Episode 6 - Father's Wishes

Falling Uphill: a podcast

It’s hard to know where to start when you try to encapsulate Augustus’s* story in just a few pithy lines, so let’s try the beginning: born in the Phillippines to a Filipina mother and an American father, Augustus grew up in a privileged but dysfunctional home. Shortly after graduating college with a degree in philosophy in the US, he finds himself called back to the Philippines, a country to which he never wanted to return, managing a crayon factory for father’s company and being forced to entertain foreign business associates by taking them to brothels. To make things worse, Augustus, the closeted-gay son of an openly-homophobic dad, suffers from social anxiety and feels obligated to participate in everything that takes place in those brothels. At his wit’s end, he makes a last ditch effort at escape by landing himself in another place he doesn’t belong–business school. His father is thrilled of course, but the truth will come out.

*Not his real name.

Produced by Matt Elzweig

Story told by Anonymous

Illustration by Richard Chance

Music

“Creepy Atmo” David Szestay

“Here They Come” Slipper

“Maccary Bay” (ft. Brett VanDonsel) Kevin MacLeod

Archive.org:

“Hail to the Chief” (U.S. Department of the Air Force)

Looperman.com:

DjDeeJaVu, highz

Sounds

Freesound.org:

ludde44, kyles, Nagassi, mark 646, deheming, junkfood2121, Halleck, Raccoonimator, Wagna, makemebad, swelk, avakas, acrober