Coco Solid
Crashing In, Not Crashing Out
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… Audio
Multi-Motu Mechanics
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… Audio
Eroticism, Time Travel, and Other Home Remedies
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… Audio
Live Love Land Back
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… Audio
Te Wā, Te Vā, Yada Yada
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. Audio
Existential Pick 'n' Mix
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. Audio
Introducing: Orators Anonymous
OPINION | Presented by a rotating roster of presenters, each episode is a conversation about individual concerns/interests/hot topics for the week, including headlines, pop culture, indigenous… Audio
Coco Solid's hit book, How to Loiter in a Turf War
Jessica Hansell, best known by her rap nickname Coco Solid, is one of Aotearoa's most impressive artists. She's a writer, poet, musician, multimedia artist, creator of cult Maori cartoon Aroha Bridge… Audio
Fulbright Residency a ‘Polynesian nerd dream’ for Auckland rapper Coco Solid
Auckland rapper, writer and visual artist Jessica Hansell aka Coco Solid has received the 2018 Fulbright-Creative Pacific Writer’s residency. Video
Music 101 Pocket Edition 174: Dizzee Rascal/Coco Solid
In this week's Pocket Edition, Alex Behan is on the line to UK grime father Dizzee Rascal, Coco Solid takes Jana Whitta through her new mixtape called 'Cokes' and Yadana Saw speaks with James Toth… Audio
Coco Solid: 'Being able to tell our stories is something we have to fight for, constantly'
Jessica Hansell, aka Coco Solid, has just released a mixtape called 'Cokes' the kaupapa of which is community, her ancestors and 'throwing it back in colonisation's face'. Audio
Aroha Bridge
A second online series which show cases the more multicultural side of New Zealand is being launched this week. Video, Audio
Aotearoa Futurism part two: South Pacific Futurists
In part two of Aotearoa Futurism, Sophie Wilson and Dan Taipua survey space Maori, Astronesians and South Pacific Futurists who achieve self-determination through music, technology and the farthest… Audio
The Sampler Summit - Prince
His Royal Badness, Prince Rogers Nelson, has made the bold move of dropping two new albums: PlectrumElectrum with his new rock outfit 3rdeyegirl; and Art Official Age, a solo R&B set. To assess this… Audio
The Sampler Summit - Prince
His Royal Badness, Prince Rogers Nelson, has made the bold move of dropping two new albums: PlectrumElectrum with his new rock outfit 3rdeyegirl; and Art Official Age, a solo R&B set. To assess this…
AudioThe MixTape: Coco Solid
Celebrity musical guests are invited in to spin their choicest cuts - today sassy wordsmith Coco Solid, aka Jessica Hansell plays us some of her favourites. Audio
Coco Solid
Coco Solid is Jessica Hansell - she's been peddling her subversive and sexy rhymes alongside partner in grime Erik Ultimate since 2004. Coco's little sisters and Erik's brother turn up on Radical Bad… Audio