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World Radio Day, and Radio Mother's first show during Auckland Pride! Joel talks to Joe Canham from d8talk, and DJ Twinkubus about Ram It Down - a queer open decks night coming soon at Ding Dong Lounge! Whakarongo mai!

Deputy Director of The New Zealand Drug Foundation Ben joins Jonny to discuss the increase in harm and overdoses of GHB / GBL (a.k.a. G), what to watch out for when taking G, and safer practices if you are taking it.

Visit thelevel.org.nz for Drug Checking Clinics

The first Natural Ange of 2025!

💚 Genre-free goodness, with a heavy local focus. 

Eccentric Track of the Week: Back next week!

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Setlist: 

Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan

A recent study at the University of New Mexico has found that there could be a spoon’s worth of microplastics in the human brain. The study found that the extent of the harm to human health is unclear, although an increased inflammation and risk of future adverse cardiovascular events is likely. 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, and what its impacts might be.

Morning Everyone! Our usual chat with Deputy Leader of the National Party is postponed to another week... so we make up for it with some extra tunes & mischief. Festival reviews, fishing rods & bass guitars.

Last week, and less than a month after the ceasefire in Gaza took place, US President Donald Trump announced plans to administer the Gaza Strip under American control after the final stage of the ceasefire and to relocate the strip’s Palestinian population, turning the Gaza strip into what Trump has described as the “Riviera of the Middle-East”.

While lauded by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right cabinet, Trump’s proposal was unanimously rejected and condemned, both by Middle-Eastern nations in the region but also US and Israeli allies like Canada and the United Kingdom, who reaffirmed their support for a two-state solution.

However, while Aotearoa’s official policy is also to support a two-state solution to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, there has been no comment on Trump’s proposal by Foreign Minister Winston Peters, or any other government official.

For their weekly catch up, Oto spoke to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez March to discuss Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate Palestinians in Gaza and the lack of a response to it from the New Zealand government.

They also discussed the government's plan to change climate reporting laws for companies, and the overhaul of the Public Works Act to compensate Māori for confiscated land.

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. 

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. 

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.