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Elena presents Fairtrade Narcotics live from Studio 3 at 3CR. The band play songs from their recently released album, Recession Pop, and chat with Elena in the studio.

Molly presents a selection of songs as the weather turns gray.Tracks played:Barramundi / This Mortal CoilElegy / Various Artists What About Botox? / XLR U SRSTiquetonne / SpikeWe Float (Live at 3CR) / Georgia Knight (PJ Harvey Cover)Whitehorse / fiancée Shelter / Hilary WoodsSubtraction / FerriesThe Blue Dog / Golden Syrup Piss Crystal / Germ Lattice Disappear / SpikeFate / Boy Harsher A World of Your Own / time for dreams

Waffle IronGirl and Brendan Bonsack are joined by guest Carolyn D'Cruz, talking Marx and Derrida, memory, history, ghosts and democracy, and playing some classic tunes in between! Carolyn is a "recovering academic", and author of Democracy in difference: Debating key terms of gender, sexuality, race and identity.Tracks played:Timeless Land / Yothu YindiComing in from the Cold / Bob MarleyDemocracy / Leonard CohenGhost Riders / Johnny CashMississippi Goddamn (live in NYC 1964) / Nina SimoneHistory Repeating / Propellerheads, featuring Shirley BasseyGuided by Angels / Amyl and the SniffersThe Revolution will not be Televised / Gill Scott Heron

Joe Malignaggi (Music Matters, Music Sans Frontieres) presents a collection of music written for, about and by mothers.Tracks played:Mother - Coloured Stone; Beautiful World [2010]Every Day My Mother's Voice - Paul Kelly & Dan Sultan; Single [2019]Mother's Loving - The Krui3ers; Rebel Child [2022]*Mother - Emma Donovan & The Putbacks; Dawn [2014]*Mother - Bonander; Things We Don't Talk About [2021]*Mother - Ganna; Utopia [2025]*Mother - SELKI; The Tipi Mix [2016]*Mother Earth - Black Jesus Experience; Migration [2014]*
Γλύκηα Μάτερ Sweet Mother - ΚΡΙΣΤΕΛΛΑ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ Christella Demetriou; Σαπφώ, Καβάφης Sappho, Kavafy [2006]Mother's Love - HSAR PWEH; Visible 9 [2014]*This Mother Thing - Claire Tonti; Matrescence [2023]
Mamma - Kerryn Fields; Single [2019]*
Mother Mother Remix by Feiertag - Fat Freddy's Drop; BLACKBIRD RETURNS [2023]*
 *available at Bandcamp.com

Antimony presents a chilled hour (the "Ketamine playlist"), maybe for meditating, maybe journaling, or maybe staring into the distance...Tracks played: Prince Rama / Love In Kontrol Prince Rama / Receive The Galaxy Folk / Violet Mary Lattimore / It Feels Like Floating Matthew David / O'cean Dream Symphony Ghostwriters / Slow Blue In Horizontal Woo / Waterdrum Mega Bog / Darmok Mum / Green Grass Of Tunnel The Galaxy Folk / Is There Out There Prince Rama / Bahia

Celine and Brendan play songs celebrating the phenomenon of "nothing".Tracks played: Beautiful Nothingness / The Clouds The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) / Simon and Garfunkle The Dock of the Bay / Otis Redding The Swimming Song / Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Loudon Wainwright cover) The Sound of Running Water / Ancient Animal Orchestra Let There Be Nothing / Ella Thompson Mr Tambourine Man / Marion Rampal (Bob Dylan cover) Buy Nothing / Formidable Vegetable The Goldfish Song / Frank Jones Sing Good / Ninajirachi Spotify, Where Music Goes to Die / Formidable Vegetable Wild Rivers / Celine Yap

Elena (Tuesday Breakfast) presents Melbourne-based, 7-piece soul-funk outfit, Steppers, playing live to air from Studio 3! After the band's set, they chat with Elena about their long-running and evolving outfit, and their debut eponymous album, to be released on 18 April, at Northside Records, and The Tote on 26 April 2026. Your browser does not support the video tag.

Tobia and Vittorio from Radio FILEF play a selection of songs from Italian artists in support of Palestine. Spanning 5 decades, these songs offer an example of the cultural impact and legacy of the Palestinian solidarity movement in Italy.Tracklist: Fedayin / Yung Paninaru    (Excerpt from Non So Più Cosa Fare by Adriano Celentano feat. Jovanotti, Franco Battiato, Giuliano Sangiorgi and Manu Chao) Nazi Sion Polizei / Banda Bassotti    Stella Assassina / Azione Diretta    Tal El Zatar / Yu Kung Luglio, Agosto, Settembre (Nero) / Area Di Corsa / Modena City Ramblers    Flowers of Filastin / Al-Mukawama Lettera di un Fedayn / Dodi Moscati & Stefano Gragnani Fedayn / Gaetano Liguori, Giulio Stocchi & Demetrio Stratos   From the album La Cantata Rossa Per Tall El Zaatar. First released in 1977, this album has been re-released by Black Sweat Records and is available on Bandcamp. All proceeds from sales donated to UNRWA. Fedayè / Canzoniere Internazionale Intifada / Punkreas  Palestina / Tacita    Gaza / MALASUERTE FI★SUD    Bruccia Tutto / Cosmo

Brendan and Andre play an eclectic selection of songs about love directed at a subject other than a human. The show includes a new original song played live by Andre, about being in love with an "AI girlfriend".Tracks played: Even God has a Dog / Dean Winchester and The Supernatural Band Birhouse in Your Soul / They Might Be Giants I Love My Shirt / Donovan I Love my Car / Belle & Sebastian Lucky's Song / Celine Yap In Every Dream Home a Heartache / Roxy Music Here She Comes Now / Galaxie 500 (Velvet Underground cover) Love Hz / Andre Bonsack This is Going to Get Worse / Anna Smyrk I Wanna F**k My Computer / Ninajirachi Strawberry Cake / Teddie Bicycle / Kiera Jas

Hannah from Monday Breakfast, with special guest Fionnuala Keith, playing music live to air from her EP, With Child. The show features two interviews with Fionnuala, the first from March 2025, and then live in the studio, with updates on her music and upcoming gigs. Music played: With Child EP live to air by Fionnuala Keith Furry Sings the Blues by Joni Mitchell  Bull Bar by Ruby Milner  Child of the World by Fionnuala Keith