Saturday Morning Podcast Options

9:05 AM.The author of 10 novels, Colm Tóibín's collection of essays A Guest at the Feast begins by taking us back to his childhood. Starting with growing up in Enniscorthy, County Wexford he also tracks the… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.English DJ Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) tells Kim Hill why he still loves "spreading tales of abandon and community and hedonism and connection" to dance floors around the world. Read more Video, Audio

8:10 AM.It's six months since renowned Palestinian Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed while reporting in the occupied West Bank. Initially, the Israeli military denied involvement but have… Read more Audio

7:00 PM.Astronomers say the very existence of their field of science could be threatened by the huge number of low-flying telecommunications satellite constellations now in the sky - launched by companies… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.Last week Russia withdrew 30,000 troops from the Ukrainian port city of Kherson and surrounding region after nine months of occupation. A former New Zealand soldier Jordan O'Brien was part of a unit… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Auckland-based composer Victoria Kelly's latest work Requiem takes inspiration from the work of New Zealand poets and photography - drawing on the words of Bill Manhire, Sam Hunt, Chloe Honum, Ian… Read more Video, Audio

10:30 AM.Fatu Feu’u, an elder statesman of Pacific art, was intimidated to meet legendary New Zealand painter Colin McMahon in the late '70s. "Colin said 'I am waiting for you and your friends to make a… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:05 AM.From her base in the town of Ross on the South Island's West Coast, science writer Lynley Hargreaves is in prime position to observe and contemplate changes to the country's glaciers. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.On Friday 18 November Nick Bevin was made a Distinguished Fellow of Te Kāhui Whaihanga, New Zealand Institute of Architects at the New Zealand Architecture Awards. It recognises not just Bevin's own… Read more Audio, Gallery

8:30 AM.The spectacular and sudden collapse of $32 billion cryptocurrency exchange FTX this month is potentially a pivotal event for the industry - a 'Lehman Brothers' moment. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Ongoing anti-government protests in Iran, sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini in September, have intensified this week, fuelled by the death of a 9 year old boy, Kian Pirfalak. Read more Audio

8:00 AM.An interview with Joyce Carol Oates. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Film director and producer Dame Gaylene Preston has been an inspirational and groundbreaking force in New Zealand culture for more than four decades. Dame Gaylene joins us to play some favourite… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Calls for boycotts of the 2022 FIFA World Cup have been growing from football clubs, supporters and players alike. Host nation Qatar has been accused of using this month's event to gloss over its poor… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.A chance meeting with a former resident of Bert Potter's Centrepoint community started journalist Anke Richter on what became a decade-long deep dive into groups that exert high levels of control on… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Te Wananga Whakairo o Ruawhetu is a new carving school with a focus on aligning the aspirations of hapu and iwi across the country with its programme of learning. The new school, which opened its… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Songwriter Bill Callahan – aka "the deep voice of American solitude" – writes melancholy country-inspired songs that often sound like poems set to music. He talks to Kim Hill about purpose… Read more Video, Audio

8:35 AM.Computer scientist Professor Hassan Ugail's AI photo analysis technology has positively identified an elderly man in Australia as Lord Lucan, a British aristocrat who vanished in 1974 the day after… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Last Thursday's failed attempt to assassinate former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has resulted in mass demonstrations throughout the country. The 70 year old former International cricketer… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Biographer Clinton Heylin is arguably the world's foremost Dylan authority, having written a dozen books on the Nobel Prize for Literature winner. Which makes Heylin the perfect Saturday Morning guest… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Planting time! Organic gardener Kath Irvine returns to share gardening tips and to answer your questions. Irvine counts pumpkins, squashes and beans as easy, beneficent summer crops to plant now. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.In 1920 Whanganui residents were rocked by the news that their mayor had shot D'Arcy Cresswell, a young gay poet, who had been blackmailing him. Mackay was sentenced to hard labour and later left New… Read more Audio