Program: Take 5

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The Take 5 podcast is 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 give us a rare insight into their creative heart.

Listen on Double J each Friday from 10am, with new podcast episodes every Friday morning. You can also watch Take 5 with Zan Rowe on ABC iview.

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Take 5 with Peaches

The transgressive trailblazer celebrates 25 years since The Teaches of Peaches. A boundary-blurring blend of electroclash, sex-positive feminist themes, and fun.

Published: FriFri 5 Sep 2025 at 12:00amwith Zan Rowe

Duration: 28 minutes 13 seconds

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

Take 5 with Zan Rowe is back on your screens from Tuesday 9 September, and Season 4 is our biggest yet. Kevin Bacon Melanie C from the Spice Girls Lorde Paul Kelly Comedian Aaron Chen (Fisk, Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee)

Published: 29 Aug 2025Fri 29 Aug 2025 at 12:00amwith Zan Rowe

Kevin Bacon in a blue check long-sleeve collared shirt sits in a New York recording studio

Duration: 5 minutes 1 second

Mac DeMarco shares 5 essential songs

Mac DeMarco has long been loved for his laid-back guitar noodlings and so called “slacker” rock. He sometimes calls it "jizz jazz", but whatever it is, it’s gained him a loving fanbase across the world.

Published: 22 Aug 2025Fri 22 Aug 2025 at 12:00amwith Zan Rowe

Mac DeMarco does a peace sign standing on rocks on the edge of a lake with a green forest and water behind him

Duration: 39 minutes 15 seconds

Bert McCracken from The Used

Bert McCracken from The Used shares 5 songs that 'got him through'. The frontman and founding member of The Used found his tribe through music, and he’s gathered a huge community of fans over the last 25 years.

Published: 15 Aug 2025Fri 15 Aug 2025 at 12:00amwith Zan Rowe

Bert McCracken from emo-punk band The Used wears a grey band jumper with 'The Used' written in orange writing on the front

Duration: 36 minutes 30 seconds

Meg Washington takes you to her oasis

It’s been five years since Meg Washington released an album of original songs, but that time hasn’t been wasted. Starring in Bluey as Calypso, and co-writing the Paul Kelly inspired film How To Make Gravy have dominated her last little while.

Published: 8 Aug 2025Fri 8 Aug 2025 at 12:00amwith Zan Rowe

Meg Washington with her long hair out crouches on a rock at the beach with the sea and stormy sky in the backgroun

Duration: 35 minutes 43 seconds

Gordi Takes 5 with 'transformation' songs

Sophie Payten has had a wild five years. Better known as Gordi, she’s been living all over, put music on hold to work her day job as a doctor during the pandemic, and has been reassessing her place and space in the world through it all.

Published: 1 Aug 2025Fri 1 Aug 2025 at 12:00amwith Zan Rowe

Singer songwriter Gordi aka Sophie Payten wearing a black singlet and holding up $5 notes

Duration: 42 minutes 44 seconds

Patience Hodgson's Hottest 100 pre-party songs

Patience Hodgson is no stranger to the Hottest 100.

Published: 25 Jul 2025Fri 25 Jul 2025 at 12:00amwith Zan Rowe

Duration: 38 minutes 48 seconds

Howlin' Pelle Takes 5 with blockbuster songs

Howlin’ Pelle is a joy to be around. As the longtime lead singer for Swedish garage rock legends The Hives, he brings big energy on stage and off.

Published: 18 Jul 2025Fri 18 Jul 2025 at 12:00amwith Zan Rowe

Duration: 31 minutes

Outback Tom's songs for the generations

Yorta Yorta man Tom Forrest knows how to spin a yarn. Better known as Outback Tom, he’s amassed hundreds of thousands of fans on social media with his bush recipes and know how.

Published: 11 Jul 2025Fri 11 Jul 2025 at 12:00amwith Zan Rowe

Tom forrest AKA outback tom leans against a van with his arms crossed

Duration: 41 minutes

Zan revisits a special Take 5 with Ngaiire

This week, I’ve pulled out a special Take 5 from the archives, when Ngaiire joined me to explore songs without boundaries. Ngaiire has long been one of Australian music's most treasured voices.

Published: 4 Jul 2025Fri 4 Jul 2025 at 12:00amby Zan Rowe

A woman with pink hair poses in front of a pink background, hands up around her face.

Duration: 30 minutes

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