All episodes
Saturday, 27 February 2021
- 12:15 INTERVIEW: Neil, Liam and Elroy Finn
- 1:30 The Sampler - Split Enz True Colours New Colours
- 1:30 The Sampler - Terrible Sons
- 2:00 2PM LIVE: Paige
- 2:30 The Secret Life of Session Musicians
- 3:30 INTERVIEW: Weta's Clinton Den Heyer on 20 years of Geographica
- 4:00 The Mixtape- Kaan Hiini
Saturday, 20 February 2021
- 1:30 The Sampler - Goat Girl
- 1:30 Elemeno P's Dave Gibson on hitting the road again
- 1:30 The Sampler - The Weather Station
- 2:00 2PM LIVE: IMUGI 이무기
- 3:10 Che Fu on 20 years of Navigator
- 3:15 INTRODUCING: nicholas Franchise
- 3:30 Kiwi Jr: "Sorry everyone, here's another rock record!"
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Benee
Saturday, 13 February 2021
- 12:30 INTERVIEW: Gary Numan
- 2:00 2PM LIVE: Molly Payton
- 3:15 Thomas Sainsbury- The Best Song Ever
- 5:00 The Mixtape - Gin Wigmore
Saturday, 6 February 2021
- 12:15 Ziggy Marley on his father's legacy: 'You need that energy now'
- 3:05 Foo Fighters - how a rock band has endured for 25 years
- 4:00 The Mixtape : Ruby Solly
Saturday, 30 January 2021
- 4:05 The Secret Life of Gig Etiquette
- 12:10 How You'll Never Walk Alone became the ultimate sports anthem
- 2:30 Chris Tubbs - therapeutic benefits of dancing
- 3:10 Anna Coddington on the New Zealand Music industry's #metoo moment
- 4:05 The Mixtape: Nathan Rarere
Saturday, 23 January 2021
- 8:00 Live: Neil Finn and the APO
- 4:05 The Mixtape: Rose Matafeo
- 12:12 The Summer Sampler Radio Hour: Paul McCartney
- 12:15 The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector
- 3:00 Summer Song Crush - Dianne Swann
- 3:30 Andy and Brotha D on the new Dawn Raid film
Saturday, 16 January 2021
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Witi Ihimaera
- 1:00 The Summer Sampler Radio Hour: Bob Dylan
- 2:00 Aldous Harding live at Civic Theatre
- 2:30 INTRODUCING: There's a Tuesday
- 3:30 Summer Song Crush - Trevor Reekie
Saturday, 9 January 2021
- 4:05 David Bowie Is
- 12:12 The Summer Sampler Radio Hour: New Orleans
- 2:05 Summer Song Crush - Church & Dera Meelan
- 3:04 The Phoenix Foundation & NZSO - Live at Michael Fowler Centre
- 4:05 The Mixtape - Slave AKA Mark Williams
Saturday, 2 January 2021
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Nick Atkinson
- 12:12 The Summer Sampler Radio Hour: Sault
- 1:20 Trinity Roots hit the road
- 2:05 Summer Song Crush: Theia
- 3:05 L.A.B. Live at Spark Arena
Saturday, 19 December 2020
- 1:20 INTERVIEW: MC Tali on her new documentary
- 1:30 The Sampler - International album highlights 2020
- 2:20 Aroha on the meaning of 'No More Jenga'
- 3:00 Introducing: Jack Panther
- 3:30 Song Crush: Prison Choir, Madlib, Porridge Radio
- 4:00 The Mixtape : Tigilau Ness
- 5:25 'I'm a sucker for punishment': Marlon Williams' fear of playing solo
Saturday, 12 December 2020
- 1:10 Lontalius explains splitting his new album into halves
- 2:05 Arjuna Oakes - Live Session
- 3:00 INTERVIEW: Psychedelic duo DUAL
- 3:20 The Avalanches: Moving to a happy place after slide into darkness
