Single & Searching: Recent Episodes
Single & Searching
A simple conversation among friends where we try to unpack anything (and everything) from love to clouds & unicorns all in 15 minutes.
Bagong taon na! May mababago pa ba? (It's the new year! But will anything turn out new?)
In our season-ender, Single & Searching (For Resolutions), we unpack our own resolutions from another "unresolved" year full of major transitions, losses, and defeats.
Maligayang Pasko! Kaso, maligaya nga ba? (Merry Christmas! Is it in fact, merry?) How does the miracle of Christ's birth speak to us as we end yet another difficult year?
In Single & Searching (For Miracles), we unpack miracles from the lens of our faith juxtaposed against our current collective struggles in 2021.
What does it take to be a hero? How much do you have to give up? Would our world be better with more heroes—or less?
In Single & Searching (For Heroes), we try to unpack what our heroes and life savers mean to us and, more importantly, what it means to them.
Merriam-Webster defines “politics” as “the total complex of relations between people living in society”. “How” should we relate? “How” do we navigate through the complexities? "How” should people live in a society like ours?
In "DAWBI?" The Single & Searching Political Education Series (Searching for Political Spaces), we engage the larger conversation of politics in the Philippines with the question of "how" to be more politically active and "where" to start—as frustrated millennials who have explored various political spaces through our work as volunteers and professional in the public sector, development world, and the academe.
Merriam-Webster defines “politics” as “the total complex of relations between people living in society”. “Why” relate? “Why” bother with these complexities? "Why” do people have to be political to live in society?
In "DAWBI?" The Single & Searching Political Education Series (Searching for Political Why's), we engage the larger conversation of politics in the Philippines with the question of "why" care about politics at all—from the points-of-view of individuals with differing contexts but the same reality of being politically motivated.
Do you work to make money? Or because you love what you do? Is there a sense of accomplishment? Or, perhaps, you believe that you are making the world a better place?
In Single & Searching (For Purpose), we try to unpack unique experiences of work across the private and public sectors—inside and outside the country—and what these mean for three very different young professionals.
Do you believe in love beyond fairy tales and romance novels? Do you believe in commitment outside of partnerships and marriage? Do you believe in companionship that equally defy time and space?
In Single & Searching (For Constants), we try to unpack what finding "constants" means to people who struggled their whole lives with change, belonging, and indifference.
How do you know a conversation is good? It keeps on going.
This bonus episode contains the extended conversation that happened after the recording of Single & Searching (For Spirituality).
Would you consider yourself a person of faith? Or instead, are you struggling with your beliefs? Do you ever look up at the stars and wonder if there is something or someone out there watching over us?
In Single & Searching (For Spirituality), we try to unpack our very different but equally valid journeys to spirituality from three unique perspectives, contexts, and experiences of faith and doubt.
Do you know what a rainy day in-doors and a lazy afternoon have in common? Or a warm cup of hot chocolate and a big, cheesy pizza? Or a good laugh and a bad heartbreak? They are best enjoyed with a great movie!
In Single & Searching (For Must-Watch Movies), we play a little game to unpack the plot twists, scenes, and quotes that made us laugh out loud, fall in love, and ugly cry. Coming from three self-proclaimed movie buffs (like us), some of these might just change your life!
Merriam-Webster defines “politics” as “the total complex of relations between people living in society”. “Who” are relating? “Who” are living? "Who” are the actors in the play we call the Philippine context?
In "DAWBI?" The Single & Searching Political Education Series (Searching for Political Actors), we engage the larger conversation of politics in the Philippines starting with the question of "who" should care about politics in the first place—as political actors based in different parts of the country and East Asia.
Deadlines na ba ang napapanaginipan mo? Matagal ka nabang may nakahanda na "draft" resignation letter, "just in case"? Mukha bang mas mahal mo ang trabaho mo kaysa mga mahal mo sa buhay? Kaysa sarili mo? (Have you started dreaming about your deadlines? Has your "draft" resignation letter been ready—all this time—"just in case"? Is it starting to appear like you love your work more than you are working for the ones you love? More than you love yourself?)
In Single & Searching (For Work-Life Balance), we unpack the struggles of working to make ends meet while making sure our lives and loves do not meet their ends in the process as young professionals faced with the same dilemma.
This pandemic leaving most of us with a lot more free time than we know what to do with is no surprise; but were you surprised by what you decided to do with all of that time? Were you busy trying to be productive? Or were you the opposite? Did you end up finding fun or frustration?
In Single & Searching (For A Hobby), we unpack one of the actual reasons we started this podcast in the first place—the search for something to do since we are all stuck at home.
When you search for closure, what exactly are you searching for? Is it possible to forgive even if you haven't forgotten? Could there be love after the hurt?
In Single & Searching (For Closure), we struggle to open something that most of us prefer to keep closed. Since we have all loved (and lost) in some way, we explore the experience of forgiving, forgetting, and moving forward.
Minsan scary. Minsan exciting. Kadalasan bittersweet. (Sometimes, scary. Other times, exciting. Oftentimes, bittersweet.)
In Single & Searching (For Transitions), we try to unpack the experience of transitions for those of us who have moved around since we were little, move around a lot as young professionals, and continue to move around still—be it schools, jobs, or even countries.
Maligayang Araw ng Kalayaan! Pero teka, maligaya nga ba? Malaya natin yang pag-uusapan!
In this special Independence Day episode: Single & Searching (For Freedom) we commemorate the declaration of Philippine Independence as we try to unpack freedom from the point of view of three millennials who became friends through volunteer work.
What does it mean to search for home? Do you come home to run away from something or are you doing it for yourself? Were you born into a home or did you have to find it somewhere else? Can you create home while living so far away?
In Single & Searching (For Home), we try to unpack what home means to a person coming home after years of being away, a queer person in search of safe spaces, & an overseas Filipino worker.
Akala niyo porket ganito ang title, love lang ang paguusapan? Hindi ah! To find out more, we are dropping our first episode soon! In the meantime, if you’re searching... we are single!