As i Go: Recent Episodes
Mark Cueto
Whether it’s running away from God's calling on her life, or training for a half marathon, Abby tells us all about running her race.
^ ngl, that was a pretty fire episode description LOL
Enjoy your listen
@abbydelapena_
@carkmueto
Guys, she’s not a bot. (Listen to the end lol)
bruh lessons from january, february, march, april, may, june & july from my backyard. ASMR EDITION. my bro shares a bit at the end too, that's gang.
In this episode, CJ shares his story of how the wrong influences led him to his own destruction, but how the encouragement of the right community gave him a second chance. He also shares about his ministry work, specifically in reaching out to the homeless, and the visions that he has for himself in this field of work.
Take care always.
@cj_galeon
@carkmueto
Bruh so basically I was playing 2K, and these two called on FaceTime. We were just chilling, solving riddles, and then I just said let’s record a podcast bro. So boom.
This is basically FaceTime w/ my little sisters. Enjoy bruv.
Very laughy, some moments cry-y, in this episode God’s heart is in full display through the life of Julie. She shares about her journey through the years of her wavering commitment / double life, and then catching that fire in her calling with Jesus.
If there was a verse that could capture this episode, it would be “We love because he first loved us.” In her heart being captured first, Julie is ignited to relentlessly pursue the girls entrusted to her.
Hope you enjoy your listen.
@juliexvee
@carkmueto
BACK IN ITALY BABYYYYYYYYYYY 🇮🇹
I have one main question for my Kuya Ralph: How do you prioritize silence?
- In a day
- In a week
- In a month
- In a year
In this episode, Kuya and I talk about the value of silence in our distracted and overstimulated generation. For the first part, he shares about how he makes space for silence in his life, and how he gets alone with God. For the latter part of the podcast, the listening experience can feel like a therapy session as Kuya Ralph opens up a conversation that he has been long silent about.
Make room for silence bro frfr
Time-wasting, insecurities, dissatisfaction, anxiety, attention-seeking, emptiness... These are some words that can describe our experience with social media. In this episode, my friend Iah tells on herself and gets real about the destructive power of social media. BUT also how it takes a turn in her life and her walk of faith.
I share this episode in hopes that it can give listeners a voice. Hope this was helpful.
@iahmarielle
@carkmueto
BONUS SEGMENT FROM: 037 "Lessons From Deep Darkness" - Conversation w/ Josh Palisoc.
The anointing is heavy in this one as Kuya Josh shares his revelations about consecration and prayer. We passionately speak about having fire, but that can only happen when our lives are fully set apart and immersed in Jesus. Consecration before revival, all day every day bro.
@joshpalisoc
@carkmueto
⚠️ WARNING: This episode contains explicit (sexual) topics ⚠️
In this episode, Jaynar and I share our experiences with lust, its effects on our faith journeys / life in general, and how we overcame. We also answered a couple questions about idolatry, consequences of lust on relationships and how to defeat lust.
For parents, guardians, or leaders, we advise that you please do not use this as a substitute for having those difficult conversations about sex and masturbation; this only exists to help spark the conversations. This is only our attempts to bring the topic into the light.
Take care everyone, hope this was helpful.
@jxynrd
@carkmueto
A conversation with my new friends, Mark, Hannah, Eunice & Joshua alllll the way from Hong Kong.
In this episode, they tour me around Hong Kong and introduce me to egg tarts. Apparently KFC egg tarts >>> yuh. More importantly, we get to hear their individual stories as well as their collective story coming together all by God's grace.
New friends bro, let's gooooooo. Hope you guys get a lot from this one!
@cynhongkong
@kuuyuh @daniellehannahe @nyrhtakk_ @joshuafuertess
“I had yet to learn that all human relationships end in pain... For the greater the love the greater the grief…” — C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
All things grief. My friend Nate and I delve into his experiences with loss, from the separation of parents to the death of loved ones. We discuss what it's like to run away from your emotions, the importance of safe spaces, and the role of faith amidst the mourning.
We hope this episode helps.
Catching up w/ the youngins, now that I don't see them as often as before. We talk about their transitions to high school, shordies, faith, their relationships w/ their families, and the COVID experience.
Stay tuned for the hot seat at the end LOLOLOL where I ask each of them separately a series of "Who's most likely to..." questions.
This one's jokesssss
In this solo episode I reflect on all the people I've had the privilege to interview (on As i go and the carkgallery street interviews) and meet recently. I also reflect on both the benefits of connecting with so many people along with the consequences of potentially being divided.
