There was plenty of spice on this week's show from funk to soul to punk to jazz fusion. 

The government has just announced a deal with the company Amazon worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Amazon is currently producing a TV series based on Lord of the Rings, and the government is granting millions in subsidies. Noah Ferguson-Dudding reports on the implications of the deal.

This week rumours have circulated that National MP's Simon Bridges and Christopher Luxon may be preparing to make a run for leadership of the National Party. Judith Collins has come out and asked the media to stop their speculation. As part of their weekly interview, Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to Luxon about the speculation and the role that the media plays in it.

They also discussed New Zealand's housing crisis and National's solutions to solving it.

I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: Fabian Fanboy dials up with what's good in new movies in Fabian's Hollywood; Dr. Kirsten Zemke is in the studio talking Cool Jazz in Travelling Tunes; legendary Dianne Swan comes in to chat about her brand new album, The War on Peace of Mind; Sam Sinnott has some good TV recommendations in Viewmaster; and Soft Plastics' Laura phones up to talk about their brand new track Loozer! Whakarongo mai! 

Soft Plastics' Laura Robison dials up for a chat about the band's fantastic new single, Loozer. Out in the world today, so whakarongo mai! 

Dr. Zemke is in the studio and this week she's chatting about coooool jazz. Not your old-hat regular jazz, the cool stuff. Cool Jazz. The listeners are divided, but check it out.

Fabian Fanboy is on the line chatting about what's new in movies. Check out the new Tom and Jerry movie where they've moved to New York for some reason, or Gunda, the black and white doco on a pig! 

Sam Sinnott is in the studio and this week he reckons check out Them on Amazon Prime. Pretty heavy trigger warnings for this one, but if it you want to know if it sounds like your thing, whakarongo mai!