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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's early, but we're awake, just... Must be time for coffee; Rob's got the most intelligent sentence he's ever spoken for us, this morning; Maria dials in to talk the film of a serial killer; and the leader of the opposition, Simon Bridges, chats to Mikey about all things oppositional. And yeah, Mikey just can't believe Tess tried to put her lunch in the shower. Silliness.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's early, but we're awake, just... Must be time for coffee; Rob's got the most intelligent sentence he's ever spoken for us, this morning; Maria dials in to talk the film of a serial killer; and the leader of the opposition, Simon Bridges, chats to Mikey about all things oppositional. And yeah, Mikey just can't believe Tess tried to put her lunch in the shower. Silliness.
Alt - J - Warm Foothills
Day Wave - Stuck
Santigold - Chasing Shadows
The Dodos - SW3
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
FKA Twigs - Pendulum
Coldcut & Hexstatic - Timber
Aldous Harding - Beast
Two Cartoons - Less People (Less Traffic)
Smashing Pumpkins - Galapogos
Blu Fish - Scenic Drive
Kurt Vile - Puppet To The Man
infadels - Girl That Speaks No Words (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Mix)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mike feels inspired after Def Leppard, by Concord Dawn; Mike steps outside the house and into the park with his What Am I, this morning; His Worship talks to Mikey about remembering those who fought for our country; Sam comes in to talk a happy little number, The Good Place; and Tayaza Fadason, PhD student at the Liggins Institute, teaches to Mikey about newly found forms of DNA and the magical world of science. What a lovely morning we've had here.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mike feels inspired after Def Leppard, by Concord Dawn; Mike steps outside the house and into the park with his What Am I, this morning; His Worship talks to Mikey about remembering those who fought for our country; Sam comes in to talk a happy little number, The Good Place; and Tayaza Fadason, PhD student at the Liggins Institute, teaches to Mikey about newly found forms of DNA and the magical world of science. What a lovely morning we've had here.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Monday, the teachers are striking and summer is coming in at all angles, according to Mikey; Pennie drops in to talk the 'Y-front', Tess is horrified and Mike just doesn't really see their purpose; Jenna joins us to talk another book shortlisted for the Man Booker prize, Everything Under; and Natural Ange tells Tess off for having Coco Pops for dinner, oops. A healthy diet starts with 95bFM Breakfast.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Monday, the teachers are striking and summer is coming in at all angles, according to Mikey; Pennie drops in to talk the 'Y-front', Tess is horrified and Mike just doesn't really see their purpose; Jenna joins us to talk another book shortlisted for the Man Booker prize, Everything Under; and Natural Ange tells Tess off for having Coco Pops for dinner, oops. A healthy diet starts with 95bFM Breakfast.
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Tiny Ruins - Olympic Girls
Little Dragon - Klapp Klapp
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Hysteric
Nirvana - School
The Middle East - Blood
Straitjacket Fits - She Speeds
Bad Sav - Buy Something New
Dalvanius and The Fascinations - Voodoo Lady (Disco Version)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Friday and Mikey's sippin' on an iced coffee, ooooh fancy; crossing to Fabian in Hollywood after some sad news, but there are still movie reviews; we've got a special show announcement, even Sarah's here for this one; Dr. Kirsten Zemke is talking listener requests for instruments; and Johanna talks theatre, for the last time this year, noooo! But it's still a happy Friday here, folks.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Friday and Mikey's sippin' on an iced coffee, ooooh fancy; crossing to Fabian in Hollywood after some sad news, but there are still movie reviews; we've got a special show announcement, even Sarah's here for this one; Dr. Kirsten Zemke is talking listener requests for instruments; and Johanna talks theatre, for the last time this year, noooo! But it's still a happy Friday here, folks.
Vampire Weekend - White Sky
Outkast - SpottieOttieDopaliscious
Leon Bridges - Better Man
Girlpool - Where You Sink
Dimmer - Can't Cut Through
Jamila Woods - Giovanni
Kosheen - Hide U
Jeff Buckley - I Shall Be Released (over the phone to WMFU Radio show)
Julien Baker - Ballad of Big Nothing
Kelela - LSDXOXO_TRUTH OR DARE_123 BPM
christoph el' truento - Hoohaa
Two Cartoons - Less People (Less Traffic)
Yoko-Zuna - Take Me To Your Leader feat. MeloDownz
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's a big Breakfast this morning, filled with special guest and snazzy tunes; David Slack joins Mikey to go over the US Midterm Elections and all that, yikes; Aaron Maclean from Stone Soup Syndicate looks at the world from the lens of food, ooooh delicious; Mike and Jasmine aka Being. talk songwriting and all those musical building blocks; and Troy brings in some more ~jazz~ and all sorts of goodies. Jam-packed Breakfast for y'all.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's a big Breakfast this morning, filled with special guest and snazzy tunes; David Slack joins Mikey to go over the US Midterm Elections and all that, yikes; Aaron Maclean from Stone Soup Syndicate looks at the world from the lens of food, ooooh delicious; Mike and Jasmine aka Being. talk songwriting and all those musical building blocks; and Troy brings in some more ~jazz~ and all sorts of goodies. Jam-packed Breakfast for y'all.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's all go this morning, Rob's talking multiple brains, and limbs. Oh and politics, ngreat varied topics as always; Mike catches up with the PM about all the strikes, changes, and Kiwibuild; Maria talks The Breaker Uppers, does she actually like it? Hmm; and those banks, are they any good, Shamubeel? Find out on Home Economics with the expert. What a hyped up show this morning, wowee!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's all go this morning, Rob's talking multiple brains, and limbs. Oh and politics, ngreat varied topics as always; Mike catches up with the PM about all the strikes, changes, and Kiwibuild; Maria talks The Breaker Uppers, does she actually like it? Hmm; and those banks, are they any good, Shamubeel? Find out on Home Economics with the expert. What a hyped up show this morning, wowee!
