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The lost pubs of London
A new book is commemorating the public houses that have shaped the great city, and which are no longer with us. A total of 204 pubs feature in the book, which have since been transformed into… Audio
When non-fiction becomes fiction
When does creative nonfiction cross the line into fabrication, and does it matter? That's the question being asked by many after serious concerns were raised about the bestselling memoir The Salt… Audio
What Michael Douglas' films say about the crisis of masculinity
Actor Michael Douglas is pressing pause on his acting career, for now. While he isn't officially calling it retirement, he has said he worked pretty hard for 60 years. And that workload is something… Audio
Bookmarks with Kate Evans
Kate is an award-winning journalist and nature writer, her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Scientific American and National Geographic and she's hosted a science podcast 'Voice of Tangaroa'… Audio
Dishing the dirt on restaurant life
One birthday dinner at Melbourne's fanciest restaurant at age nine was all it took for Besha Rodell to get hooked on fine dining. She turned that obsession into a career, becoming a James Beard Award… Audio
Rhonda Hapi-Smith on life in the prisons
Rhonda Hāpi-Smith worked inside the toughest prisons for nearly twenty years. She tells her story
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One doctor's diagnosis after a decade in the health service
Ivor Popovich has spent a decade working his way through the health system on a mission to become an ICU specialist. Audio
Lisette Reymer: accidental war correspondent
Lisette Reymer joins Jim to discuss her book No, I Don't get Danger Money - Confessions of an Accidental War Correspondent. Audio
Nadine Hura: finding the words to talk about climate change
Wellington essayist Nadine Hura's new collection Slowing the Sun is a karanga to those who have left us and those still with us. Audio
Alice Austen: 33 Place Brugmann
The debut novel of former lawyer, Alice Austen, 33 Place Brugmann is set in WWII Brussels as the Nazis invade Belgium. Audio
Rebecca Solnit: the long and winding road
The indirect route to progress is the focus of award-winning Guardian columnist Rebecca Solnit's latest essay collection. Audio
Kenneth Roth
Do Israel’s actions amount to genocide? Kenneth Roth has spent decades documenting human rights violations. He explains how genocide is defined—and whether it’s happening in Gaza. Plus, is Trump's… Video, Audio
Lynne Olson - resistance at Ravensbrück
New York Times bestselling author, historian and White House correspondent Lynne Olson's new book The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück tells of defiance in a notorious women-only Nazi concentration camp. Audio
Why times speeds up as we age - and how to slow it down
For some of us, a day or an hour disappears in the blink of an eye. For others it might feel much longer. But why? Audio
Helen Lewis - Genius
Genius is in the eye of the beholder. You can tell what a society values by who it calls a genius says Helen Lewis, acclaimed Atlantic staff writer and podcast host for the BBC. Too often the title… Audio
Kate Summerscale The Peepshow
The real-life stranger-than-fiction story of serial killer Reg Christie rocked London in the 1950s. Audio
Dr Greg Walton: How we can achieve big change with small acts
Dr Greg Walton is a professor of psychology at Stanford University. He says a kind word, a tiny shift in thinking or a feeling of belonging can create big, lasting changes in people's lives. His new… Audio
Catherine Knight: An Uncommon Land
The commons or common land are cultural and natural resources available to all members of a society. In Europe they are prevalent but when early colonists came to Aotearoa they instead prioritised… Audio
Louise Perry on sex, freedom, and responsibility
In her last book, she made the case that the sexual revolution sold women freedom but mostly ended up giving men more sex without responsibility. . Audio
John Boyne: overcoming trauma to be a better parent
Multi award-winning Irish author John Boyne is famed for the global phenomenon The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas, which sold more than 11 million copies. His latest is an interlinked quartet of novellas… Audio
