On the 12th of February, Radio Mother's Joel spoke to DJ Twinkubus, aka Mars, who is organising Ram It Down - a queer open decks night at Ding Dong Lounge on the 20th of February!

The recent wildfires in Los Angeles drew attention to the hundreds of firefighters who came from California’s prison system.

The California Department of Corrections has claimed their “Fire Camp Program” is voluntary but this has come into question by prison reform advocates and ex-incarcerated individuals.

Advocates have called for stronger protections for incarcerated workers, especially as climate change creates a need for an expanded labour force to respond to natural disasters.

For our inaugural International Desk, 95bFM’s segment focused on breaking and under-reported news from around the globe, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Brock University’s Dr Jordan House about this programme and its potential in other jurisdictions such as Canada.

On Tuesday, Radio Mother host, Joel, spoke to the creator of d8talk, Joe Canham about the social media project releasing on Valentines Day, and will continue over the next six months, which looks into what dating is like for 18-24 year olds in Aotearoa!

Thursday Breakfast is stacked with a bunch of helpful info. Listen back to hear Political Commentary with David Slack, Natural Ange returns for the first time this year, and Ben from The New Zealand Drug Foundation chats GHB/GBL on What's The Buzz, brought to you by The Level. 

On the ninth of February, the government announced its plans to incentivise migrants to invest in New Zealand. Foreign investment refers to when an individual, company or government invests money in businesses in another country. Foreign investment can bring economic benefits such as job creation, increased capital flow and access to new markets, which New Zealand is severely lacking.

The government aims to welcome more people to contribute to Aoteroa and make it easier to do so. The new “Invest NZ” agency is modelled off the success of Ireland’s Industrial Development Agency and Singapore’s Economic Development Board.

Sasha spoke to the University of Auckland’s Burt Burmester about the government’s foreign investment strategy. He claims that incentivising foreign investment from sovereign wealth funds does not grant New Zealand access to highly sought-after industrial knowledge. We also spoke about alternatives to foreign investment strategies and how to increase New Zealand’s capital. Here is that interview.

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For their weekly catch up with the Green Party, Oto spoke to Ricardo Menendez March about US President Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate Palestinians in Gaza. We also spoke about the Overhaul of the Public Works Act and The government's plan to change climate reporting laws for companies.

And Amani spoke to Dr Joel Rindelaub, Senior Lecturer of Chemical Sciences at the University of Auckland, about the prevalence of microplastics in the human body, especially in brain tissue.

The 95bFM Top Ten counts down the best tunes from the bFM playlist as chosen by you!  This week the boys talk about unusual vehicles in unusual places. 

Today, Elle had the pleasure of speaking to New York-based Been Stellar! To match the style of their music, we had a curation of modern shoegaze, post-punk and a funky track from United Future Organisation.