All episodes
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
- 1:17 Coastline concern: insurance costs
- 1:31 Why we need 'elderhood'
- 1:43 Pasture named Best Restaurant
- 1:51 Great album
- 2:10 Book critic Elizabeth Heritage
- 2:19 The music of Star Wars
- 3:10 Being messy is good for the world
- 3:25 Planet Earth II Live
Monday, 29 April 2019
- 1:10 First song: Navvy live in studio
- 1:20 Stop blaming the baby boomers!
- 1:31 Measuring who does well, and who does not, from our economy
- 1:44 'Active transport' report
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:10 Television Critic Nicholas Pointon
- 2:25 Posture expert on changing how we hold our bodies
- 3:10 Death of the Calorie
Friday, 26 April 2019
- 1:15 Prince William's Christchurch visit
- 1:20 Airline funding disappears into thin air
- 1:25 Allergy awareness
- 1:35 Carbon farming
- 1:50 Great album - Pet Shop Boys
- 2:10 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:25 NZ Live: Sophie Mashlan
- 3:10 Penny Allan: Carrot Top Pistou
- 3:20 Gardening with Lynda Hallinan
- 3:25 Critter of the Week: Homer Grasshopper
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
- 1:15 Instagram influencers reinvent its 'look'
- 1:27 Re-homing racing Greyhounds
- 1:39 Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: early Anzac Days
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:08 Comedy reviewer - Donna Brookbanks
- 2:20 Bookmarks with Danielle Hawkins
- 3:07 What's the hype around the Avengers?
- 3:14 The transgender men and cross-dressing women at war
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
- 1:12 First song: The Music of Bond
- 1:25 Exercise can undo the damage of sitting down all day
- 1:34 How should you feel about magpies?
- 1:46 Great album
- 2:10 Book critic Lily Richards
- 2:24 Music of the armistice
- 3:08 The evolutionary purpose of depression and anxiety
Thursday, 18 April 2019
- 1:09 First song: Mane performs live
- 1:20 Bulford Kiwi gearing up for 100th anniversary
- 1:33 Demetri Martin: my spirit animal is the turtle
- 1:46 Earth Day: getting businesses to embrace environmentalism
- 1:51 Great album
- 2:13 Music Critic Simon Sweetman
- 2:33 NZ Biography: Billy T James
- 3:07 Your Money with Mary Holm: What are shares, exactly?
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
- 1:10 First song: Matt Corby
- 1:15 North Island kiwi benefit from regular 1080 drops
- 1:25 Ten years of TVNZ Good Sorts
- 1:30 Nga Taonga Sound Archives – “The Athlete of the Century”
- 1:45 Great album - Songs from the Big Chair
- 2:10 PM confirms govt will not introduce a CGT
- 2:15 Kids theatre review
- 2:25 Bookmarks with Doug Gold
- 3:10 Inside the NXIVM cult
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
- 1:08 First song: Lou'ana Whitney and Dillon Riesterer
- 1:13 Rebuilding Notre Dame
- 1:23 Learning to read as an adult
- 1:34 The piano-sized pumpkin
- 1:43 Great album: Doris Day's Greatest Hits
- 2:08 Book critic, Clare Mabey
- 2:19 New Zealander Chris Parry on managing The Cure
- 3:08 Columbine High principal on recovering from mass shootings
Monday, 15 April 2019
- 1:07 Geoff Ong live in studio
- 1:19 Eels being mashed by hydrodam turbines en route to spawn
- 1:32 Need for more retiree housing
- 1:39 Nick Gibbs: Explaining Autism through comedy
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:07 Television Critic Graeme Tuckett
- 2:24 Israel Adesanya wins UFC interim middleweight title
- 2:34 Game of Thrones 101
- 3:08 Beth McColl: getting through severe depression
Friday, 12 April 2019
- 1:14 Tooth decay in kiwi pre-schoolers
- 1:25 Wartime pilot's daughter reunited with his plane
- 1:38 Being healthy this Easter
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:08 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:25 NZ Live: Nathan Haines plays Shift Left
- 3:12 Julie Biuso's cashew nut curry
- 3:22 Knitting with Tash Barneveld
- 3:32 Critter of the Week: The Nelson Green Gecko
Thursday, 11 April 2019
- 1:15 Science and the afterlife
- 1:30 A fair all about wood
- 1:36 Black hole: Kiwi mathematician reacts
- 1:39 Downton Abbey star, Elizabeth McGovern
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:08 Music Critic Colin Morris
- 2:35 NZ Biography: Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana
- 3:10 Solving the world's problems
- 3:25 The history of New Zealand’s anniversary days
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
- 1:14 Stop shaming smokers
- 1:26 Maths and dance combine in The Fibonacci
- 1:35 Ngā Taonga Sound Archives - New Zealand votes for Prohibition.
