Matt Goody comes into the studio to chat about his book (10 years in the making), Needles and Plastic, a super indepth retrospective of the first decade of Flying Nun. There's also an event at Real Groovy tonight which you should head along to if this sounds like a bit of you. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Rachel has a kōrero with Jen Cloher (Ngāpuhi & Ngāti Kahu) about the release of their brand new single 'Mana Takatāpui'; a celebration of takatāpuitanga and the first single of their upcoming album I Am The River, The River Is Me. Whakarongo mai nei! 

The Green Party co-leader has a chat about the latest polls, COP 27, and the Green Party's lobby for Pacific people's visa waiver. Whakarongo mai nei!

All work and no play makes bee a dull bee. Luckily, the bees are finally making some time for themselves! 

Episode 23: The Ess, O? U Pee? (Soup) Affair

It's our first inaugural Soup Night! Corey cooks up Nan's favourite vegetable soup in the bFM Kitchen after catching up with her after so many weeks. And we premiere a new bit with a new friend to the show: Susie's Time.

Outsider Music samples an upcoming album entirely a tribute to the mighty Casiotone suite of electionic music apparatus. 

Erotic science fiction author and critical essay writer on cinema and all things innocuous to blasphemous, Sam Te Kani comes in to chat about an excellent amalgamation of creatives at an upcoming gig at the Wine Cellar. Whakarongo mai nei to hear all about Sam's show with musician i.e. crazy and poet, author, and playwright Dominic Hoey! 

Thomas Monckton comes into the studio to chat about the return of his circus, comedy, all-round-very-good show The Artist about the productivity in procrastination. It opens tonight, and at the end of its season Thom performs his newest show, The King of the Taking. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Climate change reparations are set to take centre stage at this years COP27 summit. This will see developing countries being paid for climate change damages, especially when they have contributed the least to climate change. So how exactly will this work?

Christina asked Dr Kevin Trenberth, a Distinguished Scholar at the National Centre of Atmospheric Research in Colorado.

The show kicks off with a speedy round of Second Guessing, followed by a kōrero with Sam Te Kani about an upcoming multi-media gig with i.e. crazy and Dominic Hoey, then Thomas Monckton tells us about his upcoming show on Stage Direction, and we learn about mussel protection on Ready Steady Learn! Whakarongo mai nei! 

With the COP27 climate summit underway and the recent agricultural emissions reduction plan the government released, attention is being drawn to how New Zealand will meet its emissions reductions target of net-zero by 2050.

For their weekly catch-up Casper discussed emissions reductions policy with National party MP Dr Shane Reti, how the National party differs from the government and what alternative approaches they’re considering.

They also spoke about recent concerns that have been appearing in the media and in policitcal messaging around the impact monetary policy is having on mortgage holders, and whether this debate is showing the whole picture.