Up Again With James Dann

Gemma chats with Paul from MAINZ about their Illumni gig at darkroom which is set to showcase the DJs from MAINZ!

Johnny from Nostalgia Festival came in for a chat with Jen to announce the line up for Nostalgia Festival 2018! Check out the full line up here: http://www.rdu.org.nz/archives/15988

Jen talks to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about Labour bringing back the PACE scheme for artists, Creative NZ funding and getting more people talking Te Reo in Aotearoa.

Tamsin came in to talk to Jen about Two Steps Forward by Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist. Check out more about the book here: http://bit.ly/2xGWTTj

Dave talks to Jen about Peter Carey’s A Long Way from Home, which is coming out next week.

Rachel has brought in children’s book Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend. Check out the book at the Scorpio Books website here: http://www.scorpiobooks.co.nz/CatalogueRetrieve.aspx?CatalogueID=77851&ProductID=9932828

Cassie Reviews Lincoln in the Bardo, the captivating first novel by the best-selling author George Saunders about Abraham Lincoln and the death of his eleven year old son.

Josh from Canta talks to Jen about the last issue of Canta for 2017 #RIPCanturburyUniCrane

Marc and Zoe from the Imposters are in the studio to talk about their new EP, recording it at the Lab in Auckland, playing it live this weekend, and their new video. Plus we play two tracks from the EP, "Sell Out" and "Sleepwalking".

James and Nick went on a date to BLADERUNNER 2049 last night, and share some of their thoughts on it in the studio.

We're talking to Alex from Gatherings about getting to collaborate with some of his favourite chef's, plus the changes to the season and what it means for the menu.

Andy from GetSet is in the studio to talk about his debut album BLOOM, released on October the 1st and available on iTunes and Spotify.

We're talking to Jacinda Ardern as she makes her way to the Beehive, about the election result, and the weird limbo we find ourselves in.

For the Scorpio Book review this morning, Tamsin has brought in "A Midwinter Break" by Bernard Laverty, a novel that follows an Irish couple who live in Glasgow as they take a trip away to Amsterdam.

Step into the Forge, for a deep dance cut from the underground. This morning, it's Stan Kolev - Derive. With thanks to Vulcan Brewers.

Nick Paris is in the studio, getting excited about BLADERUNNER 2049, reminiscing about ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, and looking at Richard Gere's NORMAN.

We had Three Boys head honcho Ralph Bungard in the studio this morning to talk about the upcoming beer awards, entering RDBrew in the draught beer competition, and what's going to be good drinking this summer.

Will it sink, or will it swim? Time for the definitive judgement, as provided by you.

Ahead of Massive Company's "The Wholehearted" opening on Tuesday, James talks to Kura Forrester about the origins of the work, as well as some of the other films and tv shows she's been involved in.

A bit of a post-election catch up, talking about election night coverage, some of the best pieces to come out since, China cracking down on WhatsApp, and booth visualisation.