Rachael talked to Bianca Rocca and Toya Webb about their show 'Working Title', on at the George Fraser Gallery. Theo was in studio and played some Korean experimental music from the Bulgasari community. He also played some commentry from John Waters, the director of Multiple Maniacs.
The eclectic influences of the Jazz brother duo Dana and Alden has allowed their music to transcend the boundaries of traditional genre conventions. We just call it really good! Listen along as Nicholas speaks to Dana, Alden and Producer Charif Megarbane about their new record Speedo.
Jenna's just read Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu and highly recommends it. If Charles' work on HBO series, Westworld, isn't enough to entice you to read this book, perhaps winning the Fiction prize in the National Book Awards for 2020 will.
Dana from Porridge Radio dials in all the way from London to chat with Rachel about their new single 'Sweet' off their lastest album Everything Bad. Rachel and Dana chat about their great band name, their influences, turning to friends for music and how the album came about.
This week, Stella and Isla investigate viral dogs that have been trained to press buttons that speak human words. They interview PhD candidate Dana Keating from the University of Auckland, an expert on dog cognition, about possible explanations for these dogs' behaviour.
This week the arts community has been remembering Nanette Cameron, who passed away aged 95. She's been dubbed "Aotearoa’s preeminent interior designer" by arts organisation Objectspace, "instrumental in the flourishing of interior design practice in Tāmaki Makaurau and nationally." Her passing has been met with tributes, gratitude and aroha for a woman who is described by those who met her as formidable, a sweetheart and everything in between. To hear more about her life Frances caught up with retired director of Objectspace, Philip Clarke, who was director of Objectspace when they staged the major exhibition and published the publication Nanette Cameron: Interior Design Legend in 2013.
Dana talks to Mikey about companies sharing their secrets. While larger companies can afford a better breed of research and development, smaller companies are far more flexible to remain cutting edge. But can they work together to mutual gain or will the competitive nature of business thwart any possible rewards?
Music can be a pretty unifying force, especially for the geographically isolated. Kiran talks to Mikey about music critic David Keenan's first novel, This Is Memorial Device, which evokes this idea while portraying a fictional post-punk band in '70s-'80s small town Scotland.