All episodes
Saturday, 7 August 2021
- 8:10 Dr Chris Smith: Covid-19 science news
- 8:30 Brett Graham: bringing the land wars into the present
- 9:10 Ben Rhodes: Obama adviser releases new book After The Fall
- 10:05 Prof David Hutchinson: NZ leading next computer revolution
- 10:30 Dianne Ludwig: welcoming back slow fashion
- 11:05 Jock Zonfrillo: from drug addict to top Australian chef
- 11:35 Chris Mosier: the trailblazing transgender athlete
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 7 August 2021
Saturday, 31 July 2021
- 8:10 Bryce Webster-Jacobsen: negotiating with ransomware hackers
- 8:30 Jonathan Drori: on listening tomatoes and ragwort-filled gardens
- 9:05 Laura Raicovich: changing the museum in an age of protest
- 9:30 James Ashcroft: directorial debut leads to Bigfoot flick
- 10:05 Joan Armatrading: still striving for the perfect song 50 years on
- 11:05 Matt Brown: the barber helping break cycles of violence
- 11:40 Gina Kalloch: Alaska’s indigenous Olympics marks 60 years
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback
Saturday, 24 July 2021
- 8:10 Prof Ian Culpan: controversial Tokyo 2020 Olympics kick off
- 8:35 Make It 16: advocating for lower voting age in Aotearoa
- 9:10 Amy Tan: the joy of creativity captured in Unintended Memoir
- 9:40 Karl Fritsch: the Wellington jewellery artist with a punk sensibility
- 11:05 Prof Joel Pearson: how having ‘mind blindness’ can affect emotions
- 11:35 John Summers: celebrating the extraordinary in the ordinary
- 11:59 Saturday Morning feedback for 24 July 2021
- 5:42 David Mitchell: new documentary a window into non-verbal autism
Saturday, 17 July 2021
- 8:10 Mayor Jamie Cleine: State of Emergency on the West Coast
- 8:30 Dr Tara Shirvani on the environmental cost of crypto: 'We have to find solutions'
- 9:10 Molly Lewis: the almost-forgotten art of musical whistling
- 9:40 Cleve Cameron: from adman to cycling advocate
- 10:10 Waihoroi Shortland: the 'accidental actor' cast in Te Pō
- 10:10 Rick Gekoski: raconteur and rare books hunter
- 10:40 What happened to Sydney socialite Juanita Neilsen?
- 11:08 Harrison Christian: the infamous mutiny on the Bounty
- 11:40 Doug Wilson: New drug for Alzheimer's and new vaccine for malaria
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback
Saturday, 10 July 2021
- 8:10 Lawrence Douglas: what’s next for the Trump empire?
- 8:30 Aminatta Forna: observations from the window seat
- 9:05 Jason Ferguson: the story behind football's greatest manager
- 9:30 Thant Myint-U: what will become of Myanmar?
- 10:05 Dan Price: the CEO who slashed his salary by $1 million
- 10:35 Sue Orr: looping together truth and fiction for new novel
- 11:05 Courtney Barnett: proving good things take time
- 11:40 Reuben Paterson: crystal waka reaches for the stars
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback
Saturday, 3 July 2021
- 8:10 Professor Robert Patman: what happens next in the Tigray conflict?
- 8:30 Dr Fran Priddy: New Zealand’s unique study on the Pfizer vaccine
- 9:05 Ian White: being a Big Buddy to a boy who needs one
- 9:30 Jessica Bruder: the real story behind Nomadland
- 10:05 Rebecca Solnit on her new memoir ‘Recollections of My Non-Existence'
- 10:30 Dr Gary Fettke: fighting the demonisation of red meat
- 11:05 Archa Fox: the MRNA scientist who grew up with the Orange People
- 11:35 Stephen Curran: visiting Venus and giant comets
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback
Saturday, 26 June 2021
- 8:12 Dr Chris Smith: Covid-19 science news
- 8:42 Alan Merry: making our medical system safer
- 9:07 Tim Hume: the rise of the extreme right in Europe
- 9:35 Francis and Kaiora Tipene: The traditions of tikanga
- 10:05 Edmund Richardson: finding the lost city of Alexandria
- 10:35 Boyd Klap: on being yourself and remembering Anne Frank
- 11:06 Lorin Clarke: celebrating the comedy genius of John Clarke
- 11:40 Life’s Big Questions: Nicky Hager and NZ’s role in Five Eyes
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback from 26 June
Saturday, 19 June 2021
- 8:12 Alistair Woodward: The rise of the urban light truck
- 8:35 Elizabeth Stokoe: The art of conversation analysis
- 9:05 Ralph Hope: Whatever happened to the Grey Men?
