Podcast Episodes

Palau’s 500 Islands were Ann Singeo’s playground...and classroom

Ann Singeo’s childhood was full of adventure. Each weekend, her dad would take her and her siblings to discover a new island – in Palau there were mo…

3 years, 1 month ago

Papua New Guinea's Klenneth Pombo does a great Scottish accent

Ever since his childhood days singing at church, the stage has always felt like home to Klenneth Pombo. At school he also excelled in sport, but afte…

3 years, 1 month ago

Dr Nicole Yamase was the first Pacific Islander to reach the deepest known part of the ocean

Eleven kilometers below the ocean's surface, in the Mariana Trench, is the deepest known part of the sea. More people have been to the moon than to t…

3 years, 1 month ago

Gabrielle Langkilde is her village’s “Harvard girl”

Gabrielle Langkilde had always wanted to go to Harvard, ever since a mentor told her she would. But the fast and competitive culture at the ivy leagu…

3 years, 1 month ago

Teaote Davies built a sea wall in Kiribati

There is a children’s book that can be found in schools across Kiribati called Teaote and the Wall. It’s about one woman’s quest to build her own sea…

3 years, 1 month ago

Leonid Vusilai’s father had some important advice for him: don’t become a pilot

When Leonid Vusilai was a child in Vanuatu, he dreamed of becoming a pilot. It was mainly for the prestige associated with it but he also wanted to t…

3 years, 2 months ago

Hinamoeura Cross was seven years old when the last nuclear bomb was tested in French Polynesia

Hina Cross was seven years old when the last of the 193 nuclear bombs was tested in French Polynesia in 1996. But she never learned about it in schoo…

3 years, 2 months ago

Former PNG Orchids Captain Cathy Neap saved up her lunch money to buy her first footy

When Cathy Neap was growing up in the Papua New Guinean Province of Enga, girls weren’t supposed to speak up, let alone kick around a footy.  

But she…

3 years, 2 months ago

Jordan Morris

Jordan's been drawing since for as long as he can remember.

He started by holding children's books up to the window and tracing around the images.

It w…

3 years, 2 months ago

Dr. Tarisi Vunidilo

A curious child growing up, if Tarisi wasn't exploring the forest, she would be sitting in the corner reading a book. She thrived on learning new thi…

3 years, 3 months ago