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.
Upcoming programme presenters:
- 12 Dec: Raw Fish Show - Kura
- 19 Dec: Siân - the Femme Rants Show
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:
- 5 Dec Leilani: with guest Wayne aka Tiffany Wayne
- 28 Nov Angele: news, notices, poetry and music
- 21 Nov Rosie: Irish lesbian techie programme featuring 1980s and 1990s music
- 14 Nov Kura: the Raw Fish Show
- 7 Nov Angele and Debbie: the poetry show
- 31 Oct Sue & Fiona with author Kim Hunt talking about her book The Beautiful Dead, living in Australia, her cars ...
- 24 Oct: Siân - the Femme Rants Show with Rem Wigmore, author of new a book Foxhunt [no podcast]
- 17 Oct Kura: the Raw Fish show - DJ Panda with guest Octavius Jones
- 10 Oct Karen: Book reviews (including Fun home and Are You My Mother by Alison Bechdel) [both books are available LILAC], queer goings on in Wellington and music
- 3 Oct Fiona & Sue: with Jean and Felix from the cast of Hir - a new play at Circa
- 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
The podcasts for January - mid April 2021 are no longer easliy accessible; ditto for most of the 2019 & 2020 podcasts.
2020 podcasts
- 30 Aug Karen - queer news from around the world including a long read about South African lesbian and anti-apartheid activist Beverley Ditsie
- 16 Aug rebroadcast of 9 August show
- 5 Jan Kura - replay of her October interview with writer Kate Kennedy about her Headlands project
2019 podcasts
- 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.