- 4:00 The Mixtape- Best of 2020
- 7:30 The Sampler: Best local albums of 2020
Saturday, 5 December 2020
- 8:00 RNZ Music presents Outerfields 2021
- 2:00 LISTEN: Auckland-born Samoan musician LEAO performs live for Music 101
- 2:30 NZ's Vinyl Boom
- 3:15 The Sampler - Matt Berninger
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Fran Kora
Saturday, 28 November 2020
- 11:00 INTERVIEW: David Byrne on his new Spike Lee-directed film
- 1:15 INTERVIEW: Anna Coddington on motherhood, Māoritanga and her new album Beams
- 1:30 The Sampler - Jeff Tweedy
- 1:30 The Sampler - Ela Minus
- 2:00 2PM LIVE: Muroki
- 2:30 INTERVIEW: SIX60 on their new film 'Till The Lights Go Out'
- 3:30 Songcrush: Kylie Minogue/PHF/Deradoorian
- 4:00 Mixtape - Darren Watson
Saturday, 21 November 2020
- 12:20 INTERVIEW: Composer Karl Steven on making the soundtrack for Black Hands
- 1:05 This Is the Kit's Kate Stables
- 1:30 The Sampler - ACDC
- 1:30 The Sampler - Elvis Costello
- 2:00 Lou'ana Live for Music101
- 3:30 Song Crush: Oneohtrix Point Never, Cave Circles, Algiers
- 5:30 The Mixtape: Antonia Prebble on life with the Wests
Saturday, 14 November 2020
- 3:00 Midnight Oil's Bones Hillman
- 12:00 INTERVIEW: AMA's calm before the storm- Sarah Owen
- 1:30 The Sampler - Joni Mitchell
- 1:30 The Sampler - Glass Vaults
- 1:30 The students at Mount Maunganui College on their album: MMC
- 1:30 Local Produce: NZ Music going international
- 2:00 THE BATS live
- 3:30 Song Crush - Edward Castelow, Alicia Keys, Tim Heidecker
- 6:00 The Mixtape - Shayne P Carter
Saturday, 7 November 2020
- 12:15 INTERVIEW: Pearl Jam biography author Ronen Givony
- 1:15 Māpura Studios Director Diana McPherson on making music as therapy
- 1:30 The Sampler: Sturgill Simpson
- 1:30 The Sampler: Autechre
- 1:35 Shihad frontman John Toogood on converting to Islam
- 2:00 Ha The Unclear: live session
- 3:30 Song Crush: Bruce Springsteen, Ha The Unclear, Sheep Dog & Wolf
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Chlöe Swarbrick
Saturday, 31 October 2020
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Lawrence Arabia
- 2:15 INTERVIEW Imugi
- 12:00 INTERVIEW: Alien Weaponry on covering Troy Kingi's 'Mighty Invader'
- 12:00 INTERVIEW: Benee at The APRA Silver Scrolls 2020
- 12:00 INTERVIEW: Nadia Reid at the APRA Silver Scrolls Award Ceremony 2020
- 1:30 The Sampler: Bruce Springsteen
- 1:30 The Sampler Ian Morris
- 3:30 Song Crush: Arlo Parks, Lontalius, Erica De Casier
Saturday, 24 October 2020
- 12:10 INTERVIEW: Bruce Springsteen on new album Letter To You
- 1:30 The Sampler - Sylvan Esso
- 1:30 The Sampler: Jónsi
- 2:30 Should I stay or should I go: six NZ musicians abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic
- 3:30 Song Crush: Gino October, Yasamin, Star Feminine Band
- 4:00 The Mixtape Finn Andrews
Saturday, 17 October 2020
- 12:35 TRACK BY TRACK: The Phoenix Foundation's new album Friendship
- 1:15 INTERVIEW: Ex Mint Chick Kody Nielson
- 1:30 The Sampler:Dead Famous People