- 9:35 Sarah Helm: 50 years on from Nixon’s War On Drugs
- 10:05 Jamie Wall: inside rugby’s fierce 100 year rivalry
- 10:35 Sahra Ahmed: from asylum seeker to refugee health hero
- 11:05 Chris Gibson: the surprising environmental impact of guitars
- 11:35 Erik Hoel: how our weird dreams could be keeping our brains fit
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback from 19 June
Saturday, 12 June 2021
- 8:10 Farah Palmer: a breath of fresh air for Rugby NZ
- 8:25 Michael Imperiale: Rethinking lab safety practices
- 8:40 Tame Malcolm: using indigenous methods to fight pests
- 9:10 Aaron Lammer: the big cryptocurrency Exit Scam
- 9:35 Larry Keating: investigating corruption in the Amazon
- 10:05 Alex Bezzerides: How evolution went wrong for humans
- 10:35 Rachel Taulelei: using trade as a tool to combat Covid-19
- 11:05 Anastasia Woolmer: tips from an Australian memory champ
- 11:40 Rob Thorne: transcending with taonga puoro
- 11:59 Listener Feedback for Saturday Morning for 12 June 2021
Saturday, 5 June 2021
- 8:12 Shell Dutch Oil told to cut emissions by 40 percent
- 8:25 World first concussion study underway in Dunedin
- 8:40 Atamira Dance Company marks 21st anniversary with Te Wheke
- 9:05 Prof Shanna Swan - How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts
- 9:35 Cameron McLaren: the challenge of capturing stillness
- 10:05 Peter Cooper: from Kaitaia boy to Californian billionaire
- 10:35 Michael Moka: building big business with Indigenous Growth
- 11:05 Jenn Abbott: the unfortunately necessary sequel to The Corporation
- 11:30 Canterbury runanga team up to create aerospace company
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback for 5 June
Saturday, 29 May 2021
- 8:15 How will the Samoan constitutional crisis end?
- 8:35 Ben Fenton: the importance of fairness in modern times
- 9:07 Mayye Zayed: a peek into Egypt's female weight-lifting scene
- 9:40 Emily Karaka: Rahui and the art of resistance
- 10:43 Rachel Huckfeldt: DNA editing to help fix blindness
- 11:06 Suzanne Simard: the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest
- 3:08 'Waiting for life to start': lockdown inspires new poetry collection
- 5:47 Rereata Makiha: Recapturing ancient knowledge - 'A language on how to understand the world'
Saturday, 22 May 2021
- 8:12 The history behind the Gaza-Israeli conflict
- 8:42 Catherine Delahunty: understanding inherited bigotry
- 9:06 Prof John Hearnshaw: Dark skies and light trespass
- 9:35 Rebecca Macfie: the life and times of Helen Kelly
- 10:06 Dr Jen Gunter's menopause manifesto
- 11:06 Dmitry Selitskiy: the future of brain-computer interfaces
- 11:36 Life's big questions: Climate change optimism vs apocalypse
- 11:55 Listener Feedback for 22 May 2021
Saturday, 15 May 2021
- 8:10 Mountaineer Guy Cotter: the impact of Covid-19 on Everest
- 8:40 Shaun Bythell: Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
- 9:05 Michael Lewis: The Premonition - A Pandemic Story
- 9:45 Flo Foxworthy: costume design a childhood dream come true
- 10:05 Dr Matt Baker: beats, bouts and bacterial biophysics
- 11:10 Joshua Rivera: Growing up and awaiting the rapture
- 11:35 Clare Moleta: dystopian novel dives into a world divided by class
- 11:59 Listener Feedback for Saturday Morning 15 May 2021
Saturday, 8 May 2021
- 8:10 Peter Young: Fight for the Wild – Aotearoa vs predators
- 8:33 Christina Sweeney-Baird: The End of Men
- 9:05 Jonathan Drori: The secret and surprising life of plants
- 10:05 Playing favourites with Pic Picot
- 11:05 Danny Elfman: Film score maestro releases solo album
- 11:35 Tainui Tukiwaho - Racists Anonymous
- 11:59 Listener Feedback for Saturday Morning 8 May 2021
Saturday, 1 May 2021
- 8:14 Shoba Narayan: India in crisis
- 8:40 Janey Godley: Scotland's feuding nationalists
- 9:08 The Sackler family's opioid 'Empire of Pain'
- 10:06 Nicole Perlroth: the cyberweapons arms race
- 10:43 Mark Chapman: Lockdown in Mongolia
- 11:06 Lydia Wevers: Shining light on the life of Jane Mander
- 11:32 Stephen Curran: Star ovens and mass extinctions
- 11:59 Listener Feedback for Saturday Morning 1 May 2021
Saturday, 24 April 2021
- 8:10 Rachel Morris: We are all museum-makers
- 8:45 Virologist Dr Chris Smith: Covid science news
- 9:05 Morris Pearl: The Patriotic Millionaires Movement
- 9:45 Toa Fraser: Life with Young Onset Parkinson's disease
- 10:05 Jennifer Robinson: fighting for Assange, West Papua and public education
- 11:05 Bill Edgar: Coffin confessor
- 11:30 Michael Baker - Western Australian under 3 day Covid lockdown
- 11:40 Kate's Klassics: Sydney Bridge Upside Down
