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Today on your bFM Breakfast: The day has finally come, happy Guyfawkes folks! Mikey's got a Wake Up Call perfect for all your explosive needs; Kiran joins Mike in studio to talk the winner of the Man Booker prize, and Tess is definitely convinced by this weeks review; prizes galore, and we're kicking off Monday with Homo Deus, the sequel to Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens. Woot!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: The day has finally come, happy Guyfawkes folks! Mikey's got a Wake Up Call perfect for all your explosive needs; Kiran joins Mike in studio to talk the winner of the Man Booker prize, and Tess is definitely convinced by this weeks review; prizes galore, and we're kicking off Monday with Homo Deus, the sequel to Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens. Woot!
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking off Friday with some bangin' tunes before one of the most explosive weekends of the year, Mike is well and truely excited for Guyfawkes; Fabian's dialing in from Hollywood to talk Bohemian Rhapsody; the Dr. in Music examines the Lute today; we complete Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, for those long-time listeners; and Johanna pops in to catch up with Mike over what's hot in theatre this week. Today's show features a number of firework sounds, and prizes galore, what more could you want... Right?
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking off Friday with some bangin' tunes before one of the most explosive weekends of the year, Mike is well and truely excited for Guyfawkes; Fabian's dialing in from Hollywood to talk Bohemian Rhapsody; the Dr. in Music examines the Lute today; we complete Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, for those long-time listeners; and Johanna pops in to catch up with Mike over what's hot in theatre this week. Today's show features a number of firework sounds, and prizes galore, what more could you want... Right?
Sylvan Esso - Kick Jump Twist (Machinedrum remix)
Street Chant - Salad Daze
Young Disciples - Apparently Nothin' (Soul River)
Day Wave - Stuck
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Reunion
Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
Soma - Krila Deluxe
Anderson .Paak - Come Down
Public Service Broadcasting Ltd - They Gave Me a Cup
Nightmares On Wax,Andrew Ashong,Sadie Walker - Look Up
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's breakfast time! And we've even got food this time... Very exciting; Mike catches up with Jennifer Curtin, do you think we can trust our politicals, folks? Hmm; Akiko Kurematsu comes in with a traditional Japanese breakfast for Tess and Mikey, oh and Sarah, and Kelly, yum guys; Troy has also got some tunes from Japan, it's a coincidence; and we're nearly finished with Sapiens, the whole book. Time flies when you're enjoying the 95bFM Breakfast show.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's breakfast time! And we've even got food this time... Very exciting; Mike catches up with Jennifer Curtin, do you think we can trust our politicals, folks? Hmm; Akiko Kurematsu comes in with a traditional Japanese breakfast for Tess and Mikey, oh and Sarah, and Kelly, yum guys; Troy has also got some tunes from Japan, it's a coincidence; and we're nearly finished with Sapiens, the whole book. Time flies when you're enjoying the 95bFM Breakfast show.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Ooooo, happy Halloween! For this Halloween, Mikey's chatting to Tess's Dad (...spooky?) about Live Aid; Rob's in, he's had enough of Halloween, but not of random facts. See last years podcast for a Halloween special; Maria dials in to talk Gurrumul and reminisce Yothu Yindi's performances with Mike; the leader of the opposition, Simon Bridges, catches up with Mikey over National's latest turbulence; and we get a special call in from Griselda, to talk magic and cauldron's this Halloween. Spooky!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Ooooo, happy Halloween! For this Halloween, Mikey's chatting to Tess's Dad (...spooky?) about Live Aid; Rob's in, he's had enough of Halloween, but not of random facts. See last years podcast for a Halloween special; Maria dials in to talk Gurrumul and reminisce Yothu Yindi's performances with Mike; the leader of the opposition, Simon Bridges, catches up with Mikey over National's latest turbulence; and we get a special call in from Griselda, to talk magic and cauldron's this Halloween. Spooky!
