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.
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.
Alex picks a show Mike's had on the brain for ages - the '70s crime drama Quarry. With an antihero whose story spans the Mekong to the Mississippi, Alex gets in behind to make some bold claims of quality.
David Britten chats about the newest Nobel Prize winners, Astronomers seeking help help from the UN against satellite megaconstellation threats, and Orionids meteor shower.
Producer Laura and Lachlan Balfour talk to Associate Professor at Auckland University School of Biological Sciences Mary Sewell, Environment Associate Minister Scott Simpson, and GreenPeace Spokesperson Elena Di Palma on the government’s advancement and widening on the policy banning of harmful microbeads in many shower gels and household cleaning products.
How low can you go? Dr. Kirsten Zemke reckons all it takes is practice, in the shower, in the car, just wherever really. Overtone singing appears on Yat-Kha's, Karangailyg Kara Hovaa, A Tribe Called Red and Tanya Tagaq's Sila and Kiva Simova's The Opposite of Torture. Mike reckons he's got it down-pat too.
Salene's here to help with leaky showers, a broken lock, noisy neighbours, and moving on. Whakarongo mai nei, and remember you can check out these helpful places too if you need:
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