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.
The show kicks off i tēnei ata with a bit of Second Guessing; then the Mayor is on the line inSounding Off w/ Phil Goff;Juno Is aka Mackenzie Hollebon phones up for a chat about her new track Zoom Zoom; Alice Canton takes us through the highs and lows of digital theatre on Stage Direction; we have a stunning Short Player with No Romance thanks to Jess Fu's Totally Wired; and we do some learning onReady Steady Learn! Whakarongo mai!
Playlist
La Luz & Adrian Younge - Watching Cartoons
Parquet Courts - Walking at a Downtown Pace
Molly Lewis - Island Spell
Wire - Outdoor Miner
The D4 - Get Loose
Mary Lattimore - We Wave From Our Boats
Reb Fountain - Beastie
Sweet Whirl x Gregor - Have You Ever Seen The Rain [CCR Cover]
Vera Ellen - Crack The Whip
SOG - Luxury
The Brunettes - Cotton Candy
Juno Is - Floating
Juno Is - Zoom Zoom
Church & AP - ZIPS
The Bug - Vexed feat. Moor Mother
Hor. x Adam Tukiri - w8s4no1
Future Islands - Peach
Raiden Freeman - Low Self Esteem Is A Symptom Of Narcissism [Pt.I]
This week kicks off with a chill, level 4 show featuring all your favourite Monday stuff. Whakarongo mai for some Fashun thanks to Penelope Noir, some cozy book recs on Loose Reads with Suri, and a good refresher on all your work rights on Red Dead Redemption with Justine!
I tēnei ata on the Breakfast Show we have a very speedy round of Second Guessing; then the Mayor phones up for his weekly chat on Sounding Off w/ Phil Goff; the fantastic Toby Laing of Fat Freddy's Drop is on the line to chat about the new album and concert film 'Wairunga'; then Alice offers some great theatre recommendations for lockdown on Stage Direction and her take on how the arts industries could better support artists during times of crisis; and finally we do some learning on Ready, Steady, Learn! Whakarongo mai!
Today we dish up a hearty serving of the regular Monday stuff along with some super cool interviews. Whakarongo mai to hear from one of the phenomenal actors involved with The Panthers, Lealani Siaosi, about playing Dr. Melani Anae; then we've got a cozy as Loose Reads for you, courtesy of Jenna at Time Out; and finally Salene answers all your stressful renting-in-the-time-of-COVID q's in A Room of One's Own!
Playlist
Phoebe Rings - January Blues
Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Sunset Village - Blood Orange Remix
Stereolab - Strobo Acceleration
Ty Segall - Whisper
Fat Freddy's Drop - Wairunga Blues
Sofie & Speckman - Leave
Frankie Rose - You For Me
Vera Ellen - I Want 2 B Boy
Pachyman - Destroy The Empire
Diggy Dupé - WEON
Good Morning - Country
Barry - Stretch Your Legs
King Stingray - Milkumana
Arthur Russell - You Did It Yourself
Ginger Root - Loretta
Stinky Jim - Frying Symbols
Nice Girl - Hot mm & Hmms
The Panthers - My Heart Never Sleeps feat. Diggy Dupé, Troy Kingi & choicevaughan
The Panthers - Kong feat. MELODOWNZ, Troy Kingi, Diggy Dupé & choicevaughan
Joe Sampson & Friends - Dedication
Amyl and the Sniffers - Guided By Angels
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Emile Mosseri - Log In Your Fire
We've reached the end of the week! Rachel's back in the hot seat and we've got some great tunes to get day 3 of lockdown off to, hopefully, a nice and chill start for you. Also, Dr. Kirsten Zemke chats about duets on Travelling Tunes, and Sam has the perfect bingewatching recommendation on Viewmaster. Whakarongo mai!
It's day two of COVID radio but the tunes are good and I hope you are too. Whakarongo mai for some Political Commentary thanks to the lovely Rod Oram, and some delicious lockdown recipe ideas on Breakfast Food from bFM's food connaisseur, Sam Low!
Today we welcome the four capable hands of the absolutely fire duo of Imugi 이무기! Carl and Yery set the mood of Tuesday's Breakfast show with their favourite tunes, all intersperced with the usual Tuesday stuff, such as Sounding Off with Phil Goff; your theatre guide Stage Direction with Alice Canton, and Ready Steady Learn! Oh, and the Callums from Hans Pucket pop in for a chat about their upcoming tour as well! Whakarongo mai!
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.