🎙 New Podcast Episode! 🎬 I’m diving into my journey as a director for my latest short film, THE MANALOS. From preparation to embracing the creative process, here are my key takeaways. Whether you're a filmmaker or just curious, tune in to hear more! #FilmmakingJourney #PodcastEpisode #TheManalos #DirectorLife #CreativeProcess #IndieFilm #BehindTheS…

Check out this new podcast episode featuring Writer/Filmmaker: KRISTINE GEROLAGA! Kristine Gerolaga is a Filipina American filmmaker and actor. Her work has been featured on ATTN:, Amazon Fire TV, ALTER, Shudder, Fangoria, Rappler, and Vulture. Her short films were finalists for the TIFFxInstagram Shorts Fest and Justin Lin's Interpretations 2.0 As…

Check out this new episode with LA-based actor and writer, ROMMEL ROJAS! Rommel was born and raised in Davao, Philippines. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication and pursued a career in advertising. When the opportunity arose, he moved to the US in 2004. When his corporate stint ended in 2014, he rediscovered his passion in storytelling a…

Check out this new 'Kiss My Mike' podcast episode featuring ACHIM MENDOZA. Achim is queer ex-Filipino-soap-opera-translator-turned-filmmaker, Achim’s passion for film started in his teens, when Marilou Diaz-Abaya, a renown Filipino director and National Artist, offered to mentor him. As a teenager, Achim would fly back and forth between his hometow…

Happy New Year Everyone! Check out this latest podcast episode to kickoff Season 5. In this episode, I share my thoughts on what's in and what's out in 2024! Hope you all enjoy it!Mike Talplacido による

Check out this brand new podcast episode featuring CARLIN JAMES. Carlin is an LA-based, Filipino-American actor who has appeared in shows like Better Call Saul, American Crime Story, and It's always sunny in Philadelphia. Carlin's new short film "A Sweet Tooth" will have its premiere at FilmQuest on November 3rd and FilAm Creative Film Festival on …

Check out my latest podcast episode with the Executive Producer of the movie 1521, FRANCIS B. LARA HO. Francis is born in the Philippines famous City of Love, Iloilo City. His father, Anotnio L. Ho was both a businessman and a statesman. His mother, Nenita L. Balaran was a teacher. Francis was raised and trained in a Filipino-Chinese family of entr…

Check out my interview with the lead cast of "Asian Persuasion," DANTE BASCO and KC CONCEPCION at the movie's WORLD PREMIERE at Soho International Film Festival in New York City. About Asian Persuasion Written by Mike Ang and Directed by Jhett Tolentino, the film tells the story of a down-on-his-luck Chef, Mickey de Los Santos, who cooks up a crazy…

Check out this latest podcast episode featuring Filmmaker JUSTIN QUIZON. Justin is a FilAm Writer and Director based in LA. HE's the host of "Nothing New Podcast" with co-host Andrew Linde where they talk about their thoughts and opinions on film remakes. Justin's also a Writer and Associate Producer for "LUMPIA with a VENGEANCE," a film about a LU…

Check out this latest podcast episode featuring FilAm actor, JULIAN BATACLAN. Julian is a jack of all trades who is just beginning to emerge in the Entertainment scene as an actor. Already equipped with an engineering degree from USC, he has most recently cultivated and developed his craft under the direction of renowned acting coach John Kirby in …

Here's a quick excerpt (audio) recording from my book, Kiss My Mike! I made this podcast recording since it's summertime here in the US right now! The excerpt appears in Chapter 3 of my memoir where I wrote about my summer memories as a "promdi kid" in the 90s. Back then, I used to spend my summer vacationing at my cousins' house in Manila. I alway…

Welcome to another episode of KISS MY MIKE and HAPPY 125th PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY! Check out this new podcast episode featuring Therese Miu! Therese is a FIERCE leader in the AAPI community. She is the founder and leader of RISING FILIPINAS, an organization that aims to equip the next generation leaders by providing educational, relational, an…

