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First up - HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR RESIDENT GENIUS STELLA FOR GRADUATING WITH BSc and a BA! This week Stella tells us all about space junk - what it is, if it's a problem and where it comes from. Whakarongo mai nei - 

Jonny and Michael chat about the upcoming tenth anniversary birthday bash for Sub Depot at Galatos this weekend! It's gonna be a goodie!

Featuring Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke thanks to Drake Street Studios, a guest interview with Michael of Sub Depot ahead of Reggae Rodeo's 10th Birthday bash at Galatos, an interview with Dam Native regarding the re-issuing of Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted, and Viewmaster with Litia. 

Lucian Rice joins Lucia in the studio to play stripped-back versions of two of his songs ahead of his upcoming EP: Right Now, Forever! Thanks to NZ on Air Music ❤️

Jonny speaks to Danny Haimona (aka Danny D) of Dam Native about the re-issue of one of Aotearoa's seminal hip hop albums Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted, which happens to be our Album of the Week this week. Originally released in 1997, the album continues to shape approaches to reo Māori rap and contemporary music. Whakarongo mai nei!

For Stage Direction this week, Alice Canton speaks to Freya Silas Finch about A Slow Burlesque. More information about the show is here. 

Public Clay is an exhibition by Fiona Jack currently on at Melanie Roger Gallery. 

Fiona Jack is a conceptual artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau where she is the Head of School at Te Waka Tūhura Elam School of Fine Art at Waipapa Taumata Rau the University of Auckland. 

As Jack’s first solo exhibition with Melanie Roger Gallery, the exhibition presents a new series of ‘earth posters’ made in collaboration with Naarm/Melbourne-based poet, Sholto Buck, as well as a new collaborative work with Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist, Elizabeth Pointon.

Sofia spoke to Fiona about this exhibition, her practice, and these collaborative projects.

Catch up on all things telly with Litia!

Kirsten breaks the cardinal rule of 95bFM (according to Jonny) and plays emo on-air. Kirsten runs us through the history of the emo genre and it's origin in the hardcore punk scene in D.C during the 1980s. Whakarongo mai nei!

Show Me Shorts Film Festival is Aotearoa New Zealand's leading international short film festival. 

With its mission to connect New Zealand audiences with short films, the festival brings together 126 screenings of 85 short films at 40 cinema venues across Aotearoa this year.

Sofia spoke with the Festival Director, Gina Dellabarca, about the programme for this year.