Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:05 AM.Dancer and choreographer Faustin Linyekula left his home country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the political upheaval and civil war that followed the 2001 assassination of leader… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Divided by our race, gender, and sexual orientation - it sounds like a bigoted society, but controversial British author says it's what is advocated by tyrannical 'wokeness' where our differences are… Read more Audio

9:15 AM.Former business development director for Cambridge Analytica, turned whistleblower, Brittany Kaiser was a central figure in the Netflix documentary The Great Hack. Over time her role in building up a… Read more Audio

9:10 AM."Part of me wants to cry. The other part celebrates the life of this great, great, great New Zealander."

Barry Magee trained with Sir Peter Snell under legendary coach, Arthur Lydiard. He reflects on… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.RNZ Senior Sports Journalist Barry Guy on the death of famed New Zealand Olympic middle distance runner Sir Peter Snell. Audio

8:45 AM.It's not easy taking over as a director of a beloved show with a completely new cast, but for Kiwi Jessica Hobbs, The Crown has been her most rewarding job.

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8:30 AM.Professor Richard G Whitman is an associate fellow of the Europe Programme at Chatham House (formerly known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs). He is also the director of the Global… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.With the Conservative Party recording a resounding victory in the UK general election, we ask what happens now to Boris Johnson's Brexit deal to remove the UK from the European Union? How did the… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Wayne Youle is one of our country's leading contemporary artists. His work combines pop art playfulness with a critical bi-cultural awareness. Of Ngapuhi, Ngati Whakaeke and European descent, Youle… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:07 AM.Dr Caroline Vercoe is Senior lecturer in art history at The University of Auckland.

She specialises in contemporary Pacific art and performance art, with a particular interest in issues of race… Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Scottish forensic anthropologist and anatomist Professor Dame Sue Black has pioneered ways to use an image of someone's hands (often a criminal suspect's only visible physical feature) as a means of… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.In December 2016 climber Jane Morris almost lost her arm (and her life) when a falling rock hit her on Mount Tasman. Earlier that year she had become the first female president of the New Zealand… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Warren Gatland is one of the most renowned rugby coaches of the last 20 years, leading Wales to three Six Nations titles, two Grand Slams and two World Cup semi-finals, Born in Hamilton, Gatland made… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Irish actor Barry McGovern's reputation has been forged by his performances of the notoriously difficult work of his countryman Samuel Beckett. Beckett's plays are often abstract and esoteric, knotty… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Can art be viewed in isolation from the life of the artist who produced it? It's a question increasingly troubling galleries and cultural institutions. Read more Audio

11:40 AM."He endured his ever-multiplying illnesses with patience and good humour, knowing until the last moment that he had experienced more than his fair share of this 'great, good world'." (United Artists)… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Should we trust scientists? It's a complicated question and the answer isn't completely straightforward, but it's a wager that's likely to benefit us. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.In the Seventies, Michael Ross became one of the first people to speak out publicly about the experience of being gay in New Zealand, at a time when homosexuality was still illegal here. Over the… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Timothy Spall has played two of Britain's most highly regarded painters. He portrayed JMW Turner in Mike Leigh's film Mr Turner and now plays L.S Lowry in Mrs Lowry & Son. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

9:37 AM.The diversity of the world's languages is seriously under threat. One language is reported to fall silent every fortnight, and it's believed that by the end of this century half of the world's 7,000… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.How much power does the individual have in preventing climate change when just 100 companies are responsible for more than 70 percent of emissions? More than we think, American author Jonathan Safran… Read more Audio

8:32 AM.'Face, accept, float, let time pass' – that's the six-word prescription for anxiety devised by Australian doctor and self-help pioneer Claire Weekes (1903 - 1990). Yet despite her international… Read more Video, Audio

8:20 AM.Photographer Paul Conroy was with The Sunday Times' war correspondent Marie Colvin when the pair illegally crossed the border into Syria in February 2012. They were there to document the plight of… Read more Audio