This week we spoke to Salene from @long_distancebooks, an instagram bookseller of obscure curiosities, based between London and Tāmaki Makaurau. Later on we caught up with Virginia Auton, who has collaborated with Nat Kai Emmet Miller on the exhibition Sharing Things with Friends, at Satchi & Satchi & Satchi gallery. As always, we played some excellent tunes and slightly flubbed the Art Guide. 

Heat Rockers mix with Aije

Brown Boy Magik chats to Jess about tracks from his debut album, 'Trans Pacific Time'. They explore the background behind the album as Brown Boy Magik discusses his Trans-Pasifika identity, being a "cowboy" and working with his musical idols.

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Thanks to NZ On Air Music!

Jess is back with her first show of 2021 with lots of hot new music including tracks from Sleaford Mods, Sarah Mary Chadwick, Smerz, Molly Burch and many more!

Brown Boy Magik chats to Jess about his debut album, 'Trans Pacific Time', for Long Player. Thanks to NZ On Air Music!

Yesterday a Global Survey was released by the company ipsos revealing people’s thoughts on 2020 and their resulting outlook on this year. A sample of 1000 kiwis were interviewed, and Jade decided to talk to ipsos research director Jonathan Dodd yesterday about their findings on kiwis optimism or pessimism looking into the economic recovery and disparity in 2021.

With the recently declaration of a climate emergency by the governement, Mauri o te Moana was started in December last year that make Māori voices heard when it comes to the health of our oceans. To hear more about what they are calling for, James talks to Bianca Ranson, Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa, Ngāpuhi, on behalf of Lyric Waiwiri-Smith.

New research has shown more educstion is needed for boys and men when it comes to consent, in an effort to reduce sexual violence statistics. James talks to associate professor Janet Fanslow about the research and what steps can be taken.

Cunk, (Said very carefully) are here in the studio with more gear than a Northern Bass veteran, to giz us some tracks old and new. Come for the synths, stay for the falsetto. Find them on ya socials as Cunk.mp3.

Sam returns for his first TV review of the year, The Wilds (2020), which he binge-watched on Christmas Day. Described as a mixture of Lost (2004) and a teen drama, so what's not to like?