This week Bornwyn has her first weekly chat with Minister Tracey Martin. The two spoke about some policies arising from the party's campaign launch over the weekend. These included introducing one thousand frontline police officers, and a modern version of the Universal Family Benefit. They also spoke about New Zealand First as an "insurance against extremism in government" and some criticisms of that.
The interview also contains a discussion of the Sexual Violence Legislation Bill and why the party wants the Bill to be delayed for more discussion. However, with only a fews weeks left of Parliament for this year, it is unclear what result a delay would have on the passage of the Bill.
Sister Rosa grew up surrounded by music. Her sets are purposeful and uplifting, and have seen her tapped to play with Marcellus Pittman and at some of the most soulful parties around New Zealand. She gifts us with one hour of roots music from across the globe.
After that, we get upbeat with Irish-born selector Aideen Ryan. Aideen is an avid record collector, who takes inspiration from genre-diverse champions like Andrew Weatherall and Gilles Peterson. She shares an uptempo hour that traverses disco, modern soul, and classic house, and includes recent finds from The Other Crate Record Fair.
Blind Mango Chutney gets to stretch his legs in the studio to bring you his last show of 2021. He brings you the weather first, followed by some Christmas cheer, African jams and silky vocals. Then he taps out on a Brazilian classic.
Setlist:
Weather Report - Nubian Sundance
Paul Horn - Kyrie
The Modern Jazz Quartet - Variations on a Christmas Theme
Fats Waller - Swinging Them Jingle Bells
Buddy Johnson Orchestra - Doot Doot Dow
Slide Hampton Octet - Sister Salvation
Ramsey Lewis - Nights in White Satin
Melanie Charles - God Bless The Child
Lee Wiley - Manhattan
Chris Connor - I'm Gonna Go Fishing
African Jazz Ensemble - Tshona
Howard Roberts - The Shadow of Your Smile
Lonnie Smith - Afrodesia
Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Quartet - Oriental Flower
Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66 - Mas que Nada
Her Stomach On Terror - Wanda Group
Sawariyanagi - Sugai Ken
Ukraina - Iury Lech
Moon Velvet (Shadows, Whispers, Rivers, Windmills) - Andrew Pekler
Agafia - Scott Gailey
Adriatic Fish - Alexi Baris
The Racer - Ahnnu
Scatterbrain - Ex-terrestrial
6P77E8 - Alexi Baris
W9 - Nicola Ratti
We Held Our Balance - Wanda Group
The relentless passage of time and the acceptance of the transitory nature of things - Fuantei
Workshop For Modernity - Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek
Crown Ever Remain - Basic House
Sommeil - Selm
Vulnerability - Burning Pyre
United Angels - Burning Pyre
On Occasions Of This Kind - Jake Muir
Close to Strangers - Andrew Pekler
LiqqPlast - tau contrib
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!
Dr Kirsten Zemke talks us through Bossa nova in modern pop songs on Travelling Tunes. Gussie from Mermaidens is dialling in to chat about the band’s self titled album, out today! Our Viewmaster Litia reviews TVNZ's new series, After the Party. Whakarongo mai nei!
Dr Kirsten Zemke celebrates 2023 by exploring songs that embody the new year, new me sentiment on Travelling Tunes. The country music love child of Jazmine Mary and Arahi, duo Pony Baby comes into the 95bFM studio to share a new single from their forthcoming album (with an accompanying music video), and treat us to a live acoustic version of one of the unreleased tracks from the record. Viewmaster Litia reviews the British romance series Smothered, which delves into the modern situationship. Whakarongo mai nei!
Professor Melinda Webber from the Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland talks to Jonny about Mātauranga Māori, the bodies of knowledge within Te Ao Māori, and modern health treatment. Professor Webber's new research looks specifically at Haora and how people's wellbeing is impacted and benefited by cultural practices and participation.
over under fed is the debut poetry collection by Amy Marguerite, out now via Auckland University Press.
In over under fed, Amy explores the peculiar loveliness and specific loneliness of the human condition. She writes from experiences with anorexia nervosa, limerence and a particularly tumultuous situationship. Her poems are confessional and seek to reconcile chaos and recovery.
Amy completed Te Kohinga Auaha, a Master of Arts in Creative Writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters in Pōneke Wellington in 2022.
Beth caught up with Amy about over under fed and her creative process, and she performed a poem.
The Future is an exhibition presenting new and recent work by Berlin-based artist Simon Denny, currently on at Michael Lett Gallery.
In channelling the spirit of aeropainting and Italian Futurism, Denny employs contemporary methods of making with today’s technology to create two new series of paintings whereby both mechanical and painterly qualities transpire, aiding in a recontextualisation of 20th-century modernism.
Sofia had a kōrero with Simon Denny about the show and his overall practice.
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