The Take 5 is a music podcast where the people you love, share five songs they love. Each guest has a different theme, and the memories attached to their most beloved songs flip them to fan mode, often giving a rare insight into their creative heart. Hosted by Zan Rowe.
Ed Le Brocq's songs on the road
46 mins; April 01, 2026
Tim Rogers Takes 5 with "a living"
49 mins; March 25, 2026
Lizzy Hoo's life escapades
51 mins; March 18, 2026
Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Liberation
41 mins; March 11, 2026
Take 5 returns with a bumper new season
2 mins; March 04, 2026
A little update for Take 5
1 min; February 04, 2026
Best of Take 5: Aaron Chen
11 mins; January 19, 2026
Best of Take 5: Dannii Minogue
9 mins; January 12, 2026
Best of Take 5: Jack Antonoff
10 mins; January 05, 2026
Best of Take 5: CMAT
10 mins; December 29, 2025
Best Of Take 5: Darren Hayes
11 mins; December 22, 2025
Best of Take 5: Angie McMahon
10 mins; December 15, 2025
Best of 2025: Lorde, Gordi, Trent Dalton + more
55 mins; December 11, 2025
Take 5 with TV On The Radio
36 mins; December 04, 2025
Alex Kapranos from Franz Ferdinand
46 mins; November 27, 2025
Trent Dalton's own story in five songs
54 mins; November 20, 2025
Stella Donnelly's radical honesty
37 mins; November 13, 2025
Justine Clarke's Australian songbook
37 mins; November 06, 2025
Noel Gallagher's 'escape' songs
46 mins; October 30, 2025
Mother and Son: Denise Scott and Matt Okine
40 mins; October 23, 2025
Paul Kelly's songs of 'place'
57 mins; October 14, 2025
Jarvis Cocker from Pulp
62 hours 59 mins; October 07, 2025
Take 5 with Lorde
59 mins; September 30, 2025
Kevin Bacon Takes 5 with songs of joy
47 mins; September 23, 2025
Take 5 with comedian and TV star Aaron Chen
55 mins; September 16, 2025
Melanie C's songs she 'feels in her bones'
60 hours 42 mins; September 09, 2025
Take 5 with Peaches
28 mins; September 04, 2025
INTRODUCING: Brand new TV episodes of Take 5 with Zan Rowe
5 mins; August 28, 2025
Mac DeMarco shares 5 essential songs
39 mins; August 21, 2025
Bert McCracken from The Used
36 mins; August 14, 2025
Meg Washington's 'oasis' songs
35 mins; August 07, 2025
Gordi Takes 5 with 'transformation' songs
42 mins; July 31, 2025
Patience Hodgson's Hottest 100 pre-party songs
38 mins; July 24, 2025
Howlin' Pelle Takes 5 with blockbuster songs
31 mins; July 17, 2025
Outback Tom's songs for the generations
41 mins; July 10, 2025
Zan revisits a special Take 5 with Ngaiire
30 mins; July 03, 2025
Eddie Perfect Takes 5 with his 'source material' songs
42 mins; June 26, 2025
5 songs that have fused to Richard Fidler's 'history'
48 mins; June 19, 2025
Little Birdy's Katy Steele Takes 5 with 'breakout' songs
37 mins; June 12, 2025
Ball Park Music's Sam Cromack Takes 5 with 'departures'
40 mins; June 05, 2025
Izzi Manfredi from The Preatures goes full circle
45 mins; May 29, 2025
Kumi Taguchi: 5 songs she’s deeply bonded to
45 mins; May 22, 2025
Holy Holy's Tim Carroll shares his songs of place
42 mins; May 15, 2025
The Kooks' Luke Pritchard on Dylan, Bowie and Lykke Li
42 mins; May 08, 2025
Antony Green's song preferences
35 mins; May 01, 2025
Zan returns to Slowdive's girls to the front songs
47 mins; April 24, 2025
Zan revisits a beautiful Take 5 with Lucy Dacus
27 mins; April 17, 2025
Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE, leaving the cabin, and finding happiness
41 mins; April 10, 2025
Zan Rowe revisits a joyous Take 5 with Common
24 mins; April 03, 2025
Mahalia Barnes picks 5 songs that sum up her soul
36 mins; March 27, 2025
Mel Buttle's gala songs
45 mins; March 20, 2025
Julia Stone's songs of freedom
41 mins; March 13, 2025
Kristin Hersh's songs that shine
36 mins; March 06, 2025
Mardi Gras best of: HAAi, Jake Shears, Casey Donovan, Ed Le Brocq and Rhys Nicholson
45 mins; February 27, 2025
Sharon Van Etten's songs of metamorphosis
43 mins; February 20, 2025
Shihad once drove Faith No More around Auckland in an old volvo
48 mins; February 13, 2025
Take 5 with New Order's Bernard Sumner
33 mins; February 06, 2025
Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne shares his life-affirming songs
40 mins; January 30, 2025
Best Bits: Hilltop Hoods—"It was the best day of my life"
11 mins; January 27, 2025
Best Bits: How Angel Olsen gets the most out of life
13 mins; January 20, 2025
Best Bits: The song that converted Fatboy Slim to disco music
9 mins; January 13, 2025
Best Bits: Caroline Polachek on Pink Floyd
13 mins; January 06, 2025
Best Bits: Adam Hills' accidental text to Elbow's Guy Garvey
14 mins; December 30, 2024
Best Bits: which song makes Emily Wurramara feel grown up?
