Features

If you take a ketogenic break, senescent, or ageing, cells go away, a US scientist says. Audio

Tony Stamp is in Auckland for a guided tour of the music historian and writer's favourite local venues, in the final of this four part series. Audio

Contract law and ordinances - those are the elements author and former journalist Jake Adelstein says have led to a dramatic fall in the number of Japanese mafia members since the 1990s. Audio

Every human has cognitive biases, but when they collide with digital information overload, bad things can happen, according to Amanda Montell. Audio

Hear the world premiere of Gillian Whitehead's retrieving the fragility of peace, Brahms’ magnificent Symphony No 1, and New Zealand pianist Stephen de Pledge perform Mozart 's stormy masterpiece, Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor. Conductor Alexander Shelley.

Byllie-jean, winner of the 2022 APRA Maioha Award, performs song from her new EP Filter on Music 101. Video, Audio

Blacksmith Jamie Hughes crafts knives for chefs, farmers and tourists in the North Island town of Norsewood. Audio

Childhood friends Alex Towler and Jackson Harvey tell Susie Ferguson about their elaborate retrofuturistic Lego exhibition RELICS: A New World Rises. Video, Audio, Gallery

Renowned botanist Hugh Wilson has spent half his life turning a 1600-hectare block of gorse-infected scrubland back into a regenerated native forest. Audio

The Netflix series brought new pizzazz to period drama back in 2020 but with mixed reviews for the third series, its cultural stock is falling.

Director Renny Harlin brings nothing new to this first part of his remake of a 2008 Liv Tyler horror, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio

In his fourth programme for New Zealand Music Month, William Dart takes a trip around some music from our land that will hopefully spark joy – tracks by Phil Dadson, Billy Farnell, the G&T Trio, Linn Lorkin, Chris Knox, Greg Malcolm and Jenny Ward, Nola McCrorie, and that marvellous Maori show band, The Quin Tikis. Audio

Celebrating Trinity Sunday this week with a selection of hymns including Holy, Holy, Holy and Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us. And we mark the start of Samoan Language Week with a hymn of praise and thanks to God: Vivi'i Ia Ma Fa'afetai. Audio

Analysis - Young people trading recreational cannabis and MDMA on social media could face unintended consequences of their data being sold.

Phil Vine looks at how the science of climate attribution could prepare us for the future. Audio

Julie Biuso's flavourful egg dish makes an excellent vegetarian main course with rice, Indian breads, pickles and chutneys.

Simon Morris reviews Bill Bennett's film version of his own book about walking the 800-kilometre Camino de Santiago.  Video, Audio

Young people have become the focus of blackmailers with fake Instagram and Snapchat accounts, says an American internet exploitation expert. Audio

There's a new choral competition in town: the Musika Moana Choir Competition. Helen Tupai, one of organisers of the competition, talks with Bryan Crump. Audio

WATCH - The head of the Taxpayers' Union Jordan Williams is questioned by Guyon Espiner about funding from tobacco companies.

The Sampler - The Portishead singer unveils her first album, tackling motherhood and mortality on an collection that's sometimes gloomy, but often gorgeous, writes Tony Stamp. Video, Audio

This week, Our Changing World dives into the science of climate attribution. How much is climate change affecting extreme weather events? And how can this new science prepare us for the future? Audio

Why do we get corns or bunions and what can be done about it? Should you tackle your own ingrown toenail? And socks - cotton or wool? Christchurch podiatrist Simon Wheeler is the man in the know about all things feet. Audio