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.
Like pretty much all of Auckland, there's a 🎀𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒶𝒸𝓉🎀 situation up at the b. Today Rachel hosts from home and Zoë does button-stuff in studio, and in and amongst the fun carnage and tunes there's some Political Commentary with Dr. Lara Greaves, Mediabatt with Tim, and a chat with Peter Ruddel and Frances Carter about a very cool new Sulfate music video. Whakarongo mai! 🦎
Playlist
Repulsive Woman - When I Get Good
Tanukichan - Lazy Love
Phodiso - Look
Sonic Youth - Superstar
Die! Die! Die! - This Is Not An Island Anymore
TOOMS - Bit Part
The Clean - Anything Could Happen
Parallel Dance Ensemble - Shopping Cart
christoph el' truento - SCENE 5
Erny Belle - Island Time
Local Tourist - You Are Alone
Marlon Williams - Bright Eyes [Art Garfunkel Cover]
Cate Le Bon - Are You with Me Now?
Sulfate - There You Are!
Sulfate - Bottle It In
Beirut - O Leozinho
Brown Boy Magik - Touch feat. Coco Solid
FKA twigs - honda feat. Pa Salieu
Hybrid Rose - Dial Tone
Mick Arthur - 2022-02 (Rubbernecker)
Eden Burns & Christopher Tubbs - M.O.J
vase - Ache
Sisters Underground - In The Neighbourhood (Uptown Mix)
22-2-22 🐬Tuesday stuff! A round of second guessing, chats with the Mayor, Mads Harrop on the line to chat about her new single "Hiding In Colour", Alice brings in some guests from Stop Kiss for Stage Direction, and we do some learning on Ready Steady Learn.
Playlist
Cate Le Bon - French Boys
Look Blue Go Purple - Cactus Cat
Erny Belle - Island Time
Scalper - Bismillah
Porpoise - do what you want
The Cure - Just Like Heaven (session version)
The Beths - A Real Thing
Yumi Zouma - Where The Light Used To Lay
Yetsuby - Jelly [Eden Burns Remix]
Vera Ellen - Telegram 2
Jack J - Only You Know Why
Freyja - Qualified 2 Love
Mads Harrop - Lying In Circles
Mads Harrop - Hiding In Colour
Hybrid Rose - Dial Tone
P.H.F. - SABBATH SHIRT feat. Fantasyluv
Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Jonny + Zoë team up for a special broadcast from MOTAT to celebrate 100 years of radio in Aotearoa. Zoë does some incredible roving reporting and catches up with Brian Potter a MOTAT telcoms volunteer, Samantha Perry from the MOTAT curatorial team & Mark Webster, MOTAT's car radio expert!
Rachel's away, but Wednesday Morning Glory's Aneeka has you covered with all the tunes to start your week right. Whakarongo mai for something a bit different, along with some Fashun with Penelope Noir, Loose Reads with Suri, and Red Dead Redemption with Justine 🌞
Playlist
Aneeka's back picking tunes for us this morning! Cheers Aneeka 👾
Sampology - Running Around
Sans Soucis - I'm On
The Avalanches, MF DOOM - Tonight May Have To Last Me All My Life
Cate Le Bon - Harbour
Jamiroquai - Little L
El Michels Affair - Masterclass
Freyja - Qualified 2 Love
Kadhja Bonet - For You
Light Of The World - London Town - Jayda G Mix
Smino w/ NOS - I Deserve
DāM-FunK - Night Kruise
Lord Echo - Cosmic Echoes
Soul Supreme - Umi Says
Mitski - Stay Soft
Acidslop - Lament for the Sky
Mousey - My Hands Are Made of Glass
Skiifall & BADBADNOTGOOD ft. The Kount & YAMA//SATO - Break of Dawn
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.