Saturday Morning Podcast Options

9:05 AM.Captain Robert Scott's last diary entry, as he lay freezing and starving to death on an ill-fated South Pole journey, concludes: "for God's sake look after our people". Uppermost were the three women… Read more Audio

8:00 AM.Egyptian veterinarian Amir Khalil is widely known as 'the war vet', having spent years rescuing animals from disaster areas and war zones. Read more Video, Audio

11:05 AM.After 17 years hosting Nights, RNZ presenter Bryan Crump heads over to our fine music network RNZ Concert this month. He joins Kim Hill to play some favourite songs and chat about his career. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

10:35 AM.Robbie Burton has been at the helm of independent publishers Potton & Burton since 1990, when it was called Craig Potton Publishing. Having published countless non-fiction titles over the decades… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:05 AM.At 85 years old, Helen Dew is a sustainability legend in Carterton. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.The life and work of Sylvia Durrant, otherwise known as Auckland's Bird Lady, is celebrated in a new book which is part graphic biography part environmental handbook authored by Johanna Emeney and… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:05 AM.Psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick explores the intriguing world of mind-control in his book Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control. Read more Audio

8:30 AM.The Spinoff's editor-at-large Toby Manhire has been spending much of his recent time following the highs and lows of the local body election campaigns across the country. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.El Salvador journalist Carlos Dada received the IPI World Press Freedom Hero award this month in the face of continued persecution of the media in central America. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.'Living well as a practice for dying well' is the subject of deathwalker Zenith Virago's speech on September 23 at the third Death Matters conference in Christchurch. Based in Byron Shire, just north… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Hawaiian artist, illustrator and self-described 'possibilist' Solomon Enos evokes Pacific science fiction and fantasy for his art created in his series across different media Polyfantastica.  Read more Audio, Gallery

10:05 AM.As an "alpha introvert", Richard Osman says it was his worst nightmare to become a TV presenter for the first time at 40-odd – but he now loves hosting the quiz show Pointless.  Read more Video, Audio

9:35 AM.In Emily Writes' latest book Needs Adult Supervision, the mother of two shares stories of growing up at the same time as your kids. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.A new production of Verdi's Macbeth from NZ Opera moves away from the "Scottishness" of the source material and leans into the psychological and emotional content of the piece as an exploration of… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Alex Pritz's prize-winning documentary The Territory drops viewers on both sides of the battle to preserve the Amazon rainforest. Read more Video, Audio

8:10 AM.Writer Sir Salman Rushdie was stabbed numerous times in mid-August as he prepared to give a lecture in New York State on the subject of the United States as a safe haven for exiled writers. On stage… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:05 AM.Described as "the OG of kapa haka competition", Sir Tīmoti Kāretu was the country's first Maori Language Commissioner, a petition signatory, and the mentor for Waiata Anthems project. For him waiata… Read more Video, Audio

10:35 AM.Since his appointment as Race Relations Commissioner three years ago, Meng Foon has proven himself unafraid to speak out.  The former Gisborne mayor talks to Kim Hill about New Zealand's journey… Read more Video, Audio

10:05 AM.Fatphobia, toxic masculinity in rugby, and meat-eating are some of the issues comedian Alice Snedden explores in the new – and final series – of her hit documentary show Bad News. Read more Video, Audio