- 11:59 Listener Feedback for Saturday Morning 24 April 2021
Saturday, 17 April 2021
- 8:12 Prof David Nutt: Psilocybin at least as useful as antidepressant in UK study
- 10:08 Nahaja Black: Why the Bahamas is a haven for sexual predation
- 10:37 Dr Doug Wilson: Navigating Life's Journey in Your Later Years
- 11:09 Terry Wilson: Antarctica's bedrock rising as ice melts
- 11:38 Trish Johansen: Eradicating rabies one village at a time
- 11:55 Listener feedback 17 April 2021
- 1:11 Cal Flyn: Life in the post-human landscape
- 5:12 Priestdaddy author Patricia Lockwood releases her debut novel
Saturday, 10 April 2021
- 8:10 Buckingham Palace has announced the death of Prince Philip
- 8:24 Aye Min Thant: Myanmar in crisis
- 8:52 Chris Smith: Covid science update
- 9:06 Lisa Genova: The science of memory and the art of forgetting
- 9:40 Darren Byler: Big Brother vs China's Uighurs
- 10:06 John Baker: The search for Stalin's wine cellar
- 10:43 Georgia Rippin: the world of online sex work
- 11:06 Poet Johanna Emeney: exploring the felt realm
- 11:40 John Cockrem: Little penguins with big problems
- 11:55 Listener feedback 10 April 2021
Saturday, 3 April 2021
- 8:10 David Putrino: Covid's "Long Haulers"
- 8:30 Javier Blas: The World for Sale
- 9:05 Helen O'Hara: Women vs Hollywood
- 9:35 Vic Crone: Paul Callaghan's vision 10 years on
- 11:05 Kevin Roose: How to be human in the age of automation
- 11:40 Life's big questions: Jordan Peterson
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback
- 4:45 Playing Favourites with Florian Habicht
Saturday, 27 March 2021
- 8:30 Ex Bank of England Governor Mark Carney: building a human-values based economy
- 9:05 Booker Prize winner George Saunders shares his love for Russian short stories
- 9:40 Dr Stephen Curran: Avi Loeb, aliens and other 'utter crackpottery'
- 10:05 Caolan Robertson: Creating an off-ramp from the alt-right
- 10:30 Judy Melinek and TJ Mitchell: Husband and wife crime-writing duo
- 11:05 Playing Favourites with Michael Baker
- 11:55 Listener Feedback for 27 March 2021
- 6:10 Dr Tom Doyle: Church structure to blame for abuse
Saturday, 20 March 2021
- 8:10 Sally Weintrobe: The psychological roots of the climate crisis
- 8:35 Anita Lim: DIY at-home smear tests
- 9:05 Jill Nalder: the woman who inspired AIDS drama It's a Sin
- 9:35 Virologist Dr Chris Smith: Covid science
- 10:05 Steven McGregor: Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky
- 11:40 Kay Baxter: Autumn gardening
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback
- 5:05 Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler: Tourism post-pandemic
- 6:05 Accessibility leader Minnie Baragwanath: 'NZ's hang-ups on abilities and disabilities are holding everyone back'
Saturday, 13 March 2021
- 9:07 Actor Juliet Stevenson: Pandemic theatre
- 9:30 Jackie Clark and Moeroa Marsters: Surviving domestic abuse
- 10:06 Joey Hoofdman: discovering he was fathered by a fertility doctor
- 10:38 Amanda Symon: Protecting Māori rock art
- 11:05 Refugee and migrant advocate Dr Zhiyan Basharati
- 11:50 Actress & songwriter Chantal Claret
- 11:55 Listener Feedback for 13 March 2021
- 5:12 The truth is out there: Top Harvard astronomer believes in extraterrestrial life
Saturday, 6 March 2021
- 8:40 Forests reach temperature tipping point
- 9:05 Carl Hart - Drug Use for Grown-ups
- 10:05 Isabel Allende: The Soul of A Woman
- 11:05 Claire Robinson: Savage Politics
- 11:40 Bidge Smith: Mervyn Thompson vs. Six Angry Women
- 11:55 Listener Feedback for 6 March 2021
- 5:10 Conspirituality: Alt-health meets alt-right, wellness meets QAnon
Saturday, 27 February 2021
- 8:10 Sister Helen Prejean: Fighting to end the death penalty
- 8:40 Chris Smith: Covid science
- 9:05 Judy Belushi: The brilliance of John Belushi
- 9:35 Public policy founded on love for future generations
- 10:05 Black Panther artist marks Polynesian Panthers' milestone
- 10:35 Autonomous ship traces passage of the Mayflower
- 11:05 Janja Lalich: how normal people end up in cults like NXIVM
- 11:45 From Patea to Helsinki - circus star returns to Aotearoa
- 11:55 Listener Feedback for 27 February 2021
Saturday, 20 February 2021
- 8:10 South Africa's Covid response: Fatima Hassan
- 8:30 Andrew Whitley: Flour to the People
- 9:05 Girl A author Abigail Dean
- 9:35 Cather Simpson: quantitative immunity testing
- 10:05 Australian prison podcast: Johanna Bell and Rocket Renae
- 10:40 Artist Kate Newby: turning galleries inside out
- 11:05 Julia Gillard: women and leadership
- 11:40 Kate's Klassics: The Talented Mr Ripley
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 20 February 2021