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mike saw Bohemian Rhapsody last night so we've got a relevant Wake Up Call to get you up and kicking, nice; what's spikey and yellow and delicious? Mike's What Am I, this morning; His Worships talks a new form of transport in his city and Mike's favourite explosive holiday; special guest, Dean Hapeta, from Upper Hutt Posse catches up with Mikey about rap over the decades and the Hall of Fame award; Sam get's spooked before Halloween; and Linda talks women in performance art in Aotearoa. She's a full show, folks!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mike saw Bohemian Rhapsody last night so we've got a relevant Wake Up Call to get you up and kicking, nice; what's spikey and yellow and delicious? Mike's What Am I, this morning; His Worships talks a new form of transport in his city and Mike's favourite explosive holiday; special guest, Dean Hapeta, from Upper Hutt Posse catches up with Mikey about rap over the decades and the Hall of Fame award; Sam get's spooked before Halloween; and Linda talks women in performance art in Aotearoa. She's a full show, folks!
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey's excited, not just because we're back at bFM, but we're also counting down to his favourite celebration, you know, he might've mentioned it; Pennie's back talking the brassiere, origins, new collections, and liberations; Jenna joins us to talk a book about Janice moving her fridge; and Natural Ange talks HPV, gout, fluttering eyelids, and controversial matters. Nothings better than a Monday morning with more of Mikey's puns. Classic.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey's excited, not just because we're back at bFM, but we're also counting down to his favourite celebration, you know, he might've mentioned it; Pennie's back talking the brassiere, origins, new collections, and liberations; Jenna joins us to talk a book about Janice moving her fridge; and Natural Ange talks HPV, gout, fluttering eyelids, and controversial matters. Nothings better than a Monday morning with more of Mikey's puns. Classic.
James Blake - I Need A Forest Fire
FKA Twigs - Two Weeks
Jun Kamoda - Nightmare Club
Rocket From The Crypt - Heart Of The Rat
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Dimmer - Smoke
The Datsuns - Harmonic Generator
The Dodos - SW3
The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
christoph el' truento - Hoohaa
Jonathan Bree - Say You Love Me Too feat. Clara Viñals
Beastie Boys - Three MCs And One DJ (Live Video Version)
Me And My Toothbrush - Sister
Tweak Bird - Ah Sun Ahh Ahh
Kelela - LSDXOXO_TRUTH OR DARE_123 BPM
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Stagger Lee [2011 Remaster]
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Friday and that means one day closer to Mikey's favourite holiday, can you guess what it is? He may have given a few clues; we may have caught Fabian Fanboy on the fly, but there's always plenty going on in Hollywood, where the stars are born; Kirsten talks an instrument, if we are going to call it that, with many purposes; and Zoë got some spooky shows for you to see this weekend. Happy Friday!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Friday and that means one day closer to Mikey's favourite holiday, can you guess what it is? He may have given a few clues; we may have caught Fabian Fanboy on the fly, but there's always plenty going on in Hollywood, where the stars are born; Kirsten talks an instrument, if we are going to call it that, with many purposes; and Zoë got some spooky shows for you to see this weekend. Happy Friday!
Bon Iver - Beach Baby
Sylvan Esso - Hey Mami
Latinaotearoa - Jazzy Samba
Shiraz & LSJ - Kount
Raiza Biza & REMI - Genesis feat. Sampa The Great
christoph el' truento - Hoohaa
Childish Gambino - This Is America
Mercury Rev - Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp (Chemical Brothers remix)
Boss Hog - I Dig You
The Moog Cookbook - Whole Lotta Love
Beirut - Gallipoli [Edit]
Ty Segall - I'm A Man
Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business
Julien Dyne - Copernicus
Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon (Propellerheads Mezzanine Mix)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: The sweet sound of Thursday, the weeks nearly over and it only just begun; Dr. Bryce Edwards gives us a diagnosis of last weeks political dramas; what's something that could be meaning one thing, or something completely different... Mike's got a tricky What Am I, this morning; Gina joins us to talk her debut feature film about Geek Girls; and Troy brings in an eclectic range of tunes; another (almost) end of the week show, woot!
