Fear, Guilt & Agriculture

This week Oscar is joined by Sam Te Kani, an author, artist, art critic, and fellow podcaster, regularly hosting Rats in the Gutter with Johanna Cosgrove. Sam and Oscar get into it all, the personal, the public, the politic, the erotic. Let the words speak for themselves, get your ears open wide and take it all in this week on another episode of Fear, Guilt & Agriculture!

Kia ora! This week on Fear, Guilt and Agriculture we are joined by Joel Cosgrove. Joel is a musician, an activist, and perhaps most notably a core member of the EYEGUM collective, which has been a major part of the independent gig scene in Te Whanganui-a-Tara for over a decade, particularly in the organisation and proliferation of house parties. Come TUCK into his tales, both of the scene and personal, as we enter the 2026 chapter of FGA!

Chris O’Connor is one of Aotearoa's most beloved musicians and a master drummer who you will have heard on everything from The Phoenix Foundation to Trinity Roots to his deep explorations of non-idiomatic free improvisation. Currently Chris is based in Tāmaki working in music therapy. This week he and Oscar dig into a bit of Chris’s past, where it all started, as well his present and some musings along the winding way. We invite you to take part as a friendly experiencer, to learn, laugh, and open yourself to some new musicking with this weeks guest, the one and only, Chris O’Connor. Tuck in!

Olga Dakiv is an author and teacher who has literally walked the path from Hell to Heaven—both on ‘the other side’ and here on Earth. Today, she guides people toward inner peace, health, and a fulfilled life, so heaven can be lived here on Earth. Open your mind this week on FGA as we get a peak into Olga’s life story, and some of her insights into what it means to live through this life. Tuck in as always, to the final 2025 episode!

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This weeks guest is Tom Anderson, a massive part of the local music scene in Tāmaki and across the motu. Wether its as a musician, a sound engineer, his involvement with the legendary Whammy bar, or overseeing massive international acts in some of the countries largest venues, Tom has on the ground involvement with the practical realities and idiosyncratic beauties of live music in Aotearoa and abroad. Come hear tales, personal and technical, as we round episode 90, the second to last episode of 2025, this week on FGA!