All episodes
Saturday, 5 March 2022
- 8:13 Ukraine invasion: update from the capital Kyiv
- 8:20 Emerson T Brooking: Russia steps up its disinformation campaign
- 8:39 Nigel Slaughter: are we missing the boat on medicinal cannabis?
- 9:48 Doris de Pont: the power of what you wear
- 10:10 David Wengrow: rewriting the history of humanity
- 11:09 Playing Favourites with comedian Pax Assadi
- 11:59 Listener Feedback for 5 March 2022
- 6:08 Michael Schur: The Good Place creator's quest to be perfect
Saturday, 26 February 2022
- 8:10 Ukraine invasion: update from the capital Kyiv
- 8:15 Professor Stefan Wolff: What the West needs to do now
- 8:35 Professor Kurt Krause: why don’t we have effective anti-virals?
- 9:06 British divers share gripping details of Thai Cave rescue
- 9:39 Fiona Jack: the artist going from Nothing to Everything
- 10:05 Professor David Marples: Putin’s true motives for invading Ukraine
- 10:35 Ezra Hirawani: Māori energy retailer empowering people
- 11:05 Hoda Afshar: whistleblowers and possession by the wind
- 11:35 Vincent O'Sullivan: Frankenstein’s creature in Fiordland
- 11:59 Feedback for 26 February 2022
Saturday, 19 February 2022
- 8:42 Chris Smith: Covid-19 science news
- 9:35 Wendy Mitchell: what you need to know about dementia
- 10:06 Playing Favourites with architect Julie Stout
- 11:08 Chris Kraus: murder and meth in Minnesota
- 11:44 Sam Trubridge: making the city a theatre during Covid
- 11:59 Feedback for 19 February 2022
- 4:13 Rose Matafeo: ‘No one should go out with a comedian’
- 5:07 Rutger Bregman: are humans actually hardwired for kindness?
Saturday, 12 February 2022
- 8:10 Andriy Dubchak: reporting from the frontlines of Ukraine
- 8:20 Prof David Marples: Russia has reached point of no return
- 8:35 Alex Ross: ‘It’s nice to see Spotify suffering a bit’
- 9:05 Nils Melzer: the political persecution of Julian Assange
- 9:40 Julie Zhu: the tamariki behind the takeaway counter
- 10:05 John Tucker: celebrating Aotearoa’s house trucks of the 1970s
- 10:35 Prof Robert Stickgold: how advertisers want to hack our dreams
- 11:05 Kaya Wilson: near death experience a catalyst for change
- 11:30 Richard Smart: the labour of love that is the Hundertwasser
- 11:59 Listener feedback for 12 February 2022
Saturday, 5 February 2022
- 8:12 Prof Lone Simonsen: Denmark drops all Covid restrictions
- 8:40 Volker Kuntzsch: algae as an answer to climate change
- 9:07 Elif Shafak: The Island of Missing Trees
- 9:40 Erica Newman: Maori adoptees finding their turangawaewae
- 10:07 Playing Favourites with Auckland Pride’s Max Tweedie
- 11:06 Johann Hari: why we can’t pay attention
- 11:43 Dr Matt Baker: microbiomes and hibernating squirrels
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 5 February 2022
Saturday, 29 January 2022
- 8:10 Prof Vernon Bogdanor: Boris Johnson and the 'partygate' report
- 8:35 Roy Billing: Back treading the boards for Grand Horizons
- 9:40 Trish Johansen: tending to Cambodia's landmine-sniffing rats
- 10:05 Dr Rebecca Johnson: the legacy of the Greenham Women
- 11:05 Playing Favourites with composer Karl Steven
- 11:55 Saturday Morning feedback: 29 January 2022
- 5:05 Bill Hayes: Sweat and our ongoing obsession with exercise
Saturday, 18 December 2021
- 8:13 Prof Peter McIntyre: refocusing Covid-19 vaccine strategies
- 8:45 Tim Higham: living sustainably on Aotea Great Barrier Island
- 9:06 Mike Munro: looking at New Zealand 100 years ago
- 9:43 Kath Irvine: succession planting and summer mulching
- 10:06 Arthur C Brooks: how to build a happy life
- 10:40 Dr Alastair Richards: taking the title of world Scrabble champ
- 11:06 Playing Favourites with Auckland City missioner Helen Robinson
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 18 December
Saturday, 11 December 2021
- 8:10 Anton Troianovski: is Russia preparing to invade Ukraine?
