Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHinamoeura 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…
1 year, 1 month ago
Wendy Mocke’s parting shot: What’s the one thing about your culture you want the world to understand?
Wendy Mocke, a Papua New Guinean actor, playwright and screenwriter, has spent six months hosting Stories From the Pacific.
She wraps up her time in …
1 year, 1 month ago
Between two worlds: PNG’s Elvina Ogil on law, language and the women who raised us
Stories From TheWhat does it mean to grow up between two worlds?
For Elvina Poki Ogil, one world is a village in Papua New Guinea, where the mountain…
1 year, 2 months ago
'We're still here': Nesia Daily's Jacob McQuire on being Darumbal and South Sea Islander
He's a voice heard across the Pacific airwaves each weekday morning.
Jacob Simil McQuire co-hosts Radio Australia's Nesia Daily program, and he's know…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ronny Kareni: West Papuan songs of resistance, cries for freedom
Ronny Kareni was raised in Papua New Guinea, part of a generation of West Papuan families who fled across the border seeking safety. And ever since, …
1 year, 2 months ago
What Pacific care can teach the world
Mental health frameworks weren't built with us in mind. So, what happens when we build our own? In this episode, we meet Gabrielle Tor, a Melanesian …
1 year, 2 months ago
Fall hard, rise harder: Tajhon Mailata's story of resilience
What happens when the body you've built your life around — your talent, your identity, your career — breaks?
Before Tajhon Mailata lost his leg in a w…
1 year, 3 months ago
Maps made of Memory
For Kathy Martin, maps aren't something you find on your phone. They're inherited; passed down in the way your aunty cuts fish or says your name like…
1 year, 3 months ago
Can you belong to a culture you’re still learning how to carry?
Illustrator Jaelyn Biumaiwai has spent most of her life navigating that question.
Raised on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, Jaelyn’s story i…
1 year, 3 months ago
From growing up during Fiji's coup to the Torres Strait: How comedian Jay Wymarra flipped the comedy script
A proud Gudang/Yadaykenu and Saibai man, Jay's a hilarious comedian, fierce drag performer and self-confessed "black nerd".
Born in Townsville, raised…
1 year, 4 months ago