All episodes
Friday, 8 March 2019
- 9:08 Pacific migrants more likely to be lower paid
- 9:20 First smokefree tax break plea - what's next?
- 9:43 Pressure on Imran Khan
- 10:07 From shortie to sci-fi, Frankie Adams
- 10:35 Unity Books review - Exploded View by Carrie Tiffany
- 11:06 Tribute to Talk Talk's Mark Hollis
- 11:35 Transgender athletes & cricket
- 11:50 Aussie spiders & Loch Ness Monster sightings!
Thursday, 7 March 2019
- 9:08 How labour shortages are impacting the apple and pear industry
- 9:31 Controversial Big Tobacco tax proposal: yes or no?
- 9:39 Data plan: The benefits of making data widely available
- 9:52 Knife crime concerns and Labour's anti-semitism row grows
- 10:07 Tim Cannon: biohacker and medical punk
- 10:38 Children's Book review
- 11:06 Folding phones, 5G whizz and Huawei hype
- 11:26 Playground Plato? The benefits of teaching kids philosophy
- 11:49 Daffodils, Older Than Ireland and picks of the French Film Fest
Wednesday, 6 March 2019
- 9:08 Sir David Skegg: NZ is falling behind on public health
- 9:38 How to strengthen victims' rights
- 9:52 More fallout from Cardinal Pell conviction
- 10:12 Whirimako Black & Hinewehi Mohi. Sharing the aroha
- 10:40 Book review - Past Caring? Women, Work and Emotion
- 11:07 The Verlaines vent their Spleen
- 11:30 Wastescape: a vision of our plastic future?
- 11:47 When sorry seems to be the hardest word
Tuesday, 5 March 2019
- 9:07 What to do about 'Kiwi Jihadi' Mark Taylor?
- 9:24 Northland school forks out for meningococcal vaccinations
- 9:43 Rifleman takes a perch in Wellington
- 9:49 Trump tribulations & Bernie's back
- 10:39 Book review - My Coney Island Baby by Billy O'Callaghan
- 11:06 A deep dive into the Mainzeal judgment
- 11:29 Waikato illustrator collaborates with UK National Trust
- 11:44 Cardinal Pell, court suppression in the digital age
- 10:07 David Wallace-Wells: Inaction on climate change will turn Earth into 'a hell'
Monday, 4 March 2019
- 9:08 Queens Wharf cruise ship proposal approaches critical stage
- 9:34 World weather modelling & NIWA's supercomputer
- 9:50 Concern grows over antisemitic attacks in France
- 10:08 The cost saving of environmental housing
- 10:42 Book review - Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad
- 11:10 Political commentators Williams & Morten
- 11:33 Kids cooking up a FoodStorm
- 11:51 Where our cities meet the sea
Friday, 1 March 2019
- 9:08 Birkenhead college criticised for requiring "spyware"
- 9:19 Rugby Union urges provinces to axe junior reps
- 9:32 WHO housing guidelines launched in New Zealand
- 9:51 Environmental disaster unfolding in Solomon Islands
- 10:06 Tackling food waste through technology
- 10:38 Book review - The Unknown Kimi Raikkonen by Kari Hotakainen
- 11:06 Francisca Griffin, Beat Rhythm Fashion &Lizzy Mercier Descloux
- 11:29 Rugby world league & ongoing Hockey review saga
- 11:50 The $100 dollar tuckshop ban
Thursday, 28 February 2019
- 9:08 Basketball dreams dashed after US firm goes bust
- 9:34 Premature babies' brain development
- 9:52 Theresa May opens door to delaying Brexit?
- 10:09 Auckland lawyer cleaning up world sport
- 10:41 Book review - Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
- 11:06 Technology with Mark Pesce
- 11:23 Parenting with Karen Tui Boyes
- 11:49 Viewing with Lara Strongman
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
- 9:10 John Tamihere considers legal challenge on rejection by Labour
- 9:30 Urgent calls for better elderly protection
- 9:52 Australia correspondent Donna Field
- 10:07 Libraries of the future: Charles Henry
- 10:41 NZ Book review - Not Bad People by Brandy Scott
- 11:07 Festival Music
- 11:26 Running revolution: Roger Robinson's riveting history
- 11:51 Why zebras have stripes
Tuesday, 26 February 2019
- 9:09 Hanoi Summit: what next for denuclearisation?
