All episodes
Friday, 9 March 2018
- 1:00 Go Ahead Caller - Ser 9, Ep 2 'Bob Jones Apologises'
- 1:09 First song: Mark Mazengarb and friends
- 1:18 Gaps in NCEA teachings
- 1:25 Foster parents who have provided a home for over 100 kids
- 1:33 Death, tea and biscuits.
- 1:41 Tom Scott - how to get roasted
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:09 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:21 It ain’t easy being sneezy
- 2:29 NZ Live Stellar*
- 3:07 How to make great meatballs
- 3:15 Wine with Joelle Thomson
- 3:26 Critter of the Week: Toheroa
Thursday, 8 March 2018
- 1:13 First song: The Scones
- 1:18 Deluge for central North Island
- 1:24 Chris Brandolino from NIWA
- 1:30 How do you grow the regions economically?
- 1:40 Honesty boxes go digital
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:17 Theatre Critic Mark Amery
- 2:27 Your Money with Mary Holm: Has rental property had its run?
- 3:15 Short Story Club
- 3:23 Tell me about your thesis
- 3:30 Foul tactics
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
- 1:14 Concerns over health impact of huge Mangere fire
- 1:18 The Dawn Raids
- 1:25 Refugee women learn to ride bikes
- 1:37 Inventor turns compost bin to rat trap
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:07 Music critic - Simon Sweetman
- 2:19 Bookmarks with cartoonist Sharon Murdoch
- 3:08 The 'supernormals' who overcome bad childhoods
Tuesday, 6 March 2018
- 1:16 The Italian election
- 1:28 Good posture: experts back flexible approach
- 1:36 Confidence works for men, not women
- 1:46 Great album
- 2:10 Book critic Tracy Farr
- 2:18 Neil Finn: Out of Silence
- 3:09 What becomes of the broken hearted?
- 3:30 Why no scooter question in the census?
Monday, 5 March 2018
- 8:00 Combating a mono-linguistic New Zealand
- 1:15 How are NZ's DIY skills?
- 1:24 The power of the mind
- 1:32 Homage to the landline phone
- 1:38 Sweet beaks
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:11 Television Critic: Graeme Tuckett
- 2:21 When NZ almost legalised eugenic sterilisation
- 2:29 Expert feature: Paul Scoones on Dr Who
- 3:06 Awkward: handling those cringeworthy moments
Friday, 2 March 2018
- 1:09 First song Jed Parsons
- 1:17 Cleaning up after hospitals
- 1:23 Dissecting a shark, live
- 1:28 Unwrap the cotton wool
- 1:38 Say cheese: smiles that grate
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:00 Go Ahead Caller - Series 9, Ep1 - 'Ken Turns Over a New Leaf'
- 2:08 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:23 NZ Live - Mitch James
- 3:07 Food with Julie Biuso
- 3:19 Gardening with Lynda Hallinan
- 3:26 Critter of the Week Mottled Petrel
Thursday, 1 March 2018
- 1:25 Auckland's water woes
- 1:37 RNZ reporter Jessie Chiang on Chinese names
- 1:43 Puns, puns, puns!
- 1:46 Great album
- 2:14 Simon Wilson on arts festivals
- 2:27 Arts Festival review with Mark Amery
- 2:40 The history of gun control in NZ
- 3:16 Short Story Club
- 3:24 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
- 1:10 First song: 10 String Symphony LIVE
- 1:20 Birds and our impact on the environment
- 1:29 The rise of baby brown snakes
- 1:37 Charmian Hughes - Bra Trek
- 1:41 Sound Archives: The Census
- 1:52 Great album: Arctic Monkeys
- 2:09 Music critic - Colin Morris
- 2:29 Bookmarks with Teju Cole
- 3:09 Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
- 9:06 Dogs that sniff out pest fish
Tuesday, 27 February 2018
- 1:13 First song: Josh Teskey of the Teskey Brothers
- 1:20 The fight over Coromandel's mangroves
- 1:33 How Braille came to be
- 1:40 Using music to develop skills
- 1:46 National's new leader
- 1:52 Great album
- 2:07 Music feature: The best piano and voice songs
- 3:07 TV reviewer Phil Wallington
- 3:12 Screen time is not the devil
Monday, 26 February 2018
- 1:10 First song: Dominic Blaazer in session
- 1:10 The perfect fleece
- 1:26 The secrets Swamp Kauri can reveal
- 1:36 Why cyberbullying is different for girls
- 1:45 Great album: The Mamas and the Papas
- 2:10 Television Critic Linda Burgess
- 2:22 Vege prices rise due to humid weather
- 2:30 Tim Hazledine - NZ's optimum population 2 million
- 3:07 Spineless: the science of jellyfish
- 3:35 Dragons' blood, turmeric and light: Tiffany Singh's healing art
Friday, 23 February 2018
- 1:10 The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band LIVE!
- 1:22 Why music gives you goosebumps
- 1:31 Trapped in Takaka after cyclone Gita
- 1:35 The dangers of perfectionism in adolescents
- 1:44 Great album:
- 2:08 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:21 NZ Live: Anxiety Club
- 3:07 Food with Scott Denning of The Grove
- 3:16 Beer with Michael Donaldson
- 3:26 Critter of the Week Te Kakahu skink
Thursday, 22 February 2018
- 1:14 Caribbeanz Southern Stars - LIVE!
- 1:23 President Trump backs arming teachers
- 1:25 Forget taste, texture is in
- 1:39 Living the change
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:12 Lucy Rose in session
- 2:22 Theatre Critic, Tania Kopytko
- 2:27 Your Money with Mary Holm
- 3:15 Short Story Club
- 3:25 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
- 1:17 Fairfax to chop some rural papers
- 1:25 Kapiti's mystery fish
- 1:38 Sound Archives: They’re all good dogs!