- 4:00 The Mixtape John Minty
- 7:30 Song Crush: Cut Off Your Hands, Pacific Heights, Katy Bates Motel
Saturday, 10 October 2020
- 12:30 Roland's TR-808: the drum machine that revolutionised music
- 1:10 INTERVIEW: Cut Off Your Hands on calling it quits
- 1:30 The Sampler - Sufjian Stevens
- 1:30 The Sampler - Joachim Cooder
- 2:05 WATCH: Sola Rosa performs live and discusses his new album Chasing The Sun
- 3:10 Five new local hip hop acts you need to hear
- 3:30 Song Crush: Gorillaz & Elton John, Harper Finn, Coffin Club
- 4:00 Mixtape Julia Deans
- 4:55 Brooke Fraser on 10 years of Flags
Saturday, 3 October 2020
- 1:00 Idles' Joe Talbot on fighting fascism with empathy
- 1:30 The Sampler - Billy Nomates
- 1:30 The Sampler - Prince
- 2:00 2PM LIVE Reid and Ruins
- 3:00 Introducing Mystery Waitress
- 3:30 Song Crush: Moana and The Tribe, Fleet Foxes, Sampha
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Robbie Nicol
- 4:30 INTERVIEW: Netsky and Montell2099's 'love letter to Aotearoa'
- 4:30 The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne on new album American Head
Saturday, 26 September 2020
- 3:30 Musical Chairs: Max Merritt
- 12:40 Aotearoa Music Awards: Artisan finalists announced
- 1:30 The Sampler : Fantastic Negrito
- 2:00 Mousey - Lemon Law LIVE
- 3:10 Aotearoa's hip hop mentors
- 3:30 JessB on her surprise new Mixtape
- 4:00 Mixtape Luke Buda
- 5:45 Waiata 'spark the fire' in Pere Wihongi's soul
Saturday, 19 September 2020
- 12:30 INTERVIEW: Moana Maniapoto
- 1:30 The Sampler - Bill Callahan
- 1:30 The Sampler: The Flaming Lips - American Head
- 1:40 INTERVIEW: Ana Scotney on stepping into her music zone with new project Kōtiro
- 1:45 Former Trinity Roots drummer Riki Gooch makes an album for a lost friend
- 3:00 Introducing Prof Tahi
- 3:30 Song Crush: Ria Hall, Maisey Rika, SoccerPractise
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Hinewehi Mohi
Saturday, 12 September 2020
- 6:00 Silver Scrolls 2020: te reo Māori songwriting finalists announced
- 12:10 Bill Sevesi Music 101
- 1:00 Troy Kingi: The Ghost of Freddie Cesar - track by track
- 1:30 The Sampler - Techtones
- 1:30 The Sampler -The Luminaries Soundtrack by David Long
- 2:00 Mild Orange Live Part 1
- 2:00 Mild Orange Live Part 2
- 3:30 Navvy on making hits out of heartbreak - 'That's my job'
- 3:30 Song Crush: The Phoenix Foundation, Estère, Lontalius
- 5:30 The Mixtape: Bic Runga
Saturday, 5 September 2020
- 12:30 Silver Scrolls 2020: finalists announced for classical and screen awards
- 12:40 INTERVIEW: The Rolling Stones on the Goats Head Soup re-issue
- 1:20 I'm Your Man (A Portrait of Leonard Cohen) and Auckland Art Gallery
- 1:30 The Sampler Alec Bathgate
- 1:30 The Sampler H.C McEntire
- 2:00 Delaney Davison live part 1
- 2:00 Delaney Davidson live part 2
- 2:35 INTERVIEW: Kiwi singer-songwriter Paige
- 3:10 Introducing: Phoebe Rings
- 3:30 Diggy Dupé: "I'm not just sharing my story, I'm sharing my family's story"
- 3:30 Song Crush: Teeks, Dallas Tamaira, Imugi
- 4:05 The Mixtape: Andre Upston
