Saturday Morning Podcast Options

9:36 AM.Dr Daniel Dor is the author of The Instruction of Imagination: Language as a Social Communication Technology (2015) which has challenged established ideas about the evolution and utility of language… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Humans are physically insignificant both individually and as a civilisation, but if we are very rare in the universe – as science suggests – we are also extremely valuable, says particle physicist… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Robyn Archer is a singer, writer, artistic director and public advocate for the arts. She is currently strategic advisor, Gold Coast Arts and Culture, deputy chair of the Australia Council for the… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Gordon Noble-Campbell is a private client services director for Forsyth Barr in Wellington. His mother was one of around 800 Poles, mainly children, who arrived in Wellington in 1944, having survived… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Horticulturist Judy Horton is the face of gardening in Australia. She talks to Kim Hill about gardening challenges and fashions and her favourite garden in the world. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Josephine Johnston is the director of research at New York-based The Hastings Center, the world's first bioethics research institute. She is an expert on the ethical, legal, and policy implications of… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Jonathan Bielski, who began his career in theatre as a lighting designer in Palmerston North, has taken over the job of artistic director of the Auckland Arts Festival from Carla van Zon, and will… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi helped to set up the International Criminal Court, and it now its president. Her academic experience includes professorships of international criminal law at the… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.Nick Malmholt is script producer on Shortland Street. Since he kissed goodbye to his career in journalism, Malmholt has worked as a writer, executive producer and creator on productions around the… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Colorado company Sphero is leading the way in next-generation toys. They've produced a scaled-down version of the Star Wars characters BB-8 and R2-D2 and an educational robot called SPRK. Read more Video, Audio

9:35 AM.Rob Wilkins was British author Sir Terry Pratchett's assistant, business manager, and friend. When Sir Terry died in 2015 after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, he left instructions for his… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.GNS Science geologists and geophysicists have added an eighth continent called Zealandia to the world map this year. At 4.9 million square kilometres - roughly the same size as India - it's the… Read more Audio

8:08 AM.Ian Shirley is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, founder and member of the Policy Observatory and a former Pro Vice Chancellor at the Auckland University of Technology. Professor Shirley was New… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Always expect the unexpected from the dead, says Palmerston North pathologist Dr Cynric Temple-Camp. He tells interesting tales from his 30-year career – which includes attending Mark Lundy's Privy… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Sonatane Kaufusi is a student in his final year at Manurewa High School, and a singer-songwriter who has made it to the finals of Auckland Council's city-wide annual talent quest, Stand Up Stand Out… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Juliette Veber has been involved in the film industry for 20 years. After a decade working in production on feature films - including The Price of Milk - and tv commercials, in 2003, she headed to… Read more Audio

10:09 AM.It is now widely accepted among scientists and environmentalists that we are now in a new geographical epoch - the Anthropocene. Read more Audio