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Evolutionary biologist Hamish Spencer talks about how mathematical modeling can tell us about the genetic changes that occur in human, animal and plant populations. Audio

Auckland-based architect Pete Bossley last month won the NZ Institute of Architects' Gold Medal for 2012. The Director of Bossley Architects is best known for his designs for Te Papa, the Voyager… Audio

June Mariu became a Dame in the 2012 Queens Birthday Honours - for community service for more than 40 years. Dame June has been the National President of the Maori Women's Welfare League, a Chairwoman… Audio

Joan Druett is a maritime historian and author. Her latest book, Tupaia: The remarkable story of Captain Cook's Polynesian navigator, tells the story of the navigator that made Captian Cook's voyages… Audio

Jonathan Waters is a zoologist at the University of the Otago who is doing an audit of prehistoric New Zealand and the immediate and severe impact of human arrival. Audio

Best known for hosting her own daily talk show on Court TV for eight years, trial attorney Lisa Bloom is now a regular legal analyst on CBS News. Lisa Bloom, the daughter of Gloria Allred, the famous… Audio

Brian Evans is the principal of Kelston Boys High School in West Auckland, and has done a masters and embarked on a PhD on the topic of academic success for Pacific Island boys. He's also the coach of… Audio

Born and raised in Canada and living in NZ for the past 5 years, Tami grew up in a travelling family band and has shared the stage with superstars such as Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn. Audio

Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Southern Cross University, Tweed Heads, Dr Hil is also the author of 'Whackademia: An insider's account of the Troubled University'. In… Audio

Sir Graeme Douglas is the founder and managing director of Douglas Pharmaceuticals, which is one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical development and manufacturing companies in Australasia. The West… Audio

Expat New Zealander, Jon Tucker, adventurer and former history teacher lives on a ketch in Tasmania. A few years ago he hitched a ride with his sons on their home-built yacht to Antarctica. He's… Audio

Former competitive ballroom dancer, turned high end London caterer, Dr David Barret is now a research fellow at Melbourne University School of Physics and part of a team working on a bionic eye… Audio

Dr Oliver Hartwich is the executive director of the New Zealand Initiative, a new body created as a result of a merger of the Business Round Table and The New Zealand Institute. Audio

Mathew Prichard is the chair of Agatha Christie Enterprises Ltd and the editor of a new book 'The Grand Tour: Letter and Photographs from the British Empire Expedition 1922', which covers a year-long… Audio

There's never enough of it, unless, there is too much of it. Why does it sometimes go quickly and other times slowly. We're talking about 'Time'. Audio

Jeff Kinney is the author of the six books in the best selling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series which has also spawned two movies. Audio

Peter Usborne is the co-founder of the satirical magazine, Private Eye, and in 1973 he founded Usborne Books - a UK company that publishes simple, 'straight-talking' children's books. Audio

Australian nurse-turned-catering business owner Kate Swaffer was diagnosed with younger onset dementia just before she turned 50. She has now become an advocate for people with the disease, writing a… Audio

Michael Ableman is a farmer, author, photographer and advocate of urban agriculture. Audio

Dr Nick Barratt is a British genealogist, broadcaster, historian and author. He was the head genealogist on the BBC's television series Who Do You Think You Are? for four years. He's coming to NZ to… Audio

Lenny Henry talks about his career, from stand-up to Shakespeare, and why music is at the heart of his new one man show Cradle to Rave - about to tour New Zealand. Audio

Olympia Dukakis' stellar career includes roles in films such as Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias. Her new film Cloudburst, in which she plays a foul-mouthed, hard-drinking lesbian who elopes to Canada… Audio

Peter Lineham teaches history at Massey University's Albany campus. He is a scholar whose interests cover a range of subject areas that can loosely be categorised under history and religion. The NZ… Audio

Professor Alison Gopnik has spent more than 30 years studying babies and young children to answer some of the great philosophical questions around learning, consciousness and morality. Her books… Audio

American Howard Bloom has been called "the next in a lineage of seminal thinkers that includes Newton, Darwin, Einstein and Freud". Before turning his hand to paleopsychology and writing, he ran his… Audio