All episodes
Friday, 15 February 2019
- 1:17 What is "tenure review" and why are we changing it?
- 1:37 Playwright makes hay from lecturers' throwaway lines
- 1:44 Who are the democratic nominees for president?
- 1:52 Great album
- 2:08 Film Review
- 2:26 NZ Live: Richter City Rebels
- 3:07 World barbecue champ Charlie McKenna's oven-to-grill ribs
- 3:16 How to train your puppy
- 3:27 Critter of the Week The Native NZ Sandfly
Thursday, 14 February 2019
- 1:10 First song: The Frank Burkitt Band
- 1:23 Can vitamin C help in treating cancer and other infections?
- 1:33 Leak in the main Gisborne water supply pipeline
- 1:37 The sea cucumber, ocean hitch-hiker extraordinaire
- 1:46 Love Poetry
- 2:10 Music Critic Kate Robertson
- 2:27 NZ Biography: Margaret Mahy "She wrote all night"
- 3:16 Solving the World's Problems
- 3:26 The New Zealand history wars
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
- 1:10 VIDEO: Nadia Reid plays new song 'All Of My Love' live
- 1:23 Is co-housing the key to closed property markets?
- 1:34 Well-being in the schoolyard
- 1:34 Ngā Taonga: The Battle for Cassino
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:10 Theatre with John Smythe
- 2:22 Bookmarks: Suran Dickson
- 3:10 How to eat to save the planet
- 9:06 Fush 'n' chups and the Kiwi accent
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
- 1:10 Grawlixes perform live
- 1:17 Should we teach kids how to swim in open water?
- 1:27 The New Caledonian crow is way smarter than we thought
- 1:36 Swap'ra - the advocacy group supporting women in opera
- 1:47 Great Album
- 2:09 Claire Mabey on good re-reads
- 2:23 Songs of faith
- 3:08 Treasuring objects to reject consumerism
Monday, 11 February 2019
- 1:10 First song: Strangely Arousing
- 1:19 Nelson fires update
- 1:31 We're going on a ... Sasquatch hunt??
- 1:38 Comedian Joshua Davies bringing Look! I'm Blind to Wgtn Fringe
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:10 Television Critic Verity Johnson
- 2:18 NZ's new UFC Superstar
- 2:29 Expert feature - The New Zealand Space Agency
- 3:07 Wrongful convictions and false confessions
Friday, 8 February 2019
- 1:15 Nelson fire update
- 1:24 Karaoke Boiz play hits Auckland
- 1:29 Being the parent of a transgender child
- 1:39 Spreading the joy of monarch butterflies
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:09 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:25 NZ Live: Katie Thompson
- 3:12 How to make plum jam - with Julie Biuso
- 3:24 Talk the walk
- 3:29 Critter of the Week: Whittakers Skink
Thursday, 7 February 2019
- 1:10 George performs her debut single 'Vacant Cities'
- 1:19 Dry conditions in Nelson before the fire
- 1:24 Volunteering is the ultimate self-care
- 1:33 A charity concert honouring Paul McCartney's cousin
- 1:45 Great Album
- 2:07 Music Critic Dianne Swann
- 2:29 NZ Biography: The Mighty Totara, Norman Kirk
- 3:10 Your Money with Mary Holm: Playing with numbers
Tuesday, 5 February 2019
- 1:07 Looking for Alaska perform live
- 1:25 The laws of space - who will colonise Mars?
- 1:36 Bollard city
- 1:46 Great album
- 2:07 Book critic Lisa Glass
- 2:23 Loving Opera
- 3:08 Reducing the number of mothers that die in childbirth
Monday, 4 February 2019
- 1:09 First song: Ha the Unclear
- 1:17 Remembering Peter Posa
- 1:29 Long time Victim Support volunteer, Barbara Halliwell
- 1:38 Navigating the circular economy
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:10 Television Critic Linda Burgess
- 2:22 What to stock in your first aid kit
- 2:26 Expert on Auckland's Volcanoes
- 3:07 The tattooist of Auschwitz
Friday, 1 February 2019
- 1:10 The waste left behind at festivals
- 1:25 Facebook pays teens to spy on them
- 1:37 Donna Brookbanks reviews Sarah Millican
- 1:43 Great album
- 2:09 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:25 NZ Live: Rosy Tin Teacaddy
- 3:07 Mawera Karetai's zucchini chocolate cake
- 3:18 Finding the best trails in the Wellington Region
- 3:27 Critter of the Week Wetapunga
Thursday, 31 January 2019
- 1:11 The Young Folk Live
- 1:20 Sharemarket rollercoaster - what's going on?
- 1:30 More than 'just a kaiako'
- 1:39 Tom Scott's Ma and Da season
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:10 Music Critic Simon Sweetman
- 2:28 NZ Biography: Colin McCahon
- 3:13 Simon Wilson - solving Auckland's issues
- 3:25 The history of the NZ beach holiday
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
- 1:10 Mountain Boy perform live
- 1:17 Where to go for adventures with kids
- 1:27 Defending America's worst criminals
- 1:39 Keeping cool with indoor plants
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:10 Sherilee Kahui reviews Rants in the Dark at Circa
- 2:23 Bookmarks with David Kirk
- 3:07 America's opioid crisis
- 9:06 Squishy drug delivery
Tuesday, 29 January 2019
- 1:09 Calexico: live in session
- 1:22 Handgun ownership and US toddler deaths
- 1:31 More on the vegetable cicada: Researcher needs your help
- 1:47 Miriama Kamo isn't giving up the zero-waste challenge
- 2:09 Book critic Jo Cribb
- 2:16 Barbershop music
- 3:10 George Blair-West: a relationship guru on romance and divorce
Monday, 28 January 2019
- 1:14 Nitrate in our water linked to bowel cancer
- 1:29 Crowdfunding campaign frees Aboriginals jailed for unpaid fines
- 1:38 Sevens: Hamilton pulls it off, again
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:09 Television Critic Graeme Tuckett
- 2:23 Should we stop moa bone sales online?
