Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:40 AM.Gareth Ward, a.k.a. The Great Wardini, is a magician, hypnotist, storyteller, bookseller and author. He has worked as a Royal Marine commando, police officer, evil magician and zombie. Born in the… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Julian Savulescu is an Australian philosopher and bioethicist. He is Uehiro Professor of Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford, Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford, Director of the Oxford Uehiro… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Australian writer Charlotte Wood is the author of five novels and two books of non-fiction, including Animal People, The Children and The Writer's Room - a collection of interviews with writers about… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Te Taka Keegan put the macron onto the Microsoft keyboard and helped develop the te reo version of Google Translate. The computer science lecturer talks about his love of te reo Māori, his teaching… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.FSN correpondant Harry Horton in Washington DC with the latest on Steve Bannon's departure from the Whitehouse. Audio

9:08 AM.Sinead O'Sullivan, who is originally from Northern Ireland, graduated in aerospace engineering from Queen's University in 2011. She is a research fellow at the Center for Climate and Security, where… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Peter Bradley has been CEO of St John New Zealand since 2012, prior to which he spent 12 years as chief executive of London Ambulance Service (LAS), overseeing the response to major events and… Read more Audio

10:04 AM.Stephen Donald became a rugby legend when he kicked the All Blacks to victory at the 2011 Rugby World Cup at Eden Park. But it was to be Donald’s first and last World Cup match. He reflects on the ups… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Associate Professor Benoît Pelopidas holds the Junior Chair of Excellence in Security Studies at the Centre for International Studies, Sciences Po, Paris. He is also an affiliate of the Center for… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Corey Mosen has trained his dog, Ajax, to sniff out kea nests in remote parts of the South Island where the endangered bird can be found. Mosen then places cameras in and around the nests to monitor… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Jennifer Brea was pursuing her PhD at Harvard when she fell ill with a fever which turned into years of illness. In the documentary Unrest, she tells the story of discovering and seeking treatment for… Read more Video, Audio

11:06 AM.Reni Eddo-Lodge is a UK writer and journalist. In 2014, The Guardian listed her as one of the 30 most exciting people under 30 in digital media. She has also been listed in Elle magazine's '100… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Michael Mansfield QC has has represented defendants in criminal trials, appeals and inquiries in some of the UK's most controversial legal cases, including Barry George, accused of killing TV… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.One of Canada's most respected arbitrators and advocates, Ian Binnie served for nearly 14 years as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. During this time Binnie authored more than 170 opinions… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Medical student Isabelle Lomax-Sawyers refers to her body as the type patients are warned not to have in a recent article. She talks to Kim Hill about living with a body that is stigmatised while… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Kate Adie started with the BBC in 1968 as a studio technician in local radio, joining BBC TV News in London in 1979. Her coverage of the 1980 siege of the Iranian embassy changed the trajectory of her… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Violinist Andrew Beer has been described as a performer displaying "accuracy and subtle charisma" by the Boston Globe, and as a "musical gift" by the New York Times. He has performed extensively… Read more Audio