Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:05 AM.After 21 years, Kim Hill has hosted Saturday Morning for the final time. In the final hour of the show, the beloved broadcaster chats to long-time colleague Bryan Crump about some of her favourite… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

10:30 AM.At the tender age of 72 Gary McCormick has no plans for retirement. The breakfast radio host is still touring small town New Zealand, as he did with Kim last century. Gary explored a different Kiwi… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Australian musical comedian Tim Minchin is a swiss army knife of entertainment. He can be political, silly, and tear-inducing - all within the course of a song. As a composer he's written super-catchy… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Booker Prize-winning Tasmanian writer Richard Flanagan's new novel looks at the choices we make and the chain reaction that follows. By way of a literary love affair through nuclear physics to… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.British comedian, actor and writer Adrian Edmondson found fame in the 1980s, playing anarchic medical student Vyvyan alongside Rik Mayall in The Young Ones. They also starred together in Bottom and in… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The new National-ACT-NZ First coalition government says it will introduce a Treaty Principles Bill, based on ACT policy, and support it to a Select Committee. So what could this mean for Maori… Read more Audio

8:10 AM."Passionate linguist, gifted humanist, national treasure and ambassador of gibberish" is a judge's description of this year's PEN Pinter prize winner, Michael Rosen. The British poet, author and… Read more Audio

11:00 AM.Samoan-born writer, director, playwright and actor Vai To'elau Osa Isa'ako Mase Kightley, known as Oscar, is widely regarded as a bit of a legend. But now it's official, with the announcement that… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Dr Max Berry has dedicated her career to understanding and caring for babies born too soon. As a consultant neonatologist she's on the floor of Wellington's neonatal intensive care unit supporting… Read more Audio

10:00 AM.Gerry Conlon spent fourteen years in jail as one of the Guildford Four, following the 1974 IRA Guildford pub bombing. New play In the Name of the Son chronicles the heady aftermath of his wrongful… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Gerontologist Dr Amanda Smith Barusch argues it's time for older adults to embrace grumpyness. In Aging Angry: Making Peace with Rage the University of Otago and University of Utah Emeritus Professor… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Facial recognition technology is helping fight crime but it's also making the internet a less safe place to put your face, says New York Times tech journalist Kashmir Hill. Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Iceland is bracing itself for a significant volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula near the capital Reykjavik. Tens of thousands of earthquakes have rattled the country in recent weeks… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The murder of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe in their Pukekawa farmhouse in 1970 is perhaps New Zealand's most infamous unsolved crime. Arthur Allan Thomas was convicted twice, pardoned and compensated… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.The announcement of Bird of the Century has been delayed to Wednesday, following a massive influx of votes, thanks in large part to British-American talk show host John Oliver. Over 300,000 votes have… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.As a television and radio presenter, prolific and best selling author, classicist Dame Mary Beard has acquired celebrity status. The author of more than 20 books including Pompeii, SPQR and Women &amp… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.GNS principal scientist Graham Leonard looks into why we choose to live where we live, and what the risks are. Graham has recently taken over at GNS as Natural Hazards and Risk Theme Leader. He talks… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Why do so many women still believe a successful life involves being chosen by a man? That's the question being interrogated by high-profile Australian feminist author and podcaster Clementine Ford in… Read more Audio

9:43 AM.Isaac Heron was in contact with the foster care system since he was a baby. He was placed in care at six years old before finding a permanent foster home at the age of 8. These experiences fuel his… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.English actor, comedian, singer and TV presenter Bradley Walsh is back on set at ITV filming new episodes of The Chase - the beloved and wildly popular quiz show he helped devise. Kim catches up with… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.In her new book Doppelganger, Canadian writer Naomi Klein explores conspiracy culture alongside the complicated behaviour of someone she views as her own doppelganger – Naomi Wolf. For over a decade… Read more Audio