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The Paleface Parabola - 01-07-2026 The Paleface Parabola - 01-07-2026 Who are those masked men? Well, it’s a team six strong to make this tour de farce whatever it is. When the smoke clears from Studio A however, the Mystery Man and I are the men who bring the show to a boil with merry music and merry making. It’s a mercurial and movable feast this show is.And we wouldn’t do it any other way. This week’s way is the usual wander where we get lost and don’t try to be found. Oft times, that’s the real American way. The journey, not the destination as it were. To prepare you for the programme, a peek underneath our kimono... Solid sound senders from the vast options of the last 100 years to choose from… Five-plus honourable mentions this week. The Fleshtones, Sugar Pie Desanto & Etta James, The Aggrolites, Help Yourself, and the Buddha of the Blues, Willie Dixon! The Mystery Man contributed Te Vaka from close to our home base. A programming note for next week’s Parabola. Ricardo, the co-host of the former Free Fm 89.0 mania called the Outer Limits Frequency, will sit in for us during the Free FM music zone so we can have our own midsummer’s dream – aka a badly needed reset show-wise, and extra time to savagely tan by the cement pond. Ricardo is a fellow madman. You’ll be in hands of articulation and joy. That’s our tale from all these miles away. Back to love you long time in two weeks Listen
Musafir Hoon Yaaro - 01-07-2026 Musafir Hoon Yaaro - 01-07-2026 Musafir Hoon Yaaro (I am a Traveller) is a lifestyle show in Hindi, hosted by Arsh (Jimmy) Singh. Listen
Ep 3 - 01-07-2026 Ep 3 - 01-07-2026 Tanglaw Connect celebrates resilience, faith, and the Filipino spirit while fostering connection, belonging, and encouragement for listeners wherever they may be. Listen
Vedic Wisdom Part 2 - Learn This Science Vedic Wisdom Part 2 - Learn This Science Learn This Science The science of the soul is the most neglected science. The spiritual master is the professor that can give the knowledge that empowers the student with the correct understanding. Listen
Vedic Wisdom Part 1 - Man has Become Blind Vedic Wisdom Part 1 - Man has Become Blind Man has Become Blind With so much miss and dis-information clouding our minds the Vedic Literature is the solution to remove the blindness to reveal the true perspective that will awaken our spiritual identity and duty. Listen
Equal Agenda Series 4 Ep 9 - Back to the Future Equal Agenda Series 4 Ep 9 - Back to the Future Romain and Immy investigate the “waves” of feminism and what they’ve achieved and what they’ve left out. Challenging the idea that progress follows a single timeline as we reflect on where we are now and where we might be heading and what these shifts mean for gender equity today. Listen
From the Fringes - 01-07-2026 From the Fringes - 01-07-2026 Presenting a range of issues and opinions from the fringes... political, social, ethical and personal, from the unique perspective of the show's host, Jack Gielen. Listen
The Bridge Zone - 01-07-2026 The Bridge Zone - 01-07-2026 The Bridge Zone – Episode 418 The Bailiff gets to continue the theme of calls/bids out of turn – seems to be a trend now Anyhooo, this time it seems like West was playing a hybrid game of Bridge and Mahjong And the Bailiff learnt a new piece of trivia and Barry confesses to have battle scars? Mr Jinn shares results from around the motu and yes thanks to Kat Holmes East Coast Bays gets a mention A JIN Club member asks about Psych Bids and Barry shares his views on this part of the game Psych registers are a thing of the past now The Gambler shares a tip on heading into the last round at a Swiss Pairs event – what should you do? – is there a checklist of things to consider? It’s all a bit much to think about and Mereana shares the fate of being passed the wrong personal score slip after the last round and the ups and down of winning all your matches She collected a further 3.08A points over the weekend and the race for 200 is ticking along Good luck to everyone tripping to Tauranga for the National Pairs event and Hamilton 5A Swiss Pairs hosts their final Wednesday session Paul Marston joins The Bridge Zone, and we talk about creating a community for new players is one way to help retention rates and wow didn’t he gather some silverware over his competitive years Got some news or feedback, flick us an email bridgezoneshuffle@gmail.com Plenty to listen to, just click and hear our discussions See you at the tables The BZ Crew Listen
