Quilted Bananas Radio in Wellington
The weekly Quilted Bananas Radio Show is broadcast on Sundays, 10 - 11 am, on Wellington Access Radio 106.1 FM. You can also listen to the live broadcast of the programme online on Sunday mornings - go to the Access Radio website to live stream. There are also links to subscribe to podcasts at apple podcasts or Spotify, or download apps for android or iOS.
The Quilted Bananas Radio Programme is supported by the Rule Foundation.
Notices for broadcasting on the programme should be sent to qbananasradio@gmail.com
Check out the Programme's facebook page Quilted Bananas Radio for the latest updates from programme presenters.
The most recent programmes are available on the Quilted Bananas Radio page on the Access Radio website. Each Sunday's programme can generally be downloaded within a day of broadcasting. Here are the latest programmes available - click the link to play:
2025 podcasts
- 2 Nov Debbie: poetry and music esp. Topp Twins! for a sunny day
- 26 Oct Lani with Debbie - rebroadcast of 7 Sept programme
- 19 Oct Tiffany Wayne with Sue - recent and current petitions, music
- 12 Oct Sue & Fiona: interview with James Sergeant from the Glamaphones, Wellington’s rainbow community choir
- 5 Oct Debbie: poetry and music for a rainy day
- 28 Sept Tiffany Wayne is back this Sunday with Squirl T joined by Tangents' Sue Street - something a bit more lighthearted and upbeat... presenting from Pop Princess to Pop Queens
- 21 Sept the Raw Fish Show with Kura and Lani The Magnificent: the week that was - Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori and coming to the close of Māhuru Māori, where to next? Only the freshest waiata
- 14 Sept Quilty Squirrelty with Tiffany Wayne - 50 years of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, local council elections, a tasty selection of waiata, plus other nuggets from Tiffany Wayne's kete
- 7 Sept the Raw Fish Show: Lani with Debbie - politics, byelection, our history and how it is and isn't taught, plus music and chat
- 31 Aug Sue and Fiona, the Tangents programme - interview with Maddy Drew, convenor of Out@PSA, union work, and some of the current campaign work.
- 24 Aug pop up special episode of Quilty Squirrelty with Tiffany Wayne - rebroadcast
- 17 Aug Quilty Squirrelty with Tiffany Wayne - an hour of undiagnosed Ruatoria dragqueen sarcasm, popculture and indigenous Gen X politics
- 10 Aug Siân - the Femme Rants show - chat with Rachel O'Neill about their recent poetry book 'Symphony of Queer Errands' with readins!
- 3 Aug Sue and Fiona - interview with crime writer Kim Hunt talking about her new book The Corrector, the debut of a new series set here in Aotearoa.
- 27 July the Raw Fish Show: Lani with Kura - guest Tu Chapman on her petition to stop the NZ First gender bill, Wellington on a Plate, music and chat
- 20 July Siân - the Femme Rants show - conversation with Creek about queer movies in the NZ International Film Festival in August
- 13 July Creek - interview with Holly from the Weird Horror Film Fest
- 6 July Fiona and Sue - interview with Will Hansen n the studio with us, talking about queer activism in Aotearoa from the 1960s to 2013 along with Queer History Month events
- 29 June the Raw Fish Show: Lani with Kura and guests - reminiscing Matariki, music and chat
- 22 June Sue & Fiona: Sue on the data analysis she has done on NZ census data for LGBTQI folk in the Wellington region and nationally; review of Lois Cox's book That's what I am
- 15 June Siân - the Femme Rants show - conversation with Jack Trolove about art, life, painting, and femme power
- 8 June Creek with Fiona: Sweat with Pride with interviews with two participants Jac Lynch and Tash Helasdottir-Cole talking about their fundraising exercises and why Sweat with Pride is important to them, raising funds for the Burnett Foundation, OutLine, Inside Out and Rainbow Youth a
- 1 June the Raw Fish Show: Lani with Kura - current and coming events in Pōneke, music and chat
- 25 May Sue: with guest Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary of the PSA talking about pay equity and things union
- 18 May Creek with Siân and Debbie: update on Cahoots workshop fundraising; report on the annual fungal foray
- 11 May Karen & Adrienne - special takeover by the Pride Untold podcast
- 4 May the Raw Fish Show: Lani the Magnificant - interview with intersex advocate Tu Chapman about the petition against the gender recognition bill; music and chat
- 27 Apr Sue & Fiona - interview with author Pip Adam including discussing the current political climate in the US incl censorship, libraries and people minding their speech
