Trip down memory lane and trip ng magtropa. Discover what kind of students Lennon and Russel was in this episode. Pag-uusapan natin ang experiences nila bilang mga estudiante and, later on their lives, bilang once-upon-a-time teachers. Siyempre, di kumpleto ang favourite background noise mo kung walang ranting kaya medyo may rants din about the current state of Education in the Philippines.

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January na naman, traslación ng Nazareno sa Manila at Sinulog ng Sto. Niño sa Cebu. Kaya heto bago pa mag-ingay ang inyong non-catholic friends, we will be discussing the importance of Popular Piety para sa living out ng ating faith at sa Filipino expression nito. In particular, we discuss the history of the devotion to Nuestro Señor Jesus Nazareno and why is this devotion so close to the heart of the Filipino.

Tena na at makisali na sa usapan!

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Ayan nakikiuso ang mga matatanda. Super late na, pero Russel has just binged watched the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, kaya heto halatang wala silang pinaghandaan ni Lennon kaya ang topic natin this week ay Catholic film reading ng MCU. Tena na at usapang Avengers tayo!

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Bagong taon na kaya mga bagong hamon na naman ang haharapin natin. In this first episode of 2026, Lennon and Russel discuss their “Gaudium et Spes”, their joys and hopes (or dahil nagkamali kami magtitle, “hopes and dreams”) for this year. We discuss what we are looking forward to in our personal lives and vocation, ang aming mga wish para sa Simbahan (sa paglaya ng Traditional Liturgy, sa kalinawan ng synodality, hindi pagkaidentify sa iisang political party or character pero still tapat sa vocation of being a prophet, etc.), for the Philippines, at para sa ating lahat.

Ikaw anong hopes mo for this year?

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“Far from being an obstacle to the exercise of Christ’s unique mediation, Mary instead highlights its fruitfulness and efficacy” (St. John Paul II).

In this episode, we are joined by Sir Paul Niño Oxales, a Christian Living teacher and ardent devotee of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Pag-uusapan natin ang latest “controversial” document from the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith, Mater Populi Fidelis. Banned na nga ba ang titles na “co-redemptrix” at “mediatrix” ni Mama Mary? Is the Vatican document a timely response or does it just contribute to more confusion? We also discuss yung papel ni María sa salvation history, bakit ganun na lang ang pagpapahalaga nating mga katoliko sa kanya. And many more!

So, in this eve of the Solemnity of the Mother of God, join us sa usapang Mama Mary!

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Kapag katoliko ka ba dapat aktibista ka? Bakit ba nakikisawsaw sa usaping pulitika ang Simbahan? Okay lang ba na naaassociate ang Simbahan sa isang political party? Yan ang tinalakay nina Fr. Lennon at Russel sa episode na ito. Our baptism configures us to Christ and to his threefold mission ng pagiging pari, hari, at propeta. And the prophet announces the Good News, but also denounces injustice. Vatican II also teaches na bokasyon ng mga layko na gawing kristiyano ang pulitika. Anyways, supposedly light talks lang ito before Christmas, pero heto naging mini-rants ng dalawa at call to action to “Make the Philippines Catholic Again”!

Sali na sa usapan!

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Congrats mga pre at sis! Natiis niyo kami at ang aming mga usapang minsan tama, madalas may tama for three years and counting and for 100 regular episodes! After, 99 regular episodes, 4 bonus specials, 2 mini-series, we are now on our 100th regular episode, at talagang nakakataba ng puso ang inyong suporta. In this special 100th regular episode, magrereporting sina Lennon at Russel ng ating Spotify Wrapped for 2025, kumusta ba ang paglago ng ating Tamang Community at what can we look forward to in the future.

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In this 99th regular episode, ang pag-uusapan natin ay isa sa mga paboritong philosophers nina Lennon at Russel: si Emmanuel Levinas. Kilalanin natin siya, ang kaniyang buhay at pilosopiya na kakaiba dahil nga ang priority niya ay ethics at hindi lang kung ano ang mabuti kong dapat gawin kundi ano nga ba yung DAPAT kong gawin para sa kapwa ko.

Kaya tena, sit back, relax, maglaba na muna o magluto, at tune in na sa iyong paboritong background noise!

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You can read Lennon’s research paper, “The Other in the Time of Duterte” ⁠here⁠. 

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First of all, happy birthday Bro. Francis!!!!

At dahil diyan ang topic na malapit sa puso naming lahat, especially ni Bro. Francis Monterde, ang pag-uusapan natin ngayon: Divine Providence. Sakto, heto rin ang synthesis paper ng resident theologian natin na prinesent niya sa Don Bosco School of Theology.

So, together with Bro. Francis and Doc Luke Brofar, let us embark on this discussion on God's gratuitous gift to humanity.

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Sabi ni Albert Camus, ang suicide daw ang foremost philosophical question. In this episode, this sad but true experience of many ang ating topic, pero ang discussion natin ay through the lens of philosophy. From Camus who said that life is absurd, but we should imagine Sisyphus happy; Marcel’s hope in the meaning of life because God is the writer of our story; to Cioran’s go think about suicide, pero bukas na.

This is not a psychological evaluation of the phenomenon of suicide nor a spiritual advise, but a discussion through the lens of this three philosophers para sagutin ang age-old na tanong: “May sense ba talaga ang buhay? Bakit kailangan ko pang ituloy ito? Para saan ang pagkabuhay ko?”

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Here you can view the clip from Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator“

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