Today on your bFM Breakfast: the Prime Minister's back from a trip to Buckingham Palace; Viewmaster extraordinaire Sam Sinnott chats about Netflix's new politically-charged superhero series Black Lightning (2018); and a wunderkind of the university's own making joins us in studio to discuss his new app, Hypebeat. Yummy.
This week, Jogai and Jess catch up with Lisa Murray from Metservice to get an update on the weather that's quite literally taking the country by storm, and Jogai chats to performance artist and acclaimed poet Vanessa Crofskey to learn more about her new poetry reading venture, Fake American Accent. Producer Jess also has a report on the RSA's new fundraising campaign challenge, and bFM reporter Natasha Ahmed speaks to Otago University's Corinda Taylor, about the concerns plaguing our mental health system. Andrew Little is also back for our weekly chat, this time live from a visit to Edgecumbe. All this and more on the Thursday Wire - check out the full podcast here.
Deputy Paul just about loses his shit with the amazing Reb Fountain dropping by the studio, playing a couple of songs and having a chat to promote her EP Hopeful/Hopeless and the upcoming show at the Wine Cellar where it was recorded. There's a New Riders of The Purple Sage inspired trip through some California hippy country folk rock that includes The Grateful Dead, Natural Child & The Magic Factory among others - as well as the Deputy's continuing push on Anna Tivel, a sneaky Lyle Lovett tune and a some heavy lyrics from Joe Pugg.
On today's wire with India, Mack and Jack, we talk to Green Party MP Julie Anne Genter about Winston Peters' decision and everything that’s happened since.
The Kea has emerged victorious in the Bird of the Year competition, dashing the hopes of kereru fans everywhere. The Kea Conservation trust explains its successful campaign.
On the Green Desk, Jack talks with Shane Lavery about the benefits of fish reserves
We visit a community garden in Mt Albert that volunteers are worried may be developed for housing, and we take a look at Tokelau language week and the state of Tokelauan in New Zealand.
Michael Horowitz is the Dean of the Atenisi Institute in the Kingdom of Tonga. His background is in political and social science before completing an interdisciplinary phd from the college of public affairs at portland state university. He has been in Tonga for 22 years now, and has held summer residencies at all the major universities in New Zealand. Currently he is visiting AUT university as part of a joint architectural project for a new building on one of the Atenisi campuses. Next week however, he will be presenting a discussion on the Possible Indictment of the Trump Campaign, and outlining the legal details. He came into bFM this morning for a chat with Lillian Hanly who started by asking what the talk was about.
The talk is being held at AUT University on Tuesday the 30th January at 12pm, in room WF214 at the AUT Business School.
Allan Blackman brings us Dear Science with a discussion of rats and the plague, the banning of pesticides that are harmful to bees and fungi that might help to heal concrete.
Tracey Martin speaks to us about how it will work when Winston Peters takes over as acting Prime Minister, what the official Oranga Tamariki name change actually means in regards to a change in the way things are done, and 'education' under her portfolios as part of our Wire's Worry Week.
Michael Horowitz, a visiting academic from the Atenisi Institute in Tonga talks to Lillian Hanly about his upcoming talk, The Possible Indictment of Trump: the Legal Details.
Marianne Elliot from Action Station talks to Will Parsonson about the government's mental health inquiry and how New Zealand can change the way it addresses mental health.
Deputy Paul in the saddle to acknowledge the cultural visit of The Johnnys to Auckland, and playing new tunes by the likes of Sarah Shook and The Disarmers (with the sensational lyric "I'm lousy in a fist fight, even when I have a knife" from their new song 'Fuck up'). We discover queer country with Karen and The Sorrows challenging the 'everyone's heterosexual' vibe that runs through the genre and play All Torn Up's 'The Kings Arms of Newton' - because these are the times we're living in. Then we go rogue, break ranks, burst out of the genre and smash out some D4 because they owned last week.
Jim Pinckney AKA STINKY JIM heard 95bFM when he first visited New Zealand in 1988, and upon his permanent return in 1990 began his long association with the station, helming such legendary radio shows as Tranquility Bass and Stinky Grooves. He has also been a member of acts like Unitone HiFi, Soundproof, and more; and Jim is the man behind the Round Trip Mars label, releasing SJD, Phelps and Munro, James Duncan, The Naked and Famous, and the lauded Sideways compilations. (Episode 13 Part 1-2 of 2)
Tom from Hancocks visits the bFM studio to make a classic Margarita with Cointreau orange liqueur.
This super easy to make cocktail requires just four key ingredients, a shaking device (don't be afraid to improvise if you don't have a boston shaker) and some ice.
Southern Cross is back for this year, and Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie and Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi discuss West Papua, the PM's visit to Fiji, coronavirus coverage in the Media. Sri also shares his personal story of working as journalist after a stroke.
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