All episodes
Thursday, 2 June 2016
- 1:15 DNA study of Ancient Phoenican finds European Ancestry
- 1:25 Todd Niall on Govt's Housing policy announcement
- 1:33 Matariki festival begins
- 1:40 Favourite album: Rickie Lee Jones
- 2:10 What to expect this winter
- 2:20 Geoffonomics: the economics of food
- 2:30 History with Jacinta Ruru
- 2:43 Bare Truth
- 3:10 Masterpieces with lighting designer, Mark Hammer
- 3:25 The Expats: costume designer Felicity Gifford in NYC
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 2 June 2016
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
- 1:12 Whale survey canned due to loss of funding
- 1:22 Kiwi cabaret show Daffodils selected for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
- 1:37 Gems from the Sound Archives, with Sarah Johnston
- 1:47 Favourite Album
- 2:08 #MenStartTalking - Lance Burdett
- 2:21 Bookmarks: Ian Christie
- 3:09 Will Shortz - New York Times crossword maestro
- 3:30 Sisters of Swing
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 1 June 2016
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
- 1:13 Crocodile Mick on the kiwi attacked by a crocodile
- 1:23 Love the one you're near
- 1:37 From Refugees to Kiwis
- 1:43 Favourite album
- 2:10 Why some music gives us goosebumps
- 2:24 Great New Zealand Album: The General Electric - Shihad
- 3:07 The Myth and Magic of Woodstock
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 31 May 2016
- 9:34 Acid test for coastal seas
Monday, 30 May 2016
- 1:15 The Solar energy debate
- 1:25 Extent of coral death at Great Barrier Reef revealed
- 1:35 Making it easier to travel with a disability
- 1:42 Favourite Album - Sex Pistols
- 2:10 TV review with Alex Casey
- 2:20 Book review with Pip Adam
- 2:27 Music review with Colin Morris
- 2:45 Theatre review with Michael Gilchrist
- 2:50 Theatre review with Lindsay Clark
- 3:10 The Last of the Nazi Hunters
- 3:30 Heart of the Tiger - NZ's first female Indian police officer
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 30 May 2016
Friday, 27 May 2016
- 1:12 Tourism boost for the regions
- 1:25 Who 'Owns' our Water?
- 1:35 Critter of the week
- 1:45 Favourite album - Suedehead
- 2:15 NZ Live - Tom Cunliffe
- 3:10 Food with David Griffiths
- 3:15 Wine with Gordon Russell
- 3:25 Film review with Richard Swainson
- 3:35 Music with Yadana Saw
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 27 May 2016
Thursday, 26 May 2016
- 1:13 Growing tourism pressure on regions
- 1:22 Update on St Dominic College ball dress controversy
- 1:28 Mouse eradication for Antipodes Islands
- 1:42 Last trip for old Wellington trains
- 1:47 Favourite album
- 3:10 Masterpieces with Dunedin Astronomer, Ian Griffin
- 3:28 Expat: Chris Holm in Jakarta
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 26 May 2016
- 9:20 Learning from past floods
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
- 1:10 Island Bay cycleway dug up?
- 1:27 Low cut ball dress ban
- 1:36 Sound Archives: The hit parades
- 1:40 Favourite Album - Irish Tour '74
- 2:10 Fat lot of good
- 2:35 Bookmarks: Photographer Nikki Denholm
- 3:25 Geoffonomics: Ghost houses
- 3:25 The history of beards and moustaches in NZ
- 3:25 The Wireless: When your phone tells you beauty = whiteness
- 3:46 The Panel pre-show for 25 May 2016
- 9:45 Healthy homes: a breath of fresh air
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
- 1:12 Rescuer of the snow bound 4WD club members
- 1:22 Largest public art gift ever given to Hamilton
- 1:35 Why is Lego getting so violent?
- 1:45 Favourite album - Dig Lazarus Dig!!!