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mike joins us, ears still ringing from all the Guyfawkes joy he shared last night; an early catch up with His Worship, this morning, and most importantly, Phil tells us about his chains; Mikey's stumps the listeners with another tough What Am I; and Dr. Erin Leitao comes in to talk sand, how timely as we step in NZ's beautiful summer; and of course, great tunes to kick of your Tuesday.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mike joins us, ears still ringing from all the Guyfawkes joy he shared last night; an early catch up with His Worship, this morning, and most importantly, Phil tells us about his chains; Mikey's stumps the listeners with another tough What Am I; and Dr. Erin Leitao comes in to talk sand, how timely as we step in NZ's beautiful summer; and of course, great tunes to kick of your Tuesday.
Big Red Machine - Forest Green
Home Brew - Space feat. Esther Stephens
Bon Iver - 22 (OVER S∞∞N)
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Queens Of The Stone Age - Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
Today on your bFM Breakfast: The day has finally come, happy Guyfawkes folks! Mikey's got a Wake Up Call perfect for all your explosive needs; Kiran joins Mike in studio to talk the winner of the Man Booker prize, and Tess is definitely convinced by this weeks review; prizes galore, and we're kicking off Monday with Homo Deus, the sequel to Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens. Woot!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: The day has finally come, happy Guyfawkes folks! Mikey's got a Wake Up Call perfect for all your explosive needs; Kiran joins Mike in studio to talk the winner of the Man Booker prize, and Tess is definitely convinced by this weeks review; prizes galore, and we're kicking off Monday with Homo Deus, the sequel to Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens. Woot!
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking off Friday with some bangin' tunes before one of the most explosive weekends of the year, Mike is well and truely excited for Guyfawkes; Fabian's dialing in from Hollywood to talk Bohemian Rhapsody; the Dr. in Music examines the Lute today; we complete Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, for those long-time listeners; and Johanna pops in to catch up with Mike over what's hot in theatre this week. Today's show features a number of firework sounds, and prizes galore, what more could you want... Right?
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking off Friday with some bangin' tunes before one of the most explosive weekends of the year, Mike is well and truely excited for Guyfawkes; Fabian's dialing in from Hollywood to talk Bohemian Rhapsody; the Dr. in Music examines the Lute today; we complete Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, for those long-time listeners; and Johanna pops in to catch up with Mike over what's hot in theatre this week. Today's show features a number of firework sounds, and prizes galore, what more could you want... Right?
Sylvan Esso - Kick Jump Twist (Machinedrum remix)
Street Chant - Salad Daze
Young Disciples - Apparently Nothin' (Soul River)
Day Wave - Stuck
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Reunion
Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
Soma - Krila Deluxe
Anderson .Paak - Come Down
Public Service Broadcasting Ltd - They Gave Me a Cup
Nightmares On Wax,Andrew Ashong,Sadie Walker - Look Up
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's breakfast time! And we've even got food this time... Very exciting; Mike catches up with Jennifer Curtin, do you think we can trust our politicals, folks? Hmm; Akiko Kurematsu comes in with a traditional Japanese breakfast for Tess and Mikey, oh and Sarah, and Kelly, yum guys; Troy has also got some tunes from Japan, it's a coincidence; and we're nearly finished with Sapiens, the whole book. Time flies when you're enjoying the 95bFM Breakfast show.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's breakfast time! And we've even got food this time... Very exciting; Mike catches up with Jennifer Curtin, do you think we can trust our politicals, folks? Hmm; Akiko Kurematsu comes in with a traditional Japanese breakfast for Tess and Mikey, oh and Sarah, and Kelly, yum guys; Troy has also got some tunes from Japan, it's a coincidence; and we're nearly finished with Sapiens, the whole book. Time flies when you're enjoying the 95bFM Breakfast show.
Continuing on from last week's kōrero with Sam about Battle Jackets, Pennie joins Milly and Rosetta for a chat about the uniforms of various different fandoms and the subcultures that they create! The trio chat Turbojugend, Juggalos, Maggots and more - whakarongo mai nei!
Suri is up in the studio to chat about Mary McCarthy's 1957 memoir Memories of a Catholic Girlhood: a witty, scathing, piercingly insightful and stylishly written reflection on the author's 1920s upbringing. Whakarongo mai nei!
Cam's picks for today include tracks from Tami Neilson's forthcoming album Neon Cowgirl, The Circling Sun's Orbit, and Kokoroko's Tuff Times Never Last.
Dr Kirsten Zemke phones into the studio to have a yarn with Annabel and Callum about jazz scat vocals and is evolution this morning on Travelling Tunes!
Playlist: Dizzy Gillespie - Oop-Pop-A-Da (1947-1994 Remastered) Tania María - Yatra – Ta (1981) Mark Murphy - Bebop Lives (Boplicity) (2015)
David finally clocks the reference in the Political Commentary introduction and discusses how former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern may be called in front of the Royal Commission investigating New Zealand's Covid-19 pandemic to give evidence on the government's response, as well as the discourse in the political and media sphere.
Dr Alicia Didsbury, a research fellow in the Faculty of Science, joins Hugh Sundae in the studio to chat about her research into cell and gene based therapies for Cancer treatment.
This week Penelope Noir phones in to delve into battle jackets and how the style evolved within subcultures, particularly Punk, from the '70s until today. Whakarongo mai nei!
This week Jenna reviews the new novel from Jamaican/U.K. author William Rayfet Hunter, Sunstruck. It's a sun-drenched yet turbulent novel and marks a bold debut for Hunter. Whakarongo mai nei!
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