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On this week's Nashville Babylon there's classic reggae from Horace Andy, a soulful take on Jimi Hendrix and Neil Young courtesy of the Isley Brothers, a brace of tracks from Bonnie Bramlett plus a… Audio

Our guest curating their mixtape for the next hour is Fiona McDonald. She has been singing her whole life, but is best known for her work with Strawpeople and Headless Chickens. Video, Audio

Liam Finn joins us in studio next to share his brand new single - "I Want You To Be So Happy" from his solo project Hyperverse Video, Audio

This week on Introducing we meet Samoan musician, actor and poet EMA I'U who has just released her powerful new 'Flower of Life'. Video, Audio

Zach Condon returns with a frosty collection from Norway. Video, Audio

The LA duo present an ambient record to connect you to the natural world. Video, Audio

The Tāmaki Makaurau pair reveal a sonic landscape that alternates between spiky and smooth. Video, Audio

A wetland at the bottom of a dairy farm in South Wairarapa is reducing most of the nitrates being drained from the paddocks. The project at Kaiwaiwai Dairies is nearly a decade old and one of the… Audio

Brother and sister duo Sam and Ellie Studd's new book The Best Things In Life Are Cheese, aims to help us understand and appreciate cheese in all its many forms. They're about as close to cheese… Audio

What can mammals genome reveal about how the human genome works? Professor Elinor Karlsson co-leads the Zoonomia Project, which uses comparative genomics to shed light on how certain species achieve… Audio

As wars continue in Gaza and Ukraine, and other parts of the world, a new book questions whether New Zealand ought to have a military force at all. Professor Richard Jackson, Griffin Leonard and… Audio

A soulmate is someone who pushes you to discover your own potential, says actor and filmmaker Greg Sestero. For him, that's Tommy Wiseau, the "eccentric" friend who directed him in a 2003 film widely… Audio

Writer Danyl McLauchlan joins Susie to tackle life's big questions, ideas and thinkers. Today's he's looking at Swedish academic and environmental activist Andreas Malm, author of the book How to Blow… Audio

In The Best Country to Give Birth? medical historian Linda Bryder explores how New Zealand came to develop its unique approach to the role of midwives in childbirth. The 1990 Nurses Amendment Act… Audio

British clinical neuropsychologist Andy Mitchell was curious about the renewed attention psychedelics were getting in his field, so set out to do some first-person research. He took ten different… Audio

Chanelle Dickie has taken dozens of retired racehorses under her wing. She's part of a rehoming and re-educating programme that cares for standardbreds that have fallen off the pace. Audio