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 with some Fashun with Penelope Noir, Michael Logie drops by the studio to chat about his new EP FKD NIGHT, Jenna brings in a fantastic book recommendation on Loose Reads, and Salene helps you out with all your renting questions on A Room of One's Own! Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Breanna Barbara - Nothin' But Time
Carla dal Forno - Slumber feat. Thomas Bush
Soaked Oats - Something
Hand Habits - Clean Air - Live at The Altamira
Bert Jansch - Blues Run The Game - Live at Folkweave
Amamelia - French Press
DOG Power - Idvor Girls
Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl To Do?
Fruit Juice Parade - the more you don't know the less you know
The show kicks off with a speedy round of Second Guessing, followed by a kōrero with Sam Te Kani about an upcoming multi-media gig with i.e. crazy and Dominic Hoey, then Thomas Monckton tells us about his upcoming show on Stage Direction, and we learn about mussel protection on Ready Steady Learn! Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Laura Jean - Market On the Sand
Womb - When I See You
Amamelia - Shy Blood
DARTZ - Scorchos
Princess Chelsea - We Kick Around
Frankie Cosmos - Abigail
Ibeyi - Juice of Mandarins
Fazerdaze - Thick of the Honey
Baby Zionov - Henrietta's Melancholy
Julia Jacklin - Lydia Wears A Cross
Parannoul & Asian Glow - Hand
Young Gho$t - LAST PORT (CALLING)
Half Hexagon - Ramona
Hans Pucket - Bankrupt
Carla dal Forno - The Garden of Earthly Delights
CCFX - Venetian Screens
i.e. Crazy - Wetlands
Fazed on a Pony - fanfare
Estere - Oh Well
Diggy Dupé - HUES
Bikini Kill - Double Dare Ya
Galcher Lustwerk - Put On
Mount Kimbie - tender hearts meet the sky (feat. keiyaa)
It's a Thursday morning and up at the bFM studio Breakfast dish up some Political Commentary with Pr. Jennifer Curtin, Breakfast Food with comedian Janaye Henry, a chat with Amamelia on the release day of her incredible sophomore album Bananamelia, Greening Out with Jim chatting all things compost, and artist and curator Madeleine Gifford chatting about some great things on at Corban Estate Arts Centre! Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Alvvays - Very Online Guy
Shirley Hunt - Problem Child
The Tacks - Fantasy
Weyes Blood - Grapevine
Fazerdaze - Thick of the Honey
Eden Burns - Invercargirl (DJ BORING Emotional Remix)
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.
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.
Rosetta has a kōrero with Julia Jacklin of Phantastic Ferniture about their forthcoming shows in Aotearoa this week! You can catch them at Double Whammy this Thursday December 11 - tickets from Under The Radar. 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!
Jenna is up in the studio chatting with Rosetta and Milly about all things books for Loose Reads! Today, they cover some recommendations for your Christmas shopping needs - whakarongo mai nei!
For a very special This Is How We Brew It, Christian is in the studio making cold brew for the girls to try tomorrow! He's using our delicious bean of the week: Ethiopian Koke Shalaye - which you can text in all week to win a bag of. Plus, we've got a special eighthirty tee shirt in our prize bundle this week, to mark the festive season! Whakarongo mai nei!