It’s been a busy year. Seriously. A lot of hard work. But it’s all been totally worth it, and I’m happy to announce that Season 2 of Long Distance podcast will be premiering on Tuesday, November 5th. We’re still plugging…
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A Quick NFS x LD Update
An NFS update on Long Distance podcast — sort of. More soon! *********************** Support Long Distance and join the Long Distance Radio Club! More info on Long Distance. Our video and podcasting gear. Subscribe to Long Distance podcast. Listen to…
Long Distance Season 1 Now on YouTube
Happy Filipino American History Month! We’re pleased to announce that all episodes of the first season of Paola Mardo‘s Long Distance podcast are now available on the National Film Society YouTube channel via this playlist. Of course all the episodes…
Bitter Melon Special Edition Blu-ray Drops October 1st!
Awesome news! The BITTER MELON: Special Edition Blu-Ray and DVD hits shelves on October 1, just in time for Filipino American History Month AND Domestic Violence Awareness Month. • Seven deleted scenes • H.P. Mendoza’s Director’s Commentary • Behind the…
Long Distance Podcast: Off-Season – The Talk We Were Supposed to Have
On this edition of Long Distance Off-Season: Gabe has always felt distant from his parents. But things change when he moves back home to Allentown, Pennsylvania to work at a Filipino festival and to donate a kidney to his father.…
Long Distance LIVE at Podcast Movement
Had a great time at Podcast Movement in Orlando performing Long Distance live alongside our awesome Google Podcasts creator program cohort members. I’d never been to Florida before — and I met my first “Florida Man”. Thanks to Podcast Movement…
Long Distance Podcast: Off-Season – Loving Lynn
On the first installment of Long Distance Off-Season: An update on the upcoming season and a story about an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) in Lebanon who finds love in a country where she’s treated as an outsider. The story in…
Google Podcasts creator program SHOWCASE Photos
It was a lot of work but we had an awesome time performing a live storytelling version of Long Distance. All six shows in the cohort got up on the stage at WBUR CitySpace, and I’m pleased to say it…
Long Distance Podcast: Episode 6 – Filipino Tiki Bar
It’s the Season 1 finale! Episode 6 of Long Distance podcast is out and it’s Paola Mardo‘s deep dive on Tiki bar history, cultural appropriation, and LA’s Filipino Tiki bartenders. Fascinating stuff. The episodes drop monthly, so subscribe on Apple…
Long Distance LIVE x Self-Evident x CAAMFest
It was great performing a live Long Distance story in front of a packed house in Oakland. A year ago, I was premiering H.P. Mendoza‘s Centerpiece film Bitter Melon at CAAMFest last year, so it was very cool to be…