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Featuring Political Commentary with Tim Greene, a guest interview with Liam Finn about his turn towards punk on the new single Spiraling, and Natural Ange.
Playlist
Beirut - No No No (edit)
Public Service Broadcasting - The Pit
Curse Of Lono - Think I'm Alright Now
Chris Joss - I Want Freedom (Smokey Bandits Remix)
Butcher Brown - Git Along
Stereolab - Aerial Troubles
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Folk Bitch Trio - The Actor
Wet Leg - catch these fists
The Heavy Heavy - Salina
The Bamboos - Ride On Time
Kenny Sterling - Isle Of Light
Joan As Police Woman - Real Life
The Bats - Loline
Jack Bromwich - Never Dreamed
Liam Finn - The Howl
Julien Baker & TORRES - Bottom of a Bottle
Jazmine Mary - Memphis
Bon Iver - There s A Rhythmn
Perfume Genius - Clean Heart
ardini orca - Saint Mikhael and the Dragon
Avalon Emerson - Treat Mode
Six Figga Digga - C.O.C. Flow (feat. Stan Spit, McGruff & Big L)
Featuring the fortnightly catch-up with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson on Isthmus'n That, and Daniel Kelly talks research into food-growing techniques that avoid contributing to climate change on Ready Steady Learn, thanks to the University of Auckland!
A packed to the gills morning for you. Starting off with Political Commentary with Dr Bryce Edwards. Later, two 95bFM special announcements, first Tāmaki Makaurau's most beloved multi-venue street festival The Other's Way is back for 2025, and Dave Dobbyn will be performing for one-show-only for the Winter Series. Love Square chat to Jonny about the upcoming first-ever K Road FAM festival, and then Downtown Days on the harbour. Hayden discusses mushrooms (just in time for Autumn) on What's The Buzz thanks to The Leveland the New Zealand Drug Foundation.
Playlist
Southside of Bombay - What's The Time, Mr Wolf?
The Ponsonby DCs - G'Day Mate
OMC - Land of Plenty
Snapper - Cause of You
Hemi Hemingway - (To Be) Without You
Moon Lander - Pseudoephedrine
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Wet Leg - catch these fists
An Emerald City - Ulica Bolslaw
Goat - Ouroboros
Jonathan Bree - You're So Cool
Perfume Genius - Clean Heart
Love Square - Layer
Love Square - Sonido Amazonico
Durand Jones & The Indications - Been So Long
Bon Iver - There s A Rhythmn
Yumi Zouma - Bashville on the Sugar
David Dobbyn - Blindman's Bend
Stereolab - Aerial Troubles
Grecco Romank - Don't Get Caught (Feat. Princess Chelsea)
Jessica Pratt - World on a String
Leif Vollebekk - Apalachee Plain
Liam Finn - The Howl
Elliot Dawson - I Don't Want to Have to Ask The Question
Featuring the Aural Emporium, a guest interview with Reb Fountain about her upcoming show at the Town Hall to celebrate her new album, and a chat with Car Seat Headrest about their brand new album The Scholars. It's CSH's thirteenth studio album and their foray into rock opera, it's ambitious and breaks new ground for the band - whakarongo mai nei to hear about the process behind it!
Playlist
Wallace - By the River
Mild Orange - Moonglade
US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
Funk'n'SloCuts - esperando por ti
MĀ - BIOTW
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Sylvia Lily & Calm Canopy - Yukon Lost
The Muckers - Suspended
Voom - Crazy Feeling
Jungle Brothers - Doin' Our Own Dang ft De La Soul, Queen Latifah, Q Tip, & Monie Love
dereck d.a.c. X KIANVSLIFE - dereckVSLIFE
Water From Your Eyes - Adeleine
Reb Fountain - How Bizarre
Reb Fountain - Memorial
Jamaica Moana - Tuggawar
Fèng - C-SAW (ruins)
LTJ Bukem - Watercolours
LTJ Bukem - Horizons
Angelo Outlaw - Time Traveler
Black Country, New Road - New Road For the Cold Country
Lola - Spirits
Joan As Police Woman - I Defy
Car Seat Headrest - Destroyed By Hippie Powers
Car Seat Headrest - CCF (I'm Gonna Stay With You)
Car Seat Headrest - CCF (I'm Gonna Stay With You)
Car Seat Headrest - The Catatrophe (Good Luck With That, Man)
Featuring What's Up? with Labour Leader Chris Hipkins, Rhys Matthewson hops on for a chat about his show Time Trial at this years' Best Foods Comedy Festival, and Professor David Lines is on Ready Steady Learn, brought to you by the University of Auckland.