Waikato Chinese Voices - 30-06-2026 Waikato Chinese Voices - 30-06-2026 Waikato Chinese Voices is your source of culture and information for the region's Chinese speaking community. News and current affairs, discussions, immigration policy, life hacks and music, plus local Chinese community events. Listen
Ep 50 - How to be a professional solo traveller Ep 50 - How to be a professional solo traveller There are so many different reasons why we choose to move countries and become an expat and so many interesting stories of amazing people. Listen
B Orig - 30-06-2026 B Orig - 30-06-2026 Bisaya Original Music for New Zealand and beyond. Introducing the music, both traditional and pop, of Bisaya artists as well as the Bisaya culture and language; and providing a link to Bisaya people in New Zealand to other parts of the globe. Listen
That's The Ticket - 30-06-2026 That's The Ticket - 30-06-2026 TTT takes to the sea to see and hear all about Hamilton Playbox's production of Swallows & Amazons - mid-season nonetheless! Listen
The Weekly Hotwire 30-06-2026 The Weekly Hotwire 30-06-2026 A weekly into New Zealand’s primary industries, exploring farm systems, markets, people and policy through storytelling, science and experience. Listen
Back Porch Bluegrass Show - replay from 28-06-22 Back Porch Bluegrass Show - replay from 28-06-22 Listen
Distortion of Power Distortion of Power Free FM contributor Art Deale presents a set of songs inspired by a man whose life story reads like a cautionary tale written in gold Sharpie. His career is a frantic montage of litigation and bizarre and dangerous caps-lock social media posts. Whether he’s being deified in country anthems or eviscerated in punk tracks, he remains the world’s loudest muse. Listen
Ep 2 - 🇳🇿 Welcome to the Ride Ep 2 - 🇳🇿 Welcome to the Ride Powder Chutes spearhead episode 2 of Down Under Currents, which also features new releases and deep cuts from Sabreen, Glass Vaults, Mainard Larkin, Whisper Dish, Rhombus, Tess Liautaud, Menzies, deepState, The Narcs, Junny, Y-No Juno, Wellington Sea Shanty Society, and StupidSaysWHAT!?. Discovering the best independent music from Aotearoa — new releases, emerging artists, local scenes, and future favourites from New Zealand's indie underground. Listen
The Sandwich Club Ep 11 - Money Money Money The Sandwich Club Ep 11 - Money Money Money Money Money Money Money has a funny way of getting louder as we get older. In this episode, we're talking about retirement worries, second jobs, side hustles, budgeting, and the strange things we're willing to spend money on while telling ourselves we need to cut back. We're also exploring whether AI can help us get our finances under control—or whether it's just another thing we're paying for. Most of us thought we'd feel more financially sorted by now. Instead, we're still making it up as we go, just with bigger numbers and slightly more expensive mistakes. The Sandwich Club is for women in the middle — juggling kids, parents, work, money, bodies and everything in between. Listen
The Joy of Classical Music Ep 161 - The Outsiders The Joy of Classical Music Ep 161 - The Outsiders The Joy of Classical Music - Episode 161: The Outsiders. What is an outsider composer? Generally outsider composers occupy the fringes of the classical tradition. Creating music on their own terms, they are unconcerned with accepted rules, prevailing fashions or institutional approval. Some build entirely new physical instruments to reproduce the sounds they hear in their heads and they often create their own notation systems, scales, or tuning structures. That’s Moondog and Harry Partch, but Julius Eastman was a different kind of outsider, one made by conviction, circumstance and temperament. Moondog - All Is Loneliness The Partch Ensemble perform Harry Partch - The Letter Wild Up performs Julius Eastman - Stay On It London Brass and London Saxophonic and Moondog perform Moondog - Invocation The Partch Ensemble performs Harry Partch - U.S. Highball Listen
Waikato Chinese Voices - 29-06-2026 Waikato Chinese Voices - 29-06-2026 Waikato Chinese Voices is your source of culture and information for the region's Chinese speaking community. News and current affairs, discussions, immigration policy, life hacks and music, plus local Chinese community events. Listen
Free Left Turn - 27-06-2026 Free Left Turn - 27-06-2026 Welcome Comrades to an hour of news and commentary from a far-left perspective.. Produced at Free FM, Hamilton, NZ Listen

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B Orig

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Back Porch Bluegrass Show

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