All episodes
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'
Friday, 14 December 2018
- 11:30 Go Ahead Caller - Series 12, Ep 4 'Gender reassignment'
- 1:16 Converting fish waste into food
- 1:25 Video gamers more immune to disturbing images
- 1:34 Hollywood career beckons for veteran Kiwi actor
- 1:43 Great album
- 2:10 Film Review with Geoff Lealand
- 2:27 NZ Live: Yurt Party
- 3:08 Lauraine Jacobs' red white and green vegetable salad for Christmas
- 3:16 Talk the Walk: the Five Passes at Mt Aspiring National Park
- 3:27 Critter of the Week The Alborn Skink
Thursday, 13 December 2018
- 7:00 Are You Y2K OK?
- 1:09 First song: Sophie Mashlan
- 1:20 Synthetic drug reform
- 1:30 Learning to cope through resilience
- 1:38 Dr Anthony Leeds: Diet and diabetes
- 1:48 A kitchen celebrating former refugees
- 1:53 Great album
- 2:16 Katy Atkin - best podcasts of 2018
- 2:25 Your Money with Mary Holm: Five questions from listeners
- 3:09 Short Story Club
- 3:24 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
- 1:09 The Beths perform 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'
- 1:25 Queenstown gondola - the details
- 1:33 App for when you're in an unsafe situation
- 1:41 Sound Archives - Kiwi Christmas memories
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:09 Music critic - Marty Jones
- 2:25 Bookmarks: Dr David Gaimster
- 3:10 Lauren E Oakes: Searching for the canary tree
- 9:06 NZ falcons thriving in logged pine plantations
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
- 1:14 Name suppression in the social media age
- 1:25 The decision-making process unpacked
- 1:36 A living Advent Calendar in Paekakariki
- 1:44 Great album
- 2:08 Songs about leaving and saying goodbye
- 3:10 Food myths and the five second rule
Monday, 10 December 2018
- 1:09 Kendall Elise performs live
- 1:19 Rethinking medicinal cannabis
- 1:28 Protecting native species on private land
- 1:40 Kiwi students making films about grief and culture
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:09 Television Critic: Graeme Tuckett
- 2:43 Expert: Butcher of the year, Reuben Sharples
- 3:10 Nell Scovell: sneaking into the Hollywood comedy boys club
Friday, 7 December 2018
- 1:09 First song - Oddisee
- 1:19 Brown marmorated stink bug discovered in Oamaru
- 1:22 Tomorrow's schools review: trustees in the firing line
- 1:32 Our bake off winners Jasmin and Alex
- 1:37 Keeping things civil around the Christmas dinner table
- 1:44 Great album
- 2:09 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:27 NZ Live: Hans Pucket
- 3:07 Jess Daniell's melon caprese salad
- 3:15 Talk the Walk: The Watercare Coastal Walkway
- 3:31 Critter of the Week The Notoreas Moth
Thursday, 6 December 2018
- 7:00 The Lions of Lawrence
- 10:00 Go Ahead Caller - Series 12, Ep 3 'War on Santa'
- 1:10 First Song - Ziggy Alberts
- 1:18 Who's responsible for safeguarding against sea level rise?
- 1:25 What's this UN migration pact and are we a part of it?
- 1:35 Controversial Canadian psychologist to visit NZ
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:15 Theatre Critic John Smythe
- 2:23 Solving the world's problems
- 2:34 The history of property speculation in NZ
- 3:15 Short Story Club
- 3:25 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
- 1:10 First song - Jess B
- 1:20 St Kentigern First XV rugby team boycotted
- 1:30 The threat humans pose to Mars's environment
- 1:41 Is Amazon cannibalising our bookstores?
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:09 Music critic - Simon Sweetman
- 2:25 Bookmarks with John Walsh
- 3:10 Are you a bully?
- 9:07 Muscle wasting and 'skinny fat' in old age
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
- 1:10 First song: Anthonie Tonnon
- 1:23 Mental health and addiction inquiry releases report
- 1:33 The science of lightning with Chris Brandolino
- 1:42 V-Class locomotive train engines from 1885 unearthed near Lumsden
- 1:52 Great album
- 2:10 Book critic Lisa Glass
- 2:21 Marek Peszynski - When classical meets the nightclub
- 3:09 Terri Irwin on continuing Steve's conservation legacy
Monday, 3 December 2018
- 1:09 First song: Carson Taare with Gray Bartlett
- 1:20 Young Football Ferns take bronze at FIFA under-17 World Cup
- 1:29 The espresso machine that uses NO electricity
- 1:38 Auckland City Mission kicks off Christmas appeal
- 1:46 Great album
- 2:09 Television Critic Sarah Nealon
- 2:40 Expert on womens' health and fertility
- 3:09 Welsh comedian, Rob Brydon
Friday, 30 November 2018
- 10:00 Go Ahead Caller - Series 12, Ep 2 'Tiddly Winks'
- 1:09 First song: Tattletale Saints
- 1:19 Vocal fry on the rise among Kiwi women
- 1:30 Vitamin deficiency in the developing world
- 1:40 Suzy Amis Cameron: the personal and planetary benefits of one plant-based meal a day
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:09 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:29 NZ Live: Mel Parsons
- 3:07 Julie Biuso's barbecued crab cakes with fresh garlic
- 3:19 Talk the Walk - Great Barrier Island
- 3:26 Critter of the Week The Chatham Island Mudfish
Thursday, 29 November 2018
- 1:10 First song: Aro perform live
- 1:20 Dementia patients prescribed inappropriate drugs
- 1:25 Yoga and mental health
- 1:34 2018 attitude awards
- 1:44 Great album
- 2:11 Donna Brookbanks reviews Catherine Tate live
- 2:18 Your Money with Mary Holm - Sorting your finances step by step
- 3:14 Short Story Club
- 3:27 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
- 1:15 The case for a universal DNA database
- 1:22 Catherine Tate live in our studio!
- 1:35 The latest on Czech drug-smuggler Karel Sroubek
- 1:39 Ngā Taonga: History of the Post Office - sound archives
- 1:52 Great album
- 2:10 Music critic - Colin Morris
- 2:27 Bookmarks with Michelle Langstone
- 3:10 From microbes to millipedes: The mini wilderness in our homes
- 9:06 Eavesdropping on noisy seaweeds
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
- 1:09 First song: Fruit Juice Parade
- 1:18 Too many wind farms
- 1:26 Trampolines causing injuries
- 1:38 What's #GivingTuesday all about?
- 1:46 Great album
- 2:09 The music of George Harrison
- 3:10 AJ Jacobs: thanks for the coffee
Monday, 26 November 2018
- 1:09 First song: Avalanche City 'Prayed For Love'
- 1:18 Understanding ecosystems through mātauranga Māori
- 1:25 Kiwi comedians trying to get home safely
- 1:31 PHAROS - Childish Gambino's Auckland concert
- 1:44 Great album
- 2:07 Nigella Lawson in New Zealand
- 2:11 Television Critic Alex Casey
- 2:42 Fascinating Cricket Statistics
- 3:10 Happy 200th birthday to the Vampire