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3:09 PM.Journalist Michael Scott Moore researching a book about pirates when he was captured and held hostage for two and a half years. He describes his treatment, attempted escape and the mental gymnastics… Read more Audio

2:27 PM.The University of Canterbury's Dean of Law Ursula Cheer loves dogs, poetry, John Clark and Private Eye. She's also the first woman to hold the position at Canterbury's law school - and she came into… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Fifty years ago, the first wave of children born in the post-World War II baby boom were growing up - and they weren't happy about the world they had inherited. In today's visit to the sound archives… Read more Audio

1:27 PM.New Zealand-born, New York-based photographer and food artist Henry Hargreaves has created a photographic exhibition celebrating the 'uncelebratable' birthdays of baby names submitted, but then… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:19 PM.Earlier this morning 23 people died and a further 15 were injured when the Morandi Bridge collapsed.

Professor Alessandro Palermo of the University of Canterbury joins us to talk a bit about this… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Australian blues band, Kings and Associates join Jesse in studio B in Auckland - they're here for a tour of the North Island. Read more Audio

3:11 PM.We live with them 24/7 and yet most of the time we have absolutely no idea what our pets are thinking. But Dr Zazie Todd does. She joins us to share her insights and research on a blog called… Read more Audio

2:17 PM.Several documentaries about great female rock stars have come to film festivals in recent years, so music enthusiast and RNZ Music studio operator Jana Whitta offers some highlights and insights on… Read more Video, Audio

1:35 PM.Chocolate was first brought to Europe in drink form, and immediately took a place at the high table of the aristocracy. Italian-born University of Waikato creative writing student Maria-Teresa Corino… Read more Audio

1:29 PM.Wellington filmmaker Judith Cowley wants to shine a spotlight on human kindness by raising $10,000 to make her deeply personal script, Walk a Mile, into a short film. Judith joins us to talk about… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.The telco Spark is hoovering up the rights to live sport, securing the English Premier League for next year, as well as the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Business and technology commentator Paul Spain joins… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Darren Coggan is an award winning Australian country singer who hails from Wagga Wagga - but he has an extra special gift, he can sing just like Cat Stevens. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Virgie Tovar is a healthy plus sized woman and the champion of a movement called "lose the hate not the weight". She's also just released a new book: You Have the Right to Remain Fat. Read more Audio

2:31 PM.Kate Hillier from the NZ Flower and Garden show is here to talk about her lifelong love of gardens and what it takes to organise arguably New Zealand's marquee garden event Read more Audio, Gallery

2:23 PM.What does NASA hope to learn by sending a spaceship to within six million kilometres of the Sun - the closest we've ever been? Richard Easther from the University of Auckland's physic department joins… Read more Audio

1:34 PM.Children's minister Tracey Martin wants to introduce age restrictions on pornographic websites to stop teenagers from being able to access them. Could such an approach work? Auckland University PhD… Read more Audio

1:26 PM.Today is International Left-handers Day, when left-handers are asked to celebrate their sinistrality and increase public awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of being left-handed. We talk to… Read more Audio

1:14 PM.Angry bus commuters gathered at Wellington's Newtown Community Centre last night to let the regional council know just how frustrating the new bus service is for them, with people sharing stories of… Read more Audio