Turn it up whānau, because Mixtape Memories is a vibe! Join Taryn as she takes you on a musical road trip through her all-time favourite tunes. There’s leather-jacket jams, songs that sound like freedom, retro tracks that never died and goosebump ballads that hit you in the feels. It’s part nostalgia trip, part karaoke car ride, and all undeniably good ear candy. Tune in for the songs, stay for the stories, and get ready to love these Mixtape Memories.
If you’ve ever fallen in love with a TV show’s soundtrack, this one’s for you. This week, Taryn dives into the music of The Brokenwood Mysteries — that distinctly Kiwi crime series where small-town secrets, dry wit, and long backroads are always underscored by the perfect song. Every track in this episode comes from Aotearoa artists, capturing the smoky country, indie, and folk-tinged sounds that give Brokenwood its unmistakable mood. It’s music that feels like twilight on a rural highway. A little mysterious. A little soulful. Entirely ours.
24 Feb 2026
Mixtape Memories: Modern Protest Songs
The world feels a little loud right now, right? A little fractured. A little... on fire? This week on Mixtape Memories, Taryn gathers modern protest songs from across genres and moods. These are the tracks that name the frustrations, question the systems, call out the injustices, and refuse to look away. These are the songs pushing back against oppression, exploitation, unchecked power, and the relentless churn of capitalism. These are the songs that sound like standing up, calling out the BS, and rising together with hope. Disclaimer: Some songs featured contain explicit language.
18 Feb 2026
Mixtape Memories: Feels Like Sunshine
This week on Mixtape Memories, Taryn builds a little musical altar to the sunshine goddesses and stacks it with songs that feel like warm skin, open windows, and the promise of summer! These are the tracks that glow even when the sky doesn’t — happy, dance-inducing, lift-your-mood tunes that remind you you can still shine under this summer’s grey clouds. There are throwback smiles from B*Witched and Bob Marley, alongside modern warmth from Lorde, Florence & The Machine, and The Lumineers. Press play, turn it up, and let the light in!
11 Feb 2026
Mixtape Memories: Soundtrack for Tears
There are songs you listen to for pleasure, and then there are the ones you listen to for survival. This episode of Mixtape Memories opens the most personal drawer in the collection: the songs Taryn cries to, leans on and the ones that crack her heart open when things get heavy. These tracks have carried her through grief, overwhelm, love, and the moments where words fall short but music understands anyway. Shared with aroha and depth, this mixtape is for anyone who’s ever pressed play and let a song do the holding.
4 Feb 2026
Mixtape Memories: Songs I’ve Played to Death
Some songs don’t just get listened to, they get lived in. This episode of Mixtape Memories explores the tracks that hooked Taryn’s ADHD brain and refused to let go, playing on repeat until they became comfort, fixation, and release all at once. These aren’t necessarily well-known or universally loved tunes, they’re personal. They’re the songs that soothed noisy days, feature in kitchen dance moments or felt steady when everything else wasn’t. These are the songs that have been played on repeat until they sink into muscle memory, and until every note feels familiar enough to breathe with.
28 Jan 2026
Mixtape Memories: The Songs That Raised Me
Before playlists and algorithms, there was the music that filled the house. This episode of Mixtape Memories traces the soundtrack of Taryn’s childhood, from the records and tapes her parents played loud and often, to the pop anthems that took over as she edged into her teens. It starts in the living room with bands like Creedence Clearwater Revival woven into everyday life, and ends in full-blown bedroom pop devotion with the Spice Girls!
21 Jan 2026
Mixtape Memories: Aotearoa Anthems
Aotearoa has this outrageous talent for making music that hits your soul, your puku, and your childhood all at once. Join Taryn as she dives into the tunes that feel like home. These are the songs that make you proud, make you emotional, make you dance, and make you yell the chorus like you’re onstage at a summer festival. Press play and celebrate the anthems that only this tiny-but-mighty motu could make.
14 Jan 2026
Mixtape Memories: Cover Story
A great cover is musical witchcraft — same ingredients, totally different spell. Join Taryn as she shares the most deliciously unhinged and brilliantly reimagined covers she’s ever discovered. We’re talking rock songs turned into choir pieces, pop bops dragged through the gravel and resurrected, and those rare covers that somehow out-vibe the source material entirely. These are the tracks she’s hunted for, hoarded, obsessed over, and shamelessly forced onto friends for years. Press play and prepare to fall head-over-ears for songs you thought you already knew.
7 Jan 2026
Mixtape Memories: Karaoke Confidence
There was a glorious period of Taryn’s life when she genuinely believed she could sing, and karaoke machines across the country paid the price. This episode jumps headfirst into the songs she used to belt out with full chest, full confidence, and absolutely no awareness of what her vocal cords were (or were not) capable of. We’re talking power ballads, 80s anthems, questionable key changes, dramatic hand gestures, and at least one song she had no business attempting... but absolutely did. Press play and relive the karaoke delusion, one off-key banger at a time.
31 Dec 2025
Mixtape Memories: Heard Live & Felt Deep
There’s nothing like the moment a song you love explodes into life in front of you! Join Taryn as she shares the tracks she’s heard live - the ones that shook her ribs, lit up her chest, and left her voice somewhere on a stadium floor. This is nostalgia, adrenaline, and live-gig magic woven into one mixtape. Press play and slip back into the crowd.
24 Dec 2025
Mixtape Memories: Santa's Secret Mixtape
Welcome to Santa’s secret mixtape, filled with Christmas songs you won't normally hear on the radio! Join Taryn as she dives into a stash of oddball Christmas tunes, unwraps some misfits, and pulls a few unexpected bangers out of the stocking. This cheeky Christmas Eve special is soaked in festive chaos, sprinkled with tinsel, and absolutely ready to be the soundtrack for your late-night wrapping marathon. Press play, pour something merry, and let these delightfully unhinged Christmas tunes carry you through the last-minute mayhem.
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