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Renowned landscape architect and former Environment Court commissioner, Dr Diane Menzies, is joining us for today's road trip. Diane is a descendant of Rongowhakaata and Aitanga a Mahaki, with… Audio

Burnout didn't become a recognised diagnosis until 1974, when German-American psychologist Herbert Freudenberger was encountering people he described as having "a physical or mental collapse caused by… Audio

She goes by the stage name Jo Ghastly and is a comedian psychiatrist and cancer survivor.  Audio

For many of us the start of the new year is a time for goal setting and reflection. We stop and think about what we want to achieve in the upcoming 12 months. Some of us even go as far as setting… Audio

Dozens of elite Russians have died in suspicious circumstances over the past few years in what the Sydney Morning Herald has called "a global murder mystery." Waikato University's International Law… Audio

NOTE: This episode has been reuploaded to correct some inaccuracies in the original version. We all know New Zealand was the first country in the world where women could vote. But do you know how we… Video, Audio

This week on bookmarks we meet Dr Georgia Grant, a sedimentologist whose work has led to her winning the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship. Audio

This Saturday November 25 is the 60th anniversary of Dr Who, a show that many listeners will not only have grown up with, but enjoyed the many new incarnations from the earliest Dr Whos, to David… Audio

Dr Huhana Smith (Ngāti Tukorehe) was the first graduate from Toioho ki Apiti with a Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts in 1998. She now holds a PhD in Māori studies.  Audio

Dr Rebecca Rice, Curator in Historical New Zealand Art has been rethinking Aotearoa New Zealand’s colonial visual culture, and her current research focuses on nineteenth-century female botanical… Audio

Dr Max Berry has dedicated her career to understanding and caring for babies born too soon. As a consultant neonatologist she's on the floor of Wellington's neonatal intensive care unit supporting… Audio

Dr Julia de Bres is a sociolinguist and senior lecturer at Massey. She joins Mark Leishman to tell us how cats use their body language to subtly manipulate us into doing their bidding. Audio

You may have heard the saying 'Gossip is the Devil's radio', but does gossip actually deserve the bad rap it gets? Dr Erica Brozovsky is a sociolinguist, and the host and writer of popular PBS Youtube… Video, Audio

Freshwater ecologist, environmental science researcher and activist Dr Mike Joy is a well known outspoken voice in the need for our society to make radical changes to deal with our major environmental… Audio

Rather than Boys II Men, it’s Boys II Middle Age: playwright and actor Michael Galvin has written a play about boy bands, with a difference. Audio

The team behind a unique research project looking into loneliness in aged care homes in Australia has garnered international attention for its approach. Study lead, Monash University Sociologist Dr… Audio

A new report has highlighted what happens in the body if we cut short our sleep - even over a short period. Sanja Jelic is the director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at Columbia and professor of… Audio

Museums are really theatres of political power, says Maia Nuku, curator of Oceania at one of the biggest: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 

Nuku (Ngāi Tai) is interested in the way museums… Audio

Dr Maddy McAllister is a maritime archeologist who calls herself a shipwreck detective. She is Senior Curator in Maritime Archaeology at the Museum of Tropical Queensland, in Townsville, where she is… Audio