All episodes
Sunday, 6 August 2023
- 8:10 Jane Golley: China's economic headwinds, and what it means for us
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 6 August 2023
- 9:35 Calling Home: Chris Lewis and daughter Geneva in London
- 10:05 Bridget Tunnicliffe: Netball World Cup
- 10:10 Dr Rachel Nolan: The drug cartel mythos
- 10:40 Tony Thorne: What to make of the letter 'X'
- 11:05 Holly Morris: reaching the North Pole
- 11:05 Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic: In an AI world, what makes us human?
- 2:45 Neil Gemmell: Could the Loch Ness Monster be a giant eel?
Sunday, 30 July 2023
- 8:10 Ali Hill: The Nutrition Edition
- 8:30 Katherine Wu: Are you really eating too fast?
- 8:45 Lucy Scott: Puppies and sibling recognition
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 30 July 2023
- 9:30 Calling Home: Jack Boulton in the Orkney Islands, Scotland
- 10:10 Katie Steckles: Amazing maths in a maze
- 10:30 Mandy Hagstrom: Gender in the gym
- 10:45 Sarah McMullan: Should we stop going to movies to support the Hollywood strikers?
- 11:10 Walter Marsh: The beginning of the Murdoch Empire
Sunday, 23 July 2023
- 8:10 Tim Balme: Season 9 of The Brokenwood Mysteries
- 8:30 Dan Carter’s new book on leadership and purpose
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 23 July 2023
- 9:38 Calling Home: Aaron Hodges in Buenos Aires
- 10:08 Stephanie Dowrick: How to beat anxiety
- 10:35 Johnny Green’s 11,000-strong egg cup collection
- 11:10 Emery Schubert: Why earworm songs get stuck in our heads
- 11:25 Jean Twenge: Generations
Sunday, 16 July 2023
- 8:10 Emanuel Kalafatelis: New Zealanders feeling the pinch
- 8:20 Roxanne Prichard: When sleep eludes you
- 8:40 Professor Robin Dunbar: Conversation are better with four
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 16 July 2023
- 9:30 Calling Home: KJ Gilmour in Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland
- 10:30 Arthur Edwards: 45 Years as a Royal Photographer
- 10:50 Joanne Watson: Scone Etiquette
- 11:00 Sarah McMullan: We should watch films in the cinema
- 11:20 Simon Schama: A history of vaccination
- 11:32 Fay Clark: Do animals feel joy?
Sunday, 9 July 2023
- 8:10 Professor Barbara Sahakian: Reading for pleasure,
- 8:25 Dr Craig Rodger: What to expect from Solar Maximum
- 8:40 Daniel Hillier: What I’m listening to
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 9 July 2023
- 9:30 Calling Home: Meg Prendergast from all over Europe
- 10:10 Rosie Grant: Baking recipes from gravestone epitaphs
- 10:30 Dr. Alan Blackman: Can science do the ironing?
- 10:40 Dr Marc Wilson: Psychology
- 11:10 How to tackle your telephone hang-ups
- 11:30 Karen Kasler: Update from the USA
Sunday, 2 July 2023
- 8:10 Jack Watling: Putin after Prigozhin
- 8:30 Nigel Latta: The changing face of intergenerational wealth
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 2 July 2023
- 9:30 Avi Loeb: Underwater hunt for alien debris
- 10:06 Calling Home: Brendan Lynch in The Dolomites, Italy
- 10:30 Robert Pagliarini: Sudden Wealth Syndrome
- 10:50 Ashley Brown: Championing the cello
- 11:10 Martin Ford: The technology set to change our lives
- 11:37 William Fajzel: A day in the life of the world
- 11:37 William Fajzel: A day in the life of the world
Sunday, 25 June 2023
- 8:10 Coen Lammers: The largest inclusive event on the planet
- 8:13 Frank Gardner, BBC Security correspondent on Wagner group rebellion
- 8:20 Dr David Beresford: How to avoid insect bites
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 25 June 2023
- 9:30 Calling Home: Aivale Cole in London
- 10:10 Will coffee boost or bruise your garden?
- 10:15 Greg LeMond: The Last Rider
- 10:45 Jeffrey Halley: Have we reached peak globalism?
- 11:05 Troy Kingi: Aotearoa’s Other Islands
- 11:05 Jesse Gaynor: Is the wellness industry under the weather?
Sunday, 18 June 2023
- 8:12 Jack Watling: Ukraine Conflict update
- 8:30 Bob Stanley: Fathoming the Brothers Gibb
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 18 June 2023
- 9:43 Calling Home: Mimi Todhunter in Venice
- 11:05 Ray Algar: Top athletes live longer
- 11:25 Dr. Ali Hill: The Nutrition Edition
- 1:08 Watering plants myth debunked: 'If a plant needs water, water it'
- 4:22 Moby: Music, fame and loneliness
Sunday, 11 June 2023
- 8:10 Lucien Johnson: A creative life
- 8:30 Michael Hurst talks with Jim Mora
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 11 June 2023
- 9:35 Calling Home: Lucy Balfour in Doha
- 10:10 Chanelle Moriah: This is ADHD
- 10:30 Jacinta Parsons: How to love solitude
- 11:10 Susannah Stevens: What are the best times to exercise?
- 11:25 Georgina Griffiths: What to expect from El Nino
Sunday, 4 June 2023
- 8:10 Jackie Clarke: Divas and Legends
- 8:30 Michelle Gomez: Ticking off her New Zealand bucket list
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 4 June 2023
- 9:35 Jennifer Sutton: Visiting your heart in a museum
- 10:06 Zazie Todd: More cat chat
- 10:40 Venice Harris: My latest track
- 11:05 Andre Solo: Your sensitivity is your superpower.
- 11:30 Alan Gilmore: What's bugging Betelgeuse?
Sunday, 28 May 2023
- 8:10 Josh Gerstein: DeSantis and the race for Republican hearts
- 8:20 Kennedy Warne: Exploring humanity's relationship with the sea
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 28 May 2023
- 9:35 Calling Home: Ian Hickling in Barbados
- 10:10 Melody Thomas: The Good Sex Podcast
- 10:30 Scott Walker & Sir Richard Taylor: The creatures in The Tank
- 11:07 Faivaeselopepe Anric Sitanilei: Celebrating Samoan malofie in new documentary
- 11:25 Ashley Ward: Making sense of our senses
- 11:50 Clementine Valentine: My Latest Track
Sunday, 21 May 2023
- 8:10 Annie Crummer: 'Music is the drug I have a penchant for'
- 8:30 Calling Home: Tai Wynyard in Shanghai
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 21 May 2023
- 10:10 Why do seagulls eat from garbage bins? Interpreting bird behaviour with bird behaviouralist Dr Grainne Cleary
- 10:10 Christall Lowe: Kai and family
- 10:30 Clare Cock-Starkey: How much is a dollop?
- 11:10 Jarkko Okkonen: ‘Frost Quakes’ explained
- 11:25 Clive Fernandes: Kiwisaver Trends
- 11:45 Michael Vercoe: My current song
Sunday, 14 May 2023
- 8:20 Annabel Langbein and daughter Rose share a Mother’s Day Recipe
- 8:30 Laura Daniel: Should New Zealand be in Eurovision?
- 8:45 Suzanne Paul: What I’m listening to right now
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 14 May 2023
- 9:30 Calling Home: Flora Knight in Oklahoma
- 10:05 Molly Pihigia: Celebrating 30 years of Niuean art
- 11:05 Was Andy Warhol the original influencer