Episode 46: Yay Panlilio

In this episode, we discuss the life and work of Filipina-American journalist and guerilla leader Yay Panlilio. Born in 1913 to a Filipina mother and Irish-American father, she moved to the Philippines in the 1930s where she became a popular reporter, photographer, and radio broadcaster. When World War II broke out, Yay served as an informant for the U.S. Army by encoding secret messages in her radio broadcasts. Eventually this caught the attention of the Japanese Army that occupied the Philippines, and Yay had to flee Manila to the countryside, where she joined the famed Marking Guerillas, one of many [...]