Ep.18: Why does Filipino Citizenship Endure Abroad? On the Filipino diaspora ft. Josh Lim

The P*I* Podcast

In this episode, we sit down with Josh Lim, dual citizen and OFW, and we talk about the experience of the Filipino diaspora, dual citizenship, and what what we can do to bridge the political tensions between the diaspora and the homeland.

0:00 Music

0:15 Intro

0:50 Andre's question

2:35 Guest Introduction

4:15 What it's like being a Filipino in America?

8:20 Why is there this difference between first generation and later generation immigrants?

12:50 What were the struggles of Filipinos integrating into country's abroad?

17:50 Is it still worth it leaving the Philippines?

20:50 Why do you remain a dual citizen?

24:20 How do you balance your civic duties as a dual citizenship?

30:10 Is there a tension between the filipino diaspora and local filipinos?

33:55 How do filipino values endure?

36:30 What can the diaspora do more for Philippine Politics?

42:50 What do you want to say to Fil-ams and Filipinos diaspora?

45:20 What do you want to say to people who resent the Filipino Diaspora?

48:50 Recommendations

Recommendations:

How to Hide an Empire (2019) by Daniel Immerwahr

https://www.amazon.com/How-Hide-Empire-History-Greater/dp/0374172145

The Train

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBndgWOdYqQ

Yellow Rose(2019)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6862538/

You can find Josh in his internet profiles here:

Twitter:https://twitter.com/akiestar?lang=en

deviantart:https://www.deviantart.com/akiestar

instagram:https://www.instagram.com/akiestar/

wikimedia: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sky_Harbor

Personal Website:http://joshlim.me