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Tom Scott interviewed at The Civic Theatre

11 Oct 2025

Kara speaks with the award-winning musician at the venue where he'll be playing the biggest show of his life, in support of the new album ANITYA. Audio

Saturday 11 October 2025

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Show Notes

13:15 Tom Scott interviewed at The Civic Theatre

Kara speaks with the award-winning musician at the venue where he'll be playing the biggest show of his life, in support of the new album ANITYA.

Watch the full interview here.

Tom Scott at the Civic

Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

14:10 Sub-Tribe are playing Aotearoa this weekend

The Kiwi-Aussie band  are back, bringing their unmistakable blend of dub, reggae, hip hop, and bass-heavy grooves to stages across the motu.

Sub-Tribe

Photo: Supplied

14:40 Huia Hamon on Kawakawa

The new album fuses te reo, world sounds, and electronic music, and is named after a plant known for its healing properties.

Kawakawa album cover

Photo: Supplied

15:10 Not For Broadcast part two

In Not For Broadcast Nick Bollinger tells the story of New Zealand’s of censored songs. In this segment, he investigates some of the records that were kept off the radio for political reasons.

A podcast cover with a bright blue background, featuring vintage vinyl records with a scratched-out song (physically scratched on the vinyl surface) and scratched-out labels, and the title Not for Broadcast.

Photo: Robert Whitaker

15:30 The Sampler: Pool Sharks by Joe Kaptein

Tony Stamp investigates a local jazz album by the up-and-coming keyboard maestro.

Joe Kaptein.

Joe Kaptein. Photo: Bandcamp

16:10 The Mixtape: Jon Bridges

He's spent time as a stand-up comedian, TV and radio host, actor, columnist, author, and for the past 15 years has executive-produced a series of popular TV shows, the latest of which is Paddy Gower Has Issues. Jon Bridges joins us to share seven favourite songs, and chat about his extensive career.

Jon Bridges

Photo: Supplied

Songs Played:

1pm-2pm

  • Louisa Williamson - Supervision

  • The Source - You Got the Love

  • Marlin’s Dreaming - Hello My Dear

  • Tom Scott - Is This the Intro or the Outro, Message 2 Miles, Khloe

  • Benee - Underwater

  • Royal Otis - Car

  • LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends

2pm-3pm

  • Shuggie Otis - Not Available

  • Dimmer - Getting What You Give

  • Sub-Tribe - Unbelievable, Womankind

  • Brad - The Day Brings

  • Jake and Melodownz - Midnight Drive

  • Huia - Kakano

  • Al Green - Simply Beautiful

3pm-4pm

  • Harry Charles - The Luck

  • Bill Withers - Harlem

  • Roots Manuva - Witness (1Hope)

  • Chris Knox and The Nothing - A Faded Postcard in the Sun

  • Salt Water Criminals - 15/52

  • Joe Kaptein - Sunday Arvo l, Second Wind, Herb Alpert

  • Geese - Cobra

  • Pink Pantheress - Girl Like Me + Kaytranada

4pm-5pm

  • Simon and Garfunkel - Only Living Boy in New York

  • Billy Bragg - The Saturday Boy

  • Kate Bush - And Dream of Sheep

  • Decemberists - Leslie Ann Levine

  • The Shins - New Slang

  • The Chills - Dan Destiny and the Silver Dawn

  • The Front Lawn - Andy