Matt chats to sociologist and author of Patched: The History of Gangs in New Zealand, Dr. Jarrod Gilbert. They discuss gangs, what defines them and why people join them.

This week, Cassie from Scorpio reviews The Night Diary, a new young adult novel by Veera Hiranandani.

Elisabeth Easther, writer of the Adam Award winning play Seed chats to Matt about the upcoming performance of the play at The Isaac Theatre Royal on July 15th (that’s a Sunday!), the sometimes blurry line between comedy and drama and more!

This week, Matt and Nick trade notes on “Red Road” and “Arrested Development”

This week, Matt and Stuart talk about the original Crash Bandicoot series in light of the remastered N-Sane Trilogy just being released to Xbox, PC and Nintendo Switch.

This week, Matt tries to save his favorite band’s reputation among the RDU listeners after Jay tarnished their good name by bringing in that awful “Wagon Wheel” cover, and he succeeds!…barely

This week, Matt and Alex chat about the recent massive upset in a New York Democratic congressional primary.

This week, Suli wants people to put in all the hard work with no reward.

Martyn Pepperell’s picks this week are “Trials” and “Dreams” from the new album,  ALMS by Nobody (aka Willis Earl Beal)

This week, Rachel from Scorpio Reviews Pruning Fruit Trees: A Beginners Guide by Kath Irvine