The Colonial Department
By Lio Mangubat
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Episodes: 105
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Lost stories from 🇵🇭 history
🔊 Narrative nonfiction pod
📖 Book version published by @factionpress
📻 Written, produced, engineered by @liomangubat
| Episode | Date |
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S8E2: Riding a Tram in 1911 Manila
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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INTERVIEW: Exploring the food history of the Philippines
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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S8E1: The Philippine Sour-chipelago
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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An important announcement about the future of The Colonial Dept.
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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INTERVIEW: Twin timelines, entangled histories
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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INTERVIEW: Sungka as a wargame?
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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S7E13: The War and the Weatherpriests
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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S7E12: Turbulent Times at Manila Bay
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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S7E11: Paint Me By Your Name
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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S7E10: Abaca World War
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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S7E9: Running of the Bulls, Part Two
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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S7E8: Running of the Bulls, Part One
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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S7E7: Extramuros
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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S7E6: Shisōsen—A Japanese Propagandist Confronts the Filipino Psyche
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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S7E5: Inside Tom’s Dixie Kitchen, Prewar Manila’s Hottest Restaurant
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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S7E4: The Plague Years
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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S7E3: A Short Philippine History of Beverages
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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S7E2: An Ottoman Emissary in Mindanao
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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S7E1: Foreign Piano Devils
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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S6E13: If Not Shipwrecks, Scurvy
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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S6E12: The Skull Photographers
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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S6E11: Robinson Crusoe Captures a Manila Galleon
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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S6E10: A Guerilla’s Torment
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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S6E9: Francisco Goya and the Royal Philippine Dead End
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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S6E8: The Lost War Boats of Lake Lanao
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Special: The Colonial Dept. 2024 Year in Review
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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S6E7: Manila, Meet the Automobile
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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S6E6: A Saint, a Samurai, and a Shipwreck
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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S6E5: Who Murdered Señor Villegas?
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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S6E4: When Giants Walked the Philippines
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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S6E3: Rada's Dilemma
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Bonus: The Philippine book launch... LIVE!
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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S6E2: The Last Cavalry Charge
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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S6E1: The Dudes and Dandies of Colonial Manila
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Trailer: What is the Colonial Dept.?
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Special: The book launch... live!
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Special: All about the book 'Silk, Silver, Spices, Slaves'
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Special: The book version of this podcast is now live… and so are the remastered eps!
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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S5E13: Union Jack & Union Jade
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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S5E12: Who Can Mister Filipino Marry?
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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S5E11: Sweet Carolines
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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S5E10: Off With Their Heads
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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S5E9: Manila Starves!
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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S5E8: Defending Against the Slave Raids
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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S5E7: Climbing Banahaw in the Name of Science
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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S5E6: The Spanish Ore-cuppation
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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S5E5: The Death March Down South
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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S5E4: Assembling a Colonial Breakfast
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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S5E3: An Awkward Armada
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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S5E2: Hattie the Headhunter
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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S5E1: The Governor-General’s Love Affair
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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S4E13: Tour de Tojo
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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S4E12: A Muscular Christianity
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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S4E11: When a Romanov Visited Pampanga
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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S4E10: A Flash Flood of Fast Fashion
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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S4E9: The Lethal Cost of Building the Galleons
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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S4E8: British East India Co., Manila Branch
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May 13, 2023 |
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S4E7: Upon This Rock
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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S4E6: The Big Book of Family Names
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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S4E5: Shadow of the Fatherland
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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S4E4: The Bicycle in Peace and War
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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S4E3: Magellan at the Edge of the World
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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S4E2: What Happened at Hanapēpē
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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S4E1: Spies for the Shogun
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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S3E13: The Friar Who Loved the Flowers and the Trees
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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S3E12: Anak Sa Hapon—The Nikkeijin at the Outbreak of World War II
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Dec 17, 2022 |
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S3E11: The Dawning of the Age of Steam
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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S3E10: Auroran Gods
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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S3E9: A Day in the Life in Colonial Manila
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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S3E8: God’s Own Medicine, Part Two
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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S3E7: God’s Own Medicine, Part One
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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S3E6: From "Constaboy" to Samurai
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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S3E5: Sultan of Broadway
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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S3E4: The Coffee Dons (and Don'ts)
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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S3E3: Mugger, the Giant Crocodile
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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S3E2: That Sweet Gangland Music
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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S3E1: The Silent Service
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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The Colonial Dept: A Trailer
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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S2E13: The Hell Atop a Dead Volcano
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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S2E12: A Very Strange Map, Indeed
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May 16, 2022 |
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S2E11: First Contact Feasts
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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S2E10: Mr. Burnham Goes to Baguio
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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S2E9: Aztec Eagles, Philippine Skies
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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S2E8: Conceiving Concepcion, Part Two (Remastered)
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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S2E7: Conceiving Concepcion, Part One (Remastered)
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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S2E6: E-RAT-icate!
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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S2E5: A Dream of Silk
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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S2E4: The Walls of Intramuros
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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S2E3: From Cambodia With Love
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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S2E2: Homo Caudatus
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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S2E1: Silk, Silver, Spices, Slaves (Remastered)
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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A Sneak Peek of Season 2
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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S1E13: Tornaviaje
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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S1E12: The Pearl, and Plunder, of the Orient Seas
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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S1E11: Lights, Camera, Propaganda!
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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S1E10: You Otter Get Rich In Manila
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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S1E9: Spain's Last Stand, Part Two
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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S1E8: Spain's Last Stand, Part One
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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S1E7: Seven Months of Darkness (Remastered)
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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S1E6: Manilaner—The Story of a Jewish Refugee in Manila (Remastered)
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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S1E5: That Strange Disease Called Philippinitis (Remastered Ver.)
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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S1E4: The Lost Plan of Z (Remastered Version)
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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S1E3: Baseball Country (Remastered Ver.)
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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S1E2: The Manilamen Mercs of Shanghai (Remastered Ver.)
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May 19, 2021 |
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S1E1: The Three Mandarins (Remastered Ver.)
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May 04, 2021 |