One take. A needed breather. Feels good to sit down and process these thoughts tbh.
Flying back to Canada 🇨🇦 from Italy 🇮🇹 (don't worry, I'll be back).
Today, I get to interview the one and only Kuya Martin Ceralde. As of recent, he has been continually pushed out of his comfort zone as his calling has elevated from youth leader to pastor.
In this episode, Kuya and I talk about his about life as a pastor, what he has been appreciating more about pastors, briefly about some celebrity break ups, feeling unqualified as a minister, and how ultimately God qualifies the called.
Enjoy this episode, and feel free to reach out!
@carkmueto
@martinceralde
Still in Italy 🇮🇹!!
In this trilingual episode, we get to hear Ate Marviel's powerful testimony and the role of obedience through the ups and downs of her life. The conversation constantly finds its way back to the Gospel and the absolute obedience of Christ to take the form of man and pay the ultimate sacrifice of love. We touch on topics of family struggles, forgiveness, lust, leadership, and everything in between. Oh, and was also a cryfest HAHAHAHA, enjoy!!
As always, feel free to reach out!
@marviellerizze
@carkmueto
LET’S GO TO ITALY 🇮🇹 WE ARE TRILINGUAL IN THIS EPISODE ONCE AGAIN.
Conversation with youth leader from Via Padova, Kuya Mac De Villa. An aspiring architect and a passionate minister, in this episode we cover a wide range of topics from Italian stereotypes, the tension of being both Filipino and Italian, his testimony story, and being a bridge between all these worlds we each find ourselves in.
GODERE?
@carkmueto
@macdvx
WE BACK!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
How does darkness feel like to a mature Christian? How does rest and exhaustion look like to a husband and a new father? Why is it so crucial to practice what you teach?
In this episode, Kuya Josh and I have a conversation about his first year as a father and the darkest time of his life. He shares about overcoming, lessons learnt, and the visions he holds for the rest of 2024. Tune in and feel free to reach out!
@carkmueto
@joshpalisoc
(what's up jeeno, i hope you enjoy this when you are old enough to comprehend bro)
Ending the year with 3 more episodes with my little “siblings” (adings).
This is the third part of the trilogy, a conversation with my lil bro, Jhonard Ramos. Ngl fam, a new years' service is about to begin and I just wanna go and be with people right now, but basically we talk about what we are grateful for, lessons we learned, how school is because Jhonard is in his first year of High School, and yuhhhhh. ENJOY! SEE YOU GUYS IN ABOUT 2 MONTHS HERE ON THE PODCAST!!!!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
Side note: This is also the third episode with Jhonard, check out the other episodes from previous seasons :).
Ending the year with 3 more episodes with my little “siblings” (adings).
This is the second part of the trilogy, a conversation with a new little sister figure in my life, Jecee Joy. Most people know her as ‘Joy’, but idk why she was introduced to me as 'Jecee', and that just stuck since. Here we talk about embarrassing stories, superpowers, love languages, her growth in becoming more social and open to talk, pet peeves, verses that we resonate with, Ratatouille, and much more. :)
Toronto x Ottawa , Kuya-Ading convo.
Her email for etransfers: loverasjeceejoy@gmail.com LOL
Ending the year with 3 more episodes with my little “siblings” (adings).
This first one is a condensed version of a longer talk with Joshua Andres, who is basically my little cousin. We play a card game filled with fun conversation starter questions and touch on topics ranging from descriptions about our respective families, our school years, favourite places to be, how he feels doing chores, food, food, and more food. Grab your snacks, and tune in for half an hour :).
Side Note: This was recorded in the Summer—August 2023. Also side note, Joshua is 11 years-old.
Today, we fly to Paris.
In this episode, Ivy shares her story about her studies, feeling behind in life, and getting back up. We also talk about a more personal story that affected her and her family last year. Loss. Grief. Heartbreak. And then revival.
Tune in, and stay until the end for our French segment; please don’t judge me too much 😂.
TW: This episode talks about s*icide.
HEADPHONE USERS: BEWARE OF LAUGHS AHAHHAHAH
This is Rapha's journey of faith, grief and growth.
In this episode we talk about his early days in faith, and a life of trial and error in the pursuit of becoming the man he was meant to be. Rapha walks us through the loss of his uncle, his passion to serve & to lead, hustling & balance, and always keeping first things first.
@jeremiahrapha_
@carkmueto
A segment from a longer conversation with my brother, my barber, and an inspiration to many.
