Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:05 AM.Formed in 1972 in Wellington, the Values Party claims the title of the world's first national-level environmentalist party, and was a precursor to the Green Party we know today. The party's founder… Read more Video, Audio

10:05 AM.Best known around these parts as one-half of musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, Bret McKenzie is, in his own words, one of the best comedy songwriters in the biz. Read more Video, Audio

9:35 AM.Computers might be close to being able to write better than humans, but not without dropping some real clangers. Recently developed AI technology uses 'deep learning' - machine learning featuring… Read more Video, Audio

8:30 AM.When Dr Ian Griffin spotted some strange activity in Dunedin's night sky on St Patrick's Day in 2015, he knew he had to capture it. Read more Video, Audio

8:10 AM.Israel's governing coalition is about to mark its first anniversary on June 13, however recent events have raised questions around how much longer it can last. Read more Audio

11:59 AM.Listener Feedback for Saturday Morning for 4 June 2022. Audio

11:10 AM.Book publishing is often a risky business, but no more so than when you go out of your way to represent the underdog. Truly a publishing phenomenon, Steele Roberts Aotearoa is the combined effort of… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.The striking landscape of the MacKenzie Country provides the backdrop to Winter Time, the new novel from award-winning author Laurence Fearnley. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Better known to many as Joan As Police Woman, Joan Wasser has long been pushing the boundaries of her sound. Read more Video, Audio

9:47 AM.Sugar imbalances are common in babies, with approximately one in six having low blood sugar. As glucose is the main source of energy for a newborn's brain, episodes of low blood glucose may have… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.In his new book, Liberalism and its Discontents, American Political scientist Francis Fukuyama argues that liberalism is threatened not by a rival ideology, but has been pushed to new extremes by both… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Hone Kouka is no stranger to controversy with his work, and his new play Nga Rorirori is no exception. Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Years in the making, the Law Commission last week presented its comprehensive review of surrogacy in New Zealand to parliament. Read more Audio

5:07 PM.During his 35-year career, South African-born photographer Gideon Mendel has travelled the globe documenting the impact of disease, flood and fire on communities.  Read more Audio, Gallery

11:55 AM.Listener feedback for 28 May 2022. Audio

11:07 AM.UK journalist and author Nick Duerden has spent years interviewing the most famous musicians on the planet and believes, without exception, they are at their most interesting when they've peaked and… Read more Video, Audio

10:07 AM.If you thought there wasn't any more to say about crime in Baltimore after watching The Wire, think again. Justin Fenton was a crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun newspaper for 13 years and has… Read more Video, Audio

9:40 AM.As a child Rangi Te Kanawa was surrounded by weaving. Te Kanawa's formative experiences immersed in the world of harakeke are undoubtedly what led to her current work as a textile conservator and… Read more Audio, Gallery

8:45 AM.Dubbed "a doom scroll described as a play", Scenes from a Yellow Peril is the latest offering from Chinese-New Zealand playwright and performance poet Nathan Joe. Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Almost 50 years ago the US Supreme Court handed down the landmark Roe v Wade ruling securing a woman's legal right to obtain an abortion. IThe plaintiff at the centre of the case, known by the… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.The world is not just seeing high oil prices, it is at the beginning of a fully-fledged energy crisis, says Helen Thompson, a professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.From her regionalist-style painting in the 70s to her more recent collaboratively-made giant tapa, Dame Robin White is widely recognised as a key figure in contemporary New Zealand art, with a career… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:06 AM.A robot that can sample planktonic communities under the Antarctic ice shelf is the latest tool developed by Professor Craig Cary and his colleagues to help forecast the future impacts of climate… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:30 AM.Having moved to Joshua Tree after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, husband-and-wife duo Maryrose and Brian Crook are back on home soil for a string of shows with their swirling psychedelic-rock act… Read more Audio, Gallery