๐๐๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ : ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ | ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ ๐
From Tinder to PoliTEAkaโyes, thatโs really how it started. ๐ญ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ ๐, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ง๐, ๐๐จ-๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐๐ค๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ โ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จโ ๐จ๐ซ โ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข.โ But this episode goes beyond the origin story. Why do political conversations in the Philippines so often become about picking sides? ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐, ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ง, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ค ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ? And how do we bring conversations about healthcare, education, wages, housing, flooding, and accountability closer to the everyday Filipino? Because politics isnโt just elections or personalities. It shows up in the prices we pay, the schools we study in, the services we depend on, and the communities we live in. And maybe meaningful political conversation doesnโt have to begin with โWhose side are you on?โ Maybe it can begin with: What is the issue? Why does it matter? And what questions should we be asking? ๐๏ธ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ-๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ง๐. Donโt just pick a side. Understand the issue. Ask the question. Start the conversation. #PoliTEAka #PhilippinePolitics #PoliticalConversations #CivicEngagement #ThePoliTEAkaPodcast
The System Was Built This Way : A Young Public Servant on Politics, Power, and Change | Alex Torres | The PoliTEAka Podcast
What does it look like to enter public service and realize the system is much harder to change from the inside? In Episode 1 of PoliTEAka, we sit down with a young public servant for an open conversation about politics, power, public service, and what real change in the Philippines actually requires. From the fixer economy and political dynasties to healthcare, disaster response, development, corruption, accountability, and personality politics, this episode goes beyond the headlines and asks why these problems continue to reproduce themselves. We talk about what happens when good people enter institutions that may work against them, why Filipinos are often forced to depend on politicians for services that should already be accessible, and whether lasting reform is possible without changing the incentives built into the system itself. In this episode, we ask: โข Can public servants truly serve the Filipino people when political loyalties come first? โข Why do systems sometimes reward the very behavior we say we want to eliminate? โข Should development move forward if the communities affected are not given a meaningful voice? โข Can the Philippines build institutions that survive beyond the politicians who created them? โข And who ultimately has to change first: the government or the people? This is PoliTEAka. Conversations about the Philippines not only from the halls of power, but from the barangays, streets, schools, businesses, hospitals, and everyday lives of Filipinos. Because government is not just something we watch. It is something we live with. Watch The System Was Built This Way: A Young Public Servant on Politics, Power, and Change and join the conversation. ๐ฌ What stood out to you most from this episode? Share your thoughts in the comments. #PoliTEAka #PoliticsPH #PublicService #GoodGovernance #Accountability #YouthLeadership