- 8:35 Heather Tilbury Phillips: working with fashion icon Mary Quant
- 9:05 Will Storr: why are humans obsessed with status?
- 9:40 Chris Thompson: breeding good insects to get bad insects
- 10:05 Warren Ellis: how Nina Simone’s gum became a sacred totem
- 11:05 Jonathan Roberts: providing genetic counselling for parents
- 11:40 What's art got to do with it? Megan Dunn on art therapy
- 11:55 Listener Feedback for 11 December 2021
Saturday, 4 December 2021
- 8:10 Prof Mohan Dutta: the worrying rise of right-wing Hindutva thinking
- 9:05 Marcus Du Sautoy: the art of the shortcut in math and life
- 9:35 Dr Jane Rigby: Nasa’s biggest ever telescope set to launch
- 10:07 Jennifer Higgie: the astonishing re-emergence of Hilma af Klint
- 10:35 N.K. Jemisin: how sci-fi illuminates humanity's biggest themes
- 11:55 Listener feedback 4 December 2021
- 4:05 Michael Lindsay-Hogg: The unlikely star in new Beatles film 'Get Back'
- 5:35 Prof Tony Ward: helping violent offenders lead better lives
Saturday, 27 November 2021
- 8:10 Chris Smith: new Covid variant Omicron has been detected
- 8:25 Nowroz Ali: escaping the Taliban to make a new home in NZ
- 9:05 Steven Pinker: why being rational is human and matters now
- 10:05 Ann Patchett: a much loved writer asks what matters most
- 10:35 Christopher Boyle: the rise of green hydrogen
- 11:30 Hamish McDouall: Whanganui an international city of design
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback
- 5:35 Jo Guy: searching for your lighthouse person
Saturday, 20 November 2021
- 8:10 Simon Marks: Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty
- 8:20 Dr Chris Smith: why does the vaccine wane?
- 8:47 Michael Parmenter: bringing a fresh outlook to folk dancing
- 9:05 Alina Chan: finding the origins of Covid-19
- 9:47 Aroha Novak: sewing shadows of our native plant past
- 10:05 Prof Franca Ronchese: why skin is ground zero for allergies
- 10:35 James Cridland: what does the future hold for radio?
- 11:05 Sophie Roberts: taking destiny into her own hands
- 11:55 Listener Feedback: Saturday Morning with Kim Hill - 20 November 2021
- 5:35 Fergus Barrowman: Giving writers a sporting chance
Saturday, 13 November 2021
- 8:10 Little Amal: the giant puppet that walked from Syria to COP26
- 8:35 Dr Doug Wilson: antiviral pills and the future of mRNA vaccines
- 9:30 Chris Szekely: taking a deep dive into the Turnbull collection
- 10:35 Tu Neill: presenting a window into a Japanese whaling village
- 11:05 Playing Favourites: Moses McKay and Amitai Pati of Sol3 Mio
- 11:59 Listener Feedback for Saturday Morning for 13 November 2021
- 4:05 David Farrier: examining conspiracy culture in New Zealand
- 5:05 Dame Jane Campion: the power of the filmmaker
Saturday, 6 November 2021
- 8:10 Daniel Ellsberg: the patron saint of whistleblowers
- 8:40 Prof Renate Meyer: decoding signals from the universe
- 9:05 Fran Lebowitz: ‘I've always been old at heart’
- 9:40 Danyl McLauchlan: Is Ardern an Elene Ferrante character?
