E3 Diaspora Voices

Distance doesn't dilute your story — sometimes it sharpens it. Host Arieta Tora Rika (Vosa, Sydney) connects with Dr. Mere Tari Sovick (Coming to the Mat, Seattle USA) and Amy Maslen Miller (Samoan Scientist, Aotearoa NZ) to talk about what drives Pacific women in diaspora to pick up the mic, and what happens when their podcasts become resources for schools, universities, and communities hungry for Pacific perspectives. From STEM representation to menopause, traditional knowledge and doing your research, they cover the ground that isn't being covered anywhere else. Their advice? Define your why, pick up your phone, and don't wait until you feel ready. Oh - and record your elders while you can.

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Between the Waves is co-created by Mere Nailatikau, Elvina Ogil, Kalani Reyes, Arieta Tora Rika, Neisau Tuidraki and Heather Jarvis, as part of doctoral research supported by the University of Tasmania.

It is recorded and published from the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, in Naarm (Melbourne) Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders, past and present.

Our theme music is by Tropic Thunda. and graphic design by Kitiana of Dua Studio.