Saturday Morning Podcast Options

8:30 AM.Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Canterbury, discussing the announcement of the first direct detection of gravitational waves, and the New Zealand connection… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst whose analysis of Bernie Sanders' ambitious economic programme was the first comprehensive look at the impact of the US presidential… Read more Audio

11:55 AM.Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 30 January. Audio

11:45 AM.Kate discusses six board books for babies and toddlers: The Pencil by Paula Bossio, The Noisy Book by Soledad Bravi, What's your Favourite Animal? by Eric Carle and Friends, and My New Zealand ABC… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Head of Research at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand and expert on the Treaty of Waitangi, who has been advising on Te Kongahu, the new museum at Waitangi. Audio

10:35 AM.Soprano singer from Bluff, who pursued a successful opera career in the UK and sings the role of Poppea in the Handel opera Agrippina at the annual Opera in a Days Bay Garden. Audio

10:10 AM.Members of the council of the New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters who are administrators for the Treaty Times Thirty project to translate the English and Maori versions of the Treaty… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Publisher at Bridget Williams Books who has been developing their digital publishing programme, including The Treaty of Waitangi Collection, the first in a new series of online resources. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Former CEO of Internet NZ, MEGA, and the Internet Mana Party, and the founder of Internet of Things startup company Kotahi.Net, which will build and roll-out a national wireless network allowing data… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Lecturer in history and religious studies at the School of Humanities, University of Auckland, who researched, co-wrote and presented the historical documentary series The Prophets for Maori… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Professor of Law at Waikato Law Faculty, and former speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, president of the Labour Party and Minister of the Crown. She is the author of The Struggle for… Read more Audio

11:55 AM.Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 30 January. Audio

11:05 AM.New Zealand musician who used to sing with UK band Electric Swing Circus, and has founded INDHE, a global community platform for artists and musicians. Audio

10:10 AM.American cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, musician, record producer, and author of three bestselling books: This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs and, most recently, The Organized… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.District Court Judge, and member of Interpol's DNA Monitoring Expert Group, with a special interest in crimes involving artistic masterpieces. He discusses the history of the 1642 painting, The Night… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Dunedin artist and scientist who has three degrees from the University of Otago (sculpture, health science, and a PhD in Anatomy). She uses her art and anatomy skills to work with cadavers and living… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, and expert on non-violent civil resistance, and terrorism.

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11:55 AM.Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of Saturday 23 January. Audio

11:45 AM.Kim Hill talks to writer Kate De Goldi about The Right Word; Roget and his Thesaurus by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet, Enormous Smallness; a story of e e cummings by Matthew Burgess, illustrated by… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Kim Hill talks to Dr Mike Dickison, Curator of Natural History at the Whanganui Regional Museum, and volunteer editor for the free encylopedia Wikipedia, which recently celebrated its 15th birthday. Audio

9:35 AM.Kim Hill talks to Johanna Emeney a poet whose doctoral thesis in creative writing explores the emerging field of medical humanities, investigating the work of New Zealand poets on medical themes… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Kim Hill talks to litigator Andrew Butler, one of New Zealand's leading experts on our Bill of Rights. He acted for Lecretia Seales, who went to the High Court last year in an attempt to win the right… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Kim Hill talks to Burt Reynolds, who was Hollywood's biggest box-office star from 1978 to 1982, an unparalleled run. Now 79, he has written his autobiography: But Enough About Me. Read more Audio, Gallery

11:55 AM.Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 19 December. Audio