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Join Joel Armstrong and Shreya Walthati for a kōrero about everything cool and queer, with bangers from queer artists!

Radio Mother w/ Joel and Shreya: 11 October, 2025

Radio Mother w/ Joel and Shreya: 11 October, 2025 Radio Mother w/ Joel and Shreya: 11 October, 2025, 163.82 MB
Sat 11 Oct 2025

Mōrena! A chill show with a tonny of chit chatting and music! Whakarongo mai!

Radio Mother w/ Joel and Shreya: 4 October, 2025

Radio Mother w/ Joel and Shreya: 4 October, 2025 Radio Mother w/ Joel and Shreya: 4 October, 2025, 159.9 MB
Sat 4 Oct 2025

Mōrena, some fun tunes this morning, and a chat with Lois Cox on her book That's What I Am: Oral Histories of Older Lesbians. Whakarongo mai!

That's What I Am: Oral Histories of Older Lesbians w/ Lois Cox: 4 October, 2025

That's What I Am: Oral Histories of Older Lesbians w/ Lois Cox: 4 October, 2025 That's What I Am: Oral Histories of Older Lesbians w/ Lois Cox: 4 October, 2025, 10.08 MB
Sat 4 Oct 2025

Radio Mother co-host Shreya spoke to Lois Cox - the author behind the book That's What I Am: Oral Histories of Older Lesbians, which looks into the lives of 16 lesbian women born in the 1930s and 1940s, who were living in Wellington in the 1990s.

Ata Pūao w/ Allie Howell & Angel Kameta: 30 September, 2025

Ata Pūao w/ Allie Howell & Angel Kameta: 30 September, 2025 Ata Pūao w/ Allie Howell & Angel Kameta: 30 September, 2025, 12.1 MB
Tue 30 Sep 2025

Radio Mother co-host Joel spoke to the duo behind Ata Pūao, Allie Howell (Waitaha, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Pākehā) the writer and director, and producer Angel Kameta (Ngāti Whakaue, Te Āti Awa) about their upcoming short film heading to the Show Me Shorts Film festival! Here is our chat.

Radio Mother w/ Joel & Shreya: 27 September, 2025

Radio Mother w/ Joel & Shreya: 27 September, 2025 Radio Mother w/ Joel & Shreya: 27 September, 2025, 165.35 MB
Sat 27 Sep 2025

Mōrena Radio Mother listeners! Join us for 2 hours of awesome beats and an interview with Director Allie Howel and Producer Angel Kameta from the upcoming film Ata Pūao, a coming-of-age film set in Tāmaki Makarurau following a young Māori trans woman discovering and surviving the city. Whakarongo mai!

Radio Mother w/ Joel & Shreya: 20 September, 2025

Radio Mother w/ Joel & Shreya: 20 September, 2025 Radio Mother w/ Joel & Shreya: 20 September, 2025, 158.53 MB
Sat 20 Sep 2025

Mōrena! Some tracks from queer artists playing at Laneway 2026 and Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori! Whakarongo mai! 

BENT exhibition 40 years on from first queer exhibition at Elam School of Arts w/ Kaitlyn Merriman and Rosa Turley: 13 September, 2025

BENT exhibition 40 years on from first queer exhibition at Elam School of Arts w/ Kaitlyn Merriman and Rosa Turley: 13 September, 2025 BENT exhibition 40 years on from first queer exhibition at Elam School of Arts w/ Kaitlyn Merriman and Rosa Turley: 13 September, 2025, 9.13 MB
Sat 13 Sep 2025

BENT - the Te Waka Tuhura Elam School of Art’s queer collective, are set to open an exhibition very soon, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Elam’s first queer exhibition, Queer Pictures, back in 1985.

To discuss this upcoming exhibition, Radio Mother co-host, Joel, spoke to Kaitlyn Merriman and Rosa Turley, who are both Master of Fine Arts students, and are involved in the background-side of the exhibition, about the exhibition, and what people should expect.

Here is that interview.

Radio Mother w/ Joel & Shreya: 13 September, 2025

Radio Mother w/ Joel & Shreya: 13 September, 2025 Radio Mother w/ Joel & Shreya: 13 September, 2025, 168.16 MB
Sat 13 Sep 2025

Mōrena! A mixture of chill and heavy beats to start your Saturday, with a chat with Kaitlyn Merriman and Rosa Turley from BENT - the Te Waka Tuhura Elam School of Art’s queer collective, on an upcoming exhibition they are holding, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the school's first queer art exhibition, 'Queer Pictures' in 1985, and a chat with Stu Patterson from The Empty Threats, on the band's recently released sophomore album, happy days! Whakarongo mai!

The Empty Threat's sophomore album, happy days w/ Stu Patterson: 13 September, 2025

The Empty Threat's sophomore album, happy days w/ Stu Patterson: 13 September, 2025 The Empty Threat's sophomore album, happy days w/ Stu Patterson: 13 September, 2025, 13.87 MB
Sat 13 Sep 2025

The queer Adelaide rock group, The Empty Threats, have recently released their sophomore album, happy birthday

Radio Mother co-host, Joel, spoke to Stu Patterson, the vocalist, saxophonist, and clarinettist of the group, about happy birthday, as they arrived in Sydney for their Australia tour, just prior to their EU and UK tour!

Here is our brief chat.

Songs:

The Empty Threats - skye's theme

The Empty Threats - the one

Radio Mother w/ Joel: 6 September, 2025

Radio Mother w/ Joel: 6 September, 2025 Radio Mother w/ Joel: 6 September, 2025, 162.21 MB
Sat 6 Sep 2025

Mōrena! No Shreya today as she is sick, so just Joel! Tune in for 2 hours worth of queer tracks from across multiple different genres! Whakarongo mai!