Matt chats to famed futurist, Dr. Michio Kaku, about populating other planets and even galaxies, in anticipation of his upcoming appearance at The Isaac Theatre Royal.

Violet French of Brian Tamaki and the Kool Aid Kids, Fem Screm, Dogfish and…just tons of stuff – is in to share a couple of kick ass kiwi tracks!

Violet’s picks are:

The Crocodiles – “Tears” (1980)

Matt chats to two of the key players involved with the upcoming Uproar music festival about what will be involved and what makes it stand out in “festival season”.

Matt chats to Chloe Swarbrick about the broad reforms to drug legislation that The Greens are currently proposing…Matt is never really able to get his head around non profit driven drug sales but oh well.

Matt chats with The Veils front man, Finn Andrews, about where his loyalties truly lie…and his upcoming debut solo album. Interview at 3:15.

This week, Matt quizes David on the constitutionality of involuntary commitment…they barely scrape the surface.

This week, Cassie reviews Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays) by Rebecca Solnit

Our trend setting friend, Johnny Gibson, is BACK with a big announcement: The official line up for the 2019 Nostalgia Festival! He also has a couple of appropriate songs to play for the occasion!

Johnny’s picks are:

Trinity Roots – “The Dream” (2004)

This week, Matt and Nick trade notes on “Bar Fly” and “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia”

Matt wanted to switch the segment up a bit this week, as shit storms like the one we’ve seen only come along every so often. Alex obliges and gives us a few insights in to the National Party saga that’s spiraling so out of control it’s become difficult to succinctly categorise what sort of story it is.