Hi Nay, translated to “Hi Mom”, is a Filipino led, analog-style, supernatural folklore horror podcast with an overarching plot, where the protagonist treats The Horrors™ with the casual lived experience of someone who was raised around them.

Filipina immigrant Mari Datuin, raised by a babaylan mother,
accidentally saves her neighbour from a rotting monster, and is now on a mission to stop dangerous supernatural events in Toronto — alongside two supernatural detectives Donner and Murphy, her 6’2 strong-armed lesbian neighbor Laura, and Ashvin, a celebrity conman guru with real magic powers.

The series is framed through Mari’s phone calls to her Nanay (mother) in the Philippines, as well as the Detectives’ tape recordings.

This is a story about love in the face of overwhelming horror.

Season 1 follows their mission to stop the Elders, a group of rich immortal occultists from the 1900s, from terrorizing innocent people with cursed objects called Foci — especially their mysterious leader, The Benefactor, who is so powerful that nobody is able to remember his face or name.

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Dominus Premiere Announcement + Small Preview for Episode 2 – Hi Nay

No Hi Nay Episode this week! DOMINUS PREMIERE is happening at 3pm ET on Sunday, October 25! Come join us on the Hi Nay Twitch channel, twitch.tv/hinaypod. OCTOBER 24 at 6pm ET: Live event at Interesting Things Kensington Market, Toronto, 173 Baldwin St, Toronto, ON M5T 1L9! Early premiere of Dominus for event-goers only, with free stuff and a raffle for exclusive Dominus merch! OCTOBER 25 at 3pm ET: Livestream of new episode with actors Lenval Brown (Disco Elysium), Karim Kronfli (The Magnus Archives) and Anusia Battersby (The Magnus Protocol) on twitch.tv/hinaypod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.