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 Access Radio Quilted Bananas radio page. Each Sunday's programme can generally be downloaded within a day of broadcasting. Here are the latest programmes available - click the link to play:
- 26 Sept Fiona & Sue: the select committees and the gay conversion, and BDMRR bills
- 19 Sept Kura: the Raw Fish show with DJ Panda
- 12 Sept Creek - magazine-style with hens, BDMRR bill, a couple of musos
- 5 Sept - no programme
- 29 Aug Kura: the Raw Fish show - music plus more lockdown tips and tricks
- 22 Aug Kura: the Raw Fish show - music plus lockdown tips and tricks
- 15 Aug Fiona & Sue with Jean & Jess talking about their queer ballet Sapphic Lake - the ancient Greek myth of Iphis and Ianthe gets a queer modern makeover ... with Doc Martens! Coming to Bats from 17 August
- 8 Aug Karen - Olympics queer sport special with Annie from Different Strokes
- 1 Aug Rosie - lesbian radio show, with Irish lesbian poet Emer Lyons
- 25 July Siân with members of new group Queer Endurance/Defiance
- 18 July Karen & Debbie - sporty and swimming things; interview with Annie from Different Strokes
- 11 July Sue & Fiona - the 35th anniversary of Homesexual Law reform, LGBTIQ+ news from around the world, books and more
- 4 July DJ Panda Raw Fish Show with a Dawn Raids commerative special
- 27 June Kura with part 2 of an interview with Val Little ... duh recording failed
- 20 June Debbie & Kura with local poet Angele Toomey
- 13 June Siân - femme rants about community with an interview with Val Little
- 6 June Sue & Fiona - Les Geeks do a book show with music ... but the recorder was on holiday again
- 30 May Kura - Raw Fish Show
- 23 May - Karen and Sophie from InsideOUT ... duh recording failed
- 16 May Linda & Sue with local author Andi Buchanan talking about science fiction
- 9 May Rosie - the lesbian programme - lesbian podcasts; digital assistants, technology and gender
- 2 May ... oops no show
- 25 Apr Sue & Fiona - interview with comedian Jadwiga Green
- 18 Apr Sue - talked about the recent CARN (Cross Agency Rainbow Network) conference
- 11 Apr: Access Radio was MIA so no podcast
- 4 Apr Siân - femme rants
- 28 Mar Karen - interview with Jessie and Sasha from Gender Minorities Aotearoa
- 21 Mar Leilani & Gertrude - mental health in the time of covid
- 14 Mar Rosie - St Patrick's Day programme ... but podcast awol
- 7 Mar Prue - lesbian community programme: Lois and Hilary (aka Jennifer Palgrave) talking about their new book Rising Tide
- 28 Feb Creek: music and storytime - 40 mins of a podcast of Marolyn Krasner reading from her novel The Radicals; available at marolynkrasner.com, and at LILAC and Wellington Public libraries
- 21 Feb Fiona & Sue
- 14 Feb Siân - femme rants
- 7 Feb ... oops - precorded programme awol
- 31 Jan DJ Panda & Kura - interviews with Gertrude and Bozo and music
- 24 Jan Joe with author Mia Farlane (author of Footnotes to Sex, available at LILAC, Wellington Public libraries and as an ebook), talking about lockdown in London and researching for her next novel about suicide; Mia read her short story on the topic. Mia on facebook
- 17 Jan Fiona & Sue - incl. Sue's interview with Tim Hampton of the Ministry of Justice about some results from the New Zealand Crime and Victimisation Survey. This reports alarming responses from lesbian, gay, and bisexual participants.
- 10 Jan Creek & Siân - music, book reviews including Sue's interview with Marolyn Krasner about her novel The Radicals from July 2020
2020 podcasts
- 27 Dec Sue & Fiona - Quilted Bananas programmes - and the year - in review
- 20 Dec Prue with Fiona - lesbian community programme, incl. lesbian weddings on Shortland Street and lesbian pulp fiction of the 1950s (based on an article on Atlas Obscura)
- 22 Nov - 13 Dec - technical problems at Access Radio so programmes not broadcast
- 15 Nov Sue & Fiona - including an interview with Grace from Overcommunicate zine
- 8 Nov - Emmie & Creek ... but Access Radio tech failure so no audio file available
- 1 Nov Rosie - the Irish lesbian programme
- 25 Oct Linda - spring gardening on a micro budget with Zoe Elizabeth
- 18 Oct Siân - post election femme rants - rest, reflection, recovery
- 11 Oct Joe - interview with a young lesbian - coming out in a small town, drag, gender, hairdressing
- 4 Oct Prue - London lockdown, Helen Reddy, the book No Modernism Without Lesbians by Diana Souhami about the creative expat lesbians in Paris pre WWII
- 27 Sept Sue & Fiona - home rennovations, mental health awareness week, covid lockdowns, books Fiona has been reading
- 13 Sept Linda - interview with Huhana Hickey "Thought Leader" to discuss the End of Life Choice Referendum and the possible impact it could have for people with disabilities
- 6 Sept Siân - femme rants rebroadcast of 2 August programme
- 30 Aug Karen - queer news from around the world including a long read about South African lesbian and anti-apartheid activist Beverley Ditsie
- 23 Aug Creek all about dogs and our relationships with them
- 16 Aug rebroadcast of 9 August show
- 9 Aug Rosie and Fiona - virtual events; UL lockdown survey
- 5 Jan Kura - replay of her October interview with writer Kate Kennedy about her Headlands project
- 3 Nov Siân talking to Hanna Waswa, a Two-Spirit Anishinaabe from Treaty 9 territory in Canada
- 27 Oct Kura chatting with Kathy Ombler a local freelance writer with a special focus on conservation, tourism, and hospitality
- 20 Oct Karen & Adrienne - music (Gladys Bentley!) and local goings on
- 13 Oct Sue & Sarah - talking about some of the first queens! Power, renown, and fabulousness in ancient Egypt
- 6 Oct Creek & Emmie interview each other about their bands
- 29 Sept Kura - interview with Kate Kennedy
- 22 Sept Linda featuring Asian queer music
- 15 Sept Siân - femme rants with writer and poet Emma Barnes
- 8 Sept Fiona & Sue - with Sally and Lisa from Stitch and Butch
- 1 Sept Kura - music and local events
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. We continue to receive funding from the Armstrong and Arthur Charitable Trust, which generously supports lesbian-interest activities in Wellington.
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.