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:11 New music with Kate Robertson
- 2:27 What's the deal with political lobbyists?
- 2:33 Bookmarks with Eleanor Bishop
- 3:10 The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana
- 9:06 Beyond face value: re-shaping our thinking about diversity
Tuesday, 20 February 2018
- 1:14 Gita hits New Zealand
- 1:19 Flights Cancelled
- 1:26 Unlocking the secret of the glowworm’s shine
- 1:35 National Leadership has five candidates
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:10 Book critic: Lisa Glass
- 2:20 Jazz and all that
- 3:09 Why Dinosaurs matter
Monday, 19 February 2018
- 8:00 Open Road transforming lives for refugees
- 1:10 Ben Folds
- 1:22 Cyclists, trucks and the road
- 1:29 Networking with the kids
- 1:36 Join the robots
- 1:43 Great album
- 2:10 Television Critic Briar Wyatt
- 2:20 Expert feature: Animal mental health
- 2:52 Westland prepares for Gita
- 3:07 Charles Mann: Feeding a growing population
Friday, 16 February 2018
- 1:11 First song: My Baby in session
- 1:23 Are we in for bad flu season like North America?
- 1:30 Ecostore founders team up with Little Bird
- 1:40 The importance of seaweed
- 1:44 Great album
- 2:10 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:28 The D4 live at the RNZ studios
- 3:07 Food with Dariush Lolaiy
- 3:15 Wine with Yvonne Lorkin
- 3:23 Critter of the Week The Paua Slug
- 3:35 Classical music with Clarissa Dunn
Thursday, 15 February 2018
- 1:15 First song: Wilde Taylor
- 1:24 Farmers low on confidence
- 1:32 You can now rent a bach on Rangitoto Island
- 1:37 Rubbish runner keeps on plogging
- 1:43 Great album
- 2:12 Tech talk with Paul Brislen
- 2:21 Geoff Simmons: financial meltdown 101
- 2:35 The history of NZ political hit jobs
- 3:14 Short Story Club
- 3:32 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
- 1:10 First song: Thompson Springs
- 1:15 The National Party leadership battle
- 1:20 The Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize
- 1:25 Speed dating goes up a gear
- 1:35 Sound Archives: Te Papa opens
- 1:45 Great album: Toto: 40 Trips around the sun
- 2:10 New music review with Diane Swan
- 2:20 Bookmarks: Ruth Paul
- 3:10 Jonathan Franzen has gone to the birds
Tuesday, 13 February 2018
- 1:09 First song: Mara TK in session
- 1:18 Bye bye Bill
- 1:33 Food allergies and personalities
- 1:39 Sheryl Crow
- 2:11 Book critic, Catherine Robertson
- 2:23 Music Feature: the banjo
- 3:08 AJ Jacobs on the human family tree
- 9:09 Science to solve kiwifruit crisis a winner
Monday, 12 February 2018
- 1:15 Auckland's contaminated beaches
- 1:24 Ed Yong on correcting his gender bias
- 1:36 Insects galore - Peter Johns' insect collection
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:10 Television Critic Melenie Parkes
- 2:20 The story of Phil Lamason
- 2:33 Expert feature: Taxidermist David Jacobs
- 3:09 Stephen Humphrey Bogart on his dad and Casablanca
- 3:30 Grumblings on the grape vine: are seasonal workers treated well in NZ?
Friday, 9 February 2018
- 1:10 First song: Pirate Captain Festus McBoyle
- 1:18 Kapi Mana news to shut its local office
- 1:27 The Love Life of Bugs
- 1:39 Turns out David Duchovny's a singer-songwriter and he's coming to NZ
- 1:53 Great album
- 2:09 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:27 NZ Live: Dunes
- 3:08 Food with Fiona Smith
- 3:16 Wine with Joelle Thomson
- 3:25 Critter of the Week Carmichaelia - New Zealand brooms
Thursday, 8 February 2018
- 1:12 First song: The Young Folk
- 1:21 Are redheads with blue eyes going extinct?
- 1:27 Meditation can't fix everything
- 1:38 Making New Zealand's buildings
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:19 Podcasts with Katy Atkin
- 2:27 Your Money with Mary Holm
- 3:14 Short Story Club
- 3:25 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
- 1:15 Data as labour
- 1:27 Heaviest rocket successfully launched
- 1:36 Sound Archives: Summer Fruit
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:09 Music critic - Simon Sweetman
- 2:26 Bookmarks with Amy McDaid
- 3:08 The benefits of being bad
Monday, 5 February 2018
- 1:17 Callaghan Innovation accused of extravagance
- 1:28 Learning a Māori word a day
- 1:36 The dangers of a lifeline road: Coromandel Peninsula
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:09 Television Critic, Linda Burgess
- 2:22 Waitangi welcome
- 2:29 Expert: Surveillance: why and how we are being watched
- 3:09 The science of perfect timing
- 3:30 Solomon women empowered
Friday, 2 February 2018
- 1:15 Not enough drinking fountains in playgrounds
- 1:25 Besties brains are alike
- 1:35 Update on the tourists stranded in Haast
- 1:40 Restoring remote huts
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:07 Film Review: Richard Swainson
- 2:28 NZ Live: Salad Boys
- 3:08 Food with Julie Biuso
- 3:17 Gardening with Lynda Hallinan
- 3:25 Critter of the Week The Swamp Helmet Orchid
