NAME ELVINA OGIL, PODCASTER

HER PODCAST WHO ASKED HER (soundcloud.com/hoskeder-theodcast) BASED SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Born in Mount Hagen and a lawyer by trade, Elvina Ogil is a massive fan of podcasts. So much so, that last year she decided to launch PNG’s first-ever feminist podcast, Who Asked Her. “There aren’t enough spaces for intelligent conversations about the issues affecting PNG women, and the role we play in our societies. I wanted to change the narrative,” she says.

Lauded by Marie Claire Australia as one of the top podcasts for women by women in 2018, the listenership is mostly international, but Ogil has also had a lot of positive reception from her home country as well. “I had messages from people in Vanimo telling me they were buying extra data to listen to it. Podcasts are a new medium for PNG, but they require less data than video and can be listened to anywhere.”

Active on Twitter, Ogil believes there is enormous scope for political podcasts in PNG, and she says that people shouldn’t be put off by the technical side of things. “It’s just me, my laptop and a microphone in my apartment with a guest. If you think your conversation is worth having take the plunge – people just want good content.”