Rahui radio ! Plenty of brand enw tunes including the new Bob Dylan 17 minuter, locals Kathy Bates Motel and Emily Fairlight. New gospel vibes from Dori Freeman and The Blue Hens. Brand stonking new Eastbound Jesus, Drive by Truckers, Slow Motion Cowboys and White Owl Red. Tickle in some Songhoy Blues, because I can, and fang out a bit of old school trad with Mike Ness and that one-off, forever favorite Good & Dead.
Kia Ora Amigos, more Rahui Radio... Brand new Reb Fountain, a couple of tracks each off the amazing Purple Mountains album and the brand new Drive By Truckers album called The Unravelling. Also brand new White Owl Red and Elijah Ocean. Old school Dolly Parton. Billy Stoner. Dwight Yoakam. Re-release Sarah Shook. Amazing Aotearoacan with The Eastern, AJ Bell & Emily Fairlight. Girls with two first names, Molly Ruth & Lillie Mae. Eastbound Jesus. Calexico. And heaps more of all that good stuff.
With Gwilym on the phone line the lads make a Coffee Sour under his guidance.
45ml x Quick Brown Fox
15ml x Tito's Vodka
30ml x Lemon Juice
15ml x Sugar Syrup
1 x Egg White
Combine all ingredients in a shaker. Dry shake without ice. Hard shake again with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a dash of black walnut bitters.
This week on the Wire, Dear Science's Allan Blackman discusses the link between cannabis use in pregnancy and autism risk, water beetles which can stay alive despite being eaten by a frog, and the rare element Astatine.
In her weekly chat with NZ First’s Tracey Martin, Bronwyn askes about the 52% drop in reports of concern being made to Oranga Tamariki under Alert Level 3, and raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility for children from age 10 to 14.
Bronwyn then brings a second piece which contain a conversation she had with Tracey Martin last week sparked by the re-posting of the Minister's facebook post to an anti-trans group. In questioning when it can be reasonable to limit a group's freedom of expression where they cause harm, Bronwyn also speaks to Ahi Wīhongi Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
Lastly, producer Jack Marshall speaks to Anae Brown from T. White's Bikes about how the bicycle business has been booming under lockdown.
Last week’s US presidential election once again revealed fractures in the democratic principles of the Electoral College. President-elect Joe Biden has consistently led in the counting of the popular vote in this election and has over five million more votes than President Donald Trump. However, the Electoral College renders the popular vote moot. Instead, winning state elections is the key to winning the White House. Doug Becker speaks with Jeremi Suri and Sanford Levinson about the Electoral College and whether it needs to be reformed.
Another week and we've got more bangin' new music to share with you. Sarah talks us through some of her picks from the bFM playlist, featuring Jazmine Mary's Dancer, Matthew E. White & Lonnie Holley's This Here Jungle of Moderness / Composition 14, and Palberta's In Again.
We kick off with Pink and White Terraces, the project of NZ-via-Berlin artist PAWS+ (Aporia, The Tarts). Their first hour drips with Sehnsucht, as they dive into the influences behind their debut album. After that, we hear from Elfy, the moniker of Will Rattray (Full Moon Fiasco, Thought Creature, Cosmic Palms). Drift through an hour of kosmische house, in the vein of his recent contribution to the Zauberstab V.A. for Alicia Carrera's Lío Press.
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