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'Ample precedent' for impeachment, says academic
9:07 AM.Allan Lichtman, a distinguished professor of history at American University in Washington, says in his latest book, The Case for Impeachment, President Trump could face impeachment for any number of… Read more Audio
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Vanessa Redgrave - Sea Sorrow
8:11 AM.British stage and screen legend Vanessa Redgrave is in Sydney with her son Carlo Nero to attend the opening of their new documentary Sea Sorrow at the Sydney Film Festival. Redgrave decided to make… Read more Audio
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Listener feedback for 10 June 2017
11:55 AM.Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio
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Kate De Goldi - Children's book roundup
11:40 AM.Kate De Goldi is one of New Zealand's most celebrated authors and a Saturday Morning regular. Her most recent novel, From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle (Longacre), won the junior fiction category… Read more Audio
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Briar Grace-Smith - When Sun and Moon Collide
11:07 AM.Briar Grace-Smith (Nga Puhi, Nga Wai) is a playwright, screenwriter, poet and short story writer. She won the 1995 Bruce Mason Playwriting Award for her first major play, Nga Pou Wahine, and… Read more Audio
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Stephanie Lake - If Never Was Now
10:45 AM.Stephanie Lake is a multi award-winning Australian choreographer, dancer and director of Stephanie Lake Company. Her major works have been presented by Melbourne International Arts Festival, Sydney… Read more Audio
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Tony Rousmaniere - What your therapist doesn't know
10:15 AM.Using big data to reveal what a therapist's emotional intelligence doesn't pick up doesn't dehumanise the art of psychotherapy, says psychologist Tony Rousmaniere. Read more Audio
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Andrew Digby - Kakapo cursed with crusty bum
9:43 AM.Andrew Digby is the science advisor for the kakapo and takahe recovery programmes with the Department of Conservation. He is responsible for coordinating and leading the diverse scientific research… Read more Audio
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Winnie Byanyima - Disrupting the world order
9:06 AM.Winnie Byanyima is a grass-roots activist, human rights advocate, and senior international public servant. Born in Uganda in 1959, Byanyima earned engineering degrees in the UK and began her career as… Read more Audio
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Iain Macwhirter - What the election means for Scotland
8:35 AM.Iain Macwhirter is a broadcaster and political commentator for The Herald and Sunday Herald, and he unpicks the election results in Scotland. Macwhirter is the author of Road to Referendum and… Read more Audio
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Tim Bale - The UK decides
8:10 AM.The UK general election has ended in a hung parliament and current prime minister Theresa May is expected to go. What does it mean for the thing that started it all off, Brexit? Read more Audio
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Listener feedback for 3 June 2017
11:55 AM.Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio
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Jonathan Taplin - social media vs democracy
11:07 AM.Facebook, Google and Amazon have not just cornered culture, they're undermining democracy, according to Jonathan Taplin, the author of Move Fast and Break Things. Read more Audio
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Guerrilla Girls - Culture jamming the world of art
10:37 AM.The Guerrilla Girls is a feminist activist art collective. Over 55 people have been members of the collective since its formation in 1985. The group uses 'culture jamming' in the form of posters… Read more Audio
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Jan Bernheim - Belgium's end-of-life expertise
10:06 AM.Belgian professor Jan Bernheim is one of the world's leading experts in palliative care and medically assisted dying and a senior researcher at the End-of-Life Care Research Group at the Vrije… Read more Audio
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Rory Christian - Keeping the lights on
9:40 AM.Rory Christian is the director of New York Clean Energy at the Environmental Defense Fund, focusing on energy and clean air in New York. He works with state and city officials on policy to guide an… Read more Audio
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Arundhati Roy - The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
9:06 AM.Arundhati Roy is an Indian novelist and activist. After a childhood in Kerala, she moved to Delhi at age 16, eventually studying architecture at the Delhi School of Architecture while dreaming of a… Read more Audio
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Steven Rood - Terror in the Philippines
8:40 AM.Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has declared martial law in Marawi on Mindanao island after a Muslim militant group took control of parts of the city last week. Marawi is reported to be… Read more Audio
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Anna Leask - Behind bars
8:12 AM.Anna Leask has worked for the New Zealand Herald since 2008 and is currently a senior reporter, covering crime and justice for the daily newspaper as well as for the Weekend Herald and Herald on… Read more Audio
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Ryan Adams: cat-loving balladeer
11:20 AM.Ryan Adams developed a taste for punk rock and he began playing electric guitar in his early teens. At 15, Adams started writing songs, and a year later he formed a band called the Patty Duke… Read more Audio
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Todd Niall - Team NZ setting sail in Bermuda
11:05 AM.Todd Niall is Radio New Zealand's Auckland correspondent and has held a number of roles over three decades in radio journalism. He's in Bermuda to cover the 35th America's Cup for RNZ (his fifth time… Read more Audio
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Prof Michael Jackson - The wherewithal of life
10:20 AM.Professor Michael D Jackson is a New-Zealand-born anthropologist and creative writer. He has published 30 books of poetry, fiction, ethnography and memoir, and is internationally known for his vast… Read more Audio
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Neil Degrasse Tyson - A Cosmic Perspective
10:05 AM.Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He's a best-selling author, Emmy Award winner, recipient of 19 honorary doctorates, and a man who was once named… Read more Audio
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Jacqueline Fahey - Cutting loose
9:35 AM.Jaqueline Fahey was one of the first NZ artists to paint from a women's point of view and is the author of two memoirs and two novels. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Jason Donovan: mature pop idol
9:05 AM.If Jason Donovan could go back before Neighbours, before his international pop stardom, he wouldn't change a thing. He says regret is a wasted emotion and besides, he’s had a good career, though not… Read more Video, Audio