- 10:05 Rafia Zakaria: recentering feminism around women of colour
- 10:35 Renée: 92-year-old playwright on how reading changed her life
- 11:05 Luit Bieringa: director turns lens on Theo Schoon
- 11:40 Dr Matt Baker: DNA robots and tuskless elephants
- 11:59 Listener Feedback for Saturday Morning for 6 November 2021
Saturday, 30 October 2021
- 8:10 Prof Idelber Avelar: is the end in sight for Bolsonaro?
- 8:35 Mikayla Cahill: the importance of visibility for intersex people
- 9:08 Joanna Lumley: A Queen For All Seasons
- 10:06 Maata Wharehoka: supporting different ways of dying
- 10:35 Jan Oliver Lucks: There Is No ‘I’ in Threesome
- 11:06 Playing Favourites with author Steve Braunias
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 30 October 2021
Saturday, 23 October 2021
- 8:10 Susan Thornton: Taiwan tensions raise heat on US-China relationship
- 8:38 Nathan Harris: intimate Civil War tale treads new ground
- 9:35 What's art got to do with it? Megan Dunn on art in hospitals
- 10:05 Miriam Margolyes: ‘Sometimes I know I’m being naughty’
- 11:05 Fiona Clark: veteran photographer celebrated in ‘Unafraid’
- 11:35 Gardening with Kath Irvine: compost and healthy citrus
- 11:59 Listener feedback for Saturday Morning 23 October 2021
- 4:35 Dame Cindy Kiro: the first female Māori governor-general
Saturday, 16 October 2021
- 8:13 Dr Ashley Bloomfield: Super Saturday and New Zealand's Covid response
- 8:45 Dr Charles Berde: developing algae-based pain relief
- 9:35 Jeanette Kehoe-Perkinson: surviving menopause at work
- 10:06 Playing Favourites with artist Lisa Reihana
- 11:10 New film celebrates unlikely kitchen icon Julia Child
- 11:35 Kate De Goldi & Susan Paris: Skinny Dip poetry collection for kids
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 16 October 2021
- 5:30 Long-covid warnings for unvaxxed: 'Not just a respiratory virus'
- 6:07 Meg Lowman: Exploring the world’s eighth continent
Saturday, 9 October 2021
- 8:10 Chris Dunphy: is there a greener future for logistics in New Zealand?
- 8:30 Doireann Ní Ghríofa: the story of how we haunt each other
- 9:35 Miles Benton: diagnosing serious illnesses cheaper and faster
- 10:05 Playing Favourites with East Coast musician Rob Ruha
- 11:35 Chris Price & Bruce Foster: the life of the mysterious lobster
- 11:55 Listener Feedback for 9 October 2021
- 5:05 Sir Billy Connolly: a windswept and interesting life
- 6:05 Reservation Dogs' Devery Jacobs: 'We weren't super sacred and stoic all the time'
Saturday, 2 October 2021
- 8:10 Prof Jason Young: the domino effect of Evergrande's debt crisis
- 8:35 Jonathan Drori: cultivating coffee and saving sequoias
- 9:05 Joanna Scanlan: electrifying role in short film
- 9:40 Frank Stark: Bringing creative life to Gonville
- 10:05 Anthony Doerr: Pulitzer winning author on Cloud Cuckoo Land
- 10:35 Ryan Salter: making difficult decisions about rationing medical care
- 11:05 Max Chafkin: what makes tech billionaire Peter Thiel tick?
- 11:35 Dr Emma Carroll: following the whale that crossed three oceans
- 12:00 Listener Feedback: Saturday Morning 2 October
Saturday, 25 September 2021
- 8:09 Lawsuits filed against Texas abortion provider could be best test of new law
- 8:10 Oscar Stilley: ‘disbarred and disgraced’ lawyer sues Texas abortion doctor
- 8:20 Prof Mary Ziegler: the ‘deviousness’ of the Texas abortion ban
- 9:05 Dianne Modestini: restoring one of the world’s most controversial paintings
- 9:40 Kath Irvine: practical tips from Ōhau’s organic gardener
- 10:05 Yanis Varoufakis: former Greek Finance Minister presents an alternative to capitalism
- 11:05 Annette Lees: exploring the enchanting nights of Aotearoa
- 11:40 Dr Doug Wilson: the medical miracles are not for everyone
- 11:55 Feedback to the Saturday Morning Programme 25 September 2021
- 5:40 Thomas de Mallet Burgess: pushing the boundaries of NZ Opera
Saturday, 18 September 2021
- 8:10 Chris Smith: are vaccine passports a good idea and should we have a booster?
