Sam's in to chat about Netflix's ambitious new coming of age series On My Block, which looks at rivalling gangs running a Californian suburb through a comedic lense. Featuring a diverse cast of mainly POC actors, it's fresh and young and takes a lighter look at rather bleak situations. Mike ends up chatting about Annihilation for most of it.
On today's Wire, Jemima speaks with Simon Bridges about NZ’s foreign aid budget boost and farm pollution. Neutral corner returns where Ben discusses the coverage of the U.S. pulling out of the Iran Deal. Andrew Little joins Lachlan for their regular chat where they discuss the Waka Jumping Bill and Marutūāhu deal. News Director Lillian speaks with Cherie Kurarangi Kara about police minister Stuart Nash’s worrying comments on gangs and welfare. Finally, this day in history returns where Ben takes us through J. Edgar Hoover’s appointment as director of Bureau of Investigation.
Penelope joins Rachel in studio, with a wealth of knowledge of the community who ~collect~ Ralph Lauren Polo. The Lo-Life gang endeavour to rack the most desirable Polo items, no matter how they have to get their hands on it.
Andrew Boak first appeared at Radio b with a demo of his mod band The Regulators in 1980, and soon after became one of the "Gang of Andrews", the team who transformed the station into basically what we know today. He went on to NZ's first commershull FM station while still spinning discs on b's Resurrection Punk Show and playing guitar in the legendary No Tag. (Episode 25 Parts 1 and 2 of 2)
Stoked to have Casey from Horror In Clay up for My Morning Mixtape this week after they dropped their new debut album last week and ahead of their show next Thursday at Whammy Bar Check out what they chose to play and why.
The Fall - Hotel Bloedel
Daughters - Guest House
Sex Gang Children - Arms of Cicero
We're talking Quiet Storm, the genre Dr. Kirsten Zemke says is baby making music, Tess was thinking more cuppa tea and some sunshine, but each to their own, eh? Featuring Bobby Caldwell's What You Won't Do for Love, Rose Royce's I'm In Love and Kool And The Gang's Too Hot.
This week National MP Erica Stanford steps in for Denise Lee. Erica joins Laura Kvigstad to discuss her thoughts on the government's surplus, why National is pointing to the government for a rise in gang activity and the news that National is considering fining parents of children who drop out of school.
On today's weekly chat with the National Party's Denise Lee, she joins Laura Kvigstad to discuss the National Party advocating for an elite police force to target gangs. After that, they chat about Andrew Little's announcement to restore voting rights to former convicts who served three years or less in prison. Finally, they chat about the National's latest Palmerston North MP candidate, a 17-year-old youth MP, William Woods. If elected woods would be the youngest MP by three years.
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