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.
Rachel is back in the building after a week of teaching at the ever-wholesome To The Front (Girls Rock Aotearoa) camp, and has brought some excellent tunage with her. Penelope Noir chats Balenciaga history on Fashun. Drummer (and sometimes vocalist) Hayden Fritchley, of Swallow the Rat is in the studio to talk about the new video for Chain Mail, and exciting gigs in the pipeline for the band, including South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. On Loose Reads, Jenna reviews The Librarianist, a gentle novel from Patrick deWitt. Whakarongo mai nei!
Jonny Long Hair is Breakfast Captain! From a trip down Big Day Out Memory Lane, to bringing callers on air, it's Friday all over. We check in with Candice down at Radio One on Breakfast Buffet. Jonny shares a yarn with D4VD, about his upcoming Laneway appearance. Litia is in today for the first Viewmaster of 2024 to review Emma Stone’s new show The Curse. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta is your morning music guide! Lucinda Bennett is back in the building for a bit of kai chat on Breakfast Food. Jim lets us know how to garden in a flat, and hits us with some excellent hydrangea facts on Greening Out. Whakarongo mai nei!
Aneeka mans the ship this morning! She chats to lead singer Felix and Hugh (bass) of Gengahr about their show this evening at the Tuning Fork to celebrate their record Red Sun Titans. Salene answers your heckers rental queries on A Room Of One's Own. Whakarongo mai nei!
Zoë mans the brekky ship for today! We listen to a chat Stella had with Karly Hartzman, vocalist and guitarist of Wednesday, about their recent record Rat Saw God and their world tour which is reaching Aotearoa in late February. On Stage Direction, Shanaia Boutsady and Sajal Taneja from Mixit’s show I AM… and… I AM are in the studio to talk about the work playing on 20 and 21 January at Oratia Settlers Hall. Robbie Delany is on Ready Steady Learn to chat about his work investigating how inhaling nitrogen dioxide, a gas in car fumes, affects the brain. Whakarongo mai nei!
Stella is your selector this morning! Penelope Noir returns for 2024, giving us a rundown of the life and style of one of David Bowie's stylists, Freddie Buretti on Fashun. Suri is in the studio for Loose Reads, reviewing The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store from James McBride. Whakarongo mai nei!
We take you through your Friday morning with some cruisey tunes. Anna and Rocky from Work are in the studio to chat about the band's new single and gig this weekend at NiceGoblins.
Rachel and Stella have a tune-filled morning, and Rachel chats to Sam Bambery about his show this evening with Big Sur at Cupid Bar. Whakarongo mai nei!
The cryptic crossword is solved, but not without strife. Rob Bollix takes us on a illustrative journey on The Mind Trench, complete with poetry. The crew from SUO, a band from New York that's been touring across Aotearoa this summer, is in the studio to chat about their show in Tāmaki Makaurau tonight. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rachel and Stella enlist the listeners to help tackle a cryptid crossword. Alice Canton is in the studio for Stage Direction to give us the lowdown on the 2024 theatre season. Jennifer Jiyun Park is on Ready Steady Learn to talk about her research into gaming addictions in Aotearoa. Whakarongo mai nei!
Continuing on from last week's kōrero with Sam about Battle Jackets, Pennie joins Milly and Rosetta for a chat about the uniforms of various different fandoms and the subcultures that they create! The trio chat Turbojugend, Juggalos, Maggots and more - whakarongo mai nei!
Suri is up in the studio to chat about Mary McCarthy's 1957 memoir Memories of a Catholic Girlhood: a witty, scathing, piercingly insightful and stylishly written reflection on the author's 1920s upbringing. Whakarongo mai nei!
Cam's picks for today include tracks from Tami Neilson's forthcoming album Neon Cowgirl, The Circling Sun's Orbit, and Kokoroko's Tuff Times Never Last.
Dr Kirsten Zemke phones into the studio to have a yarn with Annabel and Callum about jazz scat vocals and is evolution this morning on Travelling Tunes!
Playlist: Dizzy Gillespie - Oop-Pop-A-Da (1947-1994 Remastered) Tania María - Yatra – Ta (1981) Mark Murphy - Bebop Lives (Boplicity) (2015)
David finally clocks the reference in the Political Commentary introduction and discusses how former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern may be called in front of the Royal Commission investigating New Zealand's Covid-19 pandemic to give evidence on the government's response, as well as the discourse in the political and media sphere.
Dr Alicia Didsbury, a research fellow in the Faculty of Science, joins Hugh Sundae in the studio to chat about her research into cell and gene based therapies for Cancer treatment.
This week Penelope Noir phones in to delve into battle jackets and how the style evolved within subcultures, particularly Punk, from the '70s until today. Whakarongo mai nei!
This week Jenna reviews the new novel from Jamaican/U.K. author William Rayfet Hunter, Sunstruck. It's a sun-drenched yet turbulent novel and marks a bold debut for Hunter. Whakarongo mai nei!
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