Check out this brand new podcast episode featuring ACTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER and PODCAST HOST: Alejandro Valtierra. Alejandro is the host of "DAMSELS in the DMS" podcast with Aash Patel and Lauren Harris. He plays the role of "NICO" in the upcoming short film "To Ken With LOVE" Directed by yours truly, premiering at the New Filmmakers LA Festival in JU…

Learn about how casting for TV and Movie works! Check out my brand new podcast episode featuring four-tome EMMY award-winning Casting Director: JOHN FRANK LEVEY. John has cast such iconic television shows as China Beach, ER, The West Wing, Shameless, as well as dozens of other television series and movies. In this episode, John talks about how the …

Learn about TV writing! In this episode, I interviewed Mike Gemballa. Mike is currently the Supervising Producer at the CBS hit show S.W.A.T. Learn about Mike's background, starting with his interest in the gritty crime genre, his experience as a skateboarder, and how he started his writing journey including being part of the CBS Writers Program an…

The OSCARS is almost here! Check out this podcast episode with my good friend and LA-based filmmaker: Charles J. Gray! In this episode, we talked about our thoughts on the ten-nominated movies this year! Find out which ones are our favorites, which ones we think will win based on the voting body's preferences, and hear about our specific commentari…

Welcome to a brand new season of KISS MY MIKE! I am devoting this season to talk about something that I have always been passioante about: MOVIES and TELEVISION! In this episode, I shared my thoughts on the brand new HBO show called "The Last of US," based on a playstation game of the same title that was developed by Naughty Dogs and published in 2…

It's time for Miss Universe baby!!! Oh boy, I'm supposed to be on my winter hiatus but since it is Miss Universe, I decided to record a special Winter 2023 podcast episode to talk about THE most important competition of the year, the MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT! Alright, so this year marks the 71st year of the pageant... and the venue is so close to home…

Oh boy, this episode is unlike ALL my other episodes in the past! I decided to lay it all on the table, like an up close and personal with ME! I dunno, I just wanted to share all my thoughts in the most honest and unfiltered way as possible. In this episode, I talked about my key takeaways for the year. I talked a lot about my creative projects (e.…

NEW PODCAST SERIES FOR NOVEMBER: Filipinx in Business & Media Honoring trailblazers who are making an impact in the fields of business, entrepreneurship, and media. Part 3 of the series features MJ Racadio. MJ is the host of BlogTalk with MJ Racadio. HE started his career in business management and now works in Public and Media Relations, interview…

NEW PODCAST SERIES FOR NOVEMBER: Filipinx in Business & Media Honoring trailblazers who are making an impact in the fields of business, entrepreneurship, and media. Part 2 of the series features Entrepreneur and Marketing expert, JOYCELYN DAVID. Joycelyn is currently the CEO and Owner of AV Communications, a full-service multicultural marketing age…

NEW PODCAST SERIES FOR NOVEMBER: Filipinx in Business & Media Honoring trailblazers who are making an impact in the fields of business, entrepreneurship, and media. Part 1 of the series features Entrepreneur and Marketing expert, DAN SANTOS. Dan is currently the Market Launcher head for SENDWAVE, an online money remittance app that is used by over …

Welcome to another episode of Kiss My Mike! Our theme this month (OCTOBER 2022) is FILIPINX Creatives to celebrate Filipino American History Month. This is Part 4 of the series featuring Pinoy Big Brother 10 housemate, Basti Macaraan. In this episode, learn more about Basti's experience being a housemate on PBB. Listen to Basti as he talks about hi…

Welcome to another episode of Kiss My Mike! Our theme this month (OCTOBER 2022) is FILIPINX Creatives to celebrate Filipino American History Month. This is Part 3 of the series featuring multi-hyphenated artist, Edrian Pangilinan. In this episode, learn more about Edrian's creative background and how he started in this field. Edrian also talks abou…

Welcome to another episode of Kiss My Mike! Our theme this month (OCTOBER 2022) is FILIPINX Creatives to celebrate Filipino American History Month. This is Part 2 of the series featuring Actor and Teacher, Noreen Lanie. In this episode, learn more about Noreen's background and how she started in this field, watching TV and Movies in the Philippines…

