Saturday Morning Podcast Options

9:08 AM.Arthur Taylor is one of the country's most notorious criminals and has a new memoir. In an interview with Kim Hill, he's asked whether he's truly repentant for his past.  Read more Audio

8:36 AM.James Courage is a major mid-century New Zealand literary figure but he has been largely overlooked compared to contemporaries such as Frank Sargeson and Charles Brasch. Chris Brickell wants to set… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Vanessa Andreotti is a working alongside a collection of Amazonian tribes as indigenous land rights are looking likely to be removed in an unprecedented move by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. Read more Audio

11:55 AM.Emails and texts from listeners to the Saturday Morning show. Audio

11:35 AM.Chris Mosier was the first transgender athlete to represent the United States in international competition, after earning a spot on Team USA's sprint duathlon men's team in the 2016 World… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.He's a familiar face on our television screens as one of the judges for popular cooking show MasterChef Australia, but the path to success has been a rocky one for Jock Zonfrillo. Read more Audio

10:30 AM.For most of her professional life Dianne Ludwig worked in the corporate world, but when she retired she decided to start a small hobby business selling vintage clothing online under the moniker… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Dunedin-based quantum physicist Professor David Hutchinson believes New Zealand can lead the world in what is considered to be the next computer revolution, photonics. Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Ben Rhodes was a speechwriter, national security adviser, and right-hand man to US President Barack Obama for eight years. Following his time in the White House, Rhodes wrote an insider account… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.On Friday night artist Brett Graham (Ngati Koroki Kahukura, Tainui) received an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award.  Graham is one of New Zealand's most celebrated sculptors and artists… Read more Audio, Gallery

8:10 AM.Our regular commentator, Cambridge University consultant clinical virologist Dr Chris Smith joins us with the latest Covid-19 science, and to answer your questions.  Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Kim reads out listener feedback on the show. Audio

11:40 AM.While the world has its eyes on the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Alaskan community of Fairbanks has played host to its own long-standing sporting event, the World Eskimo-Indian Olympic Games. Read more Video, Audio

11:05 AM.Barber Mataio (Matt) Faafetai Malietoa Brown offers men not just a haircut, but a safe space to talk without judgement. In his book She is Not Your Rehab, co-authored with his wife Sarah, he shares… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.After 50 years in the business Joan Armatrading is still making music that pushes the envelope. At age 70 she says she's still trying to write that "definitive song" - the song that will make her put… Read more Video, Audio

9:30 AM.James Ashcroft's debut feature film Coming Home In The Dark hasn't even hit New Zealand cinemas yet, but the director has already been shoulder-tapped for at least one big budget Hollywood flick. Read more Video, Audio

9:05 AM.Laura Raicovich believes the museum has never been a neutral space. As director of the Queens Museum during the Trump administration she was credited with helping turn the New York institution into a… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Author, plant lover and former BBC documentary maker Jonathan Drori joins the show for a chat about some of the latest botanical news. This week, Drori discusses a ragwort-filled garden and the fact… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Ransomware attacks are not a new phenomenon, but they have increased exponentially since the beginning of the pandemic. Bryce Webster-Jacobsen is the Director of Intelligence for Virginia-based… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.When David Mitchell's son was diagnosed with autism at three years old, the British author and his wife Keiko Yoshida felt lost, unsure of what was happening inside their son's head. In an effort to… Read more Audio

11:59 AM.Kim Hill reads and responds to listener feedback for 24 July 2021. Audio

11:35 AM.Wellington writer John Summers delves into old-school New Zealandness in his new essay collection The Commercial Hotel. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.The inability to visualise mental images - a condition called aphantasia - affects around 2-5 percent of the population, but very little is known about it. Aphantasia comes in different shapes and… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.A leading jewellery artist known for his subversive punk approach to valuable materials, Karl Fritsch exhibits as much in Europe and the United States as he does New Zealand - but the pandemic has… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:10 AM.The relationship between mothers and daughters has been a central theme of much of the work by Asian-American writer Amy Tan. The best-selling author, whose books include The Joy Luck Club, The… Read more Audio