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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Another beautiful day in Tāmaki Makaurau; Professor Jennifer Curtin dials in to give us some Political Commentary after quite the week; the spicy season is upon us, and Nat talks through some chilli recipes; Jed Parsons dials in to catch up with Rach about his new album, Brunch; and Sarah gives us a run down of some new tracks on the bFM playlist. Happy Level Two folks!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Another beautiful day in Tāmaki Makaurau; Professor Jennifer Curtin dials in to give us some Political Commentary after quite the week; the spicy season is upon us, and Nat talks through some chilli recipes; Jed Parsons dials in to catch up with Rach about his new album, Brunch; and Sarah gives us a run down of some new tracks on the bFM playlist. Happy Level Two folks!
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Nothing like that first morning coffee to kick start the show; the Prime Minister dials in to catch up with Rach for the first time in this new year; Rob's talking Weetabix, beans, Twitter and beer; Rachel was lucky enough to have a chat with Femi Kuti and Made Kuti; Tim runs us through the media news; and Gregg from Big Scout chats to us about the new single. Nice to see the sunshine return!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Nothing like that first morning coffee to kick start the show; the Prime Minister dials in to catch up with Rach for the first time in this new year; Rob's talking Weetabix, beans, Twitter and beer; Rachel was lucky enough to have a chat with Femi Kuti and Made Kuti; Tim runs us through the media news; and Gregg from Big Scout chats to us about the new single. Nice to see the sunshine return!
T. G. Shand - The Ease
Skullcrusher - Song For Nick Drake
moon - Inna Dance feat. Sticky Dub
Fela Kuti and Afrika 70 - Shakara - Edit
Nana Yamato - Do You Wanna
Guardian Singles - Being Alone [Live at Drive Island 17/07/20]
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rach and Tess have been cooking up a storm and are ready to share their delectable treats; Second Guessing brings us some creamed rice; the Mayor talks us through the Alert Level changes in Auckland; Ana, aka Kōtiro, dials in to catch up with Rach about her new EP; Zoë fills us in on some epic virtual theatre; Short Player features David Adison's 'David Addison'; and Samantha from the University of Auckland talks us through ‘enabling’ human-computer interfaces as natural extensions of our body,
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rach and Tess have been cooking up a storm and are ready to share their delectable treats; Second Guessing brings us some creamed rice; the Mayor talks us through the Alert Level changes in Auckland; Ana, aka Kōtiro, dials in to catch up with Rach about her new EP; Zoë fills us in on some epic virtual theatre; Short Player features David Adison's 'David Addison'; and Samantha from the University of Auckland talks us through ‘enabling’ human-computer interfaces as natural extensions of our body,
mind and behaviour. Phew.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: As Auckland enters another Level Three lockdown, we're here to keep you company through the airwaves with some comforting tunes; Pennie dials in with some hot tips for Fashun related things to watch; Jenna's got books for you to read; and Justine answers all your work related woes on Red Dead Redemption. We're here for you!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: As Auckland enters another Level Three lockdown, we're here to keep you company through the airwaves with some comforting tunes; Pennie dials in with some hot tips for Fashun related things to watch; Jenna's got books for you to read; and Justine answers all your work related woes on Red Dead Redemption. We're here for you!
Sharon Van Etten - On Your Way Now
Moontype - Ferry
Kenny Sterling - Roses, Sunshine & Honey
P.H.F. - Ballerina feat. YOUR ANGEL
The Beths - What's The Matter With You
The Weather Station - Tried To Tell You
Goat Girl - Badibaba
PJ Harvey - Good Fortune - Demo
Crap Date - 600 Abs
Black Country, New Roads - Athens, France
Brown Boy Magik - Touch feat. Coco Solid
Ragga Twins - Shine Eye
Eden Burns - Intro Manus
Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams - Devil's Daughter
Che Fu - Waka
N. T. Honey - Run Away
Palberta - In Again
The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers
Whang Bo Ryung - What Is Love
Anika Pyle - Monarch Butterflies
Arlo Parks - Too Good
Prefab Sprout - Bonny
Gordon Koang - South Sudan [Andras House Remix]
June Jones - Home
Ryley Walker, Kikagaku Moyo - Shrinks the Day
Jazmine Mary - Dancer
Dima Pantyushin & Sasha Lipsky - Telephone
Shannon Lay - Death Up Close - Live
Femi Kuti - You Can't Fight Corruption With Corruption
Ha the Unclear - (All of Our Friends Have Moved to) Australia
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Friday has a arrived and Rick assured us it'll be a sunny weekend; Fabian Fanboy talks us through the latest releases; Dr. Kirsten Zemke returns from her holiday to bring us Sea Shanties; Skye pops in to talk us through Te Whare Kapua, and 30 years of Massive Company; and Ben Woods dials in to talk us through his new single. Enjoy the sunshine!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Friday has a arrived and Rick assured us it'll be a sunny weekend; Fabian Fanboy talks us through the latest releases; Dr. Kirsten Zemke returns from her holiday to bring us Sea Shanties; Skye pops in to talk us through Te Whare Kapua, and 30 years of Massive Company; and Ben Woods dials in to talk us through his new single. Enjoy the sunshine!
