are, check out their episodes in Season 1

Nicole: Growing up and Growing Queer (episode 4)

Unmasking Masculinity Pt. 2 with Daniel Nero (episode 12)

Fluidity with Life and Living; Special Guest Nicole Espinosa (episode 15)

Changing Chapters

Sun, 02 Feb 2020 12:50:00 -0400

Special Guest Maricar talks about jumping interests and careers to show that life is beyond the January resolutions we set for ourselves each year. As Filipina/o/x sometimes we feel too much cultural and societal pressure to be achievers. Let's disrupt that in today's episode!

Domestic Violence and Silence in Filipino Spaces

Sun, 19 Jan 2020 13:58:41 -0400

Special Guest Advocate Jhenna Halili and Co-hosted with Nicole Espinosa

Season 2 What's new!

Sun, 05 Jan 2020 13:52:13 -0400

Featuring Rotating Guest Hosts Nicole Espinosa & Daniel Nero!

Filipina/o/x Suicide Stories: Part 1 of Many

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:16:46 -0400

Barkada: This Filipino American Life x Bruha Baddies

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 01:10:43 -0400

Above and Beyond, Salamat Po

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 02:49:47 -0400

KapaFAHMilya: Pinay Visionaries and Beyond

Sun, 03 Nov 2019 15:34:13 -0400

Fluidity with Life & Living; Special Guest Nicole Espinosa

Sun, 20 Oct 2019 14:23:28 -0300

Filipino American History Month: Education, Erasures and Effects

Sun, 06 Oct 2019 18:15:40 -0300

Immigration Nation Pt.1: Who Crossed Who?

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 21:20:40 -0300

Unmasking Masculinity Pt. 2

Sun, 08 Sep 2019 20:23:41 -0300

Unmasking Masculinity Pt. 1

Sun, 25 Aug 2019 23:25:32 -0300

Hoy Tsismosa!!!

Sun, 11 Aug 2019 17:09:07 -0300

Bruhas & Beauty Standards Pt. 3: The Sexy and Unsexy Pinay Struggle

Sun, 28 Jul 2019 17:32:12 -0300

Bruhas & Beauty Standards Pt. 2: The Skin You're In

Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:18:29 -0300

Bruhas & Beauty Standards Pt. 1: Thicc Thinking

Sun, 30 Jun 2019 15:07:25 -0300

Summer Burnouts & Jetlag, the Bruha Way!

Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:50:29 -0300

Tiff: From Barista to Boss Lady

Sun, 02 Jun 2019 04:07:17 -0300

Nicole: Growing Up and Growing Queer

Sun, 19 May 2019 13:53:38 -0300

Pam: Insider Outside

Sun, 05 May 2019 15:18:03 -0300

Daughters of Immigrants, Second Generation & Second Rate

Sun, 21 Apr 2019 17:03:55 -0300

Pinay Pilot

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:53:08 -0300

A Pinay podcast to magically disappoint your parents.