- 9:20 Bus chaos in Wellington
- 9:44 Primary healthcare failing high-needs patients
- 9:53 US politics wrap, Mueller & California push-back
- 10:07 Air Pollution - an invisible killer
- 10:41 Book review - Blood & Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
- 11:10 Improving the tax system. Has the tax working group lifted the debate?
- 11:26 Alien Weaponry on bringing Māori heavy metal to the world
- 11:48 Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Monday, 25 February 2019
- 9:09 Could capital gains tax proposals encourage dis-investment?
- 9:42 What lessons for NZ in Portugal's radical drug policy?
- 9:53 Repatriation of IS fighters & rise of anti-semitism
- 10:07 Baka Beyond: a unique musical collaboration
- 10:38 Book review - The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
- 11:08 Political commentators Williams & Sherson
- 11:30 Old style kiwi food from Captain Morgans
- 11:49 Encounters with Whanganui and Waikaremoana
Friday, 22 February 2019
- 9:08 Fruitfly fight on three fronts
- 9:23 Climate change in the court room
- 9:38 Live from Te Matatini with Justine Murray
- 9:48 Fallout over deadly Kashmir attack & Thai royal tensions
- 10:06 Live at Te Matatini with the boss, Carl Ross
- 10:22 Kapa Haka, a life's passion: Trevor Maxwell
- 10:40 Unity Books review - Little by Edward Carey
- 11:07 Music of the Lemonheads, Mercury Rev & David Mead
- 11:22 Hikurangi Hitchhike
- 11:23 Waiata from Te Matatini
- 11:51 The week that was, smurf invasion
Thursday, 21 February 2019
- 9:09 DNA in criminal investigations
- 9:33 Āhei: Bringing order back to eating
- 9:48 Defections in all directions and Honda no longer
- 10:07 Stories from Samoan queer life
- 10:38 Book review - The Four Horsemen
- 11:08 Aerial today, gone tomorrow and Spotify bets on podcasting
- 11:22 A Very English Scandal, Dirty John and Fresh Eggs
- 11:29 Tax shakeup: details revealed
- 11:50 Parenting kids who have low self-control
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
- 9:08 Options released from the Electricity Price Review
- 9:38 A new campaign to boost advance care planning
- 9:51 Outta Oz: The 'medivac bill' and who hacked Parliament
- 10:07 Pussy Riot: Putin, prison and protest
- 10:38 Book review - The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup
- 11:07 Music with Graeme Downes
- 11:26 Shopping for citizenship
- 11:47 Watercolours of the World, a dodgy coffin and Māori Art Market
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
- 9:08 Public watchdog toughens stance on detention of the vulnerable
- 9:31 Bye, bye birdie: Native seabird numbers in decline
- 9:49 MoveOn US protests over wall, & Oscar pressure
- 10:06 Celebrating Pacific & Māori fashion designers
- 10:40 Book review - Nobody's Looking at You: Essays
- 11:07 Taxing online companies & China trade relations
- 11:29 Stand by me, a history of women's refuge in Waikato
- 11:47 Eroding Journalism
Monday, 18 February 2019
- 9:07 Major rewrite to family court inches closer
- 9:37 Auckland cemeteries are running out of room
- 9:48 US-EU discord & snap election called in Spain
- 10:06 The Chase's 'Dark Destroyer' Shaun Wallace
- 10:40 Book review - The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer
- 11:06 Political commentators Williams & Sherson
- 11:31 Breaking down business barriers: The Independence Collective
- 11:48 NZ Co-housing taking off
Friday, 15 February 2019
- 9:08 Farmers feeling flat: Survey shows drop in economic confidence
- 9:34 Gisborne water woes - how did it get so close ?
- 9:41 Chinese dance collaboration tours NZ
- 9:52 Pacific resort controversy & snake torture
- 10:06 John Rhys-Davies on Gimli, Brexit and rural hell
- 10:37 Book review - The Wedding Guest by Jonathan Kellerman
- 11:07 Radical jazz, street funk & proto-rap
- 11:33 Super rugby, T20 & Steven Adams
- 11:50 Theresa May and mouldy jam
Thursday, 14 February 2019
- 9:08 Will industry training shakeup fix skills shortages?
- 9:38 Complex chemicals: The trouble with detecting synthetic drugs
- 9:49 Brexit bar talk and judge draws the curtains in Tate complaint
- 10:11 The splendour of Hamilton Gardens
- 10:39 Book review - The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
- 11:08 Miss Debater: The computer with the power of persuasion
- 11:31 Taking back control to beat anxiety
- 11:50 Russian Doll and Escape from Dannemora
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
- 9:08 Are changes to firearms vetting 'unlawful'?
