Summer Times Podcast Options

11:05 AM.As a wannabe musician from way back, National's shadow leader of the house Simon Bridges knows what makes a road trip great. "I suppose I sound like a walking cliche, but it is the people, isn't it?"

10:45 AM.Professor Richard Easther is our intergalatic tour guide for our travel around the universe. Audio

10:10 AM.If you're looking for a book that has a home grown feel to it, you may well enjoy the latest offering from Catherine Robertson. Her new book, Gabriel's Bay, is based on a fictional New Zealand small… Read more Audio

9:17 AM.This year in November marks 100 years since the country's most deadly pandemic claimed 9000 lives. To mark the centenery and raise awareness about the worst publice health disaster in New Zealand's… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.In a full page ad in the Washington Post, Lorde was labelled a "bigot" by rabbi Shmuley Boteach's organisation This World The Values Network. Megan spoke to Professor Robert Ayson from Victoria… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Choosing music for a road trip is a lot like politics, says Transport Minister Phil Twyford – "you've got to take people with you, right?" Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Each week Wellington vet Kate Robinson will talk Summer Times about keeping your animal family members safe and out of harms way in the summer heat. Audio

10:10 AM.Caravans have enjoyed a renaissance in recent years with many choosing to go back to the older styles to tow around the country. Marilyn and Don Jessen have been caravan enthusiasts for 43 years, with… Read more Audio

9:14 AM.Two leading legals minds have come together to put together a ground-breaking analysis of New Zealand's constitution. Janet McLean and Dame Alison Quentin-Baxter have written this book which explains… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Bafta and Golden Globe-winning actor Bill Nighy was in New Zealand in 2017 to promote 'Their Finest' - a film about a British film crew's attempts to boost morale during WWII by making a propaganda… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Roxanne Gay is a writer, educator, cultural critic and a self confessed "bad feminist". Her memoir, called Hunger, came out in New Zealand in June last year. Kathryn Ryan spoke to her ahead of her… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Bron Thomson is the founder and CEO of Wellington based tech company Springload. She began as a sole contractor when she left university and has now built up to be one of the country's leading digital… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Science educator Michelle 'Nanogirl' Dickinson has just released The Kitchen Science Cookbook. She talks us through the process of turning simple cream into butter or instant ice cream. Read more Audio

10:28 AM.Motorcycling enthusiast and writer George Lockyer's book The Long and Winding Aotearoa could be the ideal read if you are not getting away from home this summer. He's travelled the length of New… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Andrea Thompson and Nick Sceats have had a close look at what a successful leader looks like in New Zealand. They have gone beyond the sporting stereo types to look at who are the best leaders in the… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Afternoons host Jesse Mulligan spoke to Dion Leonard in June this year about his heartwarming tale of adopting a stray dog while completing an ultra marathon in the Gobi Desert. Running the marathon… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Joan Withers is a New Zealand businessperson and professional director.She is deputy chair on the board of TVNZ and is the Chairwoman of Mercury Energy, and a member of the NZ Government's Treasury… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Megan talks to fellow Whovian - that's what Dr Who fans are known as - screenwriter Nick Ward, who wrote the movie Stickmen and also the TV series' Brokenwood and Outrageous Fortune. Nick has watched… Read more Audio