All episodes
Monday, 17 November 2025
- 8:10 With a new leader and party rebrand, Opportunity aims for parliament in 2025
- 8:30 Small Histories with Emma Kay
- 8:40 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:50 BBC World Service Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
- 9:25 Cutting through 'spin': David Cohen on his unauthorised biography of Jacinda Ardern
Friday, 14 November 2025
- 8:10 Lit mag pulled from Whitcoulls shelves
- 8:20 This Weekend: Arty Little Flickers
- 8:30 This Weekend: Wairarapa Walking Festival
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 13 November 2025
- 8:10 How prepared are we for solar storms?
- 8:30 Myth Takes: The Roman soldier
- 8:40 How kids' TV consumption has changed in 10 years
- 9:25 Thinking deeply about deepfakes
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
- 8:10 The Prime Minister mulls asset sales
- 9:10 Europe correspondent Christian Smith
- 9:25 Iconic racehorse Phar Lap reimagined in new musical
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
- 8:10 Scathing report into upper echelons of NZ Police
- 8:20 Booker Prize's 2025 winner's 'bare bones' prose
- 8:30 A blueprint for iwi-led housing in New Zealand?
- 8:40 Shower Thoughts: What does a ghostwriter actually do?
- 9:25 The psychology behind The Celebrity Traitors
Monday, 10 November 2025
- 8:10 When winning in court still costs you
- 8:30 History with Emma Kay
- 8:40 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:50 BBC World Service Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
- 9:25 Chris Kohler: The journalist helping keep money in people's pockets
Friday, 7 November 2025
- 8:10 New Zealand's top tertiary teacher
- 8:20 This Weekend: Robot Rampage
- 8:30 The Quiz Appendix: See how it runs
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 6 November 2025
- 8:10 How concerned should we be about hornets arriving in New Zealand?
- 8:30 The power of eye contact with Julia de Bres
- 8:45 Quakes: Can we predict when the 'big one' will hit?
- 9:25 What's the secret behind IKEA's global success?
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
- 8:10 Should MPs be attending Taiwan celebrations?
- 9:10 Science with Ezzy Pearson
- 9:25 Why clear and easy-to-understand language matters
Tuesday, 4 November 2025
- 8:10 The hidden rise of organised crime networks in New Zealand and the Pacific
- 8:30 How frogs were used as medicine in the medieval age
- 8:45 Shower Thoughts: How do you write an obituary?
- 9:25 The New Zealand artist creating 'risky' playgrounds
Monday, 3 November 2025
- 8:15 Te Pāti Māori president demands MPs resign as party feud intensifies
- 8:30 Small Histories of New Zealand with Emma Kay
- 8:40 Sports with Richard Irvine
- 8:50 BBC World Service Lookahead with Rob Hugh Jones
- 9:25 90 years on, Monopoly remains a global obsession
Friday, 31 October 2025
- 8:10 How Halloween cobwebs make frighteningly good DNA collectors
- 8:20 This Weekend: Movie Marathon at the Hollywood Cinema
- 8:30 M.C. Slave on new RNZ show
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 30 October 2025
- 8:10 The significance of the PM's meeting with Donald Trump
- 8:20 Inside the world of competitive pumpkin growing
- 8:35 Why Fonterra farmers voted to sell consumer business to French dairy giant
- 8:45 What was behind the global Microsoft outage?
- 9:25 Why do we love horror movies?
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- 8:10 The pros and cons of a social media ban for young people
- 8:20 Kiwi team out to reclaim title in annual trans-Tasman sheep dog trials
- 9:25 Outgoing police association president Chris Cahill reflects on tenure
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
- 8:10 What you need to know about Labour's capital gains tax
- 8:20 How much is your flatmate’s love life costing you?
- 8:30 European correspondent Christian Smith
- 9:25 What can New Zealand learn from the Irish arts benefit?
- 9:45 Shower Thoughts: How do you write a sermon?
Friday, 24 October 2025
- 8:10 Rainbow's End iconic pirate ship returns
- 8:25 The man behind the 'world's best' bar
- 8:30 New book to focus on Southland's tragic and odd events
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 23 October 2025
- 8:10 Weather update with reporter Lauren Crimp
- 8:20 The case for home economics in school
- 8:35 Philosophy Now: A cruel God?
- 9:25 UK's former schools minister Sir Nick Gibb
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
- 8:10 Latest on the extreme weather
- 8:15 Should we end school zoning?
- 9:08 Metservice on weather warnings and watches
- 9:10 Science with Ezzy Pearson
- 9:25 What can we learn from Lebron James' longevity
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
- 8:10 Former FBI investigator on brazen Louvre jewel heist
- 8:30 Why we go bananas for bananas
- 8:40 Shower Thoughts: Could I survive being lost at sea?
- 9:25 Mazbou Q on spreading the joy of hip hop
Monday, 20 October 2025
- 8:15 Rubbish collection plan causes a stink
- 8:20 Small Histories of New Zealand with Emma Kay
- 8:35 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 9:25 The science of earworms
- 9:50 World News from the BBC
Friday, 17 October 2025
- 8:10 Most successful season on record for Otago toroa
- 8:20 This Weekend: Celebrating 10 years of the Dunedin Tweed Ride
- 8:25 This Weekend: Bananagrams Bananza
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 16 October 2025
- 8:10 Guyon Espiner reflects on Jim Bolger's years in politics
- 8:25 What is more efficient - filling the kettle with cold water or hot water?
- 8:35 Myth Takes with Ben Jackson
- 8:45 Who invented the mince and cheese pie?
- 9:25 The rise of 'Healthization'
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
- 8:10 The new Mayor in favour of rates rises
- 8:30 Big news from New Zealand's coolest sport
- 9:15 Twenty- five years of art from New Zealand indie music
- 9:25 Explainer: The world of gemstones
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
- 8:10 Are our political leaders unlikable?
- 8:20 Community book fair left with hefty bill
- 8:30 News from Europe
- 8:45 Shower Thoughts: What is life like without vision?
- 9:25 New device set to reduce plastics pollution at beaches
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