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Molly guest hosts Breakky on a sunny Rāhina morning!
We were joined by Penelope Noir for the Fashun check-in - listen back to her take on Indie Sleaze. Jenna from Time Out talks The Mermaid Chronicles by Megan Dunn on Loose Reads. Listen back for all the goss and a bunch of excellent music.
Playlist
Odetta - Hit Or Miss
Betty Moorer - My Man Lives
Best Bets - Spooky Signals
Snowy Band - If You Ever Need Me
Christoph el Truento - Another Scorcher [Discomix]
Hortense Ellis - Can I Change My Mind
The Horus All Stars - The Count of Monte Cristo
Dennis Bovell - Chief Inspector
Grecco Romank - Sidetracked (feat. Our Carlson)
Soko - I Just Want To Make It New With You
Soft Bait - No Bad Days
Half Hexagon - The Method
Cornershop - Natch
Chase Woods - Maiden Speech
LEAO - TAEAO
LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change
Okay Kaya - Jolene From Her Own Perspective
Tirzah - Promises
Fontaines D.C. - Favourite
NIISA - Come Away from the House of Death
Fontaines D.C. - Romance
Moondog - Behold (2000)
Marcy Luarks - Electric Murder
Sister Sledge - You Fooled Around
L.A. Mitchell - Slow Dancing
Izumi "Mimi" Kobayashi & Tokyo Riddim Band - Lazy Dub
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!
Sam Harmony speaks with festival director Paolo Bertolin just after the announce of this year's programme and that 95bFM is veeeery stoked to be presenting Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival for 2025. It's a stacked programme, so whakarongo mai nei to Sam and Paolo's kōrero on this year's curation.