Orators Anonymous

OPINION | Join Coco Solid, Falesā 'Mush' Iosefo, and Manu Vaea on Orators Anonymous, a Māori Pasifika queer-coded podcast covering pop culture, indigenous knowledge, and laidback landback chit-chat.

Made with the support of the Creative NZ, NZ On Air, and RNZ arts & culture podcast co-fund

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Crashing In, Not Crashing Out

Episode 1
OPINION | The team talk 'crashing out' (having a meltdown) and how they cope given the dysregulating political age we are living in. They discuss the importance of bilingualism in Aotearoa, eugenics for dummies, suspicious and beloved tropes in literature, and what weapon of choice a girl should keep in her handbag.
Sitting on seats in front of a pink curtain and speaking into microphones are three people talking on the podcast Orators Anonymous.

Multi-Motu Mechanics

Episode 2
OPINION | The girls discuss semantic drift, oceanic pattern recognition, and shared philosophies across land, time, and culture. They swing between their favourite Pan-Pacific ideologies and the ways in which cultures weave into each other, defining our collective identities as oceaniqùe.
Sitting on seats in front of a pink curtain and speaking into microphones are three people talking on the podcast Orators Anonymous.

Eroticism, Time Travel, and Other Home Remedies

Episode 3
OPINION | What does eroticism have to do with land back and fighting capitalism? This week, the Orators Anonymous gals are talking about the erotic as political remedy. They unpack ancient erotic cults in the Pacific, Victorian love letters, and power of the erotic in their own lives.
Sitting on seats in front of a pink curtain and speaking into microphones are three people talking on the podcast Orators Anonymous.

Live Love Land Back

Episode 4
OPINION | Indigenous reclamation, repatriation, and reclamation for the modern girl. We're talking about the returning and restoration of land, repatriation, living on the whenua, restorative justice -- and what land back really means.
Sitting on seats in front of a pink curtain and speaking into microphones are three people talking on the podcast Orators Anonymous.

Existential Pick 'n' Mix

Episode 5
OPINION | An assortment of hyperfixations and theories from the Orators Anonymous girlies. This one's for the indigenous misfits and insufferable bookworms across the Pacific and around the world.
Contains sensitive themes
Sitting on seats in front of a pink curtain and speaking into microphones are three people talking on the podcast Orators Anonymous.

Te Wā, Te Vā, Yada Yada

Episode 6
OPINION | Time travel, time bending, and time dilation. It's also our last episode, so the gals reflect on their time together and how their journey has been.
Sitting on seats in front of a pink curtain and speaking into microphones are three people talking on the podcast Orators Anonymous.

Introducing: Orators Anonymous

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OPINION | Join Coco Solid, Falesā 'Mush' Iosefo, and Manu Vaea on Orators Anonymous, a Māori Pasifika Queer-coded podcast covering pop culture, indigenous knowledge, and laidback landback chit-chat.
On a pink-and-white checkered background is a circular blue logo with text reading: "Orators Anonymous."

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