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: The sweet sound of Thursday, the weeks nearly over and it only just begun; Dr. Bryce Edwards gives us a diagnosis of last weeks political dramas; what's something that could be meaning one thing, or something completely different... Mike's got a tricky What Am I, this morning; Gina joins us to talk her debut feature film about Geek Girls; and Troy brings in an eclectic range of tunes; another (almost) end of the week show, woot!
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey flutters in for a (accidental) butterfly themed show this morning; Rob Bollix talks Shakespeare, and all sorts of other things; Clayton (the famous Great Bake Off star) talks My Year With Helen; moving onto another female New Zealand PM, Jacinda Ardern catches up with Mikey after an enormous week of political news; but it's not all gloom and doom, Simplicity's Sam Stubbs reckons it's a good time to be young.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey flutters in for a (accidental) butterfly themed show this morning; Rob Bollix talks Shakespeare, and all sorts of other things; Clayton (the famous Great Bake Off star) talks My Year With Helen; moving onto another female New Zealand PM, Jacinda Ardern catches up with Mikey after an enormous week of political news; but it's not all gloom and doom, Simplicity's Sam Stubbs reckons it's a good time to be young.
Gold Panda - You
Loyle Carner - Isle Of Arran
Ty Segall - I'm A Man
P.H.F. - i want u 2
Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark Garage Mix)
The Verve - Butterfly
Danmass - Drug
Princess Chelsea - The Loneliest Girl
Fruit Juice Parade - Legislation
Babyshambles - I Wish
Jonathan Bree - Say You Love Me Too feat. Clara Viñals
Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
Aretha Franklin - Rock-A-Lott Remix (Stacy kidd House 4 Life dub remix)
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag (feat Pigeonhed)
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's the Tess show! Easing you into your week with another beautiful morning, thanks Rick Breeze; catching up with His Worship about some upcoming changes to His city; Sam comes in talking comic books, and all these new streaming platforms; and Tess is joins by two experts in ancient history from the University. Enjoy the sunshine and tunes on this Tuesday morning, just lovely.
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Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's the Tess show! Easing you into your week with another beautiful morning, thanks Rick Breeze; catching up with His Worship about some upcoming changes to His city; Sam comes in talking comic books, and all these new streaming platforms; and Tess is joins by two experts in ancient history from the University. Enjoy the sunshine and tunes on this Tuesday morning, just lovely.
Rosetta catches up with First Nations Artist Miss Kaninna, who is based out of Naarm in so-called Australia. Following the release of her debut EP Kaninna in 2024, Miss Kaninna has had a huge year of touring with the likes of Amyl And The Sniffers and Kneecap, and is heading back to Aotearoa in February, to play the last ever Splore! Whakarongo mai nei.
For our final catch up with The National Party of 2025, Rosetta and Milly have been declined interview requests by 16 Ministers. Rosetta catches up with Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey to chat about his recent comments regarding whether another hike in the alcohol levy is on the cards for 2026. Whakarongo mai nei!
Ladi6 joins Rosetta in the studio for a kōrero about her NYE House Party - taking over Whammy, Double Whammy and Public Bar to bring in 2026 the right way. The night features an all-star lineup of established icons and fresh talent including: Ladi6, Bailey Wiley, Benny Salvador, Christoph El Truento, DJ Pom, DJ Kerb, DylanBiscuit, Lijah, Mokomokai, and Nganeko. Whakarongo mai nei!
For our last Political Commentary of the year, Rosetta and Milly catch up with Lara to recap 2025 and chat about what to look out for in 2026 - election year! Whakarongo mai nei.
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta and Milly chat with Kavishan Ranatunga, who is a PhD student at the Faculty of Engineering, and is studying the potential for volcanic rock alternatives to cement, to reduce carbon emissions. 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!
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.
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