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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Bonus Episode: The Music of Hi Nay – Hi Nay

A fun little bonus feature about the secrets behind Hi Nay's music! In this unscripted episode I cover Bessie Smith and other blues and jazz stapes, lullabies, Filipino folk songs, and classical music that inspire Hi Nay and its characters.And, of course, Christmas music.Support Hi Nay on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/hinaypodWe livestream these episodes every Sunday at 6pm ET!https://www.youtube.com/@HiNayPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.