Episode Description: In this episode, I analyze Dr. Apo Aporosa’s article of the University of Waikato, "De-mythologizing and Re-branding of Kava as the New ‘World Drug’ of Choice” - a paper that defends kava as safe and culturally misunderstood. But here’s the real question: Can studies done on kava tablets in laboratories truly represent the reality of Pacific Island men drinking bowl after bowl every night? I also share real testimonies from wives in Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, women whose hus...
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Episode Description: In this episode, I analyze Dr. Apo Aporosa’s article of the University of Waikato, "De-mythologizing and Re-branding of Kava as the New ‘World Drug’ of Choice” - a paper that defends kava as safe and culturally misunderstood. But here’s the real question: Can studies done on kava tablets in laboratories truly represent the reality of Pacific Island men drinking bowl after bowl every night? I also share real testimonies from wives in Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, women whose hus...
Episode 16 - Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History
Pacific Empowerment
23 minutes
1 month ago
Episode 16 - Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History
In this episode, I dive into the stories of fierce women throughout history - biblical heroines like Deborah, the prophet and judge who led Israel into battle, and Queen Esther, who risked her life to save her people. I’ll also share the stories of world changers like Rosa Parks, Maya Angelou, Malala, and Oprah, along with Pacific women like Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga, Dame Whina Cooper of Aotearoa, and Hilda Heine of the Marshall Islands, the first female head of state in Micronesia. Th...
Pacific Empowerment
Episode Description: In this episode, I analyze Dr. Apo Aporosa’s article of the University of Waikato, "De-mythologizing and Re-branding of Kava as the New ‘World Drug’ of Choice” - a paper that defends kava as safe and culturally misunderstood. But here’s the real question: Can studies done on kava tablets in laboratories truly represent the reality of Pacific Island men drinking bowl after bowl every night? I also share real testimonies from wives in Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, women whose hus...
