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:

2026 podcasts

• 12 Apr Tiffany Wayne with Debbie: current politics, recent earthquakes on the Ring of Fire, ..., 80s music and chat
•  5 Apr Sarah with Sue: the Stuff and Nonsense, show an eclectic hour of ramblings ranging from Aliens to America (Pocahontas !!) to ABBA.
• 29 Mar Siân - the Femme Rants show: conversation with trans comedian and burlesque performer Lily Catastrophe
• 22 Mar Tiffany Wayne with Debbie: korero with Shiqi and Shem about their Fringe show We’re Weird for Other Reasons, life etc., New Zealand music and chat
• 15 Mar Rosie with Fiona: the Irish lesbian programme for St Patrick's Day with Pride
•  8 Mar Tiffany Wayne with Kura: International Women's Day, Pride, the Pride Parade, music and chat
•  1 Mar Sarah with Sue - the Stuff and Nonsense show an eclectic hour of Zero Discrimination, Pride, and Witchcraft! AIDs history and current trends in research and withdrawal of funds; Wellington Pride; the Salem witch trials
• 22 Feb Siân - the Femme Rants show, interviewing Meaghan Fisher and Anna Dobbie about their one hour Fringe show 'Bad Girls' on at Circus Bar from 4th to 7th March exploring gender, what's up with Brooke van Velden and more
• 15 Feb Sarah with Sue - the inaugural session of the Stuff and Nonsense show: an hour of chat, ramblings, current affairs, pop culture, anything from history to tattoos.
•  8 Feb Tiffany Wayne with Kura: korero with Shiqi and Shem, who are performing in the Fringe show We’re Weird for Other Reasons showing 3-7 March 2026, a celebration of an emerging identity through performance
•  1 Feb Sue & Fiona - the Tangents show: interview with Joanna from Wellington Pride
• 25 Jan Tiffany Wayne with Debbie: interview with Cassie Taurima of RAW NERVE Fringe show - surreal stand up comedy/horror show; local and world politics ... plus music
• 18 Jan Creek with Sue chatting with comedian/performer Lily Catastrophe who is performing in the Fringe Festival; then an interview with Eleven Greenstones about The Stories of Our Bodies workshop she's hosting in Pōneke in late February
• 11 Jan Tiffany Wayne with Kura: podcasts of interest, current American politics and more, plus music of course
•  4 Jan Tiffany Wayne with Fiona: online safety incl. sexploitation, catfishing and scamming ... plus music

2025 podcasts

• 28 Dec Sue with Sarah talking about ancient Egyptian festivals
• 21 Dec Creek: Summer music and reviews by Quilted Bananas Collective members
• 14 Dec final epidode of the Raw Fish Show with Lani The Magnificent and Kura: current political events, best local donuts and coffee, music and chat
•  7 Dec Sue & Fiona: what’s been interesting them recently - interview with Paul Thistoll of Rights Aotearoa, a fairly new organisation dedicated to promoting, defending, and upholding universal human rights
• 30 Nov Tiffany Wayne with Kura: growing up takatāpui with religiopus mothers, reflections on Māori and spirituality, plus music
• 23 Nov Sue: with news - probably involving a wee rant, some TV, a random foray into tropes with the odd tangent
• 16 Nov the Raw Fish Show with Lani The Magnificent and Debbie: current political events, music
•  9 Nov Sue & Fiona: what’s been interesting them recently - books, politics, history, and of course some music too!
•  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
•  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 14^th - Sun 16^th 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