- 2:38 Expert feature: New Zealand Wetlands
- 3:07 Jada Yuan - travelling the world alone
Friday, 25 January 2019
- 1:10 The Maes perform live
- 1:20 The two-in-one predator trap
- 1:30 Regional rugby boss leads campaign against family violence
- 1:35 Wasp Wipeout
- 1:45 Great album - Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl
- 2:10 Film critic, Richard Swainson
- 2:20 NZ Live: RhodeWorks
- 3:10 Food with Annabelle White
- 3:20 Growing microgreens and herbs on your window sill
- 3:30 Critter of the Week Isaria sinclairii aka ‘vegetable cicada’
Thursday, 24 January 2019
- 1:10 The Lonely Heartstring Band
- 1:15 Gene editing technology for pest control
- 1:25 Why women are outperforming men in extreme endurance events
- 2:10 Music Critic Colin Morris
- 2:20 NZ Biography: Allen Curnow
- 3:15 What to do when your Kiwisaver balance falls
- 3:45 Pre-Panel for 24 January 2019
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
- 1:10 Nanogirl: 'The whole goal of science is to prove yourself wrong every day'
- 1:25 Being a Hollywood dad in awards season
- 1:30 New Zealanders among the most at-risk of strokes
- 1:45 Great album - Live In London - Flight of the Conchords
- 2:10 Podcast review - Katy Atkin
- 2:20 Bookmarks with Chris Finlayson
- 3:10 Are the negative health impacts of cannabis being drowned out?
- 9:06 'Fish ear bones are like a diary'
Tuesday, 22 January 2019
- 1:15 Commentators paid more than women cricketers at final
- 1:25 Treespace: re-forestation on an industrial scale
- 1:35 NZ Curling teams in action to qualify for World Champs
- 1:50 Great album: Alabama Shakes - Sound and Colour
- 2:10 Book critic Steph Soper
- 2:20 Celebrating the Synthesiser
- 3:10 The rise and rise of the English Premier League
Monday, 21 January 2019
- 1:15 Auckland council submissions dominated by older Pakeha voices
- 1:25 Why do people refuse to listen to opposing views?
- 1:45 Great album - Bob Seger
- 2:10 Television Critic Briar Wyatt
- 2:20 RNZ's Bang and Black Sheep live shows
- 2:30 A scientist's take on cannabis and legalisation
- 3:09 Dr Michael Mosley on intermittent fasting
Monday, 24 December 2018
- 1:17 Danyl Mclauchlan: how social media is warping society
- 1:33 The campaign for Lego to make a Kākāpō set
- 1:40 Re-gifting all year round
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:10 Best of NZ Live 2018
Friday, 21 December 2018
- 9:00 Go Ahead Caller - Series 12, Ep 5 'Ken's Xmas Message'
- 1:17 Christmas and alcohol
- 1:29 Why Javed Khan knows far too much about Africa by Toto
- 1:37 Why is basketball so poorly funded?
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:10 Richard Swainson's 2018 film wrap-up
- 2:27 NZ Live: Gray Bartlett and Carson Taare
- 3:08 Pavarotti's ham – a recipe by Julie Biuso
- 3:22 Talk the Walk - The Hope Arm Track in Fiordland
- 3:30 Critter of the Week Amelotopsis mayfly
Thursday, 20 December 2018
- 7:00 The New Zealand food revolution
- 1:15 How do we eradicate kauri dieback?
- 1:28 Time for carbon footprint labelling on our food?
- 1:36 Susan Strongman on Shania Twain
- 1:43 Great album
- 2:13 The five defining moments of tech in 2018
- 2:25 Solving the world's problems: Christmas over-indulgence
- 2:36 Queen Victoria versus the Duke of Wellington
- 3:16 Short Story Club
- 3:27 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 19 December 2018
- 9:06 NZ falcons thriving in logged pine plantations
- 1:17 Managing the electricity pipeline in an electrified future
- 1:28 Chinese table manners, and how they can enhance your business
- 1:37 Sound Archives: New Year’s Eve 1999
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:11 Music critic - Kate Robertson
- 2:25 Bookmarks with Kathryn Leafe
- 3:10 The art of waiting in an instant world
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
- 1:17 Govt departments found to have spied on citizens
- 1:29 Eating to avoid the dreaded Christmas bloat
- 1:36 Nik Sharma of food blog, A Brown Table
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:10 Book critic James Russell
- 2:22 An alternative Christmas musical journey
- 3:08 Sebastian Smee - losing our inner lives to social media
Monday, 17 December 2018
- 1:11 Silika Isaia performs a Christmas song live
- 1:19 Kapiti traffic chaos just in time for Christmas
- 1:26 Crayfish population plummeting in Hauraki Gulf
- 1:34 Turning wine barrels into pieces of art
- 1:42 Great album
- 2:09 Listener picks for best TV shows of 2018
- 2:35 Expert feature: The history of NZ Comedy
- 3:08 Phillip Norman: Eric Clapton biography 'Slowhand'
