The Elephant in the Bedroom

James Roque & Chye-Ling Huang take a raw, funny, and at times confronting look at the intersection of sex, love, and race.

Discusses sexual themes

Hosted by James Roque and Chye-Ling Huang

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Credits

James Roque

Host, Writer and Executive Producer

Chye-Ling Huang

Host, Writer, Video Director and Executive Producer
Julia Parnell
Executive Producer
Ewan Atkinson
Story Producer
Brett Wilke
Production Manager
Ruby Reihana-Wilson
Creative Producer
Kelly Gilbride
Creative Producer
Nikita Tu-Bryant
Music Composer
Tom Dennison
Music Composer
Evoke Audio
Audio Post Production
Ricky Simmonds
Audio Engineer
Tim Burnell
RNZ Commissioner
Tim Watkin
RNZ Podcasts
Megan Wheelan
RNZ Head of Content

Thank you to everyone who contributed to The Elephant in the Bedroom. There are many amazing people we spoke to in our research phase who didn’t make it into the final series. We’d like to thank the following people for sharing their time and knowledge with us: Serafin Upton, Brendan, Alice, Ahi, Wilson, Sean, Chye-Mei, and Marianne. We couldn’t have done this without them.

Made with the support of

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Produced for RNZ by

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Produced for RNZ by

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Awards

2023 New York Festivals Radio Awards

Finalist - Personal Lives

2023 New York Festival Awards

Finalist - Best Factual

2022 NZ Podcast Awards

Best Sex & Relationship - Gold

2022 NZ Podcast Awards

Best Documentary - Gold

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Email us at: podcasts@rnz.co.nz

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