RDU Podcast

This week, Suli is on a crusade against sugar! Unfortunately for him, Matt’s done a bit of opposition research and has a few facts that might be inconvenient for his agenda.

This week, Cassie from Scorpio reviews the novel “Kintu” by Ugandan author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi.

This week Tim and Matt discuss what kind of religious education can and cannot take place in public schools. They also briefly cover what qualifies someone for name suppression.

This week, Matt and Nick trade notes on Jindabyne and The Good Place.

Matt chats to Frank Burkitt of The Frank Burkitt Band about their new album, Raconteur. They discuss the meanings behind the titular track as well as the albums opening number, “Work So Hard”. They also briefly cover Frank’s move from Edinburgh to New Zealand and the band’s musical style.

Host of RDU’s Observatory and our very own sound engineer, Jamie Stratton, helps us kick off the relaunch of  “The Guest List”. This week, Jamie takes us on a tour of NZ Psychedelic with the retro cut “How is the Air Up There?” by The La De Das and then a heavier take, “Take Control” by Bespin.

Matt and Dan chat about the ongoing scandal over the failure of RNZ head, Carol Hirschfeld, and Broadcast Minister, Clare Curran, to disclose their meetings. They also revisit the fallout over some of Facebook’s recent data breaches and Playboy’s decision to leave the social network.

Jay brings in some fail safe “bead and butter” surf rock this week, “Busman’s Holiday” by Allah-Las, who’s band name is in no way a reference to the god of the Islamic faith.

Pep’s Picks this week are “It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)” and “Hundres Times” from Peggy Guo’s forthcoming EP, “Once”.

Matt has some thoughts on yesterday’s shooting at You Tube HQ and the long road we have ahead in establishing spree shooting gender quality.