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Nick Tipping takes a jazz journey through the colours of the rainbow - from Gerry Mulligan's 'Red Door' to Billie Holiday singing 'Violets for your Furs'. Audio

Dame Jane Campion talks to Susie Ferguson about the intense job of directing movies, her love of napping in the bush and losing a baby as she won international acclaim for her 1993 film The Piano. Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark says 'happy 80th birthday' to rock 'n' roll legend Keith Richards! Audio

Tony Stamp reviews a mysterious collection of retro jams by the American singer-songwriter. Audio

His latest film, The Killer, is streaming on Netflix, so Dan Slevin looks at three older David Fincher works to see if they provide clues to help us appreciate him.

Tony Stamp reviews the veteran MC's latest collection of reflective rhymes. Audio

Journalist Ben Smith tells the story of how digital media organisations became addicted to "going viral" in his new book Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral… Audio

Tony Stamp reviews the debut of local jazz super-ensemble The Circling Sun, West Africa-via-Nashville musician Peter One's first LP in 40 years, and Dictaphone Blues' return to noisy fun. Audio

Mullova is known the world over as a violinist of exceptional versatility and musical integrity. She is joined by husband Matthew Barley and New Zealand's Stephen De Pledge in performing Schubert’s…

As the world wrestles with trying to end the Covid-19, professor David Hayman is on the hunt for our next pandemic foe. An infectious disease ecologist at Massey University, Hayman has travelled the… Audio

The 70-year-old Janis Ian has said that the new album, The Light at the End of the Line, is going to be her last. William Dart puts up a case for hoping that it won't be. Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has new music from the Delines and Charlie Parr, classic ska and reggae courtesy of the Mellow Cats and the Heptones plus a birthday tune for Randy Newman. Audio

A half-century on from The Kinks' 1970 album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One, the boxed set arrives with heaps of archival extras. William Dart checks out just what lies beyond its… Audio

Inbal Megiddo (cello), Rachel Thomson (piano) Recorded 9 May 2021, St Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington by RNZ Concert Audio

Jono Frew is the co-founder of a network Quorum Sense which brings farmers together to share knowledge about regenerative farming systems. Jono is an award-winning farm manager and has a background in… Audio

Former New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman says Big Food marketers and politicians thrive on a food system that isn't good for us and isn't good for the planet. He  talks to Jesse about trying… Audio

Down the years critics, campaigners, scholars and journalists have pointed out racial bias - and outright racism - in our media. And when the Black Lives Matter movement went global this year, some…

Steve Wynn-Harris says farmers are often criticised for their mono-cultures but when you have a poke around, it's a lot more diverse than expected. Audio

Frontman for acclaimed UK punk band Idles Joe Talbot talks to Tony Stamp about making aggressive music with a peaceful message, and how their new album Ultra Mono was influenced by Joe's time in… Audio

The Personal History of David Copperfield is a non-traditionally cast version of the Dickens classic. Stars Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Hugh Laurie and many more. Directed by Armando… Video, Audio

During her 40 plus years in education as a teacher, lecturer and consultant, Diane Mara says too many intervention programmes developed for Pasifika have failed.

Dr Mara is concerned about fancy… Audio

Performed by Matthew Barley (cello), and Stephen De Pledge (piano) at a CMNZ concert in Auckland Concert Chamber, 16 September 2019. Video, Audio

William Dart gathers together a bunch of songs that he had to leave out of previous programmes: songs from João Gilberto, Inara George and Jeff Goldblum, The Topp Twins, David Pine, Patti Smith… Video, Audio

David Gillespie knows he seems like the last person to be doling out diet advice. He's not a doctor or a nutritionist - he's a lawyer, who gathers and digests information. Audio

Finn Johansson joins us with a preview of three new music selections on Out Lately. In November, Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie) is releasing the Mount Eerie album Lost Wisdom pt. 2 with Canadian… Audio

Guitarist and rock historian Lenny Kaye talks about Les Paul, who was not only a brilliant guitarist, but also designed and built the iconic Les Paul solid body electric guitars and was a pioneer… Audio

Australia's national science agency, CSIRO has conducted three decades of research looking at the effect diet and lifestyle have on health and wellbeing. One of the focuses has been on the role… Audio, Gallery

The legendary singer Scott Walker died recently. William Dart looks at a singer hailed as everything from existential chansonnier to avant-garde pioneer. Video, Audio