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Zac throws a massive spanner in the works of the Second Guessing competition, successfully guessing just half a second of a track! Hope from Death and the Maiden chats about their new record Uneven Ground. Jodie Rimmer is on Stage Direction to talk about the world premier of Nicola Cheeseman is Back, the show that challenges the way women are valued and regarded as they age. Jess Hutchings is on Ready Steady Learn to talk about her research into the contribution of community pharmacists in supporting to achieve Pacific heart health equity in Aotearoa. Whakarongo mai nei!
We ease into the week, with Penelope Noir chatting about Naomi Campbell on Fashun and Jenna reviewing Hard by the Cloud House from Peter Walker on Loose Reads. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
HTRK - Dream Symbol - Loraine James Remix
Clothing - Still Point feat. L'Rain
Summer Flake - New Day
Earth Tongue - Sit Next To Satan
Margo Guryan - Something's Wrong With The Morning
SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - LET THE VIRGIN DRIVE
Polaroids of Polarbears - The Day Of Frasers Birthday
Sunny Morris - Defect Woman
beet-wix - magic romance
Fontaines D.C. - Starburster
Tom Lark - Dumb Luck
Blonde Redhead - Rest of Her Life
clairo - Sexy to Someone
Cassandra Jenkins - Petco
Death and The Maiden - River feat. Semisi Maiai
Memory Foam - Pink Tides
Earth Tongue - The Mirror
P.H.F. - A GIRL WITH SHIT ON HER MIND
Charli XCX - Sympathy is a Knife
Louisa Nicklin - Thick
Jim Nothing - Raleigh Arena
Yves Tumor - Jackie
Talking Heads - Pulled Up
Salvia Palth - stabbed in the small of the back
Geneva AM - Pikipiki feat. Samara Alofa, Hawkins, Rewi McLay, Mara TK
Bill Callahan & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Miracles feat. Ty Segall [Johnnie Frierson Cover]
Heavn For Real - Autumn Of The Fighter feat. Dorothea Paas
IAN SWEET - Everyone's A Superstar feat. Porridge Radio
cc(tv) - Kinnie
June Jones - Dog feat. Perfectworld
Frau Knotz - Other Futures
princess chelsea - Everything Is Going To Be Alright (Pt. 2)
The excellent Amelia Berry takes care of Travelling Tunes in Dr Kirsten Zemke's absence, talking about twee (and setting the record straight). Earth Tongue have a chat about their new record Great Haunting, out today. Litia is in for Viewmaster, reviewing Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, the new show from Ryan Murphy. Angie McMahon talks to Rachel about her New Zealand show tomorrow night at the Powerstation, as part of the Making It Through Tour. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Nathaniel Russell - Stop Let's Listen
Chris Cohen - Sunever
Crumb - Side By Side
Margaux - Sadie Something
Jim Nothing - Hourglass
Troy Kingi - Ocelli
The Morning Star - Hand To The Hedge
Fashion Club - Rotten Mind feat. Julie Byrne
Marina Allen - Between Seasons
Half Hexagon - The Method
Goodnight My Darling - Ruby
Earth Tongue - Out of this Hell
Earth Tongue - Nightmare
Big Sur - Lands
Mystery Waitress - Nightbug
We Will Ride Fast - Born In The Heart Of The Universe
Marc Daalder gives us some Political Commentary on the government's walking back of promised cancer drug funding, and agriculture being left out of ETS. We announce the Breakfast Club lineup. Jim chats garlic on Greening Out. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Mystery Shopper - Eyes On The Prize
Margaux - I Wouldn't Want It Any Other Way
Caroline Polachek - Starburned and Unkissed
Francoise Hardy - Nous etions amies
D.C. Maxwell - Agitator (Skeptics cover)
Helicon - Permo (Al Lover Remix)
Blonde Redhead - Kiss Her Kiss Her
P.H.F. - A GIRL WITH SHIT ON HER MIND
Emmanuelle - Jewel
Dean Blunt - DOWNER feat. Vagyn & Panda Bear
Toro y Moi & Brijean - Genius of Love
beet-wix - mindblock
Chris Cohen - Sunever
Fashion Club - Rotten Mind feat. Julie Byrne
clairo - Sexy to Someone
Hiki - Pijero
cc(tv) - Kinnie
Jim Nothing - Raleigh Arena
Polaroids of Polarbears - The Day Of Frasers Birthday
GUM and Ambrose Kenny-Smith - Ill Times
Beak> - Strawberry Line
Bullion - World_train feat. Charlotte Adigéry
all fall down - third in a series of sun songs
Angelica Garcia - Intuicion
Bonny Light Horseman - Into The O
Vera Ellen - heartbreak for jetlag
Repairs - To Hell with Good Intentions
Joe Ghatt - Pale Blue Dot
Household Spirits - shine your darkness upon me -hasji's kokomea edit
Second Guessing continues to heat up, and after a few calls Justin takes out the win! On Isthmus'n That with Desley Simpson, Rachel speaks to the Deputy Mayor about train disruptions across the city and council funding for initiatives to prevent youth crime. Aunty Rae is in the studio to chat about her new single Stop Calling Me which also has a new video. Ready Steady Learn is with Dr Karamia Müller who chats about her work with a team of Māori and Pacific researchers to address housing supply, quality and affordability. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Little Wings - Goatshead Soup
Marina Allen - Love Comes Back
Moses Sumney - Vintage
Kara Jackson - Right, Wrong or Ready
