Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:05 AM.Minnie Baragwanath has played a leading role in effecting social change for New Zealanders with disabilities. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Terry Waite is a British humanitarian and author who visits NZ each year during our summer to write. He talks to Kim about writing, empathy and his love of silence. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Rachel Batterham played a key role in identifying that gut hormones play a large role in feelings of hunger and food intake - and researching how that information might be used in the fight against… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Auckland Council's Principal Heritage Advisor George Farrant has overseen the restoration of the Civic Theatre, the Auckland Town Hall, the Auckland Art Gallery and The Pah Homestead. Read more Audio

8:12 AM.The Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author talks with Kim Hill about her most recent book In the Darkroom - a memoir of her transgender father and a meditation on identity. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Steve Bell cartoons have outraged, entertained and provoked readers of The Guardian since 1981. Read more Audio

10:32 AM.New Zealand musician and sound artist Phil Dadson now performs as sonicsfromscratch. Read more Audio, Gallery

10:06 AM.English writer Ian McGuire talks to Kim Hill about his novel The North Water - one of the New York Times' Best Books of 2016 and long-listed for the 2016 Man Booker Prize. Read more Audio

9:36 AM.Martyn Goulding talks with Kim Hill about the challenges of understanding the brain and nervous system. Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Dr Neha Sangwan is a physician and international speaker who teaches people how to deal with stress by reading their own body signals and communicating better. Read more Audio

8:18 AM.30 years ago, an article by Dr Ichiro Kawachi helped change the law on smoking in this country - and set him on a public health career path. Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Steve Fabish is Hauraki District Council's Civil Defence controller. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Mary Kisler is the Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. She discusses the Auckland Art Gallery's upcoming The Body Laid Bare -… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:06 AM.Writer Jessa Crispin says contemporary feminism has lost its way - and the divide between the movement's rhetoric and the real-life experience of women is only getting bigger. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Bill Manhire has two new books out this year - one is a collection of riddles. He talks with Kim Hill about the form. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.David Heymann talks with Kim Hill about emerging infectious diseases and how global inequality affects their spread and treatment.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Arthur Tompkins is a District Court judge, and editor of Art Crime and its Prevention: A Handbook for Collectors and Art Professionals (Lund Humphries). He has a special interest in crimes involving… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.After being rocked awake by the massive 7.8 earthquake that hit North Canterbury last November, RNZ reporter Phil Pennington was among the first reporters to be sent to Kaikoura to assess the damage.

8:12 AM.One of New Zealand’s leading figures in women’s health, Carol Shand, reflects on her career and plans for retirement. Read more Audio

11:38 AM.Journalist and author Armando Lucas Correa is the Editor in Chief of People en Español - the top-selling Hispanic magazine in the US. Read more Audio

10:38 AM.German writer Norman Ohler talks about the Third Reich's relationship with drugs - including cocaine, heroin, morphine and methamphetamines. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Dame Georgina Mace talks with Kim Hill about how the focus of conservation has shifted from preservation and protection to adaptability and resilience. Read more Audio