On the Air - Mā runga iarere for Monday 12 January 2026

12:35 Maxine Schekter on Custard Squares

Friend of the show, french trained Patisserie chef and author of 'Patisserie Made Simple', Maxine Schekter has been teaching people how to make delicious sweet treats at her Sugar Flour Pastry School in Wellington, she joins the show to speak about the humble custard square or vanilla slice that has been a bakery staple across the country for quite some time. 

1:05 Frank Booker talks Acid Jazz

Chris Cox is a man of many talents. Known to many as Frank Booker, he famously DJ’d at a private party for Prince, travels the globe playing gigs and curates live music events bringing some of the worlds best DJ’s to Aotearoa with his friend Sam Harman, but one of his first loves is Acid Jazz, which makes him the perfect guest to unravel the genre with this hour. 

Frank's Selection:

• Micky & The Soul Generation - Iron Leg

• Ronnie Laws - Always There

• Galliano - Frederick Lies Still

• Brand New Heavies - Got To Give

• Jamiroquai - When You Gonna Learn (Demo)

• Jamiroquai - Blow Your Mind

• Brand New Heavies - Don’t Let It Go To Your Head

• Guru - Loungin' ft. Donald Byrd

• The Roots - Mellow My Man

• Nathan Haines - Lady J

2:05 Olivia Selemaia on Weightlifting

Olivia Selemaia took out silver at the junior world champs in Peru recently and finished 8th at the World Championships for Weightlifting in Norway - the best result by a New Zealand female at a World championships. Now she's training for The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this July and joins Maggie Tweedie & Mark Williams in the studio to reflect on her sporting success. 

3:05  Paloma Schneideman on Music in Film     

Paloma Schneideman, the director and composer known as the musician PollyHill will speak to her work, writing, directing and scoring short films and her new feature 'Big Girls Don't Cry' which has been selected to play at SunDance this year. 

Paloma's Selection:

• Garbage - #1 Crush

• Para One, Arthur Simonini - La Jeune Fille en Feu (Bande originale du film)

• Underworld - Born Slippy (Nuxx)

• Patti Smith - Horses

• PollyHill, Samara Alofa, Half Queen - PAIN (QEEN OF THE HILL REMIX)

Songs Played:

12pm - 1pm

Jim Sharp - Searching

Talking Heads - One in a Lifetime

Lord Echo - Molten Lava

Sonny Terry - Custard Pie Blues

DJ Nu Mark - Ain't no Fun

1pm - 2pm

Jim Sharp - Searching

Micky & The Soul Generation - Iron Leg

Ronnie Laws - Always There

Galliano - Frederick Lies Still

Brand New Heavies - Got To Give

Jamiroquai - When You Gonna Learn (Demo)

Jamiroquai - Blow Your Mind

Brand New Heavies - Don’t Let It Go To Your Head

2pm - 3pm

Jim Sharp - Searching

Guru - Loungin' ft. Donald Byrd

The Roots - Mellow My Man

Nathan Haines - Lady J

Brother Jack McDuff - Hunk O' Funk

3pm - 4pm

Jim Sharp - Searching

Mokotron - KO WAI KOE?

Christoph El Truento - Pep the Conqueror

imugi 이무기 - Bittersweet ft. PollyHill

Garbage - #1 Crush

Para One, Arthur Simonini - La Jeune Fille en Feu (Bande originale du film)

Underworld - Born Slippy (Nuxx)

Patti Smith - Horses

PollyHill, Samara Alofa, Half Queen - PAIN (QEEN OF THE HILL REMIX)

4pm - 5pm

Jim Sharp - Searching

Ashley Slater - Private Sunshine (Big Lounge Album Mix)

Gene Harris - As 

X-Press 2 - Lazy ft. David Byrne

Borrowed Cs - Negative A 

Romi Wrights - Capsized

Sharon Jones - Longer & Stronger

Bic Runga - It’s like Summertime 

Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs

Art of Noise - Moments in Love 

CoCo Solid - Vailima