All episodes
Thursday, 26 April 2018
- 1:15 First song: Stomp perform live
- 1:21 Gisborne's P crisis
- 1:33 Hiking in North Korea
- 1:39 Kiwi actor's Passchendaele connection
- 1:48 Great album: The Wildest - Louis Prima
- 2:16 Podcast critic Katy Atkin
- 2:27 Solving the problems of the world
- 2:40 The History of public complaining
- 3:15 Short Story Club
- 3:29 Tell me about your thesis
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
- 1:14 Mayor's push for a Te Reo capital
- 1:23 Hawera Cinema's onesie ban goes viral
- 1:29 The canary war hero
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:07 Book critic: gender in children's books
- 2:18 The history and politics of Eurovision with Jared Mackley-Crump
- 3:08 Jeff Kinney: stuck in the head of a wimpy kid
Monday, 23 April 2018
- 8:00 New children's book celebrates Czech-New Zealand connection
- 1:14 South Invercargill: from 'poor cousin' to proud community
- 1:25 Getting enough Vitamin D over summer
- 1:37 The preschoolers helping with safe sleep for babies
- 1:44 The myth of the Anzac biscuit
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:32 The secret life of the octopus
- 3:07 Jann Arden: what my mother's Alzheimer's taught me
Friday, 20 April 2018
- 1:13 The case for super-fasting
- 1:25 Keeping our native fish on the move
- 1:34 Going back to Manurewa
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:09 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:22 NZ Live: Hopetoun Brown
- 3:08 Food with Michael Dearth
- 3:21 Talk the Walk: The Milford Track
- 3:28 Critter of the Week: Giant Kokopu
Thursday, 19 April 2018
- 1:18 Susan Tipuna: community leader
- 1:28 Eli Matthewson's 'An Inconvenient Poof'
- 1:38 What lurks deep in the southern fiords
- 1:44 Great album
- 2:16 NZ chilli-eating champ Stewart Gauld: 'It's actually really enjoyable'
- 2:26 Why timing the markets doesn't work
- 3:16 Short Story Club
- 3:29 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
- 1:10 First song: Mind Over Matter in session
- 1:15 Craig Watson: Israel Folau's comments harmful
- 1:26 Water wheel powers West Coast farm
- 1:36 Sound Archives - Entertaining Kiwi troops in World War I
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:12 Music critic - Simon Sweetman
- 2:27 Bookmarks with Jennifer Ward Lealand
- 3:11 Are you eating fake food?
- 9:06 Myrtle rust - its impact in NZ and Australia
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
- 1:15 The schools ditching NCEA Level 1
- 1:26 Meet the Lost Boys of Taranaki
- 1:35 The Free Store needs help
- 1:44 Museum dance off
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:08 Book critic James Russell
- 2:19 Country music feature: Ashley Tipping
- 3:07 Why Jamie McAuley gets sent dead stoats in the mail
- 3:15 Steven Pinker: we're making good progress
Monday, 16 April 2018
- 8:00 The Fruits of Our Labours
- 1:15 Streaming the Rugby World Cup
- 1:24 The living wage: does it pay?
- 1:32 Antibiotics and the pill
- 1:40 Great album
- 2:09 Television Critic Graeme Tuckett
- 2:37 Expert feature: Shem Phillips on board games
- 3:09 Relationship advice from a top divorce lawyer
Friday, 13 April 2018
- 1:15 Plain tobacco packaging
- 1:21 The importance of the microbiome
- 1:35 Carpooling around the country can be easy as
- 1:40 The samurai wasp and the stink bug
- 1:46 Great album
- 2:08 Film Review
- 2:26 NZ Live: Nomad
- 3:07 Kelly Gibney's roasted cauliflower and walnut soup
- 3:15 Talk the Walk: Routeburn Track
- 3:27 Critter of the Week: Muehlenbeckia astonii
Thursday, 12 April 2018
- 1:15 Perimeter block proposed for Mt Albert
- 1:23 Botched: Kiwis bring shoddy dental work home
- 1:28 Waiting four years for a glitch in space
- 1:41 One percent can make a difference
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:16 Theatre Critic - Dave Smith
- 2:23 Feeding a population that just keeps growing
- 2:35 The history of NZ at the Empire/Commonwealth Games
- 3:12 Short Story Club
- 3:27 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
- 1:17 Dog muzzling rules in Christchurch
- 1:24 'You never get used to dementia'
- 1:33 David O'Doherty
- 1:40 Sound Archives: The Springbok Tour that Never Was
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:10 Music critic - Dianne Swann
- 2:20 Bookmarks with Barbara Else
- 3:10 An overdue history of procrastination
- 9:06 Seabird hotspot - the Poor Knights Islands
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
- 1:11 First song: Open Top
- 1:21 My Wahine story
- 1:41 Award-winning firm backs women tradies
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:10 Book critic: Rachel Barrowman on Plumb
- 2:20 Lee Prebble: The role of recording studios
- 3:09 Amy Chua: Political tribes and America's divisionism
Monday, 9 April 2018
- 8:00 Protest Music! Deep connections for Māori and Caribbean NZers
- 1:16 A check-in on conservation
- 1:29 The social history of buildings
- 1:42 Providing clothes for kids in need
- 1:52 Great album
- 2:08 Television Critic Linda Burgess
- 2:38 Expert feature: Sci-fi and technology
- 3:10 Why the rich fancy New Zealand
Friday, 6 April 2018
- 1:00 Go Ahead Caller - Ser 9, Ep 5 'Corporate Taniwha'
- 1:16 The dams that supply Auckland's water
- 1:27 Teaching science to teachers
- 1:36 Taking a gamble on medical marijuana
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:08 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:20 Monarch butterflies mass in Timaru
- 2:28 NZ Live: Running Stitch
- 3:09 Pumpkin soup with Julie Biuso
- 3:20 Gardening with Lynda Hallinan
- 3:27 Critter of the Week The Pseudoscorpion!
