B-side Stories

One year on from the Wellington Smart Energy Challenge we catch up with Russell from NoCar Cargo and Ryan from Switched On Bikes to see how their smart businesses are faring and the challenges of being small business owners in the CBD.

Pam and Nikki from the Nature Through Arts Collective - 23022016 by B-Side Stories

Joining B-Side Stories are Abby and Bella from Saving 2050, the wonderful Wellington organisation promoting environmental, animal and human friendly recipes to help New Zealand achieve it's target of halving our greenhouse emissions by 2050. Join us on Wellington Access Radio 783am for the tastiest revolution you've ever known!

Lauren Tennent goes to work at Peoples Coffee and she also goes regularly to prison. It is part of her job to teach women inmates at Arohata how to make good coffee. Find out why this young lady loves this part of her job and why Peoples Coffee want to be aligned with a prison.

Beekeeper Cenna Lloyd, talks about Wellington's booming bee passion and why she started her own bee business Local Flavour Urban Honey

Celia Painter and Abbie Krieble are teenagers who have written an illustrated book titled "When Life Gives you Lemons" that aims to help young people suffering from depression. Celia and Abbie talked with Ali on 2 Feb 2016 about creating the book and overcoming their own struggles with depression.

Laura spoke with Poetry in Motion, an inclusive group that aims to raise the profile of spoken word poetry, and challenge people's notions of what poetry is and can be! Michael Howard, Simone Bensthrop, and Travis Cottreau joined us to chat and performed some of their own original work.

Three of Wellingtons top gardeners, answer the Question-"Can gardening Save the World?"

This week on B-Side stories, host Martin Andrews chats with Jon Coddington, marionette maestro and barista extraordinaire. Jon's Pulp Fiction marionette show, "Puppet Fiction" recently returned from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it was the No.1 rated free day show of the festival. Jon discusses the origins of his marionette work, what it was like in Edinburgh and closes the show with his best Christopher Walken impression!

Benjamin Johnson from The Free Store 20151124 by B-Side Stories

Mereana and Stefan Beconcini from Volunteer Fitness 20151124 by B-Side Stories

Phantasticus is a 5 piece high-energy gypsy-flavours ensemble hailing from Wellington, who played live in the Access radio studio ahead of the release of their first album Phantasticus Acousticus and a gig at Old St Paul's on Friday.

A B-Side Stories interview with Kiwi innovators behind a wasp-killing bait, an Iwi-led restoration project from Tolaga Bay and a new-generation native lizard monitoring system who have each been awarded $25,000 from a WWF New Zealand grant to recognize their contribution to innovation in conservation.

Miles Calder performing live on B-Side Stories by B-Side Stories

Daimon Schwalger aka the Nomad and Zeal boss James Harris talk about the effects the new beat making Course is having on Welly youth.

Daimon Schwalger aka the Nomad and Zeal boss James Harris talk about the effects the new beat making Course is having on Welly youth.

Katie Wilson and Geoff Simmons talk about their theater piece about to show it's second season at Bats. It is called the F Word and strikes just as many nerves as it is all about Feminism

B-Side Stories host Martin Andrews is joined by Marie & Nic, the founders of Good Bitches Baking. GBB recently celebrated their one year anniversary providing home baking to the less fortunate living in Wellington, having recruited over 500 keen bakers and spread to eight cities around New Zealand. Marie & Nic discuss the birth and growth of their charitable trust and their desire "to make the world a little bit less shitty".

Phoebe Morris - Illustrator - 13102015 by B-Side Stories

Peter Gilberd, founder of the Woodridge planters talks about the work they are doing for the environment which is having a big effect on the Newlands community.