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11:08 AM.Bob Dylan's first original music in 8 years, a gorgeous sophomore effort from Phoebe Bridgers, and a belated release for a 1975 Neil Young Album. Read more Audio

10:36 AM.Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Rest and Be Thankful by Emma Glass, published by Bloomsbury. Laura is a paediatric nurse: her hands are raw from washing, her fridge is empty, her boyfriend a… Read more Audio

10:08 AM.British doctor, best-selling author and television presenter Dr Michael Mosley talks to Kathryn Ryan about staying well during a pandemic, and how best to recover from infection, as discussed in his… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Casa Adelante, a breakthrough building in San Francisco, is showing it doesn't have to cost a fortune to build resilient housing that keeps functioning in a big earthquake. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is back, and performing a selection of favourites in Wellington tonight. The concert, Ngū Kīoro Harikoa Ake, celebrating togetherness - will feature songs from local… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Sight problems in primary school children are remaining undiagnosed for years due to insufficient eye checks. The head of the University of Auckland's School of Optometry and Vision Science estimates… Read more Audio

11:27 AM.For parents of picky eaters, mealtimes can turn the kitchen table into more of a battleground. Judith Yeabsley describes herself as a "picky eating consultant" and has written a book called Creating… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.Technology commentator Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to look at the situation for Intel. Its chips have been dropped by Apple, and the company is being crushed by TSMC, which is making the chips for the… Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Physical distancing, pandemic politics and a looming financial crash. It sounds contemporary, but it is also the world that novelist and poet Edith Wharton found herself in writing and living through… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.UK correspondent Harriet Line joins Kathryn to talk about the easing of lockdown restrictions in England, with pubs, cinemas and restaurants all set to open next week. But there are concerns about… Read more Audio

9:31 AM.Palliative care specialist and Otago University senior lecturer Janine Winters and PhD candidate Jessica Young discuss their latest research on attitudes to assisted-dying from the point of view of… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Tertiary Education Union will meet with Waikato University's Vice Chancellor Neil Quigley today over the university's decision to deliver lectures online only for the rest of the year. Some… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Law correspondent, University of Canterbury professor Ursula Cheer, joins Kathryn to explore the changes that will come into force in August under the Contempt of Court Act which was passed last year.

11:35 AM.Jenny Gillam and Raewyn Ormsby-Rihari are preserving the skills of generations using North Island brown kiwi feathers for weaving. The work of the wāhine of Ngāti Torehina ki Matakā, carrying out the… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:09 AM.Music commentator Graeme Downes joins Kathryn to share another live album and continues with his transformation theme of the last show. Today he breaks down two songs from Lou Reed's Rock 'n Roll… Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Choie Sew Hoy was a visionary merchant, Chinese leader and gold dredger in Dunedin and Otago in the late 1800s. Kathryn talks with his great-great grand-daughter Jenny Sew Hoy Agnew and her historian… Read more Audio

9:55 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about how a new wave of infections in Victoria has prompted a review of the easing of restrictions. And the positive test of an Australian… Read more Audio

9:34 AM.The so called 'rough sex gone wrong' defence came under intense criticism during the trial of the killer of British backpacker, Grace Millane. Her killer said she died accidentally after asking to be… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Thousands of visa holders are prevented from returning to their lives in New Zealand because they were overseas when the borders closed on March 19. Many have repeatedly been denied an exemption to… Read more Audio