26 min listen
Filipino Balikbayan is Homecoming in a Box
FromGravy
ratings:
Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Dec 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In "Filipino Balikbayan is Homecoming in a Box," Gravy explores the histories underlying the balikbayan box—a large box filled with everything from tubes of toothpaste to cassette tapes to cans of Spam—that Filipinos in the United States customarily send home to family in the Philippines. There is an entire industry in Filipino enclaves across the United States dedicated to the logistics of shipping these boxes, which have been popular since the Philippines established the Balikbayan Program in the 1970s.
Released:
Dec 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Sweet, Sour, Bitter, Salty: The Emotional Life of Eating (Gravy Ep. 5): Many of the stories we hear and tell about food are positive—food’s power to nourish, to comfort, to bring people together. But it also has the potential to cause shame, fear, disgust and a whole host of other uncomfortable emotions. Today on Gravy: p by Gravy