Culture 101 for Sunday 28 July 2024

2:35 PM.We’re in a housing crisis, most people agree. With strong awareness of the inequalities that it brings. 

Yet, when it comes to talking about solutions to something so complex yet so personal, people… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.It’s 1979 in Ōtautahi Christchurch and an energetic underground punk scene is spewing up. It’s decades before the internet, with the very latest overseas sounds dribbling in slowly by import. Records… Read more Video, Audio

1:25 PM.Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different region in Aotearoa every Sunday and this week we’re in New Plymouth, Taranaki. Read more Audio

1:07 PM.From Sappho, to Sweden’s Queen and the Suffragettes, Unsuitable is the first book of its kind, spanning centuries and continents, uncovering the often hidden history of lesbian fashion.  Read more Audio

12:45 PM.They’ve been dubbed ‘the MTV generation’ and the ‘Forgotten generation’ (though now they’re in power: ‘forgotten no more’ we say). They are Generation X: those born between 1965 and 1980. 

The baby… Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.It’s described as genre-bending, bespoke and immersive - a show you can’t fit into one category. Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Hugo Grrrl keeps rather busy. He’s a fulltime drag artist - not just performing, but MCing, producing, writing and providing opportunities for the next generation of performers. 

The alias of George… Read more Video, Audio