- 1:44 Great album
- 2:10 Social media regulation post-Christchurch
- 2:21 Bookmarks with Charlotte Grimshaw
- 3:07 How the LP transformed the music industry
- 9:06 How enzymes respond to rising temperatures
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
- 1:09 Pop duo, Foley live in studio
- 1:18 No inspiration to improve homes
- 1:29 Death from diet: Salt a big problem
- 1:40 Vietnam's Motorbike Book Club
- 1:49 Great album Cheap Thrills
- 2:10 Book critic Penny Hartill
- 2:20 Nick Tipping: how does Jazz work
- 3:08 Dr Jen Gunter: why we need to challenge pseudoscience
Monday, 8 April 2019
- 1:14 The environmental cost of mining in the Pacific
- 1:24 Auckland's tool library
- 1:33 Emily Writes on the stage play of her book
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:08 Television Critic Alex Casey
- 2:40 Expert feature: Death
- 3:10 Why screen time is addictive for teens
Friday, 5 April 2019
- 1:16 NZ among the best places for endangered species in the world
- 1:31 What can Game of Thrones teach us about faces?
- 1:38 Lynn Freeman at the Wanaka Festival of Colour
- 1:44 Great album
- 2:11 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:25 NZ Live: Flip Grater plays Lullabies for Anaïs
- 3:08 Food with Megan May
- 3:16 Walk the dog
- 3:29 Critter of the Week: Blue damselfly
Thursday, 4 April 2019
- 1:09 First song: Nashville Live
- 1:17 Court rules against protecting Auckland kauri
- 1:27 Parkinson's Disease: Talking about caring
- 1:43 Ako Space: taking learning to the bush
- 1:53 Great album
- 2:08 Lucy Dacus live at RNZ
- 2:17 Music Critic Dianne Swann
- 2:29 NZ Biography CF Goldie
- 3:14 Your Money with Mary Holm: Changes to KiwiSaver
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
- 1:08 First Song: Same Name Confusion
- 1:20 DNA testing: Why it doesn't define culture
- 1:32 Russell Museum hosts Daniel Solander’s Legacy
- 1:38 Sound Archives: Felling Northland’s giant kauri
- 1:50 Great album: Excitable Boy
- 2:08 Katy Atkin - podcast reviewer
- 2:27 Bookmarks: Jarrod Gilbert
- 3:06 Hey hey, it's the Monkees
- 9:06 Science of a 'mega mast' & planning wide-scale predator control
Tuesday, 2 April 2019
- 1:17 Brexit deadlock: No decision
- 1:29 Te Awa community foundation
- 1:40 Cosplay costume change
- 1:48 Great album: Songs in the Key of Life
- 2:08 Book critic Steph Soper
- 2:14 Dave Wilson: Gateways to Understanding Music
- 3:07 Troll-hunter Ginger Gorman on cyberhate
Monday, 1 April 2019
- 1:13 Don't make teachers spot extremism in schools
- 1:22 Rubbish piles up on West Coast beaches
- 1:35 Auckland council's tree plan
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:08 TV Critic - Linda Burgess
- 2:36 Learning te reo Māori with Stacey Morrison
- 3:10 The science of sunlight
Friday, 29 March 2019
- 1:15 National Remembrance Service - Ali Ventura
- 1:23 Enormous seed mast to bring influx of rodents
- 1:34 The online diary of 19th century labourer James Cox
- 1:41 Being there - at the world premiere of Hair
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:09 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:29 NZ Live Li'l Chuck the One Man Skiffle Machine
- 3:08 Indian street food in Auckland
- 3:21 Gardening with Lynda Hallinan
- 3:29 Critter of the Week Flax Weevil
Thursday, 28 March 2019
- 7:00 Eyewitness: The Wool Shock of 1966
- 1:20 Upper North Island kauri seed collection
- 1:28 The musical Hair - from a cast member who was there
- 1:30 Biography: Brian Brake
- 1:40 NZers looking for love can now pay a private investigator for peace of mind
- 1:48 Great Album
- 2:11 New tunes with Marty Jones
- 3:15 Solving the World's Problems
- 3:25 History of Royal Commissions
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
- 1:09 Brendan and Alison Turner perform live
- 1:20 Tongan political instability
- 1:28 Living with Earthquakes
- 1:39 Cricket, Mankad run-outs, and the spirit of the game
- 1:48 Great Album
- 2:09 Hannah Molloy checks out the Dunedin Fringe Festival
- 2:19 Bookmarks: Michael Hill
- 3:08 Laurie Penny: today's facism hides in plain sight
- 9:06 Caves reveal past climate change
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
- 1:10 First song: Bartells
- 1:19 Is it time for a rheumatic fever register?
- 1:28 Manukau United and using football to fight racism
- 1:38 Cycling on water
- 2:06 Poet - Tayi Tibble
- 2:14 Book critic Catherine Robertson
- 2:20 Carmel Courtney: The Joy of Sax
- 2:49 Great album
- 3:11 Helping global companies become more sustainable
Monday, 25 March 2019
- 1:16 Sexism, trolling and the photo of Tayla Harris
- 1:28 The Warren: a community woodworking space in central Auckland
- 1:36 How useful is sex education in schools?
- 1:44 Great album
- 2:08 Television Critic Verity Johnson
- 2:20 Fake news and the mosque shootings
- 2:27 Expert feature - copyright
- 3:07 Upulie Divisekera - Real Scientists