- 20 Apr Creek & Debbie - interview with Jade from Cahoots about a new makerspace for women & gender diverse folk
- 13 Apr the Raw Fish Show: Lani the Magnificant with Ange and Sue - music and chat - hot cross buns, controversial bills coming to [and kicked out of] Parliament
- 6 Apr Siân - the Femme Rants with a Comedy Fest interview with MOG and Liv, performers in the upcoming Comedy Festival
- 30 Mar Linda with Sue - interview with drag queen Olivia III about their new book The Cat operator's manual with cat stories and publishing stories
- 23 Mar Rosie - the Irish geek Lesbian Radio show: online safety and security
- 16 Mar Rosie - the Irish Lesbian Radio show
- 9 Mar the Raw Fish Show: Lani the Magnificant with Ange and Kura - Pride Pride Pride, music and chat
- 2 Mar Linda, Fiona & Sue with Tory Regan from The Cat Carer - pussies of the four-legged variety
- 23 Feb Sue - interview with Sanjana Hattotuwa [Sri Lankan, and formerly Research Director at the Disinformation Project] on targeted violence, and Tasmin Pritchard on Wellington Pride's approach to Pride events in the current environment
- 16 Feb Siân - the Femme Rants Show: interview with Ania Upstill from @butchmermaid about their show Antonio in the Fringe festival
- 9 Feb Fiona & Sue: interview with comedians Liv Wood and Alayne Dick talking about their shows on Fri 14th - Sun 16th Feb in the 2025 Fringe Festival
- 2 Feb the Raw Fish Show: Lani the Magnificant with Ange and Kura - music and chat about exhibitions, food and events about the town
- 26 Jan Siân with Creek - the Femme Rants Show: arts news, books and reading, notices
- 19 Jan Creek: replay of interview with MISSROSEVALENTINA introducing her effervescent new album The Fuchsia is Rose
- 12 Jan Angele flying solo: current political events, poetry, music
- 5 Jan the Raw Fish Show: Lani the Magnificant with Kura and guest Angie - music and chat plus the Treaty Principles Bill
- 29 Dec Sue & Fiona: reminiscing about movies, TV and politics in 2024
- 22 Dec Angele with Debbie: music, Xmas chat
- 15 Dec Fiona & Sue - interview with Chelsea from Alphabet Book Club and Joe about best LGBTQIA+ books of the year!
- 8 Dec the Raw Fish Show: Lani the Magnificant with Kura - music and chat
- 1 Dec Creek - special episode in which MISSROSEVALENTINA introduces her effervescent new album The Fuchsia is Rose
- 24 Nov Angele with Debbie: music, news and views, what's on
- 17 Nov the Polari Show by Latin Cuirs - the state of the world post Trump election esp. w.r.t. American interference in Latin America and the Caribbean, a coming fund-raiser for Latin Cuirs, with Latin music
- 10 Nov no show
- 6 Oct Creek - pillow talk with Siân; repairing &running a repair cafè with Bronwyn
- 27 Oct Fiona with Siân - the Femme Rants Show by phone: talking about her experience in Dunedin working with molten metal in a foundry, and with other artists in Oamaru
- 20 Oct Angele with Debbie: music, news and views, poetry, what's on
- 13 Oct the Raw Fish Show: Kura - music and chat and a call from Lani
- 6 Oct Sue & Fiona - Mastadon and the state of social media
- 29 Sept Angele with Fiona: angst with the current political and social situation, music and more
- 22 Sept the Polari Show by Latin Cuirs - Maori Language Week; disability and mobility aids
- 15 Sept the Raw Fish Show: Lani the Magnificant with Kura - music and chat
- 8 Sept the Polari Show by Latin Cuirs - disability, sex and sex work
- 1 Sept Angele with Debbie - what's on, music, poems and more
- 25 Aug Kura with Sue - a pre-recorded interview by Siân who has a korero with artist Te Kīra Whakamoe, and a chorus of manu & cat purrers, highlighting her current exhibition "Kawe Mate" at Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings, which was launched on 27 July and goes through til 2 November - but no podcast
- 18 Aug - technical glitch so no podcast
- 11 Aug Siân - the femme rants show: internalised homophobia, current and recent creative activities, current TV programme abour Jacobean royals
- 4 Aug Creek - interview with co-director Greta Casey-Solly and actor Jane Leonard from Lizzie - the musical about Lizzie Borden, opening soon at Circa Theatre - "a suspenseful, queer, and rebellious new musical laced with political depth and a mischievous sense of humour"
- 28 July Sue & Fiona - political trends and community safety here and abroad, social media faves, the Olympic Games
- 21 July the Raw Fish Show: Lani the Magnificant with Kura - music and chat
- 14 July Siân - the femme rants show: art exhibitions - recent, current and coming, and more