Samara Alofa - Kokako
Photay - Roaming
Hand Habits - i believe in you
Shygirl - TASTY [LSDXOXO Remix]
O & THE MO - Pistachio Moon
Surf Friends - Good Thing
Black Country, New Road - Instrumental
Phoebs & Maxwell Owin - Come With The Ragga (Original Mix)
N. T. Honey - Run Away
T. G. Shand - The Ease
Madeline Kenney - Wasted Time
Sheep, Dog & Wolf - Periphesence
Yu Su - Melaleuca
Cool Sounds - Church Bells
Yves Jarvis - Projection
Theia & Vayne - CREEP
Amamelia - Primavera
Guardian Singles - Midnight Swim [Live at Drive Island 17/07/20]
Sarah Mary Chadwick - I Was Much Better At Being Young Than You Are
Today on your bFM Breakfast: We're hitting the ground running with Political Commentary with Rod Oram this morning; Nat's got zucchini recipes to share with us, mmm; Che Fu popped up to bFM to catch up with Rach ahead of the Return of the Navigator tour; Troy's got some jazzy hits From The Crate; and Sarah brings us some of the playlist tracks she's been loving.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: We're hitting the ground running with Political Commentary with Rod Oram this morning; Nat's got zucchini recipes to share with us, mmm; Che Fu popped up to bFM to catch up with Rach ahead of the Return of the Navigator tour; Troy's got some jazzy hits From The Crate; and Sarah brings us some of the playlist tracks she's been loving.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: How about this humidity in Tāmaki, eh? We're feeling it; National Party Deputy Leader, Dr. Shane Reti, dials in to catch up with Rachel after Waitangi weekend; Rob talks us through a good cry on The Mind Trench; Jo and Jessie pop in talk about Cook Thinks Again; we've got some media news to indulge in with Tim Batt; and we're jumping on board the nautical terms on Word Salad.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: How about this humidity in Tāmaki, eh? We're feeling it; National Party Deputy Leader, Dr. Shane Reti, dials in to catch up with Rachel after Waitangi weekend; Rob talks us through a good cry on The Mind Trench; Jo and Jessie pop in talk about Cook Thinks Again; we've got some media news to indulge in with Tim Batt; and we're jumping on board the nautical terms on Word Salad.
Bill Callahan & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Miracles feat. Ty Segall [Johnnie Frierson Cover]
Xiu Xiu - A Bottle of Rum feat. Liz Harris
Garland of Hours - Word Versus
N. T. Honey - Running with Wolves
Leaping Tiger, Amamelia - Figures feat. Lévyne
Farhot - Kalun
serpentwithfeet - Fellowship feat. Sampha & Lil Silva
Shame - 6/1
Navy Blue - Post Panic!
Tele Novella - Paper Crown
Prince - Sign O' The Times
SOPHIE - It's Okay to Cry
Garbage - #1 Crush
Emily Edrosa - Circle Of Love [Steve Miller Band Cover]
Dartz - 1 OUTS CAPTAIN COOK
O & THE MO - Peaches
Warpaint - The Brakes
Fimo - You Love Me [Baby Zionov Cut]
Boss Hog - I Dig You
Mica Levi, Relax Kevin - Liquorice
MELODOWNZ - Money
The Supremes - Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Another long weekend done and dusted and we're easing ourselves into the week; Second Guessing features an absolutely iconic number; the Mayor dials in to talk through what's happening in Tāmaki Makaurau; the Director, Sam, from samesamebutdifferent pops in to talk through the festival line up; and Mohsen Mohammadzadeh pops in to talk about our car culture in Aotearoa.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Another long weekend done and dusted and we're easing ourselves into the week; Second Guessing features an absolutely iconic number; the Mayor dials in to talk through what's happening in Tāmaki Makaurau; the Director, Sam, from samesamebutdifferent pops in to talk through the festival line up; and Mohsen Mohammadzadeh pops in to talk about our car culture in Aotearoa.
