Chelsea Winstanley joins Rachel in studio to talk about the powerful film maker, Merata Mita, and the documentary directed by Heperi Mita (her son), Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen. Rachel and Chelsea talk about what it was like to work on a documentary of such importance, and how issues of racism, and inequality, that Merata focused on in her work, are still very present today. For a special Mother's Day screening this weekend, you can get your tickets from here.
After playing a gig just last night at Wine Cellar, Repulsive Woman, aka Millie, Adelaide, Julie, and Olive pop up for a chat and a coffee with Rachel to talk about their upcoming album, being a woman in the music industry, and the Red Bull Music Academy.
The NZ Comedy Festival brings Donna Brookbanks to the stage (and to the 95bFM Breakfast show) and lucky for us, Rachel gets to chat to her. Donna talks about using her cat in a photoshoot, discovering her inner superhero, and the supportive community that is Aotearoa's comedians.
NZ Herald journalist, Kirsty Johnston, joins Rachel in studio to talk about Fighting the Demon: Inside New Zealand's Meth Crisis. The documentary is a piece of investigative journalism into New Zealand's meth epidemic with an empathic look at those who battle with addiction, potential reasons people get there, and why it's stigmatised. Check it out, here.
We are very lucky to have Julia Parnell and Martin Phillips here on Mikey's last show, to talk about the release of The Chills documentary. Martin and Mikey take a trip down memory lane together, perfectly approriate for this special day. Check out the documentary, it comes highly recommended by Martin himself.
Something that we can all agree on is that we need to have more dicussions about mental health, so Sarah and Kim are here to have a chat with Mikey about University Mental Health Day on May 7. This is the first time this event will be held in New Zealand (initiated in the UK and in recent years has also been held in Australia) and Sarah and Kim reckon it's time to reach out to the students who need support. There'll be discussions, food, and preformances at the University of Auckland quad, get along.
Our good friend, Akiko, joins Mikey to talk about the ReseneArchitecture & Design Film Festival 2019, of which she has co-curated. Specifically, talking Food Fighter, the story of one woman's determination to minimise food waste. Get along to the festival, it's a worth a watch.
Alice Sneddon joins Mikey in studio to talk what makes a good person, and what makes a bad person and who's an Absolute Monster (hence the title of her show). They cover all important topics, you know, cats opening doors, bad tattoos and how to buy tickets to her NZ Comedy Festival show. Wonderful.
Pax Assadi joins Mikey in studio to bond over their love for the North Shore, and being fathers. Aww. Also talking Pax's upcoming show as part of the 2019 NZ Comedy Festival, Brown Famous. With his last performance's around New Zealand being in the 2016 Comedy Festival, he's back with a fresh new show for y'all, this one even includes some classic Dad comedy.
James Nokise joins Mikey to talk about God Damn Fancy Man, coming up in the Comedy Festival, here in Aotearoa. Coming from all the way in Europe to deliver five special shows, you don't want to miss out on this.
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