On Dear Science today we are talking about how to get near the sun in order to study it, the way that we reveal ourselves in our text messages with a debate about the use of full stops, and a helium anniversary at a time when we should be very aware of its depleting resources.
Through the phone lines all the way from LA, Fabian is back for another week of whats good in Hollywood. On the agenda, Jason Stathams disappointing The Meg, which was filmed in Auckland. Fabians also pleasantly surprised by The Spy who dumped me, starring Mila Kunis, but is that because he went into it with zero expectations?
Maison from Water stopped by the station to share some awesome tracks that have been influential on the band ahead of their performance at this years Others Way festival.
Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki - Ue o muite aruko
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
WITCH - Lazy Bones
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Fabian and Mike talk massive sharks; Dr. Zemke zips in on her way to the airport; and, not to missed, the one and only Tom Scott brings in tracks from his new project - the Avantdale Bowling Club.
University of Auckland's Head of Social Sciences, Professor Simon Holdaway enlightens us with rock-hard evidence of a different way of life using apples. It's about the journey, not the destination, right?
This week, the Wire investigates animal rights and endangered species, and for Wednesday's segment host Lisa Boudet wonders about the differences between animal rights and animal welfare.
The distinction is important, as the approach chosen influences human interactions with animals, and the legal frame in which these occur.
Lisa talks to Jennifer Dutton, a corporate campaigner for SAFE, or SAve Animals From Exploitation, and they chat about the definitions, their consequences, how human can treat animals in many different ways, and the sometimes hypocritical human/animal love and relationship.
Bad Friend were up from Wellington for The Others Way Festival so they popped into the studio to play some cool songs and have some cool chats. Cheers NZ On Air Music!!
David Attenborough or Jane Goodall? Dr. Maria Walls reckons Jane is the way to go. The documentary follows Jane Goodall and her groundbreaking research, drawing from over 100 hours of unseen footage, while she revolutionized the world of the great ape.
Off of the release of her new extended EP 'The Alone One' Tei. popped up to the studio to share some of her favourite influential tracks in this weeks My Morning Mixtape.
Frank Ocean - Pilot Jones
Tinashe - Just the Way I LIke You (Prod. By Ritz Reynolds / Guitar By Domir
Princess Nokia - Bart Simpson (Prod. Bobby Johnson)
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