Welcome to another episode of Kiss My Mike! Our theme this month (OCTOBER 2022) is FILIPINX Creatives to celebrate Filipino American History Month. This is Part 1 of the series featuring Professional Lindy Hop dancer, Andrew Jose. In this episode, learn more about Andrew's background and how he started in this field. Andrew is based in SoCal and ha…

Welcome to another episode of Kiss My Mike! Our theme this month (SEPT 2022) is FILIPINX in Sports & Fitness, to honor the many amazing Filipinos and Filipino-Americans in the field of Sports and Fitness. This is Part 5 of the series featuring Coach Cassie Klockgether. In this episode, learn more about Coach Cassie's sports journey. Cassie is a mem…

Welcome to another episode of Kiss My Mike! Our theme this month (SEPT 2022) is FILIPINX in Sports & Fitness, to honor the many amazing Filipinos and Filipino-Americans in the field of Sports and Fitness. This is Part 4 of the series featuring Coach Enrick "Doc Pino" Baltazar In this episode, learn more about Doc Pino's sports journey, how his fath…

Welcome to another episode of Kiss My Mike! Our theme this month (SEPT 2022) is FILIPINX in Sports & Fitness, to honor the many amazing Filipinos and Filipino-Americans in the field of Sports and Fitness. This is Part 3 of the series featuring Philly-based fitness coach and Mompreneur, Marysel Jones! In this episode, learn more Coach Marysel's' fit…

Welcome to another episode of Kiss My Mike! Our theme this month (SEPT 2022) is FILIPINX in Sports & Fitness, to honor the many amazing Filipinos and Filipino-Americans in the field of Sports and Fitness. This is Part 2 of the series featuring Toronto-based fitness coach, Markus Wolf! In this episode, learn more Markus' fitness journey. Listen to h…

Welcome to another episode of Kiss My Mike! Our theme this month (SEPT 2022) is FILIPINX in Sports & Fitness, to honor the many amazing Filipinos and Filipino-Americans in the field of Sports and Fitness. This is Part 1 of the series featuring Fil-Am Muay Thai Fighter, KC "Pinay Fight" Carlos! In this episode, learn more about KC's athletic journey…

Welcome to CHEF's TABLE, a new podcast series presented by KISS MY MIKE. This is Part 4 of the series featuring Delhi-based Executive Chef, Vardaan Marwah. In this episode, learn more about Chef Vardaan's creative journey,: how we started in fashion but ended up in the culinary world. Find out about his training as a pastry chef, what he thinks the…

Welcome to CHEF's TABLE, a new podcast series presented by KISS MY MIKE. This is Part 3 of the series featuring Hieu Gray! In this episode, learn more about Hieu's culinary journey. Find out about her work in the fields of television, food, social media, and journalism. In addition, learn about her work as a former CNN senior producer for such show…

Welcome to CHEF's TABLE, a new podcast series presented by KISS MY MIKE. This is Part 2 of the series featuring Philly-based Chef, Cherryl Lemi! In this episode, learn more about Chef Cherryl's culinary background. Find out how about her training at the Culinary Institute of America and what her internship with other famous Chefs entails. In additi…

Welcome to CHEF's TABLE, a new podcast series presented by KISS MY MIKE. This is Part 1 of the series featuring Vegas-based multi-cuisine Chef, Steven Leung! In this episode, learn more about Chef Steven's culinary background. Find out how he got his job as Executive Chef for Tropicana in Las Vegas. In addition, learn about his early life in HK (be…

This is HOMECOMING: a new podcast series presented by Kiss My Mike. Featuring stories about home, reunions, and recollections. In this episode (Part 4: College Student Assistants), I interviewed Cheryl Goodman Cheryl and I went to the same college together in the Philippines (at La Salle), where we were both Student Assistants/Computer Lab Assistan…

This is HOMECOMING: a new podcast series presented by Kiss My Mike. Featuring stories about home, reunions, and recollections. In this episode (Part 3: College Debate Team), I interviewed Badette Almeda-Quiblat. Badette and I went to the same college together in the Philippines (at La Salle), where we were both members of the Debate Society. Thus, …

