woke-ish talk

in this episode we talk about saying no, which turns out to be connected to… literally everything. a quick sneak peek: hierarchy in indonesia, 'lets see tomorrow', 'inshallah', the fear of being seen as arrogant, elders deciding for u, family as an institution of care, the politeness of the colonised, saying no without guilt, growing up poor and internalised shame, 'all feelings are valid', disapp...

this episode was supposed to be about intersectional drama but things got a bit heavy, so we went back to our default topic: food. we talk about eurocentric etiquette and 'manners' and the culture around food that we have back home. we also talk about eating with our hands, cooking while being far from home, the rice-and-beans spectrum (you’ll see), and why “have you eaten?” is how we say...

terminology check, part two! language keeps moving, and in this episode we try to catch up with it (a little bit). we sit with a few new-ish terms: global majority, SEAblings, SWANA, and yes, the f word (chill, it’s about us;). we talk about where they came from, how they land on us, and how words shape the way we see saw and see ourselves. we also get into reclaiming slurs, a little indonesian qu...

summer is gone and so is our old set. in this first episode of ‘season two’ we catch u up on what's been cooking while we were away: new projects, new babes joining us, and a bigger home for everything we do. we also take the chance to look back at the summer and unpack the heavy stuff, the moments that kept us going, and some very cute highlights. anddd of course, an update on the meta saga. we'r...

our instagram accounts got suspended by meta with no reason given nor a real opportunity to appeal. in this episode we tell u how that went for us and what we’re doing to try to get them back. instead of forcing a comeback at all costs, we decided to take it slow and take the opportunity to work on printed media project we’ve been cooking in the background. it’s also summer! so we’ll keep it analo...

this is the first episode we recorded after blowing up! in it we unpack how that went from our side and lay out some of our thoughts around the space we are co-creating together with u all :) we also get into what it feels like to create for ourselves now that some people are watching and reflect on humor, why we laugh at heavy things, where that comes from and the transformative power we see in i...

this episode was recorded before blowing up, so some of our recent reflexions about our approach and platform weren’t there yet. that being said, come laugh with us as we try to talk about not-so-heavy-topics (spoiler alert: we failed!) - we recalled our sweet and sour first time memories in Berlin: ordering our first döner (auf deutsch!), Fran’s first ever ‘cacao ceremony’ and Dira’s kink discove...

hiii we're Dira & Fran 🫰🏽 we both have a distant past as media producers back when we were (even more) young: Dira as MTV host and radio announcer in Indonesia, and Fran as a youth cultural journalist in Nicaragua. life took us in many directions before crossing paths in Berlin (God's timing is purrrfect, as we say) and we've now decided to go back to cultural production with this radio show in...

hiii we're Dira & Fran 🫰🏽 we both have a distant past as media producers back when we were (even more) young: Dira as MTV host and radio announcer in Indonesia, and Fran as a youth cultural journalist in Nicaragua. life took us in many directions before crossing paths in Berlin (God's timing is purrrfect, as we say) and we've now decided to go back to cultural production with this radio show...

hiii we're Dira & Fran 🫰🏽 we both have a distant past as media producers back when we were (even more) young: Dira as MTV host and radio announcer in Indonesia, and Fran as a youth cultural journalist in Nicaragua. life took us in many directions before crossing paths in Berlin (God's timing is purrrfect, as we say) and we've now decided to go back to cultural production with this radio show...

about Dira's film: the news it's actually not out yet (oops!). we'll share more info soon (: hiii we're Dira & Fran 🫰🏽 we both have a distant past as media producers back when we were (even more) young: Dira as MTV host and radio announcer in Indonesia, and Fran as a youth cultural journalist in Nicaragua. life took us in many directions before crossing paths in Berlin (God's timing is purrr...

hiii we're Dira & Fran 🫰🏽 we both have a distant past as media producers back when we were (even more) young: Dira as MTV host and radio announcer in Indonesia, and Fran as a youth cultural journalist in Nicaragua. life took us in many directions before crossing paths in Berlin (God's timing is purrrfect, as we say) and we've now decided to go back to cultural production with this radio show...

hiii we're Dira & Fran 🫰🏽 we both have a distant past as media producers when we were very young: Dira as MTV host in Indonesia and radio announcer, and Fran as a youth cultural journalist in Nicaragua. life took us in many directions before crossings paths in Berlin (God's timing is purrrfect, as we say) and we've now decided to go back to cultural production with this radio show in which w...