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11:05 AM.Beyonce's seventh album finds her in the mood for post-pandemic partying, 20 years since Wilco's magnum opus, and Leao's delightful take on Pasifika indie pop. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Louise Ward of Wardini Books in Havelock North reviews The Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, published by Macmillan Read more Audio

10:05 AM.In 1944, a young Slovakian man achieved the near impossible – he escaped the horrors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

Walter Rosenberg, later known as Rudolf Vrba, was desperate to warn… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Elizabeth Beattie is a journalist based in Tokyo Read more Audio

9:30 AM.It's more than two years since the law changed to allow medicinal cannabis products to be prescribed in New Zealand - so is the scheme working as intended? The Ministry of Health lists 17 medicinal… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Dentists say they're seeing more patients who grind or clench their teeth. Also known as bruxism, the condition happens unconsciously, usually when people are asleep, and can lead to teeth being… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV correspondent Chris Schulz has been looking at season two of Industry (Neon), a documentary about the omnishambles that was Woodstock '99, and new comedy series The Resort. Audio

11:25 AM.Paediatric dietician Jenny Douglas talks to Susie about how to best nourish infants and young children. Jenny runs her own private practice, Jump Start Nutrition in Dunedin. She specialises in infant… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology correspondent Dr Dennis Desmond joins Susie to talk about the big changes Meta is introducing to Facebook that will make it run along the lines of TikTok - why do some think this will mark… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop in Ponsonby reviews Eddy, Eddy by Kate De Goldi, published by Allen and Unwin Audio

10:05 AM.Exercise and breathwork are essential for keeping Taranaki dairy farmer and fitness leader Kane Brisco on track. He hopes his new book Tools For The Top Paddock will help other farmers cope with the… Read more Video, Audio

9:40 AM.Bellamys, the official restaurant of Parliament, is recreating a state dinner held for the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on a visit in 1977. As part of Wellington on a Plate, diners first get a tour of… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The Commerce Commission has taken aim at certain building material suppliers, as well as rebate and loyalty schemes, as part of its much-anticipated report into the residential building supplies… Read more Audio

9:15 AM.Too many investors wanting to invest ethically or sustainably are being forced to take a leap of faith due to woolly or misleading claims by fund management companies. The Financial Markets Authority… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The US House speaker Nancy Pelosi has left Taiwan, after a hugely controvertial visit that has seen tension between Beijing and Taipei reach new heights. In the last two hours, Taiwan has scrambled… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Arts commentator Julia Waite joins Susie to talk about senior painter Barbara Tuck's show Delirium Crossing and 1800s photographer William Harding's exhibition Between Skin and Shirt, which is on now… Read more Audio

11:27 AM.Photographer Amanda King grew up a city girl in Brisbane but life changed dramatically when she met her kiwi farmer husband, while on her OE. They pair now farm in Hororata, about an hour west of… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:06 AM.Music reviewer Jess Fu plays some music from Asha Puthli, an Indian singer and actress who worked as a British Airways flight attendant before pursuing a music career. The Mr Bongo label has recently… Read more Audio

10:55 AM.Stats NZ reports unemployment rose to 3.3 percent from 3.2 percent, against expectations. Wages rose at an annual rate of 3.4 percent, the highest in more than a decade. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Luke Finnegan reviews Bootstrap by Georgina Young, published by Text Publishing. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Philosophy professor and Pulitzer-nominated writer Chloé Cooper Jones's new memoir confronts a topic she's never written about before: her own experience of disability. She was born with sacral… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Susie to talk about Prime Minister's Anthony Albanese's support for a referendum on how to give indigenous Australians a voice in Parliament. He'll also… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Award-winning LA architect Michael Maltzan talks with Susie Ferguson about the challenges his work tackles including homelessness, city sprawl, housing affordability and building faster and better… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.There are concerns that victims might pull the plug on their cases or stop reporting crime altogether as the wheels of justice grind ever so slowly. The Covid pandemic has intensified the strain on… Read more Audio