Babalu

Hit PLAY on Babalu season one starting October 22nd, 2025.

Show Notes

Hit PLAY on Babalu season one starting October 22nd, 2025.
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Creators and Guests

Producer
Kimberly Truong
Executive Producer & Writer, Uneasy Tiger

What is Babalu?

Sherry Zhang committed suicide in 1989. When she died, she left behind a baby daughter and unbeknownst to her family, dozens of cassette tapes recording her innermost thoughts. Years later, Luisa, the child Sherry left behind, learns about these tapes and decides to finally get to know the mother she lost through her own words. But the more she listens, the more questions she has.

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Sherry:

I want to be the sweet thought that crosses your mind and remains there. I want to be a bird information with a soaring echelon. I want to set fire to this mediocre world just to see what awaits me in the next one, but I am not wanted.

Debra:

Luisa, these tapes are your mother, in her own words.

Luisa:

I spent so much of my life not knowing anything about her life.

Gloria:

It's a rare gift, Luisa, to be able to know someone on that level, good, bad, ugly.

Luisa:

I feel like I'm getting closer to something.

Reina:

Lu, everything you hear on these tapes belongs to your mom.

Luisa:

Now I finally have an opportunity to get to know her.

Sherry:

Well, hello, Babalu.