Listen back to feature interviews and performances from the 95bFM Breakfast Show. Weekly features (such as Loose Reads or Travelling Tunes) all have their own feeds, so to listen or subscribe, pick and choose from the bCasts list on the right.
Featuring Fashun with Pennie Black, the weekly book review on Loose Reads and a chat to the Spinoff team about their ongoing fundraiser. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Jack Cheshire - Voices Above Me
Rose City Band - Seeds of Light
Mandrake Handshake - The Change and the Changing
Elroy - The Other
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Nadia Reid - Hotel Santa Cruz
Gordons - Adults and Children
L.A. Mitchell - Mother
Herbs - Azania (Soon Come)
O & THE MO - The High
Mash - Style Is the Answer
Ladi6 - Alofa (Radio edit)
John Glacier - Found
Antix - Moses
Beverly Kills - Eyes Wide Open
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Afterlife (Radio Edit)
Beth Torrance - Ankle Socks
The Heavy Heavy - Lemonade
Jonathan Bree - Pre-Code Hollywood
Giovanni Damico - Tropica (feat. Martina)
The Phoenix Foundation - Whistling in the Darkness
Featuring What's Up with Leader of the Opposition Chris Hipkins, a chat with Dan Weetman of The Black Seeds about the first-time-pressing of their seminal album On The Sun on vinyl, an interview with Lucola and The Aural Emporium. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Toy - Conductor
David Holmes - Stop Apologising (Cosmodelica Extended Mix)
Featuring Political Commentary with Bryce Edwards, a chat to Bob Mould ahead of his show this Saturday, and Lucia catches up with Mark Bowen of IDLES ahead of their show in Tāmaki Makaurau next January.
Playlist
Steve Gunn - Lurker (Live at Atlantic Sound Studios)
Tame Impala - Borderline
Moana & the Tribe - Ātahu (feat. Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole)
Thee Golden Geese - Georgie Pie
Nadia Reid - Hotel Santa Cruz
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
A Place To Bury Strangers - Mind Control
Splitterzelle - Golem
Bob Mould - The War
Bob Mould - Wishing Well
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Afterlife (Radio Edit)
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.
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!
The legendary Stinky Jim is your bosom selecta i tēnei rā! Catch his show Stinky Grooves (which has been running for almost 30 years!) every Tuesday from 7 - 10pm, or replayed 4 - 7am on Wednesdays. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta and Milly phone up our lovely mates down in Te Whanganui a Tara at Radio Active, Sunaina and Emma! They catch up on the Aotearoa Alternative Awards, and what's happening across the Capital and up in Tāmaki. Whakarongo mai nei!
For our last Travelling Tunes of the year, Kirsten is chatting with Rosetta and Milly about songs that 'tear you up inside' - let's all get in our feelings a little bit ahead of the festive season! Whakarongo mai nei.
Song selections:
Yusuf (Cat Stevens) - Father & Son (1970)
Chet Baker - I get along without you very well (1956)
Sarah McLachlan - When She Loved Me (Toy Story 2) (1999)
It's our last From The Crate of 2025! Cam joins Rosetta and Milly in the studio for a chat about all the wonderful new releases out on the shelves at Southbound today. Just in time for your Xmas shopping - because there's no better gift than some fresh wax! Whakarongo mai nei.
Song selections:
This is Lorelei - Holo Boy
A$AP Rocky - Both Eyes Closed
Viagra Boys - Call of the Wild
For our last catch up of the year, Rosetta and Milly have a kōrero with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson to chat about the newly announced Te Ara Urutau – Climate and Emergency Ready Fund. They also cover some of the Council's goals for the new year. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta and Milly are joined in the studio by the wonderful team behind In The Pitts (aka bFM alumni Rachel, Zoë, Annabel and Callum) - a visual podcast that launched this year to document the Aotearoa indie music scene. They're up in studio to chat about their 2025 Yearbook - which you can pick up in zine-format at Public Bar tonight! Whakarongo mai nei.