Saturday Morning Podcast Options

10:30 AM.In Australian author and broadcaster Richard Fidler's The Book of Roads and Kingdoms he delves into the life of medieval wanderers who travelled to the outer edges of the known world during Islam's… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Romantic comedy or rom-com, is often used as shorthand for something shallow and lacking in substance, but Minneapolis author Curtis Sittenfeld loves them. Read more Audio

9:40 AM.NASA's new head scientist, Dr Nicola Fox, is on a mission to uncover the mysteries of the Universe and has an over eight billion dollar budget to do it. Read more Audio

The average New Zealand rubbish bin is half-full of food scraps. Although we hear a bit about megatonnes of food waste rotting in landfills being a massive problem, it is also a missed… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.As the final series of HBO's hit drama Succession goes to air, the Murdoch media empire that inspired the show is dealing with its own dramas. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Fighting between Sudan's military and the Rapid Support Forces continued Friday, hours into a second 72 hour ceasefire say eyewitnesses. The situation across Sudan has deteriorated, with shortages of… Read more Audio

11:55 AM.Listener Feedback for 22 April 2023. Audio

11:45 AM.Nomad gardener and The Edible Backyard author Kath Irvine is reporting in from a campground in Otepoti where she's been attending the Wild Dunedin New Zealand Festival of Nature. Read more Audio

11:08 AM.Alzheimer's disease is a devastating degenerative disorder that slowly destroys memory and eventually the ability to carry out the most basic tasks. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Jason Te Mete (Ngati Ranginui, Ngai Te Rangi) has been recovering from necrotising fasciitis, a rare flesh-eating bacterial infection that left him doubtful he could ever return to the stage. . Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Rebecca Struthers was just 17 when she set out on her path to become one of Britain's leading watchmakers. An active campaigner in the preservation of endangered heritage skills, Struthers family-run… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.When an autistic and a non-autistic person have a social interaction, there's an assumption that if non-autistic people are doing it "right" autistic people must be doing it "wrong," says research… Read more Video, Audio

8:20 AM.New Zealand born Anthony McCarten is arguably the world's best known biopic screenwriter and playwright Past subjects have included Whitney Houston, Edison, Churchill and the band Queen, and this year… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.This morning the Australian government has announced a direct pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders. The announcement comes just ahead of ANZAC Day. We last spoke to ABC chief political… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Last week we spoke to Michele Leggott about her experiences with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. What we didn't get to talk about was the book and research work Leggott has been working on over this time: her… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.You love their work, but are seriously disturbed by what you've learnt about the person - can you separate an artist's work from their personal life? It's a question explored by New York Times writer… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.In 2015, three British school girls went missing from their London homes, and headed to Syria to join Islamic State. For years their fate was unknown, but after the collapse of the IS caliphate, one… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.This week a celebration was held to mark 100 days until the FIFA Women's World Football Cup kicks off across New Zealand and Australia. If this was the Men's World Cup, would there be more fuss… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Since controversially mocking vegans in 2018, British food critic William Sitwell has been "nicer" to people with a plant-based diet. The long-term MasterChef judge tells Kim Hill about his own food… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.A shadowy Russian private military company has been increasingly making its presence felt in Africa. The Wagner Group, often dubbed Putin's private army, has been involved in conflicts in Libya… Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Almost every Friday and Saturday night Nanny Pura Whale puts on her Maori Warden uniform and heads out into the night to watch over the shops and youth of Taihape. It's something the 79 year old has… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Scientist and writer Danyl McLauchlan joins Kim to tackle life's big questions, ideas and thinkers. This week he delves into the drivers of voting behaviour. Political scientists suggest there are… Read more Audio