- 9:27 The Cascade Effect: re-thinking climate resilience
- 9:41 How sport in prisons can reduce re-offending
- 9:51 Out of time: Australian govt's pre-election headaches
- 10:07 Innovative ways to reuse rubbish
- 10:43 Book review - An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
- 11:12 Music with Yadana Saw: What happened at the Grammys?
- 11:39 All eyes on Matahi Brightwell
- 11:50 Science's hidden figures and an end to insulin injections
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
- 9:08 Firearms licensing shake-up prompts vetting concerns
- 9:26 How to prepare Auckland for 2 million people
- 9:53 Race in America, spotlight on Virginia
- 10:07 The computer says yes: Logic, algorithms & society
- 10:41 NZ Books review - Sport 46 - New Zealand New Writing 2018
- 11:12 Growth in Iwi assets
- 11:26 Fifty years of the Young Farmer of the Year competition
- 11:45 Brace for a tsunami of disinformation
Monday, 11 February 2019
- 9:09 Fed-up insurers tighten coverage to Nepal
- 9:31 Workplace challenges for Pasifika peoples - brown glass ceiling
- 9:51 Brazil's deadly dam collapse & Venezuala's regime change
- 10:07 The wind is the enemy
- 10:13 Just Say Nope: Johanna and Brittany Cosgrove
- 10:44 Book review - The Book of Forgotten Authors
- 11:07 Political commentators Mills & Morten
- 11:33 Rubs, glazes and marinades
- 11:47 The Hawea River track & volunteer hut restoration
Friday, 8 February 2019
- 9:07 Extreme volatility of Tasman district fire
- 9:36 'Slow Lit' : bedtime stories for grown ups
- 9:46 Make way for the Bubble man!
- 9:50 Donald Trump & Kim Jong Un's imminent meeting
- 10:06 Grant Ryan: Engineer, entrepreneur & ecologist
- 10:40 Unity Books review -The Wall by John Lanchester
- 11:07 Julian Dyne, New Order & Saada Bonair
- 11:33 Black Caps & White Ferns victories
- 11:50 Naming a cockroach after your ex
Thursday, 7 February 2019
- 9:08 Ageing populations, a huge challenge for policymakers
- 9:38 Animals thriving in unusual habitats
- 9:52 Case of the DTs? Donalds Tusk & Trump cause new trouble for UK
- 10:06 Nelson bushfires update
- 10:14 Passive houses: warm, dry and sustainable, but why so rare?
- 10:40 Book Review - What You Wish For by Catherine Robertson
- 11:07 How to 'lose' Bitcoin worth $276m
- 11:25 The complexity of gender transition in children
- 11:49 Watching the flicks
Tuesday, 5 February 2019
- 9:08 Promoters welcome the legal heat on Viagogo
- 9:24 'Drifters' getting caught in rips for safer swimming
- 9:39 Efforts to eradicate deadly disease from Hamilton hives
- 9:49 Donald Trump's state of the union address looms
- 10:07 Ghazwan Alsharif: From Baghdad to the Bay
- 10:35 Book review - The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz
- 11:07 Banks & life insurers on notice & Air NZ profit downgrade
- 11:28 Political leaders at Waitangi
- 11:35 Amsterdam to Sydney in an EV
- 11:47 PR shields & digital startups shed staff
Monday, 4 February 2019
- 9:08 Green exit? Protecting environmental standards post Brexit
- 9:40 School fundraising 'a constant battle'
- 9:54 Europe reacts to US-Russia nuclear treaty collapse
- 10:07 The Beekeeper of Sinja: Saving Yazidi women
- 10:38 Book review - Best of 2018
- 11:07 Political commentators Mills & Morten
- 11:35 Back to basics, natural wine
- 11:50 The state of housing in NZ
Friday, 1 February 2019
- 9:09 Westpac to pay living wage to all staff, including contractors
- 9:15 A beautiful game for NZ's Nepalese community
- 9:37 Tales from inside the bookshop
- 9:49 Tonga's cable break aftermath & PNG's most wanted
- 10:06 Carl Honoré: 'Mortality gives ageing a bad name'
- 10:38 Book review - Best of 2018
- 11:08 Bryan Ferry, Tiny Ruins & Lawrence Arabia
- 11:34 Sports commentator Brendan Telfer
- 11:50 The week that was
