Tokhang Sa Tokhang

Criminogenic: How our prisons worsen the War on Drugs

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 01:30:18 GMT

In this episode we speak with a drug suspect working as a paralegal - in a dysfunctional and corrupted correctional system that tends to breed more crime.

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‘Wounded healers’: This is what rehabilitation sounds like

Mon, 29 May 2023 11:00:00 GMT

Let’s get to know the stories of drug users who were able to recover when thousands of others could not. As thousands are killed for alleged drug links, here are four former drug users on the lifelong road to recovery — in their own words.

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'Pusher': Listen to good people falling into bad things

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 23:00:59 GMT

Why do decent but desperate Filipinos fall not only into using drugs, but actually peddling? And how do good intentions - of people, and of government leaders - turn out so bad?

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The weaponization of 'ADIK'

Sun, 16 Apr 2023 04:00:00 GMT

It was a four-letter word long before Duterte. Over decades - and certainly over Tokhang - "addict" has been invoked with less and less nuance, with greater, graver implications.

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The Drug Wars before Duterte

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 23:00:59 GMT

Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs was the bloodiest, but it was not the exception. It was the culmination of a problematic, simplistic paradigm that was festering and unchallenged for decades. From the dictator Marcos to the terms of Estrada and Arroyo, and even with some supporters of the Aquinos, abusive "total wars on drugs" had been enabled by everyone from populist politicians to moralistic, conservative sectors - religious leaders included. Whichever came first - the popularity or the populism - these unbridled, abusive campaigns have made governments and the entire society miss crucial insights on how to more responsibly deal with drugs and all its associated social ills.

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Healing without justice

Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:00:43 GMT

For those left behind by victims of Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, there is a need to move on without waiting for justice. Civil society groups have taken the lead on providing support to surviving relatives through counseling sessions, financial assistance, and even a coffee shop that keeps the memories of victims alive, but these grassroots efforts alone are not enough for wounds to heal. How do they get up, move on, without healing?

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The exhumation

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 02:00:00 GMT

The body of Kian delos Santos was exhumed five years after his murder, along with others killed under former president Rodrigo Duterte's War on Drugs. One basic truth was also unearthed: these victims were among the poorest of the poor. But who really knows, or listens to, their untold stories? And now that everything is being dug back up, how should everyone and everything be seen, if we are to really understand drug use and its contexts, and more responsibly respond to it?

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Out this Friday: Tokhang sa Tokhang season two

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 03:54:56 GMT

In the first season of Tokhang sa Tokhang, we checked in on the families, communities, sectors, and institutions gravely impacted by President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.

In Season 2, we continue to say, "Tao po, kumusta ang Tokhang?" But while we continue the campaign and questions around justice, we expand our conversation to include a broader look at drugs, our assumptions about the people who use them, and the roles they play in our culture, society, and our everyday lives.

Joining veteran journalist Roby Alampay is co-host Gideon Lasco, medical doctor and anthropologist, who has been studying drug use and drug policy in the Philippines for more than a decade.

Listen to Tokhang sa Tokhang season two. A new episode is out every Friday.

Tokhang sa Tokhang is a PumaPodcast production.

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Episode 6: Barangay, Nanay

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 07:49:00 GMT

Kumusta ang mga nanay? Kumusta ang mga barangay?

President Duterte's War on Drugs was launched to save our families and rescue our communities. Four years later, we check in on the leaders of both.

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Episode 5: Bata! Bata! Pulis! Pulis!

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 09:08:01 GMT

Four years into the War on Drugs, the public has serious concerns over the conduct of policemen and the troubling number of deaths. Meanwhile, children are orphaned and caught in the crossfire. What has happened to the youth President Duterte and law enforcers say they want to rescue?

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Episode 4: The Storytellers

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:28:00 GMT

Kumustahin naman natin ang media—the journalists and the environment in which they must cover one of the Philippines' bloodiest chapters in decades.

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Episode 3: Rap Battle

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 09:31:00 GMT

Artists and musicians have always reflected history. They struggle to capture the spirit of the times. Their images and words chronicle not so much the events, but the things harder to define in the air. In this episode of Tokhang sa Tokhang, we listen to the music and the artists who for the past four years have been processing -- and debating -- their and our own thoughts about the War on Drugs.

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Episode 2: What Price are We Willing to Pay?

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:46:21 GMT

30,000 "deaths under investigation", 5,500 killed in "legitimate" anti-drug operations. For what, and at what else's cost?

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Episode 1: Kumusta na ang Numbers sa War on Drugs?

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 01:00:00 GMT

Let's start with the basics. "Four million drug users." How did the government get to that number?

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Introducing... Tokhang sa Tokhang

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 07:36:00 GMT

A special series where we check in on President Rodrigo Duterte's still ongoing war on drugs. We, too, do our own knocking and inquiring. Our own 'katok' and 'hangyo'.

It has been more than three years. How are you? How has it all been since those doors to Filipino homes opened--or burst open?

"Tokhang sa Tokhang," as we would say. "Tao po, kumusta ang Tokhang?"

Tokhang Sa Tokhang is a PumaPodcast production.

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