The Wire with Caeden

If you’re a music-loving female, then chances are you’ve experienced uncool behaviour at gigs - sexual harassment and douchebags are rife in packed crowds and moshpits. A band trying to change the conversation around this is In Hearts Wake - their new music video for Nomad has got an all female moshpit, highlighting the need to make the gig space safe and friendly for everyone. Ximena catches up with Jake from the band ahead of their trip to New Zealand for an upcoming gig.

If you’re keen to see In Hearts Wake, they are playing at the King's Arms Tavern on August 26th.

This week on the show, Ximena & Will are joined by a new producer, Reuben, now that Adam has left us for the world of ~paid~  journalism. They dive deep into a diverse range of topics, including a new youth policy from The Opportunities Party that proposes all 18-23 year-olds receive $200 per week, an upcoming criminal justice election forum happening at Auckland University tomorrow night, and the prospect of making moshpits female-friendly spaces. AUT’s Allan Blackman also rocks by the studio for some hectic Dear Science banter about storing video in DNA, and NZ First’s Tracey Martin lays out the argument for why there should be a referendum on abolishing the Māori seats in parliament.

Following on from the Spotify fake artists story last week, this week it is fellow music streaming site SoundCloud that is under the spotlight, with questions over its future coming to the fore. Reporter Sam Smith spoke to Public Address blogger Russell Brown about the future of SoundCloud and the state of music streaming. 

Last week, advocacy organisation The Disabled Persons Assembly held a pre-election forum in Wellington where politicians took questions from voters on their approach to disability policy.

India Essuah spoke with Green candidate Teall Crossen about what the attendees' major concerns were and the policies their party would implement if in Government.