- 7 July Angele with Debbie - what's on, some good reads for cosy winter nights, recent elections overseas, music, poems and more
- 30 June the Polari Show by Latin Cuirs - Matariki, news from Latin America
- 23 June the Raw Fish Show: Lani the Magnificant with Kura - Matariki background and events around the town, some history, plus music of course
- 16 June Angele with Debbie - Pride Month celebrations, music, poems and more
- 9 June Fiona & Sue - interview with Maggie Shippam about being ADHD and her tertiary education journey
- 2 June Siân - the femme rants show - rebroadcast of 18 Feb show
- 26 May the Raw Fish Show: Lani the Magnificant with Kura - celebrating Aotearoa Music Month with Special guest artist Raakau will be in the studio having a talanoa with us about his taonga puuoro journey and we will play one of his original tracks
- 19 May Angele with Debbie - it's a Funday Sunday with poetry, music and positive thinking - politics-free ... it's sometimes too depressing out there
- 12 May Fiona & Sue - interview with Chelsea from Alphabet Book Club, an online bookstore selling LGBTQIA+ books
- 5 May Sue - living in "interesting times" - Public Service stress & angst, Robyn Malcolm's TV series on anxiety, destressing with choir and swimming; the Comedy Festival now on, with heaps of shows in the Queer Comedy (LGBTQIA+) category; music and more ...
- 28 Apr Siân - the femme rants show - interview with Em (aka Willy SmacknTush)and Hannah from @covenevents Coven Events about parties, drag, and living their best creative lives
- 21 Apr Angele with Debbie - music, poetry, current politics national and local
- 14 Apr replay of 24 March programme: Rosie - the Irish lesbian programme, with guest Maria Ní Fhlatharta, an Irish LGBT and disability activist talking about campaigning for marriage equality in Ireland
- 7 Apr Fiona & Sue - interview with lawyer Amanda Hill about her work on people's human rights breaches, the Corrections amendment bill and other changes proposed by the government
- 31 Mar Lani the Magnificent - the Raw Fish Show with reflections on Pride and lots of music
- 24 Mar Rosie - the Irish lesbian programme, with guest Maria Ní Fhlatharta, an Irish LGBT and disability activist talking about campaigning for marriage equality in Ireland
- 17 Mar Angele with Debbie - celebrating women's music in New Zealand from the 1990s, with poetry
- 10 Mar the Polari show by Latin Cuirs - Lesbian Visibility Day in Argentina; International transfeminist strike in Latin America
- 3 Mar the Raw Fish Show with Lani & Kura - life and musings through the eyes of a Pacific rainbow elderly native and nonbinary kokonutty in Aotearoa
- 25 Feb Fiona - interview with Alayne Dick, a local performer and writer about her Fringe shows, cats ...
- 18 Feb Siân - the femme rants show with interview with Kassie Hartendorp about Te Tiriti activism
- 11 Feb Siân - the femme rants show with her Fringe Festival recommendations
- 4 Feb Fiona and Sue - the Tangents Show: interview with Mary Fisher, Para Olympian swimmer about growing up with limited sight, swimming incl. in the ocean, tramping, and singing in choirs with participation by her doggy
- 28 Jan Fiona - interview with Hadley Wilson about her Fringe Festival show No Hetero, some prerecorded content from Creek, music, notices
- 21 Jan Angele with Debbie: self-care, staying cool + community notices
- 14 Jan the Polari show from Latin Cuirs - the Latin Cuirs Festival for Pride: Body Pleasure and Decolonisation
- 7 Jan oops ... no show
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History and philosophy
The Quilted Bananas Radio Programme provides lively coverage of news, politics, activities, interviews and music for queer women & non-binary folk. It focuses on Wellington regional activities, but also covers national and international news. As an acronym our name stands for: Queer, Intersectional, Intersex, Lesbian, Takataapui, Trans, Enby, Diverse ... Bisexual, Asexual, and Nanas (because a lot of us also identify as nanas). As a metaphor, Quilted Bananas is about celebrating all the slippery overlaps these communities can have.
Quilted Bananas started life as the Wellington Lesbian Community Radio Programme, airing under that name for more than 35 years until our revamp in 2019.
The programme is run by a collective of presenters and technicians and we always welcome new volunteers – if interested, email our heirloom address: qbananasradio@gmail.com
We value respect and we don’t do gender-policing.
There is an interview with Prue about the programme and its history on PrideNZ.com, and an article by Linda Evans about the history of the programme on nzhistory.govt.nz/women-together.