This is HOMECOMING, a new podcast series presented by Kiss My Mike. Featuring stories about home, reunions, and recollections. In this episode (Part 2: High School Reunion), I interviewed Sari Malaca-Arciaga. Sari and I went to the same high school together in the Philippines. We talked about high school memories, 90s pop culture, her interest in d…

This is HOMECOMING, a new podcast series presented by Kiss My Mike. Featuring stories about home, reunions, and recollections. In this episode (Part 1: NC Home), I interviewed NC-based actor James Lee Fronck. James and I worked together on the short film, The Perfect Couple, which I also wrote and Executive-produced. Find out James' reaction when h…

Here’s Part 7 of Kiss My Mike's "Diversity in Hollywood” series -- in this episode, learn all about Robert E. Blackmon's creative journey as content creator and Lifestyle specialist. Robert's TikTok page has over 1.8M followers and his GIFs has ~9B views! Available on Spotify, Apple, iHeart, Amazon, YouTube or any other streaming apps.…

Here’s Part 6 of Kiss My Mike's "Diversity in Hollywood” series -- in this episode, learn all about Erik Escobar's creative journey as an actor and stand-up comedian. Find out about his comedic process, current tours, thoughts and experiences in the stand-up world, and so much more! Lastly, find out more about how his Filipino/American identity has…

Here’s Part 5 of Kiss My Mike's "Diversity in Hollywood” series -- in this episode, learn all about Law Sharma's creative journey as an actor. Find out how his Filipino/Indian/American identity has played a role in his journey and why it was important. Lastly, learn about Law's work as a Senior Content Producer for CinemaBlend, the go-to-source for…

Here’s Part 4 of Kiss My Mike's "Diversity in Hollywood” podcast series -- in this episode, learn about Jae Jin's journey as a musician Find out what his thoughts are on diversity and representation in Hollywood, especially coming from a Korean-American background. Lastly, check out this episode for Jae Jin's performance of 11:11 (it's amazing btw!…

Here’s Part 3 of Kiss My Mike's "Diversity in Hollywood” podcast series -- in this episode, learn about Vick Krishna's journey as an actor/content creator/comedian. Find out what his thoughts are on diversity, stereotypes, and representation in Hollywood, especially coming from a South Asian/Indian-American background. Lastly, learn more about Vick…

Here’s Part 2 of Kiss My Mike's "Diversity in Hollywood” series -- in this episode, learn all about Ashley Rapuano's creative journey as an actor/comedian. Find out how her Filipino identity has played a role in her journey and why it was important. And lastly, learn about Ashley's work as a PR marketer for Tremendous Communications, an organizatio…

Part 1 of Kiss My Mike's "Diversity in Hollywood series" -- in this episode, hear about Oh Yeah's creative journey as a musician and artist. Check out the episode for a bonus clip of Oh Yeah's latest track "Got A Go." Lastly, listen to Oh Yeah's thoughts on how we can increase diversity and representation in Hollywood, particularly in the music ind…

Welcome to a brand a new season of KISS MY MIKE: a podcast with a gaysian flavor! Our theme this month is “Debunking Asian Stereotypes” in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month. In this episode, listen to Alex's thoughts on diversity in Hollywood and why it's important to debunk stereotypes. Furthermore, learn about Alex's journey as an actor and prod…

Welcome to a brand a new season of KISS MY MIKE: a podcast with a gaysian flavor! Our theme this month is “Debunking Asian Stereotypes” in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month. In this episode, learn about Hiromi Okuyama's journey as an actor and influencer. Her Tiktok account @Hiromiacts has ~200K followers and almost 3M views -- hear about how her …

Welcome to a brand a new season of KISS MY MIKE: a podcast with a gaysian flavor! Our theme this month is “Debunking Asian Stereotypes” in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month this month of May. In this episode, learn about how Mas founded Strong Asian Lead, an organization that aims to change the narrative of how Asian American storytellers make the…

Welcome to a brand a new season of KISS MY MIKE: a podcast with a gaysian flavor! MAY is Mental Health Awareness and AAPI Heritage month! And what better way to celebrate both events than to listen to a podcast to learn more about how we can increase awareness on mental health and debunk some unhealthy Asian stereotypes! In this episode, learn abou…