This week on the Wednesday show, Ximena & Adam hear a series of critical perspectives from a number of different voices, including Greater Auckland’s Matthew Lowrie on recent plans from Auckland Transport, as well as the Pacific Panther Network’s Sina Brown-Davis on the concept of Māori-run prisons. Sam Fraser-Baxter also joins us again this week for Dear Science, following-up on last week with a second round of fascinating shark-related fodder.
With more retail spaces going up for sale in St Kevin's arcade this week, Karangahape Road continues its spruce up in preparation for the City Rail Link. bFM reporter Harry Willis speaks to St Kevins Arcade alumnus, Search and Destroy's Alison Reid, on why the favourite second-hand clothing store has moved out, and her thoughts on the changing face of K Road.
For her second week on the Wednesday show, Tracey chats to Ximena about New Zealand First’s renewed call for all Year 10 students to have access to programmes that promote healthy and safe relationships at school, in light of new research showing alarming rates of sexual violence among teens. Ximena also grills Tracey about Winston Peters' response in Parliament yesterday to the London terror attacks, where he said Islamic communities “must clean house” and “start with their own families”.
This week Sam takes a look at the Beatles 1967 soundtrack album "Magical Mystery Tour." This record was the second album the band released in 1967 after "Sgt Pepper" and accompanied the band's 3rd film of the same name.
Our second annual NZ music special, featuring a selection of music exploring taonga pūoro put together by Rob Thorne. Rob's brilliant collaborative album with Fis is entitled 'Clear Stones', and is out now on Subtext Recordings. FP DJ Harmony rounds out the show.
Penelope brings in special guest Aimee Egdell, owner of Tatty's Designer Recycle. As a second generation secondhand dealer within the rag trade, what light can Aimee shed on her work and its history? Also: are monocles making a comeback? Mike's asking for a friend.
This week Sam takes a look at Iggy Pop's second solo album "Lust for Life." Released in 1977, "Lust for Life" was recorded with David Bowie in Berlin and is considered by many to be Iggy's best solo record.
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