Playlist
Timewarp inc & Kaleya - Blind Day
Dreamwave - Clad Kings
Hemi Hemingway - (To Be) Without You
DOPE LEMON - Sugarcat
Lust For Youth & Croatian Amor - Kokiri
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Fèng - C-SAW (ruins)
Ghost Club - Sea Shaped Stone
Reb Fountain - Hawks & Doves [Tali Remix]
Drakkar Nowhere - How Could That Be Why
Ringlets - Heavenly Wheel
Jazmine Mary - Memphis
Casper Skulls - Dying in Eight Verses
Soundgarden - Outshined
Viagra Boys - Girls & Boys [Live - Shrimp Sessions 2]
Primal Scream - Trainspotting
Marlon Williams - Rere Mai Nga Rau
Leif Vollebekk & Angie McMahon - Take It to the Limit
Monday blues got you down? Tune into Breakfast for insight into Ghana's recycled clothing industry on Fashun with Penelope Noir, a review of ex-editor of Vanity Fair Graydon Carter's memoir on Loose Reads thanks to Time Out Bookstore, and an interview with Dope Lemon about his new album and upcoming tour of Aotearoa.
Playlist
Romare - Quiet Corners Of My Mind
Nick Weaver - Lamb Man
Dungen - Ingenting är sig likt
Kikagaku Moyo - Green Sugar
David Bowie - What In The World
Minami Deutsch - Terra Recipe
DOPE LEMON - Miami Baby
Angelo Outlaw - Time Traveler
Marlon Williams - Rere Mai Nga Rau
Mel Parsons - Post High Slide
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Space Food - Cama
The Liminanas - Tu viens Marie ? - Version Longue
Annabelle Chairlegs - Tolls (To See Me)
Elliot Dawson - I Don't Want to Have to Ask The Question
Serebii - Goji
Eli Winter - For a Fallen Rocket
Leif Vollebekk - Long Blue Light
Connor Jay Liess - Anything Could Happen (feat. Wes Schlag)
The Clean - Anything Could Happen
CRUSH - What if I wanted it
Heaters - Ara Pacis
Swallow the Rat - Face Unpopular
Troy Kingi - All Your Ships Have Sailed
Jenny Hval - The Artist Is Absent (89 Seconds Rewrite)
Rosetta catches up with First Nations Artist Miss Kaninna, who is based out of Naarm in so-called Australia. Following the release of her debut EP Kaninna in 2024, Miss Kaninna has had a huge year of touring with the likes of Amyl And The Sniffers and Kneecap, and is heading back to Aotearoa in February, to play the last ever Splore! Whakarongo mai nei.
For our final catch up with The National Party of 2025, Rosetta and Milly have been declined interview requests by 16 Ministers. Rosetta catches up with Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey to chat about his recent comments regarding whether another hike in the alcohol levy is on the cards for 2026. Whakarongo mai nei!
Ladi6 joins Rosetta in the studio for a kōrero about her NYE House Party - taking over Whammy, Double Whammy and Public Bar to bring in 2026 the right way. The night features an all-star lineup of established icons and fresh talent including: Ladi6, Bailey Wiley, Benny Salvador, Christoph El Truento, DJ Pom, DJ Kerb, DylanBiscuit, Lijah, Mokomokai, and Nganeko. Whakarongo mai nei!
For our last Political Commentary of the year, Rosetta and Milly catch up with Lara to recap 2025 and chat about what to look out for in 2026 - election year! Whakarongo mai nei.
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta and Milly chat with Kavishan Ranatunga, who is a PhD student at the Faculty of Engineering, and is studying the potential for volcanic rock alternatives to cement, to reduce carbon emissions. Whakarongo mai nei!
It's our last Loose Reads for the year, and Suri's last Loose Reads ever! Rosetta and Milly chat with her about her favourite reads of 2025, whats in her summer reading pile, and her ins and outs for 2026 literature. Whakarongo mai nei!
Christian from eighthirty is up for our final kōrero of the year! This week, we're giving away the boujee new black label Colombian - Sebastian Ramirez beans, so make sure you text in throughout the week to win! Whakarongo mai nei.