We love to talk about the blessings, the love, and the joy that we experience from God, but often overlook this: the fear of Him. This fear is not to be understood as to be frightened of Him, however, but instead to honour Him with reverence; to see Him for who He truly is — 100% holy, 100% king, and 100% who we were made for.
Enjoy the convo fam.
In this episode, I’m joined by my multi-talented creative friend, Bella. We delve into our respective creative expressions, the struggles of imposter syndrome, our backstory with art, and how it looks like for us in the present.
For the latter half, we talk about lust, the female’s perspective/struggles with it, how it is taboo in our culture, and Bella’s personal story about her dealings with it.
I also perform a spoken word from 2021 entitled “Fisherman”, a poem on lust.
Laughs, gems, and raw conversation — as always with these guests. Enjoy your listen!
reach outtt fam
@isabellabrazas
@carkmueto
Joining me on this episode is my Ate from California — Ate Naz Francisco :).
Usually the interviewer/host, but now she is my interviewee/guest as we cover a wide variety of topics from her testimony, her family, leadership struggles, BESMI (a school for church leadership), career (one of my favourite parts ngl), and some Toronto connections she has that go wayyy back.
I love this episode fr, share ko lang. I’m confident you will too. Enjoy!
TW: Topics of trauma, abuse & s*icide are involved.
A more personal episode thanking people in my closer circle.
Timestamps
2:30 family
5:08 kuya martin
7:46 ate hannah
11:56 kuya josh
15:20 kuya austin
17:10 ate mizpah
18:13 jaynar
21:30 eli
24:29 keona
27:41 slorro
30:40 hannah joie
31:58 sydney
34:50 kuya bark
37:24 kat
39:28 ate sushi
42:59 bella
44:46 all my little bros and little sisters <3
and then briefly mention other people / groups :)
It's unlikely that you encounter a person who is stressed about their work have space for compassion towards the people around them. Busyness gives us an illusion that the world revolves around us...
Short pod today, quick life updates and things I'm currently working through. No guests for this one bruv.
Question for this podcast:
What is your testimony?
Join us as we listen in on Kuya Adriel's story of loss (both loss of a person and an important hockey game), his fall out from the faith, the darkness he faced, and his journey back. Just a heads up: topics of s*icide and alcohol are mentioned in this episode.
"There is beauty in brokenness."
P.S. Please try to focus as there are a lot of jokes and foolishness coming your way LOL.
Lessons in leadership, lessons as members, the humanity of both, how both can support one another better, being true to who you are, staying in the audience of one, and foolishness. Yeah, that's the content.
Here's another convo w/ Sam from June this year.
Question on this episode:
- "How do you guard someone's heart?"
Beyond just guarding someone else's heart, however, it really begins with guarding our own. In this episode, Jaynar and I weave through the difficulty of guarding both, but highlight the purpose and benefits reaped from it. For sure worth it.
Special shoutout Vannie and Hannah Joie for your answers.
Thank you guys! I hope these episodes have served you well.
Part 2 fams. Jaynar and I talk all about the struggles of opening up, the importance of male mentorship / discipleship, loneliness as men, and how it affects our relationships and even how we approach our love life. Enjoy man.
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What makes it so hard for guys to open up or be vulnerable?
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Do y'all find it easier to open up to your female friends or guy friends? Why?
Thank you for your responses yet again, and feel free to connect with us on Instagram :)
@carkmueto
@jxynrd
We put question boxes on our stories with topics pertaining to relationships, love, singleness, manhood, faith and everything under that umbrella so yuh, in this episode we talk all about it.
The questions on this episode: 1. "What is the biggest lesson you learned from past relationships?" 2. "What are some red flags in relationships?"
Thank you for your responses, and I apologize if your response didn't make it to the final episode, but we still appreciate it fr.
In this episode, Samantha (aka slorro, aka Sam) and I talk about her preaching that week, friendships, why I started carkgallery, a new perspective on church ministry, and being part of the growth and greater glory for our church / generation.
Just to keep you guys up to par with some of the terms used:
JAM - Musicians
WAN - Singers
SOS - Security
^ All of these are ministries at our church, Jesus Is Lord Church, and a ministry is basically an outlet for you to serve / help the church using your abilities and talents. Alr peace out.
Oi oii, it's been a min LOL.
In this episode, Maria and I talk about how university is going for the both of us, making friends, the role convenience plays in friendships & relationships, learnings from her relationship, how dating / love is talked about in church, boundaries, emotional / physical intimacy, the importance of building a friendship, faith, Jesus, and then A RAPID FIRE AT THE END.
