Sistas, Let's Talk

Sistas, Let’s Talk is a show for women across the Pacific region. Each week, host Natasha Meten talks to inspirational women about the issues affecting them, and discusses how to navigate modern life as a Pacific Island woman.

Recent Episodes
  • Can birthing traditions and modern medicine work together?
    May 1, 2025 – 0:29:26
  • Exposing the child sexual abuse crisis in the Pacific
    Apr 24, 2025 – 0:29:24
  • How Well Do You Know Your Own Body?
    Apr 17, 2025 – 0:29:24
  • Why is the Pacific music industry male-dominated?
    Apr 10, 2025 – 0:29:25
  • Preventing cervical cancer with a simple swab
    Apr 3, 2025 – 0:29:24
  • Can Pacific women find love on a dating app?
    Mar 27, 2025 –
  • Breast cancer: Why do so many women wait until it's too late?
    Mar 20, 2025 – 0:29:24
  • Rose Pihei never planned to become a politician, but the Bougainville Conflict changed everything.
    Mar 13, 2025 – 0:25:37
  • Meet the women taking tourism into their own hands
    Mar 6, 2025 – 0:29:24
  • Caregiving is work: Why paid maternity leave is critical for child maternal health in the Pacific
    Feb 27, 2025 – 0:29:23
  • 'My mum is my backbone': What happens when your parents are your biggest cheerleaders
    Feb 20, 2025 – 0:25:05
  • ‘They're the custodians of stories and skills’: Why grandmothers are so important in the Pacific
    Feb 6, 2025 – 0:26:55
  • Meet the Pacific women who took the world’s biggest issue to the world’s highest court
    Jan 30, 2025 – 0:29:23
  • How art and cultural practices bring communities together to tackle sustainability
    Jan 23, 2025 – 0:29:24
  • The Pacific women filmmakers telling stories through their cultural lens
    Jan 16, 2025 – 0:29:24
  • Pacific family gatherings — how do you celebrate?
    Dec 19, 2024 – 0:29:24
  • Church hymns, food and caretaking mental health in Western spaces
    Dec 12, 2024 – 0:29:25
  • How living in the diaspora led this Elder to an Olympic icon
    Dec 5, 2024 – 0:26:22
  • How education changed Matilda Sweman's life
    Nov 28, 2024 – 0:29:24
  • Having conversations about sex will change your life
    Nov 21, 2024 – 0:29:24
  • Tackling Emotional Abuse
    Nov 14, 2024 – 0:28:23
  • INTRODUCING — The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior
    Nov 13, 2024 –
  • The benefits and challenges of educating girls in The Pacific
    Nov 7, 2024 – 0:29:25
  • How Debbie Kaore left a violent relationship and how her love for sport gives her strength
    Oct 31, 2024 – 0:27:36
  • Meet the Pacific Women Olympians Pushing Boundaries
    Oct 24, 2024 – 0:28:54
  • How to be an overbearing Aunty
    Oct 17, 2024 – 0:29:38
  • How to embrace the power of technology and stay safe online
    Oct 10, 2024 – 0:29:23
  • Sistas rewind: Favourite interviews from women entrepreneurs in business and farming to connecting South Sea Islanders to their Pacific roots
    Sep 26, 2024 – 0:29:24
  • ‘Women are the seed keepers’: How empowering women is key to addressing climate change
    Sep 19, 2024 – 0:29:21
  • What ovarian cancer taught me
    Sep 12, 2024 – 0:29:24
  • Self care isn't selfish, it's about survival: Healing from Family Violence
    Sep 5, 2024 – 0:29:25
  • Pacific women kick goals from the rugby fields to policy-making
    Aug 29, 2024 – 0:29:24
  • How Florence Swamy helps build peace, from grassroots communities through to the Fijian military
    Aug 15, 2024 – 0:29:25
  • Is customary law appropriate when dealing with sexual and gender-based violence in the Pacific?
    Aug 8, 2024 – 0:29:35
  • The meri blouse, urohs and island dress are now part of Pacific women's identity, but challenges loom
    Aug 1, 2024 – 0:29:48
  • How the Haus Meri in Papua New Guinea is being transformed to give women a political voice
    Jul 18, 2024 – 0:29:24
  • How Pacific women can navigate saying no
    Jul 11, 2024 – 0:29:24
  • How does seasonal work impact the women and communities left behind?
    Jul 4, 2024 – 0:29:24
  • There's been a cultural shift in kava consumption. What impact has this had on women?
    Jun 27, 2024 – 0:29:25
  • Single mothers tell their stories to break down stigmas
    Jun 20, 2024 – 0:29:49
  • Rose Pihei never planned to become a politician, but the Bougainville Conflict changed everything.
    Jun 13, 2024 – 0:25:37
  • Exposing the child sexual abuse crisis in the Pacific
    Jun 6, 2024 – 0:29:24
  • Meet the "neurospicy" Samoan sisters changing workplace culture
    May 30, 2024 – 0:27:08
  • Why do women put up with pain?
    May 23, 2024 – 0:29:25
  • The traditional childbirth rituals connecting modern Maori women to their ancestors
    May 16, 2024 – 0:29:24
  • Can birthing traditions and modern medicine work together?
    May 9, 2024 – 0:29:26
  • Why do women still do so much unpaid work?
    May 2, 2024 – 0:29:24
  • Can Pacific women find love on a dating app?
    Apr 25, 2024 – 0:29:24
  • Colourism: Casting of Nani in Lilo & Stitch just the tip of the iceberg
    Apr 18, 2024 – 0:29:20
  • Why is the Pacific music industry male-dominated?
    Apr 11, 2024 – 0:29:24
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