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Growing Up Filipina
Filipina women talk about childhood, family, work, love and what they want from life — in their own words, without a script.
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Real lives, in their own words.
The Todd Michael Podcast is a long-form conversation show recorded in the Philippines, mostly in Cebu. Host Todd Michael Gori, an American author and builder who made the Philippines his home, sits down with everyday Filipinos to hear their lives in their own words: family, work, love, ambition and the parts of life travel vlogs leave out.
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Jesse & Nelly — The Ladyboy Diaries
Watch · 1 hr 11 minSeason two of The Todd Michael Podcast opens The Ladyboy Diaries with Jesse, 19, and Nelly, 18, two young trans women who have lived in Cebu all their lives. Recorded in the run-up to Christmas, the conversation moves easily between serious subjects and plenty of laughter, carols included.
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2 episodes
The Ladyboy Diaries
Trans women in Cebu talk about family, work, transition, dating and dreams, and what it takes to live openly in the Philippines.
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1 hr 11 minThe Ladyboy Diaries · S2E1
Jesse & Nelly — The Ladyboy Diaries
Host Todd Michael Gori talks with Jesse and Nelly, two young trans women from Cebu, about acceptance, school, pageants, Sinulog dancing and big dreams.
1 hr 22 minThe Ladyboy Diaries · S1E3
Clyde — The Ladyboy Diaries
Clyde, 22, from Cebu talks family, delayed college dreams, transitioning on her own terms and dating honestly with host Todd Michael Gori.
1 hr 27 minGrowing Up Filipina · S1E2
Dia — Growing Up Filipina
Host Todd Michael Gori talks with Dia, 19, about leaving Leyte for Cebu, call-center work, a hard childhood, dating, and her plan to study nursing.
11 minGrowing Up Filipina · S1E1
Merna — Growing Up Filipina
Host Todd Michael Gori talks with Merna about hard times, second chances, cheating and why music is her comfort zone in Growing Up Filipina S1E1.
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Todd Michael Gori
Todd Michael Gori is an American author and builder who publishes as Todd Gori and Todd Michael. He founded ToddMichael.tv and writes about systems, AI, ownership and reinvention.
After moving from Maryland to the Philippines for a fresh start, Todd began filming the everyday people he met, from call-center workers to students to trans women building their lives in Cebu. The podcast is his way of putting their stories on the record without a script.
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