The Barkada Podcast

After nearly two years of talking about bringing The Barkada Podcast to life, we are only a few days away from making that happen! The idea of coming up with a podcast happened during a span of gathering with friends (pre-COVID of course), and I was thinking, you know what? Our stories are pretty cool and I bet you there would be others that would enjoy listening to our conversations. Then I thought that I had some pretty neat connections in my life and that people should hear how awesome my friends are. So came the idea of creating a podcast, The Barkada Podcast.

Where did the name come from? Barkada is a Filipino term used to describe a group of close friends. Like, that’s my Barkada! Those are my close friends! Those are the people I hang with…I remember back when I was a child, overhearing my parents talk about my best friends, they described them being in my barakda.

I also wanted a different way to help promote and expose my Filipino culture and life in my hometown of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and in surrounding communities. We’ll have different segments where we will talk with guests from the community, and heck, maybe some bigger names down the road. Manny Pacquiao? Apl de Ap from the Black Eyed Peas? Arnel Pineda from Journey? Why not? But baby steps first, right?

I asked one of my friends, Tim, if he wanted to join me on the show and he immediately was excited about the idea. We had a different name at the time (Mocha Blanco Podcast), but, as we thought it about it some more and what kind of topics and uses we wanted to get out it, The Barkada Podcast was the name that would be carried on!

We’re looking forward having you join us on this new uncharted adventure while you get to know us, and as we get to know you. We can’t wait to see how this journey will evolve over time. Thanks for following and listening!

Peace and Love,

Marlo