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Naming Typhoons

Naming Typhoons

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With the news of Typhoon Tino leaving catastrophic damage parts of Visayas, Binsoy reflects on the strange human habit of naming storms. In this episode, he explores the ontology and anthropomorphism of typhoons — how we turn natural disasters into people, and in doing so, misplace responsibility that should belong not to the wind, but to us.

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