Earth Tongue - Out of this Hell
beet-wix - slug level standards
Kraus - Crystal Motors
Voom - Everyone
Blonde Redhead - For the Damaged Coda
Tom Lark - Dumb Luck
pickle darling - Bicycle Weather
Neutrals - That's Him On The Daft Stuff Again
Vera Ellen - heartbreak for jetlag
Blonde Redhead - Snowman
Reb Fountain - How Bizarre
Geneva AM - Pikipiki feat. Samara Alofa, Hawkins, Rewi McLay, Mara TK
Aunty Rae - Stop Calling Me
Renee-Louise Carafice - You Are A Little Ghost
Cassandra Jenkins - Delphinium Blue
Jen Cloher - Annabelle
Bonny Light Horseman - Into The O
Caroline Polachek - Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In The Mouth
Welcome back to Brekky for another week! Suri's in the studio for Loose Reads to review the new Patricia Grace compilation of short stories, Bird Child and Other Stories. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Joe Ghatt - Orange October
Gregor - Flaming Clouds
Te Huhu - Tūrangawaewae
Awning - Gold Star
Blonde Redhead - Kiss Her Kiss Her
Repairs - LYLAS
T.G. Shand - The Cheese
Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up - Alternate Version
Voom - Everyone
We Will Ride Fast - Born In The Heart of The Universe
Lots on the show today! Rosetta is producing while Stella is off having an Aussie holiday, we've got Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, Phoebe from Revulva phones in to chat about their new single 'Bush Bash', and Diaz Grimm comes up to the studio to chat about his new album 'Māui and the Sin'! Also - a couple of big announcements about the future of The Wine Cellar + Whammy, and our beloved host Rachel is hanging up her headphones after 5 years in the hot seat! All these feels, plus prizes and great tunes. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
hanbee - lovers
Cassandra Jenkins - Delphinium Blue
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
Tashi Wada & Julia Holter - Asleep to the World
Maxim Ludwig - Mercury Avenue feat. Angel Olsen
caru - KEEP IT UP
K M T P - 2 Days
Mel Parsons - Tiny Days
Internn - Cada
Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
Nia Archives - Cards On The Table
Na Noise - Open The Door
ANDWAHN - FOUXWORK
Blonde Redhead - For the Damaged Coda
Sarah Mary Chadwick - Drinkin’ on a Tuesday
Revulva - Bush Bash
Anna Coddington - Moohou Raa
Queens Of The Stone Age - Go With The Flow
Nathan Haines - Come Into The Light feat. La Coco
Joe Ghatt - Pale Blue Dot
Habibi - In My Dreams
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno
christoph el' truento - Moe Mai Rā
Vera Ellen - heartbreak for jetlag
bar italia - Sarcoustica
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
AW - ONE BLAH NIGHT
John Carroll Kirby - Fuku Wa Uchi Oni Soto feat. Mizuhara Sisters
Eli Superflyy joins Breakfast to chat about his forthcoming album 'MOTOR' and his latest single 'Happy'. He also delves into the back story of the car he is giving away to one luck fan!
This week for Political Commentary Max Harris speaks to Rachel about the fallout of the Government's budget and the rise of protest action across Aotearoa. Lucinda Bennet provides the remedy for the winter chills as she discusses broth on Breakfast Food. And, Eli Superflyy joins the show to talk about his forthcoming album 'MOTOR' and his latest single 'Happy'. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Ela Minus - COMBAT
Blonde Redhead - Before
christoph el' truento - Traffic Jam
bar italia - The only concious being in the universe
Cate Le Bon - Are You with Me Now?
P.H.F. - A GIRL WITH SHIT ON HER MIND
AW - ONE BLAH NIGHT
Salt Water Criminals - My Greatest Achievement
JessB - Talk Of The Town
Kate Bollinger - Any Day Now
Molly Nilsson - Absolute Power
Kraus - Crystal Motors
Nice Girl - Pot Red
ELI SUPERFLYY - Mockingbird
Eli Superflyy - Happy
clairo - Sexy to Someone
Jess Cornelius - Laps in the Drugstore
LIAM K. SWIGGS - SKATE PARK feat. YOUNG GHO$T
princess chelsea - Everything Is Going To Be Alright (Pt. 2)
Marlin's Dreaming - Earnestly feat. Erny Belle
Polaroids of Polarbears - The Day Of Frasers Birthday
On What's Up with Marama Davidson, Rachel speaks to the co-leader of the Green Party about the recent Budget, the subsequent action day and the government's position on the situation in Rafah. The Bard of Bollix is in to guide us through The Mind Trench, and gifts us a cursed mash up. Liam K Swiggs chats about the 2024 Big Fresh Collective’s Footmahi and the his single, Skate Park featuring Young Ghost. Salene helps you out with your whack rental situations on A Room Of One's Own. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Anna Coddington - Moohou Raa
Goodnight My Darling - Ruby
Jess Cornelius - Laps in the Drugstore
Esy Tadesse - Buna
Habibi - Losing Control
clairo - Sexy to Someone
Guardian Singles - Midnight Swim
Cassandra Jenkins - Delphinium Blue
Blonde Redhead - For the Damaged Coda
The Bug - Skeng
Half Hexagon - The Method
Polaroids of Polarbears - The Day Of Frasers Birthday
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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