Sophie joins me in the studio this morning to play two songs and chat about her upcoming show at the Wine Cellar, opening for Heavy Chest on Wednesday April 17th. Sophie plays us two songs, an original – 'Open Your Eyes', and a cover of Neil Young's 'Old Man'.
Emma speaks with stylist and New Zealand Fashion Week creative director Dan Ahwa about the return of the event after a two-year hiatus, how he brought the Into The Archives show to the runway and why it matters.
For our weekly catch-up with the Green Party, Wire Host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the return of oil and gas drilling, the expansion of fines on energy companies, and the central government's editorialising of Auckland councils' zoning plans.
They also spoke to the Co-Director of Global Studies at the University of Auckland, Chris Ogden, on how the United States actions are eroding the rules-based international order and what countries like New Zealand can do to find stability.
And Producer Flo spoke to Chief Advisor at Forest and Bird NZ, Richard Capie, about the dangers of government rollbacks on environmental protection legislation to enable mining and quarrying.
Elle spoke with Robber Robber, about their sophomore album Two Wheels Move the Soul, released earlier this year. The album was written in amounst precarious circumstances, after a fire had sent their building to demolition.
The uncertainty and chaos of the band’s experience is reflected within the hefty guitar riffs and sharp abstracted lyrics. It's so awesome.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: we give a hearty shaka to our new surf reporter, Stephanie; Jacinda Ardern uses rude words on air pre-watershed (awesome); Mikey's a Bad Feminist; the team bask in the warm post-deGrasse Tyson glow (apart from Ximena, who has her own stories to tell); and Ange takes verrucas, travel belly and critics to task.