While the Philippines does well in global gender indices, there is clear and present gender inequality in the Philippines. A closer look into the Philippine gender situation exposes the challenges that women, the LGBT, and other gender minorities face daily. But what about throughout Philippine history? We talk about that and more int this episode of PODKAS.

As we face multiple crises today, the proliferation of fake news and disinformation campaigns make the already complex situation more difficult. And yet, fake news isn't really new. In this episode, we situate this phenomenon in history and look at how we can better defend the truth at a time when facts are bent toward insidious aims. With us this episode is Jonathan Ong of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

We were caught unprepared by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is hardly our first rodeo. We talked to Dr. Renzo Guinto of St. Luke's Medical Center about the current pandemic as we try to look back at the Philippine experience of pandemics past. We also talked about the Global North and South divide and the movement to decolonize public health.

In this episode, we take a look at Philippine elections and party politics. As the 2022 election looms ahead, we are inundated by talks of standard bearers, political parties, party-switching, among others. What do these mean? And how are our elections and political parties rooted in history? We talked to Julio Teehankee of De La Salle University to help us unpack this topic.