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.
Breakfast conversation with Desley Simpson the Deputy Mayor, and Woroud Alzaher about adults living with cerebal palsey. Thanks to Atomic Coffee & the Unviversity of Auckland
We bid farewell to our beloved Rachel, with many tears and many laughs too. On behalf of 95bFM and the wider industry and community, it's a resounding THANK YOU for the five years of exceptional broadcasting on Breakfast. We have old mates Lucinda in for Breakfast Food and Jim in for Greening Out, and beet-wix chats about the Cryathalon.
Playlist
Amamelia - Lemon Magnolia
The Umbrellas - Goodbye
Mattyeux & videoclub - Sometimes feat. Princess Chelsea
Frau Knotz - Other Futures
The Naenae Express - Dream State
Louisa Nicklin - Sleep it Off
We Will Ride Fast - Born In The Heart Of The Universe
Hallelujah Picassos - Kiss The Smiling Electric Buddha
Borrowed CS - Arch feat. Mara TK
mj lenderman - She's Leaving You
Saâda Bonaire - Extremes
P.H.F. - A GIRL WITH SHIT ON HER MIND
Marlin's Dreaming - Hello My Dear
Totems - Workin Wit
beet-wix - worms
beet-wix - magic romance
SOPHIE - Reason Why feat. Kim Petras and BC Kingdom
Rob Bollix talks space brain on The Mind Trench, and shares a fantastic poem. Katie from Dateline is chatting about the band’s new single, Hands.Japes yarns about their new track Lighter Thief. Justine helps you with your union and employment queries on Red Dead Redemption. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Coined - Your House
Roots Manuva - Join the Dots
Moon Diagrams - Very Much My Promise To You
bar italia - The only conscious being in the universe
Death and The Maiden - Scent
mj lenderman - She's Leaving You
Half Hexagon - The Method
Ride - Kaleidoscope
Earth Tongue - Out of this Hell
Jess Cornelius - People Move On
Rachel Love - Without You
Marlin's Dreaming - Hello My Dear
Yard Act - 100% Endurance
AW - ONE BLAH NIGHT
Marina Allen - Bad Eye Opal
Dateline - Choose Me
Dateline - Hands
Sofie Royer & Alexander Dexter Jones - Paris is burning
John Cale - How We See The Light
Japes - Lighter Thief
christoph el' truento - Things Done Changed
ANOHNI - Breaking
Louisa Nicklin - Thick
Pete Seeger - Solidarity Forever
Alec - Never Felt This Good
Alex G - Runner
SOPHIE - Reason Why feat. Kim Petras and BC Kingdom
After a dramatic Second Guessing surprise entrant, Dim makes a comeback to take out 10 LPs and a record player and be crowned the Best Second Guesser for 2024! On Isthmus'n That with Desley Simpson, Rachel speaks to the Deputy Mayor of Auckland about accommodation support being extended for storm recovery, the LTP suggestion to halt earthquake restoration of council buildings and upcoming Matariki events across the city. We listen to a conversation between Keria Patterson and Salvia Palth about Salvia Palth’s new surprise album, last chance to see. Dbldbl is in the studio for a chat about their show for Matariki this weekend with AUNTY EL, Swizl Jager & Morningsteppa at Whammy bar on Thursday night. Kiani Stevenson is on Ready Steady Learn to talk about her research into integrating cultural support into triage services for the mental health of rangatahi. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Roots Manuva - Join the Dots
Arooj Aftab - Bolo Na feat. Moor Mother & Joel Ross
On Fashun, Penelope Noir speaks to Richie Boyens about his work on Ratbags. Barnie Duncan and Trygve Wakenshaw are in the studio to chat about the return season of Different Party, the show that won the Fred award in the most recent Comedy Festival. On Loose Reads, Jenna and Suri come in and Suri reviews Performance from David Coventry. Andy Neill is in the studio to chat about his book When We Was Fab, about the 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ only visit to Aotearoa in late June 1964.
