Summer Times Podcast Options

10:06 AM.Andy Miller reads dead people. He reads books written by authors who have  slipped away or slipped off the radar or both.

Then he talks about them  with co-host John Mitchinson on a hugely popular… Read more Audio

9:36 AM.We go to Vienna - to an era - around 1800 - which is commonly considered 'Beethoven's Vienna' At that time women weren't really allowed to play music in public - and it was expensive to go to a… Read more Audio

9:28 AM.Councils have been downplaying the powers they have in enforcing healthy homes Renter advocacy group Renters United has found that across 68 councils only 14 repair orders have been issued by council… Read more Audio

9:18 AM.There are calls for legislation to be put in place to protect how the data collected by the Covid tracer app is used. Dr Andrew Chen from Auckland University has written to Health Minister Chris… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.A new coronavirus lockdown announced by the British government is expected to last until at least mid-February. We cross to the UK to speak to New Zealander, Michael Oliver, who has lived in London… Read more Audio

11:42 AM.One of Wellington's favourite live bands, is back! OdESSA frontman Matthew Pender joins Jesse Mulligan for a chat. Read more Audio

11:10 AM.This summer we're talking to some of RNZ's favourite hosts and contributors about their favourite books, songs, podcasts and more. Today, it's NZ Herald senior writer, Simon Wilson, who often joins us… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.The story of Lauren Keenan's life wasn't going according to script in the winter of 2017. The Wellington writer's marriage had broken down, loneliness soared while her confidence plummeted. . She took… Read more Audio

9:36 AM.Emma Bass is a photographer who creates beauty to help lighten the darker aspects of life She takes flowers that are imperfect - and turns them into big, colourful works of art During lockdown she… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.You all would have seen it - the poster detailing the fish of New Zealand's waters in every fish and chip shop in the country.  Read more Audio

9:19 AM.Conor Twyford has shepherded Wgtn Sexual Abuse Help through some tough times in the past few years and surprised many when she stepped down from the chief executive's role after lockdown to go to NZEI… Read more Audio

9:11 AM.Now to a question a lot of New Zealanders may be asking themselves, just where is it safe to swim this summer?

This comes as the Auckland Council's Safeswim website showed a 'high risk' of illness… Read more Audio

11:53 AM.David Bridger bought a piece of land in Westport 30 years ago with an old abbatoir that used to provide for the local townships. It closed down in the 1940s, and the remains of the old slaughterhose… Read more Audio

11:42 AM.One of the world's biggest insects is now back in Northland tree tops after more than 180 years. More than 120 wetapunga - the biggest of New Zealand's 11 species of giant weta - were released earlier… Read more Audio

11:00 AM.The University of Auckland's director of the Master of Creative Writing, associate professor Paula Morris chats about her favourite books, a much-loved K-Pop group, K-dramas on Netflix and Sonya… Read more Audio

10:12 AM.Those coins jangling in your pocket or the numbers on the ATM screen are part of the greatest fiction ever created. That's how Jacob Goldstein thinks of money. It's only worth something only because… Read more Audio

9:42 AM.David McGowan never imagined he would enjoy waking up at 5.30 on a weekday before going to a full time challenging job, but a friend persuded him to meet at 6:15am for a dip on Wellington's Freyberg… Read more Audio

9:34 AM.Forty years ago, David Dwight's dad set up a company in Upper Hutt north of Wellington called Dwight's Canvas. They sold big canvas tents and Kiwis loved them. Now they're called Dwights Outdoors and… Read more Audio

9:13 AM.Stocism is a school of philosophy that came about in ancient Greece. But thousands of years later - it can still be used to help us manage disappointment, and misfortune. William Irvine is a… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Now to a young entreprenuer who's doing more than his part in the battle to reduce waste. Jayden Klinac is the founder and chief executive of For The Better Good - a bottled water company that… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.In the United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson is warning of stricter restrictions in parts of the country as it struggles to curb rising Covid infections. The UK has recorded nearly 55 thousand… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The new variant is said to be more contagious, but the Ministry of Health says there's no evidence yet that it makes people sicker, or sick for longer. It's also been announced that people heading to… Read more Audio