Milly takes you through a great three hours of radio, with Club Ruby making an appearance for Friday Live, brought to you by NZ ON Air Musicwith thanks to McLeod's Brewery. Whakarongo mai nei for good vibes all round!
This week we started the two-part story of Jacob Two-two Meets the Hooded Fang, celebrated a few birthdays and had lots of fun with effervescing elephants!
Mordecai Richler - Jacob Two-Two meets The Hooded Fang part 1
Eddie Spaghetti - Wake Up, Wake Up
The Moe Show - Another Year of You
Anika Moa - Colours Are Beautiful
Caspar Babypants - Sliver (feat. Krist Novoselic)
John Williamson - Old Man Emu
Jim Culinane - Horsey Horse
Mike Phirman - Use Your Imagination
Eardrop - RakiRaki
Fleabite - Do The Whoopsie
Brian Blessed - Jack & the Beanstalk
Belle & Sebastian - The Monkeys Are Breaking Out The Zoo
Cy Wynstanley - Marley Sitting on a Pumpkin Seed
Syd Barrett - Effervescing Elephant
Mike Phirman - The Day
This week: two guests, two drinks! Bill from Fhloston Paradise and Alex from Red Bar whip us up a couple of rum-based cocktails. Cheers Red Bar and Chi!
Comedians Laura Daniel and Joseph Moore bring in some of their favourite stand-up and musical comedy. Including comedy from the tv show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Bo Burnham, Aziz Anssari, the film Popstar, and Aunty Donna.
Two weeks ago marked 50 years since the Israeli occupation of Palestine began. Two weeks ago we spoke to Jewish anti-occupation group Dayenu about the occupation. Today, bFM reporter Amanda Jane Robinson speaks with Palestinian Nadia Filistin to hear her experience of the occupation.
Auckland Lives two bee colonies have died. The hives were found after a routine inspection a fortnight ago. The cause of death is believed to be death by poisoning due to insecticide spraying. Prior to the tragedy, the two hives had a combined bee population of around 30,000 which last summer produced a whopping 75kg of honey. Reporter Sam Smith spoke to "For the Love of Bees" member Sarah Smuts-Kennedy about the deaths.
Yesterday, the two major political parties announced new transport policies for Auckland admist much fanfare. Labour are planning to build light rail to the Airport, which will be paid for through a regional fuel tax. National on the other hand are targeting rail electrification and in particular the Papakura to Pukekohe line. To assess the two policies and give a verdict on who has the better policy, reporter Sam Smith spoke to Greater Auckland editor Matt Lowrie.
Two days to go till the African Film Festival kicks off in Auckland! Boubacar, Nadine, and Halim join us in the studio to talk about two of their top picks - Mama Africa and Mali Blues.
This week we speak to Kathryn Aucamp and Gyorgika Farrelly, two Elam Fine Arts Students who have exhibitions on at the two Elam student galleries in response to the proposed closure of the Fine Arts Library and Creative Arts libraries at Auckland University.
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