I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: Penelope Noir brings in a special guest for Fashun; the hilarious James Nokise comes up for a chat about the Comedy Festival; Suri's here with another great book recommendation in Loose Reads; and we premiere a brand new segment to help answer your trials and tribulations on renting, A Room of One's Own with renter's advocate, Salene! Whakarongo mai! 

Welcome to our brand new segment, A Room Of One's Own! Landlord getting you down? Black mould coating the walls? A window that's been jammed open for the last 10 years? Renter's advocate Salene is here to answer all your questions and help you through the trials and tribulations of the renting hellscape. Whakarongo mai each fortnight in rotation with Red Dead Redemption! 

The NZ International Comedy Festival is back next month, and James Nokise popped in to studio to talk about his show 'Let It Out' his new show about accidentally moving home from London during the Pandemic. Whakarongo mai nei!

Suri's in the studio with another fantastic book recommendation. This week she reckons check out The Devil's Trumpet by Tracy Slaughter! Whakarongo mai to hear a little bit of it. 

I tēnei ata on Fashun, Penelope Noir brings in special guest Murray Bevan to talk us through Fashion Revolution Week. Whakarongo mai!

This week Theo spoke to Sandy Gibbs about her RM Gallery exhibition The paradox of failure: sport, competition, and contemporary art. Later on Dominic Hoey talked about the poetry night he's put together at the Gus Fisher gallery, and Theo played a really long Don Cherry song.

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue - jazz to warm the cockles by Blind Mango Chutney.

Merk (Mark Perkins) chats with Jess about tracks from his sophomore album, 'Infinite Youth', that has themes of adoloscence and adulthood. He discusses the facade of America, heartbreak, time passing by, and working with a co-producer who he met in Montreal. 

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'Infinite Youth' is available on cassette, CD and vinyl at Flying Out and other good record stores. Purchase in-store or online here.

Thanks to NZ On Air Music!

Brought to you by Flying Out, Jess plays brand new tracks from Greentea Peng, Lucy Dacus, Roy Irwin, Chaos & The CBD, and many more!

Merk (Mark Perkins) talks to Jess about tracks from his sophomore album, 'Infinite Youth', for Long Player. Thanks to NZ On Air Music!

Merk's 'Infinite Youth' is available on cassette, CD & vinyl at Flying Out. Find them in-store on Pitt Street or order online.