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11:30 AM.Dana reflects on Silver Fern Laura Langman's contribution to netball, as she bows out of international competition. Read more Audio

11:10 AM.First released in 1968, the second album by Mississippi singer/ songwriter Bobby Gentry has just had the deluxe reissue treatment. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Max Harris reviews Not in Narrow Seas: The Economic History of Aotearoa New Zealand by Brian Easton. This book is published by Victoria University Press. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.James Canton talks with Kathryn Ryan about the two years he spent visiting and studying an 800 year old oak tree in Essex. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.RNZ Pacific's News Editor speaks to Kathryn about PNG and French Polynesia continuing to struggle with fresh waves of the coronavirus. Read more Audio

9:40 AM.As the government looks to make producers of certain products responsible for the waste they generate, a Christchurch company is stepping in to save medical devices from landfill. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Air New Zealand is about to dip into a huge government loan, after reporting heavy losses yesterday. Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The long-awaited report into whether our contact tracing is fit for purpose has found strategic and structural planning work lacking, with an urgent need for scenario planning and stress-testing. Read more Audio

11:55 AM.Kathryn shares listener feedback on the issue of Fire and Emergency New Zealand's handling of sexual assault and bullying complaints. The Professional Fire Fighters' Union has criticised FENZ Chief… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about Dispatches from Elsewhere, created by and starring Jason Segel, the interesting true story behind John was Trying to Contact Aliens and… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.For most children, learning to read is a challenge. For a small number of children, it can be especially difficult. Carla McNeil is the director of Learning Matters, which helps parents and teachers… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology correspondent Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to talk about the NZX outage which appears to have been a denial of service attack. Does the NZX have the means to protect itself in the face of a… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Sisters by Daisy Johnson, published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:15 AM.Is our obsession with soap is obstructing the micro biome that keeps us healthy? Specialist in preventive medicine Dr James Hamblin says it maybe time to break the rules of traditional body… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.UK correspondent Harriet Line looks at the resignation of the head of the Department for Education following the exam results fiasco earlier this month, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.There are fears over looming cuts to community health and well being programs funded by Canterbury DHB, as it attempts to get itself out of a fiscal black hole, amid a leadership crisis and a… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.The airline has posted a loss of $ million for the year ended June. It comes after the airline was was all but grounded, by Covid-19. Much of the loss was because of write downs in the value of… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The union representing career firefighters says it has no confidence in the CEO of Fire and Emergency New Zealand or FENZ on the handling of sexual assault and bullying complaints. The comments follow… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.This week, Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles explains how the bizarre sex lives of deep-sea anglerfish and fills us in on the dinosaur that’s been diagnosed with cancer. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Massey University Distinguished Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences, Paul Spoonley, talks to Kathryn about his what Aotearoa's fast-changing demographics mean for our future. His new book is… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Kirsten joins Kathryn to look at the music of singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle who died earlier this week at the age of 38. She'll also share a new song from soul-singer Teeks. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Dean Bedford reviews Fridays with Jim by David Cohen, published by Massey University Press. Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Tech entrepreneurs are selling us solutions to problems that can be solved by simply changing our behaviour, an investigative journalist says. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to talk about why a Melbourne millionaire who cruised to the Gold Coast in violation of border closures has been forced into managed isolation, the… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.New Zealand goods exports to China are holding up well, according to Trade and Entrerprise. Read more Audio