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.
Second Guessing is graced with Prince, guessed by the listeners in just one go. Current Bias talks to Rachel about their new EP, Frontal, which articulates experiences of neurodivergence via seven tracks of club experimentation and digital exploration. Kayla Paige, choreographer of the dance show Chameleon, is in to talk about the work that uses contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, and modern styles on Stage Direction. Dr Will Evans from the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences is on Ready Steady Learn, talking about new research helping terminal cancer patients deal with depression using MDMA assisted psychotherapy. Whakarongo mai nei!
We bring you a show full of prizes, chats and tunes on this soggy Monday. Penelope Noir explores the iconic Fashun of Star Wars, specifically Princess Leia's white dress (which has a lot of mystique and scandal surrounding it). Suri reviews The Late Americans from Brandon Taylor on Loose Reads, a campus novel with a bucket load of intrigue. Whakarongo mai nei!
The week finally comes to a soggy end, but we're keeping the tunes and chats going on Breakfast! The Breakfast Buffet SRN portal spits us out in the mighty Manawatū to chat with Jordan at Radio Control, where we establish a swamp nation. On Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, she explores noise rock in its many forms. Litia Tuiburelevu is our Viewmaster, reviewing And Just Like That..., season two. Sian Montgomery Neutze is talking about the oratory and performance event M9, which is returning on its one-year anniversary this Matariki, spotlighting nine powerful Māori voices from the world of toi Māori. Whakarongo mai nei!
Professor Robert Patman gives us some international Political Commentary about the attempted coup in Russia, and Prime Minister Chris Hipkins' recent visit to China. On Breakfast Food, Lucinda Bennett gives the lowdown on sweet treat locations that are open in the late afternoon, for your winter wants. Hemi Hemingway chats about his forthcoming album, and shows across the motu, including one in Tāmaki Makaurau very soon. A new segment graces the airwaves- it's the Hobby Goblins (AKA the Top 10's Annabel Kean and Callum Devlin), who competitively craft over a fortnight, and bring their spoils into the studio for Rachel to judge. Losing craft is destroyed live on air- the stakes are high. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rob Bollix takes us through The Mind Trench with an update on orcas, the history of a horse's toe count and a discussion about scientists imitating nature. SJD dials in from Ōtepoti to chat about his upcoming show in Tāmaki Makaurau as part of The Sweetheart Tour 2023. Elliot and Vincent are in the studio, having a kōrero with Rachel about upcoming gigs and projects. Whakarongo mai nei!
A round of Second Guessing sees Gail donate a hot choccy mix to the Auckland City Mission after correctly guessing a great New Order track. On Isthmus’n That with Desley Simpson the Deputy Mayor talks about council events for Matariki, AT’s rollout of new under 25 fees beginning on July and how the process of contacting storm-damaged homeowners is going. Sally Woodfield, general manager of the New Zealand International Film Festival, is in to talk about the programme for this year, announced just last night. On Stage Direction, Alice Canton chats to Uhyoung Choi, cast member of King Lear by the Auckland Theatre Company which is in the midst of its run. Danaé Larsen from the school of chemical sciences is in to talk about research on how texture affects our perception of food on Ready Steady Learn. Whakarongo mai nei!
Another week rears its head and we're here to take you through it! Joel from Eyegum Music Collective chats about Eyegum Scenic Tour #3, coming to Tāmaki Makaurau very soon. Jenna reviews a bonkers-sounding novel from Jen Beagin on Loose Reads, titled Big Swiss. Justine answers your union and employment queries on Red Dead Redemption. Whakarongo mai nei!
Stella and Tuva'a commandeer the Breakfast Ship while Rachel is away. On Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, she explores tunes produced by the legendary Quincy Jones. Matt Pender from OdESSA dials in to talk about the band's shows coming up across the motu. Johanna Cosgrove is our Viewmaster, reviewing the polarising sixth season of Black Mirror. Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Political Commentary, Rod Oram speaks to Rachel about Michael Wood's resignation, National’s emissions policy, proposals for shifting the ETS to make it an incentive to reduce emissions rather than offsetting in forests and contrasts our climate policies from major parties with the major party plans of the UK. Lucinda Bennett is on Breakfast Food, chatting about warming winter fare for winter solstice. Taebz is in the studio chatting about his new single featuring hanbee, Out Of Touch, as well as his EP, Serum. Gussie of Earth Tongue has a kōrero about Earth Tongue's upcoming performance at Night Light Festival. Brad Walkington from The Situations dials in to talk about the band’s new single, No Plan No Pack and upcoming shows across the country. Whakarongo mai nei!
This hump day, on What's Up with Nicola Willis, the Deputy Leader of the National party dials in to talk to Rachel about National's agricultural emissions policy and their harnessing biotech policy, as well as leader Christopher Luxon's comments around longer gang sentencing. On The Mind Trench, Rob Bollix details the killer whales that are attacking super yachts out in the seas. Siena and Jasmine from Rockin Relief, are in to talk about the all-ages gig this Friday, fundraising for UKRAINIUM. Sarah Mary Chadwick dials in from Naarm to chat about her new single Shitty Town, and active projects. Whakarongo mai nei!
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!
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