Filipino-American National News

07/14/2025

Filipino-American National News was proud to have on as a guest 1st time author Daphne Fama whose debut book House of Monstrous Women comes out on Aug 12th. We talk about her fascincation with the supernatual from both her Filipino culture and growing up in the American south, the timeline of the book being set during the the People Power Revolution in 1986, perception of females in the Philippines then and now, her career as an immigration lawyer and a whole lot more.

07/02/2025

Had the fortunate opportunity to pre record an interview with 1st time author Daphne Fama () who book House of Monstrous Women come out on August 12.

A novel that set in the Philippines 🇵🇭 in 1986 during the People Power Revolution tells the story of women Josephine whose life is turn upside down after the death of loved one and how childhood friend invitation to her house brings into play the supernatural world she always knew of her friend and how the supernatural world of the Philippines could change her life.

We also discuss her fascination with the supernatural of the Philippines and the America South where she was raised, her role as immigration lawyer, our favorite foods to even some folklore I've never ever heard of that left me speechless.

Interview will drop on Filipino-American National News airwaves on July 13 and on Facebook that same evening.

06/23/2025

Filipino-American National News stopped by the 3rd Annual Minnesota Lumpia Festival in Chaplin, Minnesota. We spoke to some of the vendors Andrew Manalo of Saigon Meats Manila & Ruby from Rubyspinoyfood. Ruby whose serving out of Fergus Falls, Minnesota drove 3 hours to part of the festival and has been in opperation since 2021.

06/23/2025

The Filipino-American National News is proud to have on show veteran Filipino American actor Derek Basco.

We talk about his storied career as teen actor in the 90's, The Basco siblings of performers, his children in the entertainment field, The Debut, Fabulous Filipino Brothers and a whole lot more!

If you want to listen to the interview in 2 parts feel free to listen the 1st part online by going to KFAI - Fresh Air Community Radio and searching for the show and via the KFAI App on Google Play & Apple Store. Shows are archived up to 2 week on those platforms.

https://kfai.org/player/?episode_id=133762

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06/14/2025

This is an interview I've been waiting to do since the days of rocking an AOL email as my primary email, but the time has finally come for the to have actor/b-boy/singer/father/DJ Derek Basco on the show.

This veteran actor who comes from the acclaimed Filipino American acting family tree 🌳 of the Basco's siblings (, , & ) to his own children (Darryl, , Emerson & Deuce) is someone who can tell us of his unique experiences of being an Filipino-American actor in the 90's to today.

He is a person lovingly called Kuya D by his family and someone my friends called the philosopher from his role in The Debut that will drop some great stories and prospective from his time in the entertainment world.

Stay tuned for more more detail to when this interview will air on and the Filipino-American National News social media platforms on Instagram & Facebook.

06/02/2025

Listen to the full interview with Emjoy Gavino & Michelle de Joya of the Theater Mu production of Diana Son play Stop Kiss via the link listen below.

Stop Kiss will be a the Gremlin Theatre from June 12-29.

https://kfai.org/player/?episode_id=122908

06/02/2025

Great to have Emjoy Gavino & Michelle de Joya of Theater Mu production of Diana Son play Stop Kiss at the Gremlin Theatre on the Filipino-American National News.

Here is clip of them answering one of the questions during the interview.

06/01/2025

Proud to have as guests on tonight from 9-930pm CST from the Theater Mu production of Stop Kiss at the Gremlin Theatre Filipina-American actors Emjoy Gavino & Michelle de Joya.

Listen to the interview on 90.3 FM in the Twin Cities and online by searching the Filipino-American National News on KFAI.org or via the KFAI - Fresh Air Community Radio on Google Play and Apple Store.

Shows archived up to weeks if you don't catch the interview live.

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05/27/2025

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04/21/2025

04/17/2025

The Filipino-American National News was able to catch up with Filipino American director Patricio Ginlesa. We talk about journey in filmmaking from directing music videos, movies, love for comics and whole plethora of interesting subjects along the way.

His acclaimed award winning film Lumpia with a Vengeance (Lumpia Movie) recently has been made available on the streaming platform of Tubi for even more people to view this phenomenal movie.

04/13/2025

Time for the annual spring pledge drive here at KFAI - Fresh Air Community Radio & Filipino-American National News.

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