For our weekly interview with the ACT Party, News and Editorial Director, Jessica Hopkins, spoke to MP Simon Court about the government’s proposal to increase student attendance rates and his post on X last week, in which he stated he stands with Israel.

Starting with some blues originals, with plenty of bluegrass, new folk and country.

Apera and Jubt celebrate the forty year anniversary of the release of the Kleeer "Intimate Connection", and Cherrelle "Fragile" albums and fifty years of Miles Davis "Big Fun", as well as smattering of the usual soul, disco, funk, and boogie business. Whakarongo mai!

Deputy Kirsten's in the studio with some classic blues, lots of bluegrass, new country and folk.

For today's Show Def Jim features one track each from three musicians primarily thought of as rock guitarists but who were also known to have serious jazz chops, plus new/recent releases from drummer Ches Smith and bassist Michael Formanek, plus sundry other choice cuts from various contemporary improvisers of note.

This week's show featured new music from Kamasi Washington, Fabiana Palladino, Paul Weller, Aaron Frazer and more.

Dr Kirsten Zemke takes us on a trip to Ibiza on Travelling Tunes. Our Viewmaster Litia Tuiburelevu reviews Testify, streaming on TVNZ+. Cameron Cairnes, one of the directors of Late Night With the Devil is dialling in from Australia to talk about the film starring David Dastmalchian, which explores the satanic panic of the 70s through the format of a late night talk show. Whakarongo mai nei!

Jimmy Robert is Artspace’s current artist in residence. He is interested in the body’s discipline into the following categories: acceptably invisible, or acceptably visible.

His exhibition Joie noire will be at Artspace on Karangahape Road from 20 April – 13 July 2024. It is the third reinterpretation of a performance by Jimmy of the same title which debuted in Berlin in 2019.

Beth spoke to Jimmy about Joie noire and the conditions of the body in the public sphere.

Kii Small is a writer, podcast host and creative entrepreneur.

In 2023, Kii was selected to be a part of the New Zealand cohort of the Obama Foundations leaders program.

Kii’s portfolio includes SaySo, a digital journaling app created to fill gaps in our mental health system.

Kii is also the co-host of Unpack, a podcast that started by unpacking New Zealand history through the comment section on social media.

Nicholas spoke to Kii about Unpack, the misconceptions around podcasting and his upcoming Ted talk.

On the 5th of March, Aotearoa author Lauren Keenan released her debut novel, The Space Between, via Penguin Books New Zealand. Set in Aotearoa in 1860 during the Taranaki Wars, the historical fiction novel explores themes of alienation through the lives of two women who struggle to reconcile their pasts.