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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Press Covering Hi Nay

Myths, Legends and Fairy Tales in Audio Drama – BBC Sounds Podcast Radio Hour

Hi Nay: Filipino Horror Meets Scooby-Doo

Our Favorite Horror Audio Drama Podcasts – Discoverpods

The best fiction podcasts worth listening to in 2023 – by Tal Minear

10 queer audio dramas that will have you on the edge of your seat – Queerty

AAPI Supernatural Recommendations for Fans of Disney’s ‘So Weird’ – Nerds of Color

Tink’s Audio Delicacies 2024

Here Are the Winners of the 7th Annual Canadian Podcast Awards

‘No Quest for the Wicked’ leads Canadian Podcast Awards winners
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Canadian Podcast Awards Files For Entry