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Thursday Breakfast is stacked with a bunch of helpful info. Listen back to hear Political Commentary with David Slack, Natural Ange returns for the first time this year, and Ben from The New Zealand Drug Foundation chats GHB/GBL on What's The Buzz, brought to you by The Level.
Morning Everyone! Our usual chat with Deputy Leader of the National Party is postponed to another week... so we make up for it with some extra tunes & mischief. Festival reviews, fishing rods & bass guitars.
Featuring Ready Steady Learn with Dr Bryan Ruddy, brought to you by the University of Auckland, and a snippet of Hunter's chat with Nadia Reid on Short Player thanks to NZOA Music. This week's our Album of The Week is The D4's Out Of My Head, which at longlast has been pressed to vinyl. Tune into Breakfast all week for your chance to win a copy!
Featuring Fashun with Pennie Black, an interview with Heidi of Play It Strange and Henri Woodley about the organisations collaboration with Aotearoa's most beloved T.V. serial Shortland Street for their latest season, plus Loose Reads thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore.
Playlist
José Junior - Death of a Party Boy
Black Market Karma - Ray Tube Jokers
Flea Miller - Letter Dog
El Búho & Дeva - Igorre
ngaru - Uphill Battle
This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Rose City Band - Wheels
Lilly Hiatt - Kwik-E-Mart
NORMANS - Bending The Branch (Hans Riviera Mix)
Psymon Spine - Wizard Acid (GIFT Remix)
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
Bob Dylan - Isis
Hominid - You are not a wallflower
Marlon Williams - Aua Atu Rā
Serebii - Verrans Corner (ft Leith Sye Towers)
Henri Woodley - Fade
Rubi Du - Played Me
Logan Richard - Up From Here
Jaz Paterson & Junus Orca - Body Electric
Chris Joss - I Want Freedom (Smokey Bandits Remix)
Featuring What's Up? with leader of the opposition Chris Hipkins, an interview with Sanoi about his latest single and What's The Buzzwith Emily from The New Zealand Drug Foundation, thanks to The Level.
Featuring a chat with Nick from Burger Nation about the 2025 festival, Short Player with Mechanism thanks to NZ On Air Music, and Ready Steady Learn with Dr Georgia Rudd thanks to the Univeristy of Auckland.
Featuring Political Commentary with David Slack and a guest interview with The D4 ahead of their nation-wide tour, plus What's The Buzz? brought to you by The Leveland The Drug Foundation Aotearoa.
Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Heather Maloney - Oh My Green
Peel Dream Magazine - Qi Velocity
Lilly Hiatt - Kwik-E-Mart
Queens Of The Stone Age - Mexicola
The Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies
School Fair - You only love me cause you want something
Travelling Tunes takes us to whichever musical motherland our resident ethnomusicologist, Dr Kirsten Zemke, sets course for. This week's topic is Yé-yé!
Cam's selects tracks From The Crate to inspire you sonically! This week's From The Crate couldn't be more relevant with International Record Day just around the corner. Thanks to our friends at Southbound Records.
Dr Thomas Gregory is the co-head of the Masters of Conflict and Terrorism Studies programme in the school of Political Science and International Relations. Dr Gregory spoke to Jonny about his research into civilian casualties during the two-decade spanning conflict and occupation of Afghanistan by the western coalition led by the U.S. This research has culminated in a book Weaponizing Civilian Protection recently published by the Oxford University Press.