All episodes
Thursday, 24 October 2019
- 1:19 Record sale price piece from living NZ artist explained
- 1:28 Could you run the Port Fitzroy Boat Club?
- 1:35 How big a problem is fraud in New Zealand?
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:12 Music Critic: Dianne Swann
- 2:29 NZ Biography: Jack Lovelock
- 3:15 How much power does the government have?
- 3:28 New Zealand's history of close election races
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
- 1:22 MIT students create a garden to help mental health
- 1:29 Cricket used to encourage reading
- 1:33 Preserving Timaru sound history recorded on paper
- 1:53 NZ ECE educator to address prestigious science gathering
- 2:08 Podcast Critic: Katy Atkin
- 2:19 Rachel Stewart on being in the public eye
- 3:08 Because Internet: How we talk in the internet age
- 9:06 Enemy #1 - brown marmorated stink bug
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
- 8:00 Manganese - the 'essential' essential element
- 1:11 First song: Tina Cross
- 1:23 Blue belt priority for newly elected regional councillor
- 1:36 Escaping Takahe to be exiled from Tawharanui peninsula
- 1:42 Best punster in Aotearoa to be crowned
- 2:10 Coining a genre: Salty History
- 2:24 Music Feature: Joan As Police Woman unveiled
- 3:07 The kiwi genealogist who helped catch the Golden State Killer
Monday, 21 October 2019
- 1:10 First song: Kate Owen
- 1:21 Aussie wastewater analysis shows stark divide
- 1:32 New film "Bub" to show at Toronto indigenous film festival
- 1:42 Great NZ Album: Black Seeds' On The Sun
- 2:09 Television Critic: Phil Wallington
- 2:23 Turning the Parisian tie factory into a piece of music
- 2:32 The magnificence of Bollywood
- 3:07 The fat that's good for you
- 3:28 Announcing the winners of Knit-a-Critter 2019
Friday, 18 October 2019
- 1:10 First song: The Response
- 1:17 An Irish layman's view on the rugby
- 1:25 Classical Cupid with Clarissa Dunn
- 1:41 How to tell whether a medical study is reliable
- 1:53 Christmas is coming, and St Vincent de Paul needs your help
- 2:07 Film Review: Ali Ventura
- 2:25 After Afternoons Podcast
- 2:26 NZ Live: Tami & Jay Neilson
- 3:07 Julie Biuso: maple roasted red grapes & haloumi
- 3:22 Music 101
- 3:30 Critter of the Week: Pacific Golden Plover
Thursday, 17 October 2019
- 1:13 New Sir Ed Hillary documentary "From the Ocean to the Sky"
- 1:29 Classical Cupid with Clarissa Dunn
- 1:41 Brave Dave: The big award winner from Best Design awards
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:12 Music Critic: Jana Te Nahu Owen
- 2:27 NZ Biography: Mabel Howard
- 3:12 Your money with Mary Holm
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
- 9:34 Flower of the Underworld - A Parasitic Treasure
- 1:11 First song - Seth Haapu and Stan Walker
- 1:17 Half a million NZers suffering from "food insecurity"
- 1:27 Classical Cupid with Clarissa Dunn
- 1:40 Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Rust and Restoration
- 1:52 Making New Zealand Home: Orphee Mickalad
- 2:07 Podcast Critic: Paul Bushnell
- 2:18 Bookmarks with musician Vorn Colgan
- 3:07 Can you really achieve anything if you try hard enough?
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
- 8:00 Lithium - a mood enhancing element
- 1:15 Twister rips through animal sanctuary in Waikato
- 1:17 The importance of historiography
- 1:27 Classical Cupid with Clarissa Dunn
- 1:35 What makes an object "queer"?
