This episode features a conversation between Margaret de Leon, PhD student and Junior Fellow, and Dr. Adrian de Leon, author of Bundok: A Hinterland History of Filipino America & Assistant Professor of History at New York University. They discuss Bundok, where de Leon traces the journey of Northern Luzon’s people through history, revealing how Filipino identity emerged from labour, resistance, and colonialism’s daily realities, shaping our understanding of the US Pacific empire.

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