Justin and Justice Minister Andrew Little talked about the decision to extend the COVID-19 leave payment scheme, and the Labour Party's stance on conversion therapy and the promise to increase the minimum wage and paid sick leave.

David Slack joins us this morning to share his thoughts following Tuesday night's leader's debate.

LP exploration with the ever-knowledgeable Troy, featuring the following new cakes and/or tasty re-releases:

All available from and thank to Southbound Records.

After a two year touring hiatus, Princess Chelsea is hitting the road once again armed with her 2018 album 'The Lonliest Girl' and a few new bangers to boot. Rachel caught up with Chelsea this morning to hear about her New Zealand Homecoming Tour, how iso's been for her, and making the very cool video for All I Need To Do. Whakarongo mai! 

Sarah brings us some hot new tracks from the bFM playlist. Featuring Jamila Woods' SULA (Hardcover), Repairs Nothing New, and Amamelia's Hot Bitch Dot Zip feat. Baby Zionov and bb gurl. 

Today on your bFM Breakfast: David Slack kicks things off with some Political Commentary on Tuesday Night's leader's debate; Rachel has a chat with Princess Chelsea about her upcoming NZ tour; Troy's in studio with some selections From the Crate; and Sarah joins us for Praise of Songs with her latest selections from the bFM playlist. 

The King Lives On.

This week on the Wire, Dear Science's Marcus Jones tells Bronwyn about the Ig Nobel Prize winners, genetic discoveries about Vikings and IBM’s 1000-quibit quantum computer. 

Bronwyn speaks to NZFirst’s Tracey Martin about the Māori Party’s proposal for a new, independent 'Mokopuna Māori Entity' to replace Oranga-Tamariki.  

Election coverage this week is health and the referenda, so Bronwyn also speak to Minister Martin about the end of life choice bill and recreational cannabis.  

Then, Felix speaks to Lukas Marek, a researcher at the University of Canterbury, about childhood immunisation.

Lastly, Bronwyn speaks to lawyer Catherine Marks who fact-checks some of the claims made about the End of Life Choice Bill by anti-assisted dying campaign group ‘votesafe’.

In the last few weeks, the western part of the United States has experienced one of the worst wildfire seasons in history. Not coincidently, some areas have also recorded the highest temperatures since records began. What is the relationship between climate change and the frequency, intensity, and destruction of wildfires? What role does forestry management play in these wildfires? Doug Becker speaks with George Perry, Peter Ward, Beverly Law, and William Moomaw. 

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