Oceania Currents

Voices, stories and conversations with criss-crossing currents between the past, present and future that flow deep and across Oceania, and beyond. Brought to you by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Oceania Currents is a arts podcast hosted by CPIS, with 18 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  16. Hawaiʻi Triennial 2025: “Aloha Nō”

  Feb 24, 20261h 7mS0

  <p>The Hawaiʻi Triennial is Hawaiʻi’s largest, thematic exhibition of contemporary art from Hawai‘i, the Pacific, and beyond. Last year’s Hawaiʻi Triennial 2025 (HT25) shared the work of 49 artists and artist collectives around the theme "Aloha Nō."</p><p>In this episode, we hear from one of the three co-curators of HT25, Noelle Kahanu, as well as three HT25 artists:</p>Gisela McDaniel, a diasporic, Indigenous CHamoru artist who explores the effects of trauma, displacement, and colonization through portraiture and oral histories;John Pule, the celebrated Niuean painter and poet based in Aotearoa New Zealand; andBrandy...

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  15. The Blue Pacific: A Narrative for Pacific Regionalism

  Aug 5, 202557 minS0

  <p>The concept of the Blue Pacific is central to Pacific regionalism. It serves as a narrative for rallying Pacific Islands countries to commitment to regionalism and collective diplomacy as well as a counter narrative to global geopolitical mappings. The Blue Pacific empowers Pacific Island countries by giving them agency to frame and tell their own narratives and map their region in context of increasing geopolitical competition.</p><p>In this episode we talk story with Dame Meg Taylor, the former Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, and Sione Tekiteki, a senior lecturer at the Auckland University of...

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  14. Guåhan in FestPAC: Renewing Ancestral Connections

  Apr 29, 202557 minS0

  <p>In this two-part story, Oceania Currents dives into Guåhan’s rich and complex relationship with the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC), produced with guest host Eva Aguon Cruz.</p><p>In episode one, we hear from three leading CHamoru cultural practitioners as they reflect on their journeys through FestPAC, from Guåhan’s first participation in 1976 to today: Leonard Iriarte, master chanter and founder of I Fanalai’an Oral History Project; Julie “Mama Jill” Benavente, master carver from artist co-operative Guinahan CHamoru; and Raphael Unpingco, multidisciplinary artist based at Sagan Kotturan CHamoru.</p>

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  13. Geopolitics in Oceania: Pacific Islands' Security in an Era of Great Power Competition

  Apr 15, 20251 hourS0

  <p>After the Cold War, US interest in the Pacific Islands waned. Assistance to Pacific Islands declined, and the US closed its embassies and consular offices in several Pacific Islands. However, China’s presence and influence in the Pacific Islands has triggered renewed interest from Western powers and a new geopolitical competition.</p><p>In this episode, we speak with Prof. Kenneth Gofigan Kuper (University of Guam) about militarization and US strategy in Guåhan and the broader Micronesian subregion and with journalist Nic Maclellan about European and Australian engagement with Oceania.</p>

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  12. Nuclear Testing in the Pacific: Truth-telling and Collective Memory

  Apr 1, 202552 minS0

  <p>Between 1946 and 1996, the US, Great Britain and France tested over 300 nuclear weapons in the Pacific. The legacies of those nuclear weapons tests continue to affect Pacific Islanders and Islands today. </p><p>In this episode, we speak with Nic Maclellan, an Australian journalist who has worked on nuclear issues in the Pacific for decades. After that, we talk story with Mililani Ganivet and Marie-Helene Villierme from Tahiti about their audio-documentary podcast project Nu/clear Stories, which shares stories of everyday life and grapples with the legacies of the period of nuclear testing in French Polynesia.</p>

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