- 8:30 The rise and fall of Oscar Pistorius examined in new podcast
- 9:07 Andrew Cockburn: how the American War Machine is all about money
- 9:35 Dr Jenny Clarke: Croquet and the Large Hadron Collider
- 10:07 Playing Favourites with Wellington musician Luke Buda
- 11:07 Michael Blencowe: searching for what remains of the world's extinct species
- 11:35 Tanea Heke: Cousins star ushering in new wave of storytellers
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 18 September 2021
Saturday, 11 September 2021
- 8:10 Prof Kim Mulholland: are vaccine passports worthwhile?
- 10:05 Christina Lamb: reflecting on the last 20 years in Afghanistan
- 10:35 Ahmed Rashid: what's next for the Taliban?
- 11:05 Lucy Blakiston: Shit You Should Care About an Instagram hit
- 11:35 Dr Matt Baker: elephant trunks and DNA data storage
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback
- 4:05 Playing Favourites with outgoing DOC boss Lou Sanson
- 5:35 Dr Sue Stuart-Smith: Sense of purpose grows in those who garden
Saturday, 4 September 2021
- 9:05 Prof David Murdoch: is Covid elimination still achievable?
- 9:35 Prof Ethan Bier: using mutated mosquitoes to control disease
- 10:05 Dr Joe Pojman: pro-life lobbyist on the new Texas 'heartbeat' abortion ban
- 10:35 Tim Dean: is it time to ditch our outdated moral beliefs?
- 11:05 Todd Antony: sharing images of remarkable subcultures worldwide
- 11:30 Haritina Mogosanu: growing plants in space
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback
Saturday, 28 August 2021
- 8:12 Dr Srinjoy Bose: what’s next for Afghanistan?
- 8:36 Dr Norman Swan: Covid Trans-Tasman relations
- 9:07 Prof Joseph Dahmen: Mycelium, a living building material
- 9:40 Lillian Hanly: The tough decision of being tested for Huntington's
- 11:40 Toby Morris: the cartoonist who is Dad Man Walking
- 11:55 Listener Feedback for 28 August 2021
- 5:06 Bryan Brown: Aussie actor turns crime writer with debut book Sweet Jimmy
- 10:07 Dr Jada Watson: celebrating 'the F word' in country music
Saturday, 21 August 2021
- 8:10 Dr Chris Smith: dealing with Delta in the community
- 8:30 Prof Vrinda Narain: uncertain times for Afghan women
- 9:05 Felix Marquardt: will re-embracing nomadism save humanity?
- 9:35 Jim Schuster: saving Aotearoa's marae heritage
- 10:05 Playing Favourites: Madeleine Chapman and Alex Casey
- 11:05 Megan Dunn: Things I Learned At Art School
- 11:35 Danyl McLauchlan: postjournalism and the media
Saturday, 14 August 2021
- 8:12 Vanessa Andreotti: battling against Amazon land-grab bill
- 8:36 Chris Brickell: exploring the diaries of gay literary pioneer James Courage
- 9:08 Ex-con Arthur Taylor: 'I take full responsibility'
- 9:42 Anapela Polata'ivao: bringing Things That Matter to the theatre
- 10:06 Helen Bint: living off-the-grid on the Chathams
- 10:36 Sam Orchard: archiving New Zealand's cartoons and comics
- 11:07 John Mitchinson: Backlisted podcast giving new life to old books
- 11:40 Hari Mogosanu: blending biosecurity and space exploration
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 14 August 2021
