Welcome to the Wednesday-Monday-what-day-is-it show! Short weeks tend to throw us off. We spin brand new tracks, and on The Mind Trench, Rob Bollix impersonates elephant seals (as well as telling us a whole bunch about them, too). Rachel chats to Neive Strang about her new single Living In Two, and her upcoming show at Whammy Bar. Batanai Mashingaidze talks to Rachel about Dakota of the White Flats, a punk anarchic noir play for rangatahi. Whakarongo mai nei!

Filling in for Rachel on this very chilly morning, playing some winter warmers as a remedy. 

Setlist: 

Radiance II - Basic Channel

Sunshine Recorder - Boards of Canada

Kauna (Mixed) - Aquasky

Hypersleep (97 Revamp) - Voyager

Heliospan - Aphex Twin

Senses on Fire (Fujiya & Miyagi Remix) - Mercury Rev

Chase Scene Part 1 - The Lahaar

Up on the Sun - Meat Puppets

I Hear A New World - Joe Meek

Anywhere - Yoshiaki Ochi

Emerald Pools - Steve Thomsen

The Throning - Hype Williams

Rakiya Su Kataman - Altin Gun

Skills - Gang Starr

Thousand Knives - Ryuichi Sakamoto

Temptation - New Order

You Can Fall - Broadcast

Brakhage - Stereolab

In deine Hande - Popol Vuh

Flood Into - Fazerdaze

We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together - Velvet Underground

A Desperate Situation - Garey Davenport, Mannequin

Penny For Love - Majesty Crush

Blow Up - Bowery Electric

Six Pack - Tortoise

Irato - Duster

Crazy Blue - A.R. Kane

Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser - Quarteto Em Cy

Napoleon - Papa M

The Rescue - Soft Location

Dino - Harmonia

Little Audrey - Stephen

Hearts in Exile (45 Version) - The Homosexuals

Style Decision - Women

Surfin’ with the Shah - Urinals

Movie Star - King Kong

Harbored - Helvetia

Walking With Jesus - Spacemen 3

So Below - A Blunt Jester

Noklus - Rezzett

Part of Me - Klute

All A Dream - The Telescopes

Welcome to another glorious short week, whānau! On Fashun, Penelope Noir takes us on the illustrious journey of the red carpet, from the Trojan War to E! News. Auto Angel and Baby Zionov are in the studio chatting to Rachel about their upcoming show (with Hybrid Rose), Dolls On Tour. Suri brings us an intriguing review of Heart Sutra on Loose Reads. Salene gives you the renting lowdown on A Room Of One's Own. Whakarongo mai nei!

Today on the show, Dr Kirsten Zemke takes us on a tour of mallet songs on Travelling Tunes. Princess Chelsea dials in all the way from New York City to talk to Rachel about her recent Taite Prize win. The Viewmaster yarns about Class of '07, the latest of the girlie pop apocalypse shows. Whakarongo mai nei!

On today's show, Dr Lara Greaves dials in for a spot of Political Commentary. Delaney Mes covers winter puds and the benefits of a bottle of cream on Breakfast Food. Flo and Bella Wilson come in to chat about the premier of their dance show, STRUCTURE. Whakarongo mai nei!

A large show this morning! Prime Minister Chris Hipkins dials in for What's Up to talk about the happenings of Aotearoa. In The Mind Trench, Rob Bollix walks us through eyes, and the mysteries of the Cambrian Explosion. We share the reporting from the Taite Awards last night, from Stella and Tuva'a. Reb Fountain visits the studio to chat about her new standalone single, and upcoming show. The bloodstainedeyes crew, rangatahi from the Ignite programme, come up to tell us about their kaupapa and the gig they're organising (where all profits will go to the Mental Health Foundation). Whakarongo mai nei!

A round of Second Guessing warms up those neurons. Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson dials in to chat about the recently released review of council's conduct during the flooding, and a food scrap collection rollout beginning. Julien Dyne chats to Rachel about his projects The Lahaar and The Circling Sun. On Stage Direction, Alice chats to Andrea Kelland about her one woman show, A Tart On Tour. On Ready Steady Learn, Sir Collin Tukuitonga talks to Rachel about the launch of the first research centre for Pacific and Global Health, called Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa. Whakarongo mai nei!

Welcome back to another week! Penelope Noir gives us the history of fishtail parkas on Fashun. Dancers from the New Zealand Dance Company, Katie Rudd and Brydie Colquhoun come up to the studio to talk about Stage Of Being. On Loose Reads, Jenna reviews I Have Some Questions For You. Justine answers your employment and union queries on Red Dead Redemption. Whakarongo mai nei!

Alas, the short week comes to a close. On Breakfast Buffet, we dine with Liam from Ōtautahi's RDU. Dr Kirsten Zemke takes us down the road of upbeat tracks on Travelling Tunes. Johanna Cosgrove is in the studio for a kōrero about her comedy festival show Hi, Delusion! The Viewmaster reviews season two of Yellowjackets. Violet Hirst dials in to chat about her new single Descending Song. Whakarongo mai nei!

The fire alarm continues to terrorise us, but we persist. Vera Ellen dials in to chat about her new album Ideal Home Noise, and the accompanying tour that's visiting Tāmaki Makaurau this weekend. OP Lilypad is in the studio talking about his new project OPLP. Whakarongo mai nei!