Episodes
Mafia Hukum
The unofficial anthem of Indonesia's anti-corruption movement, and a hard look at why corruption sinks deep roots. Former KPK Deputy Saut Situmorang, filmmaker Dandhy Laksono and Indonesia Corruption Watch's Sely Martini on what it takes to fight a system designed to resist fighting back. New here? This is the one to start with.
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Busur Hujan
Written to welcome Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior to Bali, this song opens the series with Navicula's commitment to environmental defenders. Robi walks through the band's motivation to stand with people fighting for land, sea, and water — and how music became part of that fight.
With Gede Robi
Metropolutan
Jakarta's air is unbreathable and its roads are unlivable. This is Navicula's reckoning with what runaway urban growth has done to the capital — plus the improbable story of how the song won an international competition and briefly carried the band to Hollywood.
With Longgena Ginting (Greenpeace Southeast Asia) and Lakota Moira
Merdeka
Twenty-five years of Navicula, told through one song about freedom and what it actually means. Current and former band members trace the arc from a Hollywood recording studio, to a Sony record deal, to the loss of bassist Made — and why the band kept going.
With Dadang "Dankie" Pranoto, Rudolf Dethu, Lakota Moira, Gembull Rai, Palel Atmoko and Krishnanda Adipurba
Aku Bukan Mesin
Recorded after the Bali and Jakarta bombings of the early 2000s, this song is about refusing to become a weapon. Security analyst Sidney Jones and the band unpack Indonesia's descent into communal violence after Suharto — and the cost of dividing a country along religious lines. Part one of two.
With Sidney Jones (IPAC), Dadang "Dankie" Pranoto and Gembull Rai
Everyone Goes to Heaven
Part two on religious extremism: how ordinary people get radicalized, and what pulls them back. Sidney Jones returns alongside Heidi Arbuckle, who works at the intersection of tolerance and the arts in Indonesia.
With Sidney Jones, Heidi Arbuckle and Gembull Rai
Mafia Hukum
The unofficial anthem of Indonesia's anti-corruption movement, and a hard look at why corruption sinks deep roots. Former KPK Deputy Saut Situmorang, filmmaker Dandhy Laksono and Indonesia Corruption Watch's Sely Martini on what it takes to fight a system designed to resist fighting back.
With Saut Situmorang, Dandhy Laksono, Scott Guggenheim, Sely Martini and Edward Andrews
Saat Semua Semakin Cepat, Bali Berani Berhenti
Once a year, Bali goes silent for 24 hours. Nyepi — the Balinese day of silence — is an act of cultural resistance, and this acoustic ballad honors it. Plus, the story of Bali's 2019 ban on single-use plastics, and what a whole island can do when it dares to stop.
With Dr. Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan, Odeck Ariawan and Tiza Mafira
Orangutan
A song about a young orangutan orphaned by deforestation, told from the animal's point of view. Bustar Maitar (EcoNusa, formerly Greenpeace), Leif Cocks (The Orangutan Project) and the Borneo Nature Foundation on the palm oil frontier and what's still standing. Contains descriptions of animal abuse.
With Bustar Maitar, Leif Cocks, Juliarta Ottay, Suzi Turnock, Dadang "Dankie" Pranoto and Gembull
Kartini
Raden Ajeng Kartini was Indonesia's first feminist. A century later, the farming women of Kendeng cement their feet into the ground to stop a factory from taking their land. The episode connects the two through a Navicula song that asks who today's Kartini might be.
With Sandrina Malakiano, Lakota Moira, Humairah, Intan Paramitha and Dr. Rebekah Moore
