All episodes
Wednesday, 19 June 2024
- 9:15 Feeling the pinch, but worth trillions
- 10:18 Fred Award-winning comedians Barnie Duncan and Trygve Wakenshaw
- 10:30 What is 'girl mossing'?
- 10:45 Winner of AI art competition disqualified after revealing his photo was real
Tuesday, 18 June 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: Is it bad to take expired medication?
- 9:30 Politics by Night with Glenn McConnell
- 9:50 Government's 'granny flat' boon felt by tiny home supporters
- 10:18 Decades-old Lego keeps washing up on the UK coastline
- 10:30 Heaven for chocolate lovers in Wellington this weekend
- 10:45 LayBye-Bye: Buy-now-pay-later services shutting down
Monday, 17 June 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Melz Huata-Lucas
- 9:30 Happy pastries and grumpy cars: Exploring face pareidolia
- 10:18 Divorce coaches form professional body as industry grows
- 10:30 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin
Friday, 14 June 2024
- 9:15 This Weekend: A light-hearted history of Havelock North
- 9:30 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:17 Why do we love Coffee News?
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 13 June 2024
- 9:15 Philosophy Now! Is honesty (always) the best policy? That depends!
- 9:35 New book from the creator of My Octopus Teacher
- 10:17 All eyes on Europe as the battle for football glory kicks off this weekend.
- 10:30 First Gore, Now the World!
- 10:45 What's the latest on the UK Election with Henry Cooke
Wednesday, 12 June 2024
- 9:15 Myth Takes: Beasts
- 9:30 Midweek Mediawatch
- 10:17 Explainer: What is sportswashing?
- 10:35 Iconic 'TAUPØ1' plate up for auction
- 10:45 Indigenous game developers to descend on Dunedin for international summit
Tuesday, 11 June 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: What's the point of wasps?
- 9:30 Politics by Night with Richard Harman
- 10:17 Adam Mastroianni: The art of good conversation
- 10:45 How a scandalous 1614 play sheds light on the theatrical culture of England
Monday, 10 June 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Hēmi Kelly
- 9:30 One hundred-year old milk powder found preserved in Ernest Shackleton's hut
- 10:18 The Porirua hairdresser taking TikTok by storm
- 10:30 Sports with Bryan Waddle
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin
Friday, 7 June 2024
- 9:15 This Weekend: Worldwide Knit in Public Day
- 9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:18 Is this New Zealand's most expensive pie?
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 6 June 2024
- 9:15 The new language of 'memes'
- 9:25 New study sheds light on social life of magpies
- 9:35 How the power of logic can help improve our lives
- 10:17 What does a Chief Science Advisor do?
- 10:30 Taking the 'hōhā out of koha': new app makes it easier to give and receive
- 10:45 Coro Street superfan on Gail Platt's departure from Weatherfield
Wednesday, 5 June 2024
- 9:15 Agony Aunt 'How to cope with extravagant friends'
- 10:17 New book sheds light on Antarctic expedition tragedy
- 10:30 Thieves target Manawatu volunteer group
- 10:40 Explainer: What do the results of Indian election mean?
Tuesday, 4 June 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: What are curlers doing when they sweep the ice?
- 9:30 Politics by Night with Laura Walters
- 10:17 Recognising Palestine
- 10:30 Actor Jacob Rajan on the return of his one-man show
- 10:45 Are we losing the ability to form our own musical taste?
Friday, 31 May 2024
- 9:15 This Weekend: Kerikeri's Parrot Place celebrates 21 years
- 9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:18 The Kiwi country music capital is ready to put on a show
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 30 May 2024
- 9:15 I Was There When: King Charles appeared on Bro'Town
- 9:35 Top of the football world: The history of the beautiful game in France
- 10:18 New Zealand rugby's civil war
- 10:30 The double-edged sword of deep-sea mining in the Pacific
- 10:45 All the winners from the biggest night of the year for NZ music
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
- 9:15 What is BookTok? The new force in book publishing
- 9:30 Midweek Mediawatch
- 10:17 Could a dumb phone be the answer to our modern day problems?
- 10:17 Could a dumb phone be the answer to our modern day problems?
- 10:30 New play explores adoption from a mother's perspective
- 10:45 A snapshot of New Zealand: What does new census data tell us?
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: Does Facebook monitor drug dealing?
- 9:30 Politics by Night with Dan Brunskill
- 10:18 New Zealand's best young debaters set for the world stage
- 10:30 Celebrating twenty years of the Wine Cellar
- 10:45 Cheap as chips! Queensland public transport slashed to 50 cents
Monday, 27 May 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Ben Purua
- 9:30 How the microbes we leave behind on our clothing could help solve murders
- 10:18 The controversial police tactic under the spotlight
- 10:30 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
Friday, 24 May 2024
- 9:15 This Weekend: 130th Otago Capping Show
- 9:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:18 Explained: New Zealand's Heritage List
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 23 May 2024
- 9:15 An eye-catching recruitment strategy
- 9:30 How borders have shaped the modern world
- 9:50 "Drowning Street": Rishi Sunak calls the next UK general election amid downpour
- 10:18 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Father Greg Boyle
- 10:30 Call a mathematician, we've got a Monty Hall problem
- 10:45 Guitarist and designer up for five Aotearoa Music Awards
Wednesday, 22 May 2024
- 9:15 Auckland literary festival smashes attendance records
- 10:18 Vincent Ward: Nearly 50 years of filmmaking
- 10:30 Australian ballroom dance legend Aric Yegudkin brings show to New Zealand
- 10:45 World-first medical drug driving trial set to get underway
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: Do we all see colour the same?
- 9:30 Politics by Night with Katie Scotcher
- 9:50 One foot in front of the other: Nominations open for the Golden Foot awards
- 10:18 Not your typical lawyer: Legal advice in the social media age
- 10:30 Jobs for nature yields impressive outcomes for Ruapehu region
- 10:45 Australian cricketer Travis Head on the 2023 Ashes series
Monday, 20 May 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Benjamin Lau
- 9:30 Tapping into our noisy oceans
- 10:18 Young New Zealander named in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list
- 10:30 Sports with Kayla Hodge
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Pete Ross
Friday, 17 May 2024
- 9:15 This Weekend: Southern Pro Wrestling
- 9:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:18 Solving the human waste problem on our highest mountain
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 16 May 2024
- 9:15 New maps uncover Wānaka lakebed
- 9:30 The life and times of a Kiwi soldier
- 9:50 Paekākāriki fundraiser goes full steam ahead
- 10:18 Working with death: The Dunedin woman following the family profession
- 10:30 Never too old: Dr Te Piere Warahi and his journey to obtaining a PhD at 73
- 10:45 Decision to jail Australian whistleblower "chilling", supporter says
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
- 8:20 Three dead, hundreds injured during civil unrest in New Caledonia
- 9:15 How will New Zealand be recorded in the future?
- 10:18 Damon Salesa takes out top book prize for 'An Indigenous Ocean'
- 10:30 King Charles' bold new portrait
- 10:45 The history of the word 'woke'
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