- 1:50 Wellington Paranormal returns to the small screen
- 2:10 Book Critic: Catherine Robertson
- 2:20 Music Feature: The worst songs by the best bands
- 3:10 Humans mirroring the life path of animals
Monday, 14 October 2019
- 1:10 First song: Reb Fountain
- 1:16 "Youthquake" strikes local body elections
- 1:28 Classical Cupid with Clarissa Dunn
- 1:43 Great NZ Album: Garageland Scorpiorighting
- 2:07 Television Critic: Tony Stamp
- 2:17 Two marathon world records in one weekend
- 2:28 Expert: Peter Dyer on the leaky homes crisis
- 3:10 Why do we do terrible things?
Friday, 11 October 2019
- 1:10 Research could find answers to kauri dieback and myrtle rust
- 1:30 How to avoid ingesting microplastics
- 1:39 Mentor programme for disadvantaged kids
- 1:50 Dominic Hoey's poetry to be tattooed on people
- 2:08 Film Review: Graeme Tuckett
- 2:24 NZ Live: Reb Fountain
- 3:07 Gretchen Lowe: two delightful dips
- 3:18 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
- 3:30 Critter of the Week: Kina
Thursday, 10 October 2019
- 1:15 Kotahi rau Pukapuka: Harry Potter translated in Te Reo Māori
- 1:25 Raising awareness of pekapeka's plight
- 1:35 Sir Jonathon Porritt: Universities and climate change
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:15 Music Critic: Colin Morris
- 2:30 NZ Biography: Michael King
- 3:16 Solving the World's Problems
- 3:27 Climate Change Protest and the Prohibition Movement
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
- 1:10 First song: Ebony Lamb
- 1:19 Ballot box road trip
- 1:26 Low voter turnout: what's going wrong?
- 1:35 Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: The Dunedin albatross colony
- 1:49 Making New Zealand Home: Tuma Hazou
- 2:08 Podcast Critic: Alix Higby
- 2:19 Bookmarks: Elizabeth Knox
- 3:08 Immediate pleasure or long-term consequences?
- 9:06 Older men lose ability to recognise emotions
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
- 8:00 Krypton - its name means 'hidden' but it's a real thing
- 7:00 The Aotearoa History Show!
- 1:09 First song: American Idiot
- 1:17 Tuia 250 commemorations
- 1:24 New NZ television psychological thriller, The Basement
- 1:30 Kauri dieback: How do we make people clean their shoes?
- 1:45 Music Matchmaker with Clarissa Dunn
- 2:09 Book Critic: Lisa Glass
- 2:23 Dianne Swann on the music of Joni Mitchell
- 3:09 Why we need insects
Monday, 7 October 2019
- 1:10 First song: DOONS
- 1:17 Organic contaminants in our groundwater
- 1:27 What can we learn from magma?
- 1:34 Anthonie Tonnon performs at new arts festival
- 1:45 Great NZ Album: Successor by Anthonie Tonnon
- 2:10 Television Critic: Caitlin Cherry
- 2:20 Campaign to make pictures accessible for the visually impaired
- 2:30 From financial mess to financial freedom
- 3:10 Are you sure your identity is protected?
Friday, 4 October 2019
- 1:17 Climate change consequences for the iconic paua shell
- 1:27 Homegrown 2020 festival organisers address gender imbalance
- 1:35 Christchurch architect represents NZ at historic 'Nigel Night'
- 1:50 Tour of Beauty book released
- 2:10 Film Review with Ali Ventura
- 2:25 NZ Live: Mousey
- 3:10 Sarah Tuck's divine Chilli Prawn Pasta
- 3:30 Critter of the Week Clutha flathead galaxias
Thursday, 3 October 2019
- 1:10 First song: Daniel and Ashley
- 1:17 Vaping deaths, what should we be concerned about?