ENJOY FAM.
(Music by: my boy Garvyns, @oji.shadai)
The phrase "giving is better than receiving" has been drilled in our minds ever since our elementary days. This has put the focus primarily on the act of giving, and has caused us to overlook receiving -- in fact, we get awkward about it.
Join me on this episode as I reflect on the value of receiving, and also on my own struggles with accepting help.
A back and forth between Jhonard and I, asking each other random questions...
How do you think people view you? What keeps you up at night? What makes a girl a 10 for you, Kuya Mark? Now that you're going into Grade 8, are you thinking about girls more? What is good communication? Is it hard not to get influenced by your friends?
Stuff like that :O
Have you ever been delusional about your own skills? (yes) Mans hyped you up too too much? (yes mark) lolololol I feel like it has happened to most, if not all, of us.
Listen in and think about your own trashness. :P
This episode is for both creatives and "non-creatives" alike (everybody's creative, to be honest yawn emoji), as well as beginners and experts alike. Orrrr even if you are just an art/creativity enthusiast. Everybody come along.
Continue the conversation too, reach out to me famss.
@carkmueto
markcueto7@gmail.com
Often we box people into what they have / don't have to offer to us, as well as who they are to us in general. But that doesn't really get the whole picture, and perhaps it can do more harm than good in the long run... In this episode, I discuss all of that as well as update you guys on my sadboi Monday oof.
romans 12:10
General update on the past few months, reluctancy / fears of coming short and messing up, finding the value in and beyond our mistakes.
1 John 4:18
IG: @carkmueto @carkgallery
Condensed version of a way longer talk -- it was legit 5 hrs on call LOL but I had to spare you bare details. lololol In this conversation, we talked about the struggles that men have in finding safe communities / opening up, how that affects intimacy, the paradox between trauma and love, our learnings about parent-child relationships, learning to love women holistically and with purity (1 Timothy 5:1-2 AMP), and a red flag in manhood (and even just in general, I think). I hope this is helpful to you fammmmm. Peace peace chicken grease
Reading all your responses from Instagram, and sharing my list of what I'm grateful for (mainly for this year). I hope this finds you well and even encourages deeper reflection on gratitude. Deucessss
In this episode, I speak about notable points from my conversation with Kuya Josh and Ate Jackie, and dissect them further. Often in singleness, we brainstorm whole lists of ideals about how / what we want our significant other to be like, but I think that can sometimes put too much pressure and responsibility on them -- less on us. Kuya Josh stressed the importance of building your own identity, which I think challenges the lists of ideals we create well. Also, Ate Jackie shared about her prayer / vow to God for Kuya Josh wayyy before they got cuffed. It really spoke to me a lot about community and purpose, but listen in and learn with me!!
"Today's decisions foreshadow tomorrow's challenges, and reflect yesterday's choices."
-- Anonymous, Alicia Britt Chole
Talks on getting too relaxed during reading week, and how that has affected me now; dealing with insecurities; prevention is better than cure; and not waiting to be an adult adult to take deeper heart issues seriously.
This one's a late night episode lol, I hope you take something out of it regardless. :) Zzzzzzzz
Condensed version of a longer talk. We hit on topics about geniuses, eating Lego, thoughts on death, "Do you feel awkward that you're 18 and don't have a girlfriend Kuya Mark?" LOL, "deep questions" and how little factors can make a huge difference.
Enjoy!
Days been stacked like pancakes or Los Angeles Lakers Sometimes I wish I could fade from it all -- so call me a taper dab
"Well, something surprised me about that Chinese banquet. Through course after course after course, I was not able to identify anything as "just a filler." Nothing stood out as "only an appetizer" to get through, to get past, to get on with the main course that was not there yet (but was coming!). Every course--in presentation, in taste, in texture--bore the marks of a master chef. Then the obvious occurred to me: the reason no course looked like a filler was because, from the master chef's perspective, no course was a filler. To him, every course was main."
-- p.20, "Anonymous"
Philippians 1:23-26
Shoutouts to everyone who participated! Tune in for the next question box and be a part of this :). For those who wanna answer just for fun, feel free to go ahead and DM me what you would say @carkmueto. Babooshka
We were never really one-dimensional, or black and white. There is so much more to each individual than we often make it out to be; to acknowledge that is to appreciate people more holistically, and hence, show them that they are seen.
"We need to see people less in the light of what they can or can't do, and more in the light of what they suffer."
yuh
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matthew 22:39