Bressa Creeting Cake - All The Cars
Bathysphere - Window
Sun June - Bad With Time
Lion Dixon - TOURM4LIN
Moontype - About You
The Weather Station - Heart
Shame - 6/1
BEING. - Fold into the Sea
Palberta - In Again
Bauhaus - She's In Parties
Kōtiro - Puti's Maunga
P.H.F. - Ballerina feat. YOUR ANGEL
Team Dynamite - Lightning Bolt feat. Bailey Wiley
Madlib - Theme De Crabtree
Juan Wauters - Real feat. Mac DeMarco
Midnight Sister - Limousine
Róisín Murphy - Jealousy
Future Islands - Tin Man
Kareem Ali - Godson of House feat. Bryon the Aquarius
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's been a short week but we're still feeling some Friday fuzzies; Fabian Fanboy has a heap of movies to share this week, lucky we've got a long weekend to watch them all; MeloDownz pops in to share his new single before he heads down to One Love; and Sam joins us to review WandaVision, a truely weird and wonderful show.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's been a short week but we're still feeling some Friday fuzzies; Fabian Fanboy has a heap of movies to share this week, lucky we've got a long weekend to watch them all; MeloDownz pops in to share his new single before he heads down to One Love; and Sam joins us to review WandaVision, a truely weird and wonderful show.
Stereolab - Household Names
Cool Sounds - Bystander
A Blunt Jester - Breeze [None more blue - MIX]
Adrianne Lenker - forwards beckon rebound
Moana & The Moahunters - Treaty
Palberta - In Again
Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams - Arahura
Sheep, Dog & Wolf - Periphesence
Feng - Mountain Time
Zella Day - Holocene feat. Weyes Blood
Xiu Xiu - A Bottle of Rum feat. Liz Harris
June Jones - Home
MELODOWNZ - Big Deals feat. Diggy Dupe
MELODOWNZ - Money
P.H.F. - Ballerina feat. YOUR ANGEL
Kim Gordon - Hungry Baby
Wurld Series - Supplication
Emily Edrosa - Circle Of Love [Steve Miller Band Cover]
imugi 이무기 - Reflections
Jazmine Mary - Dancer
Swidt - Ric Flair (Wooo!)
Eden Burns - Invercargill
bb gurl - Get It Get It
The Veils - Pan
Ben Woods - Body Rhyme
Shamir - Paranoia
Nightmare Honey - Lucky People feat. Skody Banks
Shygirl - TASTY
Short-Chain - Upbringing
Call Super - Design of A Body Sublime feat. Parris & Fox
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Diving straight into the politics with Lara Greaves this morning, as we near Waitangi Day; Nat pops in to talk about eggplant, aka the devils cucumber; Rach caught up with Sarah Mary Chadwick about her latest album; and Troy pops in with some fresh vinyl From The Crate.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Diving straight into the politics with Lara Greaves this morning, as we near Waitangi Day; Nat pops in to talk about eggplant, aka the devils cucumber; Rach caught up with Sarah Mary Chadwick about her latest album; and Troy pops in with some fresh vinyl From The Crate.
The Clean - Indigo Blue
Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Ever New
Chelsea Jade - Great No One [The Beths Cover]
SOPHIE - Immaterial
Goat Girl - Badibaba
Midnight Sister - Limousine
Subsonic Eye - Fruitcake
Purple Pilgrims - I'm Not Saying
The Veils - Nux Vomica
Nightmare Honey - Lucky People feat. Skody Banks
Sarah Mary Chadwick - Let's Fight
Sarah Mary Chadwick - Full Mood
Emily Edrosa - Circle Of Love [Steve Miller Band Cover]
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
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!
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.
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!
Ben from the NZ Drug Foundation is up in studio for a chat with Rosetta and Milly about all the ways you can keep yourself and your friends safe this festival season. Big ups to all the mates who go above and beyond to look after their loved ones, test their drugs, and keep the vibes good this raumati! Whakarongo mai nei.
For our monthly catch up with the Labour Party, Rosetta and Milly chat with Chris Hipkins about the party's latest policy announcement; the Family Doctor Loan Scheme. They also chat about the latest in the McSkimming scandal, and what changes are required within the NZ Police moving forward. Whakarongo mai nei!
Milly sits down to chat with Portland-based ambient-folk artist Marisa Anderson about her forthcoming trip to Aotearoa, playing Port Noise festival in Ōhinehou Lyttleton, alongside Jim White! Whakarongo mai nei.
Senior lecturer at the Auckland Law School Dr Katherine Doolin joins Rosetta and Milly for Ready Steady Learn today. They chat about Katherine's mahi at the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts Conference, which took place last week. Whakarongo mai nei!
It's time for another Political Commentary with Lara - today we're covering Scrutiny Week, the latest in the McSkimming scandals and liability, and what's happening with Te Pāti Māori. Whakarongo mai nei!
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