From A Sociologist's Perspective - The Road Abroad is Paved with Utang Na Loob

There are many aspects to the Filipino culture. Most of them are flowery and beautiful, some are ugly and painful. We have played the feel-good tapes over and over again so we’ve decided to talk about the other side of the coin—the ones we don’t recognize that exists. Hiraya Talks! brings in Professor Louie Ignacio from the University of Santo Tomas Department of Political Science to talk about the history of Utang na Loob; its bad, its ugliest and its downright worst. Let’s learn how to break the cycle in this week’s episode.