Rdu Podcast

Martyn Pepperell’s picks this week are “Be As One” and “Take Me Back To Africa” from Live By The Spirit.

This week, Matt chats to Simeon about how parliament is/could approach social distancing, plus just general Coronies developments.

This week, Rebecca from Scorpio reviews Face It by Debbie Harry

Matt chats to Lucy from Dick Move about the band and their upcoming gig at Darkroom. Track Picks: The Gordons – “Adults and Children” (1981) Cindy – “Yard Sale” (2020)

Matt chats to Preston about the week’s art happenings and whether or not “Pod King Part F” by John M. Bennett is bollocks

Matt chats to Caleb Cain, an American who went down the “alt-right pipeline” on you tube and now works to deradicalise others who have gotten sucked in to similar worldviews.

Matt chats to Kate Owen about her debut album Not a Proper Girl, and the journey of putting it together.

Matt chats to Lee about the 1st anniversary of the March 15th mosque attacks.

Matt chats to Dominic about mayor Lianne Dalziel’s failure to disclose certain donors being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office.

Martyn Pepperell’s picks this week are “Jaki & Bryn” and “Solar Mantra” from Maât’s new album, Solar Mantra

Matt and Simeon spar over the significance of mickey taking around the government’s Fees Free scheme.

This week, Rebecca from Scorpio reviews Actress by Anne Enright.

Matt and Christchurch Central ECan Councilor Lan Pham go deeper into RMA reform, and Matt complains about NZ First.

Matt chats with Bea Joblin about her debut feature Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Joe Lonie joins us on The Guest List to chat about his new band, Kathy Bates Motel. Joe’s picks: Tiny Ruins – “Me at the Museum, You in the Winter Gardens” (2015) Peter Jeffries & Jono Lonie – “Piano (two)” (1987)

Matt and Preston chat about the week’s art happenings and discuss whether or not the read version of “Fallin’ Ditch” by Captain Beefheart is bollocks.

In the debut of our new segment, Matt talks to Ryan Ferris about trans-humanism, AI and perception.

Matt chats to Duncan about Christchurch’s perceived shafting in the infrastructure package.

Matt chats to Lee about the economic impacts the coronavirus is having on Christchurch and how bad the prospects are for things to get worse.

Matt chats to Eugenie Sage about whether the Greens are getting excessively cut off at the pass by NZ First.