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.
Featuring Political Commentary with Dr Bryce Edwards, Angela Haldene gives advice and answers your queries on Natural Ange, and then Ben from the New Zealand Drug Foundationchats Methamphetamine on What's The Buzz, brought to you by The Level! Plus fresh tunes like the new track from local band Ringlets, classic tunes, and much, much more.
Playlist
Juleah - Sommertraum
New Candys - Thrill Or Trip
New Candys - Silver Eyes Arise
Pond - Sweep Me Off My Feet
MĀ - DECAY
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Japanese Breakfast - Mega Circuit
Lola - Above
Jeff Buckley & Elizabeth Fraser - All Flowers Bend Towards The Sun
Ringlets - Heavenly Wheel
Miynt - Nothing personal
Tom Lark - Fuselage
Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Sorry I Am Late
Yaeji & E.Wata - Pondeggi
Perfume Genius - No Front Teeth (feat. Aldous Harding)
The perfect cure for midweek blues! Jonny chats to Fazerdaze ahead of her show this weekend at the Powerstation, then there was the weekly Aural Emporium, and indie icon Kristin Hersh phones in to chat about her return to Aotearoa for her shows at The Vic and The Tuning Fork.
Playlist
JJ Grey & Mofro - Turpentine
Shanghai Restoration Project - Dark Horse Reverve
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Partying at the Disco - Puff Puff Pass
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
The Chills - Steel Skies
Marina Zispin - Deep Blue
The Confederate Dead - Hal Ra'ayt Alnuwr - (You There)
Tom Lark - Fuselage
Annabelle Chairlegs - Brain Freeze
The Hongi Slicker - Falling Off [prod. Kenny Sterling]
LTJ Bukem - Watercolours
LTJ Bukem - Horizons
Lake - Wonderful Sunlight
Fazerdaze - Cherry Pie
CINDY - Best Part
Fazerdaze - Bedroom Talks
MELODOWNZ, Jappa & kingman Dewuro - REVOLUTION
Ripship - CHROME
Takeshi's Cashew - Serpentines (to Nikšić)
Waxahatchee - Mud
All Them Witches - Workhorse
Reb Fountain - How Bizarre
Lucy Dacus - Talk
Joan As Police Woman - The Magic
Throwing Muses - Summer of Love
Chris Cornell - Seasons
Kristin Hersh - Ms Haha
Mammalien - I Don't Want to Live on This Planet Anymore
Featuring the fortnightly catch-up with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson on Isthmus'n That, an interview with Benedict from Scottish folk-trio Talisk ahead of their gig tonight as part of Auckland Arts Festival, and Ready Steady Learn thanks to the University of Auckland!
Playlist
Curse Of Lono - Think I'm Alright Now (Flying Mojito Bros - Refrito)
16 Underground - Chasing a Comfort
Wooden Shjips - Golden Flower
Voom - TROUBLE
Perfume Genius - No Front Teeth (feat. Aldous Harding)
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Body of Work - Secondhand Blues
Tom Lark - Fuselage
Zuke - Ice Bear
Marlon Williams - Kahore He Mane E (featuring Lorde)
New Candys - Regicide
CCTV - big wheels
Talisk - Maverick
Talisk - Abyss (Live at the Barrowlands)
Abigail Lapell & Great Lake Swimmers - Wait Up (Acoustic)
Jonny brings you three hours of music, features, opinion and probably-other-stuff-as-well to get Monday into gear. Featuring Fashun with Pennie Black and our weekly book review by Suri on Loose Reads, thanks to Time Out Bookstore.
Playlist
Naxatras - Numenia
Mandrake Handshake - Lorenzo's Desk
Franc Moody - Driving On The Wrong Side Of The Road
Orions Belte - The Carneddau
Erny Belle - Boudoir
Phoebe Rings - Drifting
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Sudan Archives - Glorious
Steakfry - thinking about yesterday
My Bloody Valentine - Soon
Half Hexagon - Shadow
The Naenae Express - Go Out And Vote
The Psychedelic Shafferson Jetplane - Fender Madness Take 1
Stephen Malkmus - Xian Man
Tom Lark - Radio Blaster
Father John Misty - I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All
Giraffage - Maybes (feat Japanese Breakfast - RAC mix)
Japanese Breakfast - Mega Circuit
Mammalien - I Don't Want to Live on This Planet Anymore
Featuring Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, Litia's telly review on Viewmaster, and track selections and recommendations thanks to Southbound Records! Plus, 95bFM News, Weather Report & The Progear Surf Report on the hour, every hour.
Playlist
Zuke - Hyperion (Piano Version - Rhian Sheehan Remix)
Featuring an interview with The D4, plus Ready Steady Learn thanks to The University of Auckland. This week's Short Player features a snippet of Hunter's chat with Reb Fountain about her new album How Love Bends, which also happens to be the 95bFM Album of the Week this week!
Playlist
Andy Bell - pinball wanderer
Lake - Wonderful Sunlight
Father John Misty - I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All
Red Project - Booty (Original Mix)
flypaper - cut it up
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
KARKARA - Anthropia
Perfume Genius - No Front Teeth (feat. Aldous Harding)
Featuring Jazzy Vocals on Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, Litia's telly review on Viewmaster, and track selections and recommendations from Cam on From The Crate thanks to Southbound Records!
Playlist
Casper Skulls - Dying in Eight Verses
KNEECAP - H.O.O.D 2025 mix
Peter Matson - Melancolía (feat. Pahua)
Abigail Lapell & Great Lake Swimmers - Wait Up (Acoustic)
Tom Lark - Rock & Roll Baby
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Perfume Genius - No Front Teeth (feat. Aldous Harding)
Serebii - Dime
billy strings - Home
The Veils - Melancholy Moon
Horsegirl - Frontrunner
CHAII - Safar
DvirNuns - Old School TB
Yamagucci & DvirNuns - First Choice
Sanoi, Boznich - Chill Bill
Judy Mowatt - Black Woman
Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - Delicious Light
Reb Fountain - He Commands You to Jump Into the Sea
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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