- 2:10 New Twizel street lights impacting on dark sky reserve
- 2:20 Great New Zealand Album - Silencer by Zed
- 3:10 Dr Kang Lee: why children lie
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 24 May 2016
- 9:36 Solar storms and electricity supply
Monday, 23 May 2016
- 1:15 Update on attempts to rescue group of drivers stranded in snow
- 1:20 Community newspaper of the year
- 1:27 Kiwi actress selected for prestigious London acting school
- 1:33 New Zealand's top Speed Cuber
- 1:50 Favourite album: Pixies 'Bossanova'
- 2:10 TV Review - Melenie Parkes
- 2:20 Book Review - Vanda Symon
- 2:30 Music with Simon Sweetman
- 2:40 Art with Joe Prisk
- 2:50 Theatre Review with John Smythe
- 3:10 Set Phasers to Stun: Marcus Berkmann on 50 years of Star Trek
- 3:30 Thingyan! Burmese celebrate their New Year
- 3:45 The Panel Pre-Show for 23 May 2016
Friday, 20 May 2016
- 9:35 Lipoprotein(a) - little known but high risk for heart disease
- 1:14 Queenstown warned it could become like exclusive Aspen
- 1:25 Women only job ads for University mathematics roles
- 1:35 Critter of the Week
- 1:46 Favourite album
- 2:22 NZ Live: Avalanche City
- 3:09 Food: eating locusts
- 3:19 Wine: Australian wine critic, Nick Stock
- 3:26 Movies with Richard Swainson
- 3:36 Music for the weekend
- 3:44 The Panel pre-show for 20 May 2016
Thursday, 19 May 2016
- 1:14 Explaining the Auckland Housing Crisis
- 1:25 Pilot says Lake Pukaki foreshore being seriously damaged by tourists
- 1:35 New Zealand's Wikipedia edit-athon
- 1:45 Favourite album - Wildflowers
- 2:10 Money with Mary Holm
- 2:35 Trans-Tasman netball series is no longer
- 2:50 Understanding Brexit: Professor David Mayes
- 3:10 Masterpieces: Nick Ward
- 3:20 The Expats: Kate Hardcastle in Kangaroo Valley
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 19 May 2016
- 9:06 Goodie goodie - bird watching with Bill Oddie
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
- 1:17 Olympics Doping Crackdown
- 1:30 Protecting your data in the cloud
- 1:41 Sound archives: The Battle for Crete
- 1:50 Favourite album: Grace and Danger by John Martyn
- 2:12 Changes for Auckland super gold card holders
- 2:19 Bookmarks with Miranda Harcourt
- 3:07 Geoffonomics: Tax Cuts
- 3:25 History: Maori representation on local bodies
- 3:46 The Panel pre-show for 18 May 2016
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
- 1:12 Sensitive Land Sale Approved In Exchange for Tech Donation
- 1:25 NASA's Balloon Finally Takes Off In Wanaka
- 1:35 Joy Cowley on Featherston booktown
- 1:45 Favourite Album - Where have you been all my life?
- 2:10 Space debris causes chip in space station window
- 2:20 Great New Zealand Album: Riverhead, by Goldenhorse
- 3:10 Joseph Mazur: The math and myth of coincidence
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 17 May 2016
- 9:45 Fat Science
Monday, 16 May 2016
- 1:10 Council rejects attempt to stop it from using toxic pesticides
- 1:23 'The last bastion of chauvinism' in New Zealand Sport
- 1:33 An insiders guide to the Eurovision Song Contest
- 1:40 Favourite Album - Jailbreak
- 2:10 TV review with Melenie Parkes
- 2:20 Music review with Kate Robertson
- 2:40 Books with Allan Drew
- 2:53 Theatre review with Patrick Davies
- 3:10 Steven Hyden: Rock N Roll Rivalries
- 3:30 I AM – not your stereotypical African!
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 16 May 2016
Friday, 13 May 2016
- 1:15 Kiwi, Craig Rowland who was evacuated from the Alberta fires
- 1:25 Massey High School's graffiti art project
- 1:30 Critter of the Week - the Inanga
- 1:40 Favourite Album - The Stone Roses (self-titled)
- 2:15 NZ Live: The Leers
- 3:10 Food with Dariush Lolaiy
- 3:20 Drinks with Yvonne Lorkin
- 3:30 Film review with Richard Swainson
- 3:40 Music 101 preview
- 3:45 The Panel Pre-Show for 13 May 2016
Thursday, 12 May 2016
- 1:10 Tami Neilson wins self-managed artist award
- 1:20 John Edwards, Privacy commissioner on Privacy week issues
- 1:31 Shark scientist - Riley Elliot
- 1:41 Favourite Album
- 2:08 Money with Mary Holm
- 2:47 Alexandre Tortoriello
- 3:08 Masterpieces: Michael Fitzgerald on colonial history
- 3:27 The Expats: Sally Warring
- 3:50 The Panel pre-show for 12 May 2016
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
- 1:10 Seismic shift in print media
- 1:25 Tax expert answers your questions about the Panama Papers
- 1:30 Tourism and the Rena wreck
- 1:40 Sound archives - the huia
- 1:45 Favourite album - Collective Soul
- 2:08 Who are the young athletes going the Rio Olympics?