Playlist
Blonde Redhead - Kiss Her Kiss Her
Marina Allen - Easy
Summer Flake - Nothing Lasts Forever
Dateline - Hands
Te Huhu - Tūrangawaewae
Sharon Van Etten - Every Time The Sun Comes Up
christoph el' truento - Things Done Changed
Marlin's Dreaming - Earnestly feat. Erny Belle
Joe Ghatt - Ya Ya
VIËW - Stop It feat. Mike Tea & MĀ
Chris Cohen - Sunever
Phoebe Rings - Mandarin Tree (Live at 95bFM)
Wiri Donna - The Gold
LIAM K. SWIGGS - SKATE PARK feat. YOUNG GHO$T
Japes - Lighter Thief
Hiki - Pijero
Gregor - The Fantasy
T.G. Shand - The Cheese
Mystery Waitress - In A Shell
Blonde Redhead - Before
Laura Jean - A Funny Thing Happened
SoccerPractise - Nightwing
bar italia - The only conscious being in the universe
We come to you live from Bestie Cafe in St Kevin's Arcade, mere metres from Karangahape Road's roadside for one big party sending Rachel off. With performances from the incredible cc.tv and Jim Nothing, the final installment of Hobby Goblins and a round of arcade Second Guessing. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Death and the Maiden - River feat. Semisi Ma'ia'i
Soft Plastics - Day Job
beet-wix - magic romance
Wiri Donna - The Gold
Aldous Harding - Fever
Blonde Redhead - For the Damaged Coda
VIËW - Stop It feat. Mike Tea & MĀ
A Blunt Jester - Traffic Was a Bitch
Daphni - Sizzling feat. Paradise
Dateline - Hands
deepState - SILENCE
DC Maxwell - Agitator (Skeptics cover)
Japes - Lighter Thief
The Mint Chicks - Post No Bills
Parallel Dance Ensemble - Shopping Cart
Mystery Waitress - In A Shell
P.H.F. - A GIRL WITH SHIT ON HER MIND
Hot Chocolate - Every 1's a Winner
Shonen Knife - When You Sleep [My Bloody Valentine Cover]
Earth Tongue - Out of this Hell
Marlon Williams - Slipping Away (Max Merritt & The Meteors) [Live at 95bFM - 30/11/18]
Listen back to Milly and Rosetta chatting with all the winners at the IMNZ Taite Music Prize 2026! They sat down after the awards with KOMMI on behalf of Marlon Williams, winner of the Taite Award for Te Whare Tīwekaweka, Geneva AM winner of Best Independent Debut for PIKIPIKI, Carmel Bennett winner of the Independent Spirit Award, and Newzician winners of the Outstanding Music Journalism award. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta and Milly catch up with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson to chat about changes to the legal loophole through which illegal boarding houses are operating in Tāmaki Makaurau, and the large amounts of reports of illegal dumping across the city. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta and Milly catch up with Penelope Noir after the Taite Awards last night - to chat about all the best looks from the evening! Whakarongo mai nei!
As a little mid-week treat for you, Jenna is up in the studio chatting pukapuka for Loose Reads - after the long weekend! She chats with Rosetta and Milly about Lily King, who Jenna is chatting to at the Auckland Writers Festival on Sunday May 17! Whakarongo mai nei.
Gab Vincent joins Rosetta and Milly in the studio for a chat about some of her mahi with the Auckland Writers Festival this year - including Streetside and Plot Twist, the latest addition to the lineup on May 17 which features a takeover at Q Theatre aimed at rangatahi! Whakarongo mai nei!
Charlie is up in the studio again, this week chatting with Rosetta and Milly about the beautiful Papua New Guinean Kindeng single origin bean from eighthirty (which we're giving away on the show this week!) and testing Rosetta and Milly's tasting abilities. Whakarongo mai nei!