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.
I tēnei ata Dr Shane Reti tells us What's Up; Rob chats about ancient lakes and lost penguins on the Mind Trench; Asher aka Skymning phones up for the release of Relentless; we chat about Music Therapy Week with Shari Storie; and Amelia offends the loopies on Word Salad. Whakarongo mai!
Playlist
Caribou - You Can Do It
Jenny Hval - Jupiter [Radio Edit]
Tanukichan - Lazy Love
Suns Alibi - Out of Nowhere
Hand Habits - Just to Hear You feat. Perfume Genius
Grimes - Oblivion
Marissa Nadler - If I Could Breate Underwater feat. Mary Lattimore
Beach House - Superstar
Julien Dyne - The More I Get The Less I Have To Pay feat. Semisi
I tēnei ata Marama Davidson phones up for What's Up, Rob digs up huge potatoes from The Mind Trench, and Amelia discusses the woes of the country folk onWord Salad. Whakarongo mai!
Playlist
Ausecuma Beats - One More time
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Cissus
Hand Habits - Just to Hear You feat. Perfume Genius
Children's Hour - Looking For The Sun
Parquet Courts - Zoom Out
bb gurl - ttyl feat. Amamelia & Treenurse
hana vu - Public Storage
JessB - From Tha Jump
pickle darling - mouthful
Mousey - The Bench
Eris Drew - Pick 'Em Up
Gauche - Flash
Susumu Yokota & Matthew Herbert - Herbert's Make It Right Dub
Dimmer - Seed
Courtney Barnett - If I Don't Hear From You Tonight
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!