This week's show featured new music from Silk Sonic, Idles, Courtney Barnett, Damon Albarn and more. Sam also pays tribute to Astro from UB40 and Andrew Barker of 808 State who died last week. 

On this week's Friday Wire:

Noah speaks to Christopher Luxon about his future career goals, Professor Andrew Gaddis about the Three Strikes Policy and Dr Elizabeth Kerekere about Oranga Tamariki.

Ilena also speaks to Councillor Pippa Coom about housing intensification, level 3.2 in Tāmaki Makaurau and electric buses.

Have a nice.

The government has announced they are repealing the Three Strikes policy introduced by the National Party and ACT in 2010. Noah Ferguson-Dudding caught up with National MP Christopher Luxon to discuss his views on the policy and Aotearoa's justice system more generally. They also discussed how Luxon's first year as an MP has gone, and whether or not he would like to lead the National Party one day.

The government has announced they are revoking the 'Three Strikes Policy' introduced by the National Party in 2010. The policy imposes the maximum punishment on a violent offender after their third offence. While it aimed to keep the worst criminals out of society, it has since been criticised for absurd and disproportionate sentences on offenders. Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to Professor Andrew Geddis from the University of Otago about the policy, its potential flaws, and future improvements he would like to see to Aotearoa's criminal justice system.

Kelly a.k.a Proteins of Magic phones up to share her latest single, Willow, with us. Whakarongo mai! 

I tēnei ata Dr. Zemke brings us Italian Occult Psychedelia on Travelling Tunes; Brooke Singer phones up to chat about French For Rabbits' brand new album release; The Viewmaster has some sweet tv recs; and Kelly Sherrod a.k.a Proteins of Magic is on the line to play us her latest single! Whakarongo mai! 

The Viewmaster phones up with his weekly dose of viewing pleasures & today he reckons check out Two Weeks To Live on TVNZ on Demand. Whakarongo mai! 

Head for the (murder) hills, 'coz today we're chatting about Italian Occult Psychedelia. Whakarongo mai!