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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The Hi Nay Podcast

is a Filipina-led horror fiction podcast, inspired by the concept of the “mystical BIPOC” character in horror films, but reimagined as the protagonist.

The protagonist, Mari Datuin, comes from a babaylan (shaman) family, and has experience dealing with supernatural threats from back home.

The real horror in her life, however, comes from all too real experiences encountering the violence of fascism and corruption many Filipinos are victim to.

Described as “ultimately a love story”, Hi Nay also tackles the role of love in surviving the Horrors.

You can listen to Hi Nay anywhere you listen to podcasts! We’re currently on Season 1 (with multiple Acts).

Season 2 will be the final season of Hi Nay.

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