- 1:27 Combining urban design with nature
- 1:34 Millennial grief explained through comedy
- 1:40 Great album: Maceo Parker - Life On Planet Groove
- 2:10 Music Critic: Simon Sweetman
- 2:25 NZ Biography: Aunt Daisy
- 3:10 Link 3
- 3:15 Your finances with Mary Holm
- 3:35 Spoken Feature: Witness History - Hadron Collider
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
- 1:07 First song: Lime Cordiale: Robbery
- 1:21 The psychology of climate-change disbelievers
- 1:33 Wrestling and history combine in new webseries
- 1:43 Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Footrot Flats
- 1:53 Making New Zealand Home: Yousef Mazraeh
- 2:07 Footnote New Zealand Dance: The Clearing
- 2:26 Bookmarks: Lee Murray
- 3:08 How Trump's ego splintered America
- 9:06 The quest to live forever
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
- 8:00 Iridium and the end of the dinosaurs
- 1:11 Research on meat consumption widely panned
- 1:30 Investment in physical stores still important to retailers
- 1:38 World Avocado Congress to be held in NZ in 2023
- 1:53 Stacy Gregg's latest book mixes history and modern times
- 2:08 Book Critic: Pip Adam
- 2:23 Celebrating Fifty Years of Abbey Road
- 3:06 Crooked chemists and the Fentanyl minefield
Monday, 30 September 2019
- 1:12 One year on from Sulawesi earthquake in Indonesia
- 1:21 Spark problems aren't as bad as being reported
- 1:33 Great NZ Album: Split Enz - Mental Notes
- 2:07 Television Critic: Phil Wallington
- 2:31 Going small: Getting your foot on the property ladder
- 3:06 The unlikely partnership that unlocked the atom
Friday, 27 September 2019
- 1:09 First song: Mickey & Michelle
- 1:25 Live cross to the Climate Strike
- 1:28 Ablaze: TV Movie about the Ballantynes fire
- 1:38 Youthline: more action needed on suicide
- 1:48 Te Papa's interactive climate exhibition
- 2:06 Film Review: Graeme Tuckett
- 2:24 NZ Live: Lake South
- 3:07 Spring dining at Jess’ Underground Kitchen
- 3:23 Open the Critter bag
- 3:35 Critter of the Week: The Pygmy goosefoot
Thursday, 26 September 2019
- 7:00 Never again? The case of James Whakaruru
- 1:21 Protecting native plants through seed banks
- 1:30 Discussing wellbeing and health through the arts
- 1:39 Call for Kāpiti coast land to remain public
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:12 Music Critic: Jana Te Nahu Owen
- 2:25 NZ Biography - Charles Upham
- 3:12 Solving the World's Problems: Tess Nicol
- 3:17 What NZ history should be taught in schools?
- 1:11 First song: Hayden Tee plays Javert in Les Misérables
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
- 1:10 First song: Emily C. Browning
- 1:27 Explainer: What does impeachment really mean?
- 1:40 Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Rugby on the Radio
- 1:52 Making New Zealand Home: Martine Udahemuka
- 2:07 Book Critic: Jonny Potts
- 2:17 Bookmarks with Paul Martin
- 3:08 Pico Iyer: why I love Japan
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
- 1:11 Fighting deforestation and world hunger with 'edible forests'
- 1:28 Model sheep designed to test the health of our homes
- 1:35 The story of Zealandia
- 2:08 Coining a genre: "Detective Magicalism"
- 2:22 Marie Ross: why I love the clarinet
- 3:08 Judy Taguiwalo: serving in President Duterte's cabinet
Monday, 23 September 2019
- 1:09 First song: Nat & Jono
- 1:17 Apprenticeships could soon be same status as degrees
- 1:25 Sir Mason Durie on the foundations of wellbeing
- 1:33 Rodney Fisher from Goodshirt
- 1:43 Great NZ Album
- 2:09 Television Critic: Caitlin Cherry
- 2:23 Expert feature: blood-sucking insects and creepy-crawlies
- 3:08 Does dangling the carrot work?
Friday, 20 September 2019
- 1:15 Smokefree Rockquest duo winners, Theres a Tuesday
- 1:21 Seniors at work website to help ageing job seekers
- 1:34 Are Kiwi slices getting out of control?
- 1:44 James Dyson design winners
- 1:50 Family farm-to-fridge fledgling business
- 2:07 Film Review: Ali Ventura
- 2:28 NZ Live: Tiny Ruins
- 3:06 Lauraine Jacobs - keeping it simple with asparagus
- 3:18 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
- 3:30 Critter of the Week Elegant gecko
