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Take 5

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.

Stephen Page's unbroken songs

41 mins; July 08, 2021

Rise Against's America

31 mins; July 01, 2021

Sleater-Kinney's off-kilter songs

37 mins; June 24, 2021

Danny Elfman's epiphanies

44 mins; June 17, 2021

Shirley Manson's songs of purpose

32 mins; June 10, 2021

Lindy Morrison's life

39 mins; June 03, 2021

Gruff Rhys' bedrock songs

26 mins; May 20, 2021

St. Vincent's classics

38 mins; May 13, 2021

Julia Stone's songs of freedom

44 mins; May 06, 2021

Ed Kuepper's decades

37 mins; April 29, 2021

Kate Crawford's atlas of sound

40 mins; April 22, 2021

Ariel Rechtshaid's studio

45 mins; April 09, 2021

Anne Edmonds and Lloyd Langford's songs that shaped them

28 mins; March 25, 2021

Femi Kuti's legacy

32 mins; March 18, 2021

Eskimo Joe's songs to unite

37 mins; March 11, 2021

Ione Skye's firsts

26 mins; March 04, 2021

Max Richter's songs to compel

32 mins; February 25, 2021

Kate Mulvany's backstory

34 mins; February 18, 2021

Tana Douglas' songs from the road

38 mins; February 11, 2021

Fat Mike's no rules

28 mins; February 04, 2021

Brendan Cowell's turning points

33 mins; January 28, 2021

Adalita's evolution songs

38 mins; January 21, 2021

Best of 2020

57 mins; December 17, 2020

Common's music for a movement

31 mins; December 10, 2020

Tara June Winch's songs that tell her story

37 mins; December 03, 2020

Bag Raiders' 2010

30 mins; November 26, 2020

Fanny Lumsden's solace songs

33 mins; November 19, 2020

Bjorn Stewart's full course

29 mins; November 12, 2020

Kylie Minogue's disco ball

29 mins; November 05, 2020

Róisín Murphy's foundation songs

31 mins; October 29, 2020

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever's summer songs

25 mins; October 22, 2020

Julia Baird's luminous songs

41 mins; October 15, 2020

Peter Garrett's songs of reckoning

34 mins; September 24, 2020

Tame Impala's songs that would surprise

26 mins; September 17, 2020

Felix Riebl's Musical Geography

34 mins; September 11, 2020

Christian Joy’s visionary songs

33 mins; September 03, 2020

Daniel Levitin's neuroscience of music

39 mins; August 27, 2020

Quan Yeomans' inner child

33 mins; August 20, 2020

Darren Hanlon's coping songs

30 mins; August 13, 2020

Virginia Trioli's landmark songs

45 mins; August 06, 2020

Emma Donovan's family tree

31 mins; July 30, 2020

Courtney Barnett's Melbourne songs

34 mins; July 16, 2020

Rufus Wainwright's 5 acts

31 mins; July 09, 2020

Susan Rogers’ catalyst songs

58 mins; July 02, 2020

Ricky Powell's access all area songs

28 mins; June 25, 2020

Kate Miller-Heidke's stage songs

29 mins; June 18, 2020

Nick Littlemore’s songs of enlightenment

38 mins; June 11, 2020

Ben Shewry’s songs for the senses

41 mins; June 04, 2020

REMI's songs of friendship

33 mins; May 28, 2020

Jessie Ware’s late night songs

29 mins; May 21, 2020

Tori Amos' sonic hunters

43 mins; May 14, 2020

Miranda Tapsell’s chapter songs

36 mins; May 07, 2020

The Rapture share songs for the people they love

18 mins; April 30, 2020

Anna Calvi’s songs of freedom

28 mins; April 24, 2020

Dave McCormack's cornerstone songs

32 mins; April 17, 2020

Georgia’s easter egg songs

37 mins; April 02, 2020

Ngaiire's songs without boundaries

31 mins; March 26, 2020

New Order’s Bernard Sumner with the songs that made him

37 mins; March 19, 2020

Hot Chip's jubilant songs

33 mins; March 12, 2020

Girls to the Front Bonus Best Of

36 mins; March 07, 2020

Hayley Mary's women of the decade

32 mins; March 05, 2020

Weyes Blood's songs that fly too high

30 mins; February 27, 2020

Leigh Whannell’s songs you can see

28 mins; February 20, 2020

Clare Bowditch's hurricane songs

36 mins; February 13, 2020

Fletcher from Pennywise with songs that push forward

27 mins; February 06, 2020

Fatboy Slim’s dancefloor evergreens

33 mins; January 30, 2020

Best of 2019

67 hours 16 mins; December 12, 2019

West Coast is the Best Coast

20 mins; December 05, 2019

Kram’s amazing Spiderbait moments

28 mins; November 29, 2019

Dennis Lyxzén’s memorable moments

26 mins; November 21, 2019

Amanda Palmer's love song dedications

24 mins; November 14, 2019

Elbow's songs of nostalgia

20 mins; November 07, 2019

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros’ songs from the road

20 mins; October 31, 2019

Bernard Fanning’s trip down memory lane

20 mins; October 24, 2019

Julia Jacklin's unexpected songs

17 mins; October 17, 2019

Gerard Way's songs that made him

24 mins; October 10, 2019

Neil and Sharon Finn’s musical hookups

21 mins; October 03, 2019

Tony Visconti's enduring relationships

48 mins; September 26, 2019

Tool's unexpected finds in their music library

18 mins; September 19, 2019

Kasey Chambers' musical breakthroughs

41 mins; September 12, 2019

Vivien Goldman's hidden histories

32 mins; September 05, 2019

Fred Armisen's punk life

36 mins; August 29, 2019

Waleed Aly's songs we should talk about

48 mins; August 22, 2019

Andrew Stafford's songs to believe in

40 mins; August 15, 2019

Jessica Mauboy's songlines

42 mins; August 08, 2019

Peter Hook’s unknown pleasures

39 mins; August 02, 2019

Adrianne Lenker's songs that get under your skin

35 mins; July 26, 2019

The Streets Take 5 with songs of then and now

22 mins; July 19, 2019

Mark Ronson's songs of pop perfection

38 mins; July 11, 2019

Jen Cloher's musical navigators

44 mins; July 05, 2019

Warren Ellis' songs in the key of Waz

55 mins; June 20, 2019

Kelsey Lu's songs of hope

28 mins; June 14, 2019

Kirsha Kaechele’s illuminating songs

29 mins; June 07, 2019

Washington's chameleon songs

34 mins; May 31, 2019

Jimmy Barnes' songs that made him

37 mins; May 24, 2019

Hear Kacey Musgraves' Take 5, with the theme of 'songs that follow her arrow'

35 mins; May 17, 2019

Tiny Ruins' songs from the road

32 mins; May 10, 2019

Vika and Linda Bull's sibling songs

46 mins; May 03, 2019

Kurt Vile's musical heroes

34 mins; April 25, 2019

Simon Amstell's songs that tell his story

37 mins; April 11, 2019

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