All episodes
Saturday, 16 June 2018
- 8:13 Michael Portillo: uncovering history through train travel
- 9:07 Professor Merryn Tawhai - lung disease
- 9:30 Helen Zaltzman - The Allusionist
- 10:06 Barry Hearn - Darts Impresario
- 10:35 Jessie Cole - Staying
- 11:06 Ladi6: Back on the road after a tough year
- 11:55 Listener feedback 16 June 2018
Saturday, 9 June 2018
- 8:10 Angie Meiklejohn: 'Centrepoint is a dark stain on New Zealand's landscape'
- 9:07 Jill Pearson - The stand for the Golden Bay grandstand
- 9:28 Peter Beck - Rocket Lab founder wins Sir Peter Blake medal
- 9:40 Professor Helen Small - Defending the humanities
- 10:07 Stephen Nicol - Curious krill
- 10:35 Curtis Marsh - Wine geek
- 11:05 Clarke Gayford - Fish and cribs
- 11:55 Listener feedback 9 June 2018
Saturday, 2 June 2018
- 8:09 Ben Ryan: what an English rugby coach learnt in Fiji
- 9:04 Marama Mullen - HIV support and advocacy
- 9:40 David Shearer - South Sudan update
- 10:04 Karl Sallin - Resignation Syndrome
- 10:35 Kath Irvine - Winter gardens
- 11:04 Cat Leahy and Leisha Jungalwalla - Sass the Patriarchy
- 11:40 Atticus Fleming - Cat-proof fence
- 11:55 Listener feedback 2 June 2018
Saturday, 26 May 2018
- 8:13 Ivana Bacik - Legalising abortion in Ireland
- 8:40 Lord Fusitu'a - On the 'Leitis in Waiting' of Tonga
- 9:07 David Yarrow - wildlife up close
- 9:36 Dr Nicola Gaston - The Chemistry of Things
- 10:06 Louise Aitken - Growing social enterprise
- 10:36 Saraid Cameron and Amelia Reynolds - Cult Show
- 11:05 Harry Ricketts - Winter Eyes
- 11:35 Priya Sami's Carnatic moment
- 11:55 Listener feedback 26 May 2018
Saturday, 19 May 2018
- 8:12 Roger Donaldson and Ian Mune - Winners and Losers
- 9:07 Dr Ramzy Baroud - A Palestinian Story
- 9:35 David Elliot-Smith - Big in Japan
- 10:04 Karl Ove Knausgård: struggles and seasons
- 10:40 Doug Wilson - Dementia Dispatch
- 11:04 Elizabeth Smither - Night Horse
- 11:40 Bernie Griffen's near death experiences lead to latest album
- 11:55 Listener Feedback for 19 May 2018
Saturday, 12 May 2018
- 8:10 Barbara Ehrenreich - Natural Causes
- 9:07 Arjan van der Boon - Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- 9:40 Monique Fiso: the chef creating Michelin-style Māori kai
- 10:06 Håvard Bustnes - Golden Dawn Girls
- 10:40 Emma Jameson - History in watercolours
- 11:06 Fred Graham - Arts Icon
- 11:32 Simon Morris - Coronation Street shocker
- 11:43 Kate Camp - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Saturday, 5 May 2018
- 8:10 Medical Museums: scholastic, or just sickening?
- 9:06 Katy Tur - Unbelievable
- 9:43 David Klein - Plant Man
- 10:06 Morgan James - Singing Bernstein
- 10:40 Behrouz Boochani - Chauka, Please Tell Us The Time
- 11:05 Madeleine O'Dea - The Eyes of the Artist
- 11:45 Shane Hansen - Design Junkies
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 5 May 2018
Saturday, 28 April 2018
- 8:10 Camille Paglia - Free Women, Free Men
- 9:06 David Goddard QC - Improving the law
- 9:35 MONK'estra: the big band celebrating a jazz revolutionary
- 10:04 David Eagleman - Secrets of the Brain
- 10:45 Dr Peter Shand - The Turner Prize and Luke Willis Thompson
- 11:05 Sian Davey - Martha
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 28 April 2018
Saturday, 21 April 2018
- 8:12 Jeffrey Sachs on inequality and sustainable growth
- 9:07 Francis Wade - Myanmar's Enemy Within
- 10:06 Eileen Myles - A Dog Memoir
- 10:35 What happens to the whales we put back to sea
- 11:06 Andrew Withington - Teaching the world to sing
Saturday, 14 April 2018
- 8:09 Dave Goelz - Gonzo Muppeteer
- 9:05 Climate change in the Pacific – what's really going on?
- 9:30 Joel Solomon - The Clean Money Revolution
- 10:04 Otto Kunzli - The Language of Things
- 10:35 Choman Hardi - Considering the Women
- 11:05 Tony Backhouse - A cappella
- 11:55 Listener Feedback for Saturday 14 April
Saturday, 7 April 2018
- 8:11 Idelber Avelar - Lula in jail, Brazil in chaos
- 8:47 Miranda Manasiadis on the story of Icarus
- 9:07 Alan Taylor - Appointment in Arezzo
- 9:40 Arthur Tompkins - Plundering Beauty
- 10:06 Simon Wilson - Cancer Diaries
- 11:05 Dr Andrew Williams - The nuts and bolts
- 11:40 Zoe George - The fight for fair play
Saturday, 31 March 2018
- 8:10 Rochelle Constantine and Regina Eisert - Whale watch
- 9:10 Pattie Boyd: muse to Harrison and Clapton
- 10:10 Doug Wilson on ageing and longevity
- 10:30 Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Decolonising the mind
- 11:10 Mary O'Connell and Sister Margaret Mary Birgan - Sainthood in 2018
- 11:45 Kate De Goldi - Invisible Hand and Where the world ends
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 31 March 2018
Saturday, 24 March 2018
- 8:09 Alex Perry - The Good Mothers
- 9:05 Cenk Uygur - The Young Turks
- 9:40 Gigi Fenster - Feverish
- 10:05 'Artificial womb' offers hope for premature babies
- 11:05 Catherine Callaghan - Taking silk
- 11:30 David Stratton - A cinematic life
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 24 March 2018
Saturday, 17 March 2018
- 8:10 Kapka Kassabova - Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe
- 8:40 Veronica Stevenson - The solitary Australian bee that could
- 9:07 Sir Lloyd Geering at 100: ‘I find a lot of things to rejoice in'
- 9:40 Mark Derby - Pioneer of battlefield surgery
- 10:07 Larissa Behrendt - After the Apology
- 10:40 Joanna Murray-Smith - Switzerland and other thrillers
- 11:05 Peter Wells - Dear Oliver
- 11:40 Kate Camp - Rebecca
- 11:55 Listener feedback 17 March 2018
Saturday, 10 March 2018
- 8:10 Lydia Syson - Mr Peacock's Possessions
- 9:07 Jim Kennett - Ocean discovery
- 9:35 Harry Giles - Fun & Games
- 10:07 Professor James Belich - The Black Death
- 10:40 Mimi Pond - I love to draw
- 11:05 Dame Carol Robinson - Elemental medicine
- 11:40 Alex Fegan - Older Than Ireland
Saturday, 3 March 2018
- 8:12 Geoff Sobelle - Home
- 8:50 Nina Tonga - Pacific Sisters: Fashion Activists
- 9:07 Writers & Readers at the NZ Festival
- 10:05 Jim Murphy and Michael Norris - Mechanical Ballet
- 10:32 Sule Rimi and Kwami Odoom - Barber Shop Chronicles
- 11:04 Zoe Coombs Marr - Trigger Warning
- 11:25 Shelagh Magadza - festival artistic director
- 11:40 Jonathon Young - Betroffenheit
Saturday, 24 February 2018
- 8:10 Austin Eubanks - Surviving trauma after Columbine
- 9:05 Michael Mann: fighting for facts
- 9:40 Richard Hall - Reflections of a hunter
- 10:04 Dan Nocera: Deadhead bringing power to the people
- 11:04 Ursula Dubosarsky - Stories for children
- 11:35 Angus Trumble - The role of the portrait
- 11:59 Listener Feedback
Saturday, 17 February 2018
- 8:09 Johann Hari - Lost Connections