Thursday, 5 April 2018
- 1:15 Short Story Club
- 1:17 Nurses: Bullied and belittled
- 1:29 Can fish oil during pregnancy prevent babies' diabetes?
- 1:38 From Survivor to Ghana
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:12 Tech talk with Paul Brislen
- 2:20 Money: Spread the risk and invest global
- 3:26 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
- 1:17 Renters unhappy with property managers
- 1:23 The joys of test cricket
- 1:31 Annabel Langbein's Feijoa Friands
- 1:41 Sound archives: The sinking of the “Wahine”
- 1:52 Great album
- 2:10 Music critic - Colin Morris
- 2:26 Bookmarks with Michele A'Court
- 3:08 Gender bias in medicine
- 9:07 N=1 - an artist's microbiome
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
- 1:07 First song: Misha Marks
- 1:18 Taxing sugary drinks
- 1:27 Christchurch community fridge feeds locals in need
- 1:35 Take care when you open your beer
- 1:40 Great album
- 2:07 Book critic - Pip Adam
- 2:20 Music Feature: The Rolling Stones with Richard Fox
- 3:06 The Battle of Manners St
- 3:15 You've got to know when to hold em
Thursday, 29 March 2018
- 1:11 First song: Loudhailer perform live
- 1:20 'Super-gonorrhoea' - could it happen here?
- 1:28 Keeping Kauri safe from climate change
- 1:38 New Zealand's cheerleaders
- 1:44 Great album
- 2:16 Solving the world's problems
- 2:29 NZ Live: Eb & Sparrow
- 3:15 Short Story Club
- 3:23 Tell me about your thesis
- 3:30 It'll never catch on
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
- 1:09 First song: The Nairobi Trio
- 1:21 Sedentary preschoolers likely to be obese
- 1:28 RNZ's Megan Whelan returns from global media workshop
- 1:37 Sound Archives - Pat McMinn and Rabbits in New Zealand
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:10 Music critic - Marty Jones
- 2:24 Bookmarks - James Roque
- 3:09 Harpooning Space Junk
- 9:07 Dragonflies - masters of flight
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
- 1:10 Timothy Wayne-Wright of The King's Singers
- 1:21 Calls for transparency in science
- 1:28 Stories for sustainability
- 1:36 Winter firewood shortage
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:09 Book critic Lisa Glass
- 2:19 Music Feature: Great duos with Godfrey de Grut
- 3:15 How companies are profiting from anti-obesity programmes
Monday, 26 March 2018
- 1:10 First song: Unchained XL Live in studio
- 1:20 Homeopathic remedies in pharmacies
- 1:29 The great hihi sperm race
- 1:38 Bringing the Commonwealth Games back
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:30 Expert feature: The Moon
- 3:08 Elizebeth Friedman: code breaker extraordinaire
- 3:35 Gunning for Hollywood and #TimesUp for NZ
Friday, 23 March 2018
- 1:13 Me and Ed Sheeran
- 1:26 Social media and young girls
- 1:31 Curly hair mystery unravelled
- 1:35 Pay it forward
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:09 Film Review
- 2:23 NZ Live: The Frank Burkitt Band
- 3:08 The food of Cuba Street: Mr Circle's chicken jianbing
- 3:18 Wine with Yvonne Lorkin
- 3:22 Critter of the Week: Teviot flathead galaxias
Thursday, 22 March 2018
- 1:13 First song - Electric Fields
- 1:21 Mountain biking a boon for regions
- 1:29 Biodiversity and Auckland's 10-year plan
- 1:39 'People with hearing aids - that wasn't me'
- 1:46 Great album
- 2:15 Podcast critic Katy Atkin
- 2:28 Is home ownership the only way to go?
- 3:15 Short Story Club
- 3:26 Tell me about your thesis
- 3:30 The night the lights went out in Auckland
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
- 1:10 First song: Erin Cole Baker
- 1:19 The Cambridge Analytica fallout
- 1:30 Protecting Dunedin's Sand dunes
- 1:36 Sound Archives: Hokonui moonshine
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:07 Music Critic - Kate Robertson
- 3:09 An idiots guide to Virtual Reality
- 3:20 Bookmarks with King Kapisi
- 9:06 Meet Lusius malfoyi, a parasitoid wasp
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
- 1:16 Are we moving too fast with driverless cars?
- 1:28 Top NZ surf break under threat
- 1:36 Open trials for the Wellington Saints
- 1:44 Great album
- 2:10 Book critic Catherine Robertson
- 2:23 Troubled waters: music's notorious feuds
- 3:11 Dr Jonathan Quick: The End of Epidemics