- 2:20 Mathematics and Black holes: Professor Roy Kerr
- 3:10 Geoffonomics: The economics of 1080 vs trapping
- 3:23 The Wireless - Ellen Falconer
- 3:27 Business scandals in NZ - The Historical Context
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 11 May 2016
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
- 1:13 Major shortage of plumbers
- 1:27 Timaru wants a new slogan
- 1:37 Australia adds 49 species to threatened and endangered lists
- 1:45 Favourite Album - Look Blue Go Purple compilation LP
- 2:10 NZ Anglican church remains split over same sex blessings
- 2:20 The Great New Zealand Album - Second Hand Planet by Opshop
- 3:10 'Modern mothers treat their babies like little gods'
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 10 May 2016
- 9:06 Shedding light on Māori health
Monday, 9 May 2016
- 1:14 Emergency housing funding 'user pays'
- 1:21 Weldon's departure "A classic case of corporate self destruction"
- 1:34 Tech companies are increasingly dictating what we see on-line
- 1:43 Favourite album
- 2:08 TV review - Phil Wallington
- 2:20 Books - Mary McCallum
- 2:29 Music - Dianne Swann
- 2:47 Ballet - Deidre Tarrant
- 2:52 Theatre - Raewyn Whyte
- 3:08 White House correspondent Mark Landler on Obama, Clinton, Sanders and Trump
- 3:30 From Slavery to Steelpan – NZ's Freedom Music
- 3:46 The Panel pre-show for 9 May 2016
Friday, 6 May 2016
- 3:30 Shoes cost more than the latest tech gadget
- 1:25 Critter of the Week: the tusked weta
- 1:27 Will robots replace GPs?
- 1:35 There's nothing to go back to
- 1:50 Favourite Album - Bleeding Star by JPS Experience
- 2:20 New Zealand Live - Auckland Indie/Pop Band Mice On Stilts
- 3:08 Food writer, Delaney Mes on the grazing table trend
- 3:25 Film Reviewer, Dr Richard Swainson
- 3:30 Big Red Wines for Winter
- 3:30 Music 101 preview with Yadana Saw
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 6 May 2016
Thursday, 5 May 2016
- 1:17 Porirua's under water following heavy rain
- 1:24 Marine Archaeologists confirm they've found the Endeavour
- 1:39 A floating food forest
- 1:47 Favourite Album
- 2:13 Money with Mary Holm
- 2:35 Australia's multi billion dollar submarine deal
- 2:41 Porirua Update
- 3:09 Masterpieces - Paula Morris
- 3:26 The Expats - Meryl Emmerton
- 3:46 The Panel pre-show for 5 May 2016
- 9:06 Genetic impacts of crop domestication
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
- 1:15 Phil Wallington on Weldon's resignation
- 1:27 Fashion and Pollution
- 1:34 Lardy Labs
- 1:42 Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
- 1:51 Favourite album
- 2:07 A call for an extenstion to the breast screening programme
- 2:17 Bookmarks with Mark Rocket, Internet Entrepreneur
- 3:07 Geoffonomics - Geoff Simmons
- 3:26 The Wireless Preview - Hussain Moses
- 3:27 History - Jacinta Ruru
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 4 May 2016
Tuesday, 3 May 2016
- 1:14 Kiwi Leicester City fan celebrating historic victory
- 1:24 Proposal to create 80 hectare wetland in Bay of Plenty
- 1:35 Using honey bees to uncover the mysteries of anaesthesia-induced jetlag
- 1:43 Feature Album - Magical Mystery Tour
- 2:09 Bitcoin Mystery
- 2:18 Great NZ Album - Pet
- 3:10 James Kerr on what the All Blacks can teach us about success
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 3 May 2016
- 9:46 Whitebait mysteries – unravelling the lives of baby native fish
Monday, 2 May 2016
- 1:16 Embattled TV3 CEO, Mark Weldon, fronts up to board meeting
- 1:24 New political support for campaign over bad hospital food
- 1:33 Wellington community band kicked out of inner-city practice space
- 1:43 Favourite Album
- 2:10 TV review - Linda Burgess
- 2:20 Books - Pip Adam
- 2:30 Music - Colin Morris
- 2:49 Theatre - Terry McTavish
- 3:07 Film critic AO Scott
- 3:30 Best NZ Poems go bilingual
- 3:49 The Panel pre-show for 2 May 2016
Friday, 29 April 2016
- 1:10 Anti-Vax Sentiment - Brian Deer
- 1:30 NZ Banknotes - Mahdi Bseiso
- 1:39 Critter of the Week - Nicola Toki
- 1:50 Favourite Album - Live After Death
- 2:15 The Poet and the Runaway
- 2:20 New Zealand Live - Jesse Wilde & the Drive
- 3:10 Food with Annabelle Langbein
- 3:20 Wine with Maciej Zimney
- 3:30 Film Review with Dr Richard Swainson
- 3:40 Music with Melody Thomas
- 3:45 The Panel pre-show for 29 April 2016