- 9:05 Professor Hamish Spencer - Eugenics at the edge of empire
- 9:35 Tamara Rojo - Giselle reimagined
- 9:35 Tamara Rojo - Giselle reimagined
- 10:04 Patricia Lockwood: Speaking from silenced places
- 10:04 Patricia Lockwood - Priestdaddy
- 11:05 Peter Hitchens: The UK is an 'atrophied' nation
- 11:05 Peter Hitchens - Brexit from the right
- 11:40 Luke Willis Thompson - autoportrait
- 11:40 Luke Willis Thompson - autoportrait
- 11:55 Listener Feedback
- 11:55 Listener Feedback
Saturday, 10 February 2018
- 8:09 Nicholas Boyle: Brexit is a collective English breakdown
- 8:45 Why we mix up movies and real life
- 9:04 Shaun Bythell - Diary of a bookseller
- 10:04 Buffalo business: Making mozzarella in Clevedon
- 10:35 Max Patte - Haere ra, Aotearoa
- 11:05 Kupe composer Warren Maxwell: 'It’s going to be big'
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 10 February 2018
Saturday, 3 February 2018
- 8:10 Tim Atkins - Mission to Mars
- 8:35 Max Richter - Sleep
- 9:06 Peggy Seeger: First Time Ever
- 10:05 Eric Topol - Towards High-Definition, Individualised Medicine
- 10:30 Josh Gerstein - Republican memo released
- 11:04 Michael Laws - In defence of rodeo
- 11:30 Cherry Lewis - Mr Parkinson, of Parkinson's Disease
- 11:55 Listener Feedback
Saturday, 27 January 2018
- 8:09 Professor Richard Easther - Super blue blood moon eclipse
- 8:25 Michael Wolff: 'Donald Trump is truly stupid'
- 9:05 Dr Peggy Larson - Rodeo wrongs
- 9:35 Maja Lunde - The History of Bees
- 10:05 Dr Kara Filbey - Lessons from parasitic worms
- 11:05 Oscar Kightley - Dawn Raids revisited
- 11:35 Megan Dunn - Tinderbox
- 11:55 Listener Feedback
Saturday, 23 December 2017
- 8:07 Alastair McClymont - The forgotten Holocaust in Lithuania
- 8:35 Nick Halliwell - Brexit break-up album
- 9:07 Mike Ladd - Invisible mending
- 9:40 Dianne Buchan - Sun, Sea and Sustenance
- 10:08 Alison Phipps - Refugee stories in Scotland
- 10:35 Teremoana Rapley - An ode to my ancestors
- 11:04 Kate Robertson - Top Tracks 2017
Saturday, 16 December 2017
- 8:20 Anthony Daniels (aka Theodore Dalrymple) - The Proper Procedure
- 9:10 Barbara J King - Personalities on the Plate
- 9:35 Simon Morton - Undercover Uber
- 10:04 Chris Nichol - Beginnings and endings
- 11:08 The best books of 2017
- 11:59 Feedback for Saturday Morning for 16 December 2017
Saturday, 9 December 2017
- 8:10 Luke Harding: How Russia helped Trump win the White House
- 9:06 Christopher Pugsley - Aotearoa's first films
- 9:35 Kathy Campbell - Did life begin on land or in the sea?
- 10:04 Kim Chambers - The world's most badass swimmer
- 10:30 Michael Keegan-Dolan - Reinventing Swan Lake
- 11:04 Amy Tan: Where the past begins
- 11:59 Listener Feedback for Saturday 9 December
Saturday, 2 December 2017
- 8:10 Damion Searls - The Inkblots
- 9:06 Don Brash - Ragging on Te Reo
- 9:35 John Collins - In Hemingway's Words
- 10:05 Jonathan Sinclair - Exit interview
- 10:35 Fiona Vera-Gray - women on porn
- 11:05 Owen King - Sleeping Beauties
- 11:40 Kate Camp - Menton debrief
- 11:55 Listener Feedback
