Penelope joins Mikey in studio with a special guest, James from Jimmy D, in light of his newest collection. James chats with Pennie and Mike about the fashion industry, and the way gender and sexuality is represented. What a treat to have special guests and silk garments in studio.
Intermittently on The Wire, we have a theme for the week, this week’s theme for worry week is War, Imperialism and the Military industrial complex, so I thought it was fitting to talk to Auckland Peace Action about their upcoming Picnic for Peace, what it is and what it is reflective of.
After playing a gig just last night at Wine Cellar, Repulsive Woman, aka Millie, Adelaide, Julie, and Olive pop up for a chat and a coffee with Rachel to talk about their upcoming album, being a woman in the music industry, and the Red Bull Music Academy.
On Dear Science with AUT’s Marcus Jones we talk on Gene edits to 'CRISPR' babies which may lead to shortened life spans, Reproducibility trial publishes two conclusions for one paper, and 16 days coal free in UK (and counting).
In light of the new series of Handmaid's Tale, Jenna thought The Farm was a fitting match. The novel tells the story of Mae Yu, the woman who runs Golden Oaks - a luxury retreat transforming the fertility industry. That's right, a dystopian social commentary about surrogacy. Yikes.
95bFM's own, Olivia Holdsworth, interviewed Mike Skinner from The Streets about his upcoming tour. The pair chatted about the group reuniting to play together, how streaming has changed the music industry and the beauty of a tour bus. Get your tickets to The Streets so you don't miss out on this great show.
The National Party's Denise Lee joins us for another week. Laura Kvigstad and Denise have a chat about the alcohol trading hours after the extending trading hours amendment, the revitalized controversy of a large donation to the National Party by a New Zealand company owned by a foreign billionaire and the National Party's opposition to the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act.
We're talking food, not the tastiest place to eat, or the trendiest veg in season, but what kind of social, environmental and cultural impacts does food have? Aaron Maclean, the instigator of Stone Soup Syndicate, talks about decolonising your palette, the impact of the fishing industry and hey, you can grow your own veges from your own backyard (because we can all afford those, right?).
We're back with more Live and Direct goodness, and we have tei. up on the show for this week. We have a nice wee chat about new tracks, representation within the industry, as well as a sneak preview of what's to come at Garden of Celebration this Saturday. Check out their live performance of these track as well: Ba$ic, Conversations In My Head, and Python. Big ups to NZ On Air Music ayyy... ~ ~ ~
Professor Andreas Neef from the Faulty of Arts at the University of Auckland is in the studio and chatting to Rachel and Tess about the dark side of tourism. Talking about some of the negative effects this industry can have on post-colonial, post-warzone, and post-disaster cities. Professor Andreas talks about the relationship between tourism and land grabbing and displacement in developing countries. You can find out more here.
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