Founded in 1999 and formerly known as Sigaw ng Bayan, Radyo Kapwa is an inclusive Filipino/a/x community and cultural radio show that celebrates the diversity and difference of people with roots to the Philippines. With three historical colonial invasions, multiple waves of migration worldwide, and over 7000 islands, we recognize and honour that Filipino/a/x/s are not a monolith. We provide a wide range of programming, music, and discussion topics to reflect this diversity.

Radyo Kapwa aims to share their platform with grassroots community organisers and organisations, as well as interviews with inspiring members of our community. Our framework is based on values rooted in decolonization, and restorative and transformative justice. Our mission is to create an anti-patriarchal, anti-racist, anti-homophobia, anti-transphobia, faith inclusive, non-ableist, trauma-informed space.

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June 18, 2025: Ep. 151: SQUAT Show - Archipelagic Resistance w/ Nikki Anchovy

Ep. 15 - SQUAT Show - Archipelagic Resistance

No weights, just life. Hosted by Nikki Anchovy, the SQUAT show is a monthly radio program dedicated to the Philippine and Southeast Asian musical underground. Brought to you by Radyo Kapwa.

In this episode, we’re going hardcore, post-hardcore, and skramz from around the Archipelagos of the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the diaspora. From early Manila punk reissues to present-day sounds echoing across Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Lipa, Dengkil, and more — this month’s show is a serrated mixtape of dissonance, grief, resistance, and volume.

Songlist

• BAP. – to be tubi – album tiga (2024) [Jakarta, Indonesia]
• Apebreeder – Suffering from Diabetes and an Intense Desire to End Humanity – single (2023) [Dumaguete, Philippines]
• the world ends with you. – Slur – slur / ethereal (2025) [Malaysia]
• Cream Flower – To Remember Is To Live – S/T (2024) [Manila, Philippines]
• in memory of the view from hanoi opera house – mưa – Beach/Heaven Pt. 2 [homemix] (2022) [Hanoi, Vietnam]
• Awkward Dancer – Low Moss – single (2024) [Cebu, Philippines]
• cheeky things – tacloban – single (2024) [Manila, Philippines]
• Beast Jesus – Chain Wandering Deeply (cover, Envy JP) – Distributed Denial of Self (2019) [Manila, Philippines]

Plug your recommendations on Instagram @squat.fm or @imiroy.hoi.

News from the Philippines

• LWUA investigates PrimeWater after residents report rusty, sandy tap water in Luzon
• Susie Ibarra wins Pulitzer for *Four Meditations on Impermanence*
• Philippines ranks among worst countries for workers’ rights in 2024

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Host(s):
@squat.fm
@imiroy.hoi

Sound Team:
@lorrakida
@fennycristo
@kyliiing
@hirayaproductions

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