Take 5

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• Take 5 with Genesis Owusu

  October 1, 2026 · 60 min

  Genesis Owusu is one of Australia's most thrilling new artists. Born Kofi Owusu-Ansah, he immigrated to Canberra with his family when he was just two years old. Almost immediately he felt like an odd one out. And he used that feeling to…

• Take 5 with country music superstar Lainey Wilson

  September 24, 2026 · 53 min

  Lainey Wilson is a force of nature. Raised in the tiny farming town of Baskin, Louisiana (population 170) she grew up between corn fields and country radio, where music wasn't a genre but a way of life. From writing her first song at nine…

• Take 5 with Jacinda Ardern

  September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

  Jacinda Ardern is a history-maker. As Prime Minister of New Zealand at 37, she became only the second woman in the world to give birth while in office. But it was her leadership style that defined her time at the top, leading with empathy…

• Take 5 with David Byrne

  September 10, 2026 · 38 min

  David Byrne is a music icon. With Talking Heads, or his many wild collaborations, and as an acclaimed solo artist, he's continually pushed the boundaries of sound, crafting some of the most iconic live performances of our time. Over five…

• Take 5 with Darren Hayes from Savage Garden

  September 3, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

  When you look back at the Australian artists who've made their mark internationally, Savage Garden are right up there.  Two guys from Brisbane who went Number 1 around the world, cracked the notoriously tough U.S. market and sold nearly 30…

• Take 5 with Shania Twain

  August 27, 2026 · 44 min

  Shania Twain holds the record for the biggest selling country album of all time: Come On Over.  Growing up poor in a Canadian mining town, who could have foreseen that the woman born Eileen Regina Twain would go on to sell over 100 million…

• Take 5 with Peter Garrett

  August 20, 2026 · 57 min

  Peter Garrett has been an unstoppable force of Australian music for decades. As the iconic frontman of Midnight Oil, a grassroots activist, and a former Federal Parliamentarian, he's spent a lifetime driving change: from the pubs of Sydney…

• INTRODUCING: Brand new TV episodes of Take 5 with Zan Rowe

  August 13, 2026 · 4 min

  Take 5 with Zan Rowe is back on your screens from Thursday August 20, and Season 5 is the biggest yet! What song makes Peter Garrett cry?  What was the tune that woke David Byrne up to the full body physicality of music, at Studio 54?  And…