Saturday Morning Podcast Options

10:10 AM.Singer/songwriter who is back in the music industry after 12 years with a self-released collector's edition album package that includes signed and numbered CDs, a vinyl LP, pictorial booklet, and two… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.British playwright (Plenty, Knuckle, Pravda, Stuff Happens), screenwriter (The Hours, The Reader), and theatre and film director. Audio

8:40 AM.Victoria University representative on the executive board of the New Zealand European Union Centres Network who was working as a television news producer for NBC in East Germany on the night of the… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology at the University of Sheffield, and director of the New Dynamics of Ageing Programme, the UK's largest ever research programme on ageing. Audio

11:30 AM.New Zealand artist, based in Hawke's Bay, who tells his story in the book, Dick Frizell: The Painter. Audio

11:10 AM.Creator of the Scary Washing Machine phenomenon on TradeMe who was honeymooning at Lalumanu Beach in Samoa when the Tsunami hit the island. Audio

11:05 AM.Kim Hill reads selected emails and texts from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio

10:10 AM.American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who is touring New Zealand with Irish and New Zealand compatriots as Two Oceans Trio. Audio

9:50 AM.Kate Camp will discuss Inferno by Dante Alighieri, the first part of his epic poem The Divine Comedy. Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Chief executive of the British publishing house Faber and Faber, which celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. Audio

8:35 AM.Former speechwriter for George W Bush who writes about his disillusionment with the administration in Speech-Less: Tales of a White House Survivor. Audio

8:10 AM.Diplomatic correspondent for the BBC and former Moscow and Washington correspondent, who hosts The Forum on the BBC World Service. Audio

11:30 AM.An interview with the renowned photographer, whose life and work is examined in a new book by Leonard Bell and appeared in the exhibition, Looking Closely. Read more Audio

11:10 AM.New Zealand chef and food writer Peter Gordon is involved with restaurants in London, Istanbul and Auckland; his sixth book is A Culinary Journey. Audio

11:05 AM.Kim Hill reads a selection of emails and texts from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio

10:05 AM.Musician, writer, academic and 1970s cultural fetishist; his memoir of the era is Glory Days: from Gumboots to Platforms. Audio

9:45 AM.Director of Playmarket, and art writer for the Dominion Post and Listener, discussing the relationship between Maori artists, public galleries, and the Maori and Pakeha-driven art worlds. Audio

9:05 AM.Software freedom activist and developer, visiting here for events including delivering the keynote address on copyright vs community at the LIANZA conference. Audio

8:30 AM.Distinguished Professor in Pure Mathematics at Massey University, and the founding director of the NZ Institute for Advanced Study. Audio

8:15 AM.Leader of the Bee Unit at Plant and amp; Food Research, who has just been awarded an NZ Science and Technology Medal for his work on honey bees and crop pollination practices. Audio

11:45 AM.Kim Hill reads emails and texts from listeners to Saturday Morning. Audio

11:35 AM.Former Auckland businesswoman and philanthropist who moved to the high country of the South Island and wrote The Road to Castle Hill and new book Ben and Mark, Boys of the High Country. Audio

11:05 AM.One of New Zealand's most celebrated food writers; her latest book is Anyone Can Cook: Fresh Ideas for Busy Lives. Audio

10:05 AM.Rob Matthews was blind by the age of 20, found inspiration in running, and has won 29 international gold medals. He tells the story in the memoir Running Blind. Audio

9:10 AM.Bestselling novellist and essayist; his new novel is Juliet, Naked, and he recently adapted Lynn Barber's memoir An Education into the film of the same name. Audio