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Described by Atlantic magazine as "America's foremost thinker and writer on the single experience", Bella DePaulo is a professor of social psychology at the University of California in Santa Barbara… Audio

Kristy Chambers has written a warts-and-all memoir about her career as a nurse in - Get Well Soon! Audio

New Zealand-born physicist Sean Gourley on the mathematical patterns that underly war, global intelligence, and his roles as a political advisor to the Iraqi government, the UN and the Pentagon. Audio

UK writer and cultural critic, whose new book You Aren't What You Eat: Fed Up With Gastroculture is a broadside at the developed world's obsession with food. Audio

One of America's most successful non-profit leaders, Nancy Lublin began Dress for Success when she was just 23 with a US$5,000 inheritance from her great-grandfather. Audio

Director of the UnitedHealth Chronic Initiative which is working on creating centres in the developing world to counter the pandemic of chronic disease. He's the former editor of the British Medical… Audio

Assil Russell is an Iraq born New Zealand dental surgeon who set up the not-for-profit organisation ICARE (Iraqi Children's Aid & Repair Endeavour). This charity runs small community level projects… Audio

He started independent publisher 'Craig Potton Publishing', which is marking 25 years since it was founded. Audio

English comedian, musician, and actor Bill is heading to New Zealand with his brand new live show, Qualmpeddler. Audio

Andrew Rowan is a genetic scientist for Cancer Research UK - and what he learned about himself as a 32 year old has caused him to delve into his genetic past. After the mother who raised him died… Audio

Philippa Gregory is best known for her historical novels, including the international bestseller The Other Boleyn Girl. The historian and writer is credited with telling the tales of women who shaped… Audio

Author of The Snow Child. Audio

Liz Hunkin teaches te reo Maori in Wairoa and she is a 2012 a winner of an Ako Aotearoa - the national centre for tertiary teaching excellence in Kaupapa Maori context. She is a founder of Te Kura… Audio

Otago-born Len Cook was the Director of the Office for National Statistics in the UK from 2000-2005. He also served as Registrar-General of England and Wales and in that role got to decide that Prince… Audio

Senior fellow at the influential Brookings Institution think-tank, Thomas Mann's taught at universities such as Princeton and John Hopkins, conducted polls for congressional candidates and chaired the… Audio

Dennis Debbaudt is an American investigative journalist and autism advocate, who educates law enforcement on how to identify and deal with people who have Autism Spectrum Disorder. Audio

Kevin Powers served as a machine gunner in Mosul and Tal Afar in 2004 and 2005. He spent four years writing his debut novel 'The Yellow Birds', which draws on those war experiences. Audio

Lyric soprano Madeleine Pierard is back home in New Zealand for her longest stint since heading overseas in 2006. Her career has blossomed in London, from winning the 2005 Lexus Song Contest to… Audio

At six years old, Michael's daughter Jani was diagnosed with child-onset schizophrenia, the severity of which left her detached from reality, and at times, threatened to take her life. Michael has… Audio

New Zealand inventor and entrepreneur Matthew Simmons on how he turned his afterschool job of fixing stereo speakers into an internationally successful electronics business involved in everything from… Audio

Albert Wendt, novelist, poet, painter, has been called the father of Pacific writing. Audio

When his father died, Ken Budd was spurred to create a legacy beyond "being tall, and enjoying watching TV". His voluntourism stints began within the US, helping clean-up New Orleans post-Hurricane… Audio

Australian QC and renowned photographer Mark Tedeschi on the intriguing story of Eugenia Falleni - who grew up in New Zealand as a girl but who lived in as a man (Harry Crawford) in Australia Harry /… Audio

Author of the libretto for "Len Lye The Opera" and also a Len Lye biographer. Audio

Waina Kapa is the Chairperson of the Randwick Park Residents Association. Randwick Park is close to Manurewa and Alfriston and was first zoned for residential use in 1973, so it is a relatively young… Audio