It’s a common belief in Indonesia, as it is in many parts of the world that young people don’t care about politics, but maybe they are just trying to grapple with the political sphere they have often been left out of by the generation before them. As two young Australians, Ashlynn Hannah and Sofia Jayne set out to learn from and listen to the stories of young Indonesians, our neighbours. We hope by sharing their stories, we can welcome conversations across borders and young voices will be brought to the front.

Tetangga podcast is published with Inside Indonesia, a not-for-profit Melbourne-based magazine. Find our list of resources for further reading, listening and watching on the Inside Indonesia website.

It’s a common belief in Indonesia, as it is in many parts of the world that young people don’t care about politics, but maybe they are just trying to grapple with the political sphere they have often been left out of by the generation before them. As two young Australians, Ashlynn Hannah and Sofia Jayne set out to learn from and listen to the stories of young Indonesians, our neighbours. We hope by sharing their stories, we can welcome conversations across borders and young voices will be brought to the front.

Tetangga podcast is published with Inside Indonesia, a not-for-profit Melbourne-based magazine. Find our list of resources for further reading, listening and watching on the Inside Indonesia website.

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1. Students at the Heart of Activism

Indonesia has a long history of students leading movements for change. After a series of protests in August and the viral sharing of an emergency warning sign on social media, we speak to Satya Azyumar, an activist and leader of a new youth organisation called Social Justice Indonesia. Based in Jakarta, this group hosts meetings where its 17 members get together to critically and openly discuss politics in Indonesia. In Melbourne, we speak to academic Pipin Jamson at a rally outside the Indonesian Consulate calling for an end to Jokowi's political dynasty in Indonesia. And Victoria Winata, a young Chinese-Indonesian woman who wrote and performed a play at a theatre in Melbourne about her experience with intergenerational trauma from the events of May 1998.

Credits:
Produced and hosted by Ashlynn Hannah and Sofia Jayne. Theme music from the album Saudara by Joelistics, Komang and Gamelan DanAnda. Additional gamelan music is of the gamelan Digul from the MAMU archive courtesy of Margaret Kartomi. Some audio excerpts were sourced from community and news broadcasters. The sound used during the interview with Victoria Winata is from her play ‘May 1998’. The cover art for this episode was made by collage artist Ilham Gusti Syahadat. Our main cover art is by Ika Vantiani.

Through RMIT University, I completed two RRR news bulletin shifts where I pitched stories to an experienced producer, wrote bulletins, recorded interviews and presented live on air. 

RRR News Bulletin: Federal Budget, 14 May 2024

RRR News Bulletin: 02 May 2024 

The Hoist is an ongoing SYN FM radio show aimed at 'giving local music a lift'. For season 1 of 2022, I produced weekly shows with my co-host Lola, which aired every Wednesday from 6-8pm. 

We researched artists, conducted interviews with Australian musicians, wrote scripts, presented and edited each show. 

Sample show 

(featuring interview with Georgia Maq from Camp Cope)

Sample show 

(featuring interview with Maddy Herbert from Velvet Bloom)