Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:35 AM.Sydney-based New Zealander Dr Matt Baker returns for a chat about some of the latest science news.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.After getting a hysterectomy in her early 40s, poet and writer Sarah Jane Barnett was prompted to examine what "being a woman" really means.  Read more Audio

10:05 AM.New film The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is the first Australian feature with an Indigenous woman writing, directing and performing the lead role. Read more Video, Audio

9:40 AM.The race is on to save a largely unknown Whanganui garden with a rich history. Read more Audio, Gallery

9:05 AM.Russian-American journalist and author Masha Gessen has an unparalleled understanding of the forces that have wracked Russia in recent years. Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Peace might be on the horizon for the East African nation of Ethiopia after 19 months of civil war, which has seen thousands killed and millions needing humanitarian aid. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The US Supreme Court has revoked the constitutional right to an abortion that has been in place for half a century. Read more Audio

11:55 AM.Listener feedback for 18 June 2022. Audio

11:07 AM.Rangi Matamua has been helping people rediscover the connection that we all have to the cosmos, leading to what has been a dream for him: New Zealand celebrating Matariki as a public holiday, Friday… Read more Video, Audio

10:35 AM.Rena Owen has played everyone from Beth Heke in Once Were Warriors to Nee Alavar in Star Wars, but the actress says playing Dame Whina Cooper was one of the most challenging roles of her 30-plus year… Read more Video, Audio

10:05 AM. In her new book The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Saved the World, evolutionary biologist Nichola Rahani writes that being 'cooperative breeders' is how humans have survived. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Local bluegrass band T-Bone is releasing their debut album Good 'n Greasy this week, which will be followed by a jaunt around the North Island kicking off at the end of the month. Gerry Paul… Read more Video, Audio

9:05 AM.American writer Mary Gaitskill traverses a lot of ground in her new collection of provocative essays, Oppositions. Compelling and oddly cohesive, the essays see Gaitskill put her sharp writing style… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.By sharing his passion for the wisdom of ancient Greek philosophers, maverick headmaster Kevin McArevey has made a profound difference to the pupils at Holy Cross Boys Primary School in North… Read more Video, Audio

8:10 AM.The phrase 'Pacific family' seems to be gathering steam of late. Earlier this week, visiting Australian foreign minister Penny Wong said Pacific security should be provided by the Pacific family, in… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.In 2016, Auckland-based journalist Hazel Phillips found herself disillusioned with life in the big smoke. She packed up her all her belongings, except for a tramping pack, boots, and ski gear and… Read more Audio

11:55 AM.Listener Feedback for 11 June. Audio

11:42 AM.Set in a fictional country and told in a made-up language, new film Nude Tuesday follows a couple who head to new-age retreat Wøndeulä (pronounced Vue-de-la) as a last ditch effort to rekindle their… Read more Video, Audio

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