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The Colonial Dept.

Welcome to the Colonial Department, the podcast where we take long-lost stories from Philippine colonial history and bring them to life. Follow us on IG: @thecolonialdept

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50 episodes

S6E2: The Last Cavalry Charge

Aug 22, 2024•—

S6E2: The Last Cavalry Charge

Bonus: The Philippine book launch... LIVE!

Aug 31, 2024•—

Bonus: The Philippine book launch... LIVE!

Extra Credit: A short history of horses in the Philippines

Sep 6, 2024•—

Extra Credit: A short history of horses in the Philippines

S6E3: Rada's Dilemma

Sep 19, 2024•—

S6E3: Rada's Dilemma

Extra Credit: On kare-kare’s nutty history

Sep 28, 2024•—

Extra Credit: On kare-kare’s nutty history

S6E4: When Giants Walked the Philippines

Oct 5, 2024•—

S6E4: When Giants Walked the Philippines

Extra Credit: More about the legend of Bernardo Carpio

Oct 11, 2024•—

Extra Credit: More about the legend of Bernardo Carpio

S6E5: Who Murdered Señor Villegas?

Nov 10, 2024•—

S6E5: Who Murdered Señor Villegas?

Extra Credit: ‘Trained baboons’—Filipino servants and their American employers in the 1900s

Nov 16, 2024•—

Extra Credit: ‘Trained baboons’—Filipino servants and their American employers in the 1900s

S6E6: A Saint, a Samurai, and a Shipwreck

Nov 23, 2024•—

S6E6: A Saint, a Samurai, and a Shipwreck

Extra Credit: Japanese mercs, merchants in colonial Luzon

Nov 29, 2024•—

Extra Credit: Japanese mercs, merchants in colonial Luzon

S6E7: Manila, Meet the Automobile

Dec 7, 2024•—

S6E7: Manila, Meet the Automobile

Extra Credit: Carriages and coachmen in Manila’s motorized age

Dec 14, 2024•—

Extra Credit: Carriages and coachmen in Manila’s motorized age

Special: The Colonial Dept. 2024 Year in Review

Dec 21, 2024•—

Special: The Colonial Dept. 2024 Year in Review

S6E8: The Lost War Boats of Lake Lanao

Jan 10, 2025•—

S6E8: The Lost War Boats of Lake Lanao

Extra Credit: On American campaigns against Lanao

Jan 18, 2025•—

Extra Credit: On American campaigns against Lanao

S6E9: Francisco Goya and the Royal Philippine Dead End

Jan 23, 2025•—

S6E9: Francisco Goya and the Royal Philippine Dead End

Extra Credit: On the end of the Galleon Trade

Feb 1, 2025•—

Extra Credit: On the end of the Galleon Trade

S6E10: A Guerilla’s Torment

Feb 7, 2025•—

S6E10: A Guerilla’s Torment

Extra Credit: On a prisoner’s life in Japanese-occupied Manila

Feb 14, 2025•—

Extra Credit: On a prisoner’s life in Japanese-occupied Manila

S6E11: Robinson Crusoe Captures a Manila Galleon

Feb 21, 2025•—

S6E11: Robinson Crusoe Captures a Manila Galleon

Extra Credit: On William Dampier, privateer of the Pacific

Mar 1, 2025•—

Extra Credit: On William Dampier, privateer of the Pacific

S6E12: The Skull Photographers

Mar 7, 2025•—

S6E12: The Skull Photographers

Extra Credit: On Filipino studio photos from the 1900s

Mar 15, 2025•—

Extra Credit: On Filipino studio photos from the 1900s

S6E13: If Not Shipwrecks, Scurvy

Mar 21, 2025•—

S6E13: If Not Shipwrecks, Scurvy

Extra Credit: The shipwrecks of the Galleon Trade, by the numbers

Mar 28, 2025•—

Extra Credit: The shipwrecks of the Galleon Trade, by the numbers

S7E1: Foreign Piano Devils

Jun 20, 2025•—

S7E1: Foreign Piano Devils

Extra Credit: Pianos in 1800s Phillippines

Jun 28, 2025•—

Extra Credit: Pianos in 1800s Phillippines

S7E2: An Ottoman Emissary in Mindanao

Jul 4, 2025•—

S7E2: An Ottoman Emissary in Mindanao

Extra Credit: More Ottoman links to the Philippine colonial period

Jul 12, 2025•—

Extra Credit: More Ottoman links to the Philippine colonial period

S7E3: A Short Philippine History of Beverages

Jul 18, 2025•—

S7E3: A Short Philippine History of Beverages

Extra Credit: The complicated story of the 1800s coffee boom

Jul 25, 2025•—

Extra Credit: The complicated story of the 1800s coffee boom

S7E4: The Plague Years

Aug 2, 2025•—

S7E4: The Plague Years

Extra Credit: “Epidemia maligna”—the devastating outbreaks that hit Luzon and Visayas in the late 1500s

Aug 9, 2025•—

Extra Credit: “Epidemia maligna”—the devastating outbreaks that hit Luzon and Visayas in the late 1500s

S7E5: Inside Tom’s Dixie Kitchen, Prewar Manila’s Hottest Restaurant

Aug 15, 2025•—

S7E5: Inside Tom’s Dixie Kitchen, Prewar Manila’s Hottest Restaurant

Extra Credit: The socialites, spies, and convicts who dined at Tom’s Dixie Kitchen

Aug 23, 2025•—

Extra Credit: The socialites, spies, and convicts who dined at Tom’s Dixie Kitchen

S7E6: Shisōsen—A Japanese Propagandist Confronts the Filipino Psyche

Aug 29, 2025•—

S7E6: Shisōsen—A Japanese Propagandist Confronts the Filipino Psyche

Extra Credit: The “cultural fighters” of the Japanese Propaganda Corps

Sep 5, 2025•—

Extra Credit: The “cultural fighters” of the Japanese Propaganda Corps

S7E7: Extramuros

Sep 20, 2025•—

S7E7: Extramuros

Extra Credit: Bits and pieces about Bagumbayan

Sep 27, 2025•—

Extra Credit: Bits and pieces about Bagumbayan

S7E8: Running of the Bulls, Part One

Oct 3, 2025•—

S7E8: Running of the Bulls, Part One

S7E9: Running of the Bulls, Part Two

Oct 11, 2025•—

S7E9: Running of the Bulls, Part Two

Extra Credit: A bullfight in Sulu

Oct 24, 2025•—

Extra Credit: A bullfight in Sulu

S7E10: Abaca World War

Nov 1, 2025•—

S7E10: Abaca World War

Extra Credit: On Tomas Claudio and other Filipinos in the frontlines of World War I

Nov 8, 2025•—

Extra Credit: On Tomas Claudio and other Filipinos in the frontlines of World War I

S7E11: Paint Me By Your Name

Nov 15, 2025•—

S7E11: Paint Me By Your Name

Extra Credit: The Indian-Armenian who preserved and produced Philippine art

Nov 23, 2025•—

Extra Credit: The Indian-Armenian who preserved and produced Philippine art

S7E12: Turbulent Times at Manila Bay

Nov 28, 2025•—

S7E12: Turbulent Times at Manila Bay

Extra Credit: What we can still learn from the Laguna Copperplate Inscription

Dec 5, 2025•—

Extra Credit: What we can still learn from the Laguna Copperplate Inscription

S7E13: The War and the Weatherpriests

Dec 20, 2025•—

S7E13: The War and the Weatherpriests

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