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Alma Moreno and Anti-Intellectualism | FF Podcast

This week, we talk about senatorial candidate and her recent interview with Karen Davila. We discuss whether we should expect our leaders to be more like common folk or be better than us.

Paris, Beirut, and Comparing Tragedies | FF Podcast

This week, we talk about the recent Islamist attacks in France and Lebanon. We discuss how people reacted to the tragedies and whether it's proper to shame people for grieving differently.

Price Gouging and Capitalism | FF Podcast

This week, we talk about Martin Shkreli, the venture capitalist who hiked prices on critical medicines.

Duterte and the Road to Hell

Duterte is a man of contradiction. He claims to enforce lawfulness, all the while endorsing unlawful vigilantism (if we believe that he isn’t outright complicit).

FF Podcast 77: Is Marriage Equality Really an LGBT Victory?

Red Tani and sociologist Nicole Curato explore the implications of the recent US Supreme Court decision that made same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states.

FF Podcast 76: Freethinking in Singapore

This week, we head over to Singapore for the Asian Humanism Conference. We ask what it's like to be a humanist in our neighboring countries.

Tony Meloto and Faith in the Filipino

With Independence Day upon us, the controversy around Tony Meloto's University of Hawaii speech reveals much about the racial inferiority complex and...

FF Podcast 73: Sexism and Tony Meloto’s GK

This week, we talk about Tony Meloto's controversial speech in Hawaii where he suggested that Filipinas should have babies with white men for the benefit of the country. We also talk about the apparent cult of personality built around Tony Meloto and Gawad Kalinga.

FF Podcast 72: Trigger Warnings

This week, we talk about trigger warnings for rape and other topics in fiction. We discuss which topics should have trigger warnings and whether they should exist at all.

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