E1 Independent Podcasting

What does it mean to tell your own story on your own terms? Host Kalani Reyes (Deep Pacific) sits down with Neisau Tuidraki (Kokonati Talk) and Sharyne Fong (Insight Your Success) to talk about what independence really looks like in Pacific podcasting — from self-funding and finding your creative freedom, to balancing authenticity when institutional support comes with strings attached. They share how they got started, how they make the most of limited budgets, and what to do when a recording just doesn't work out. Honest, practical, and full of real talk — this one is for everyone who's been sitting on a story, waiting for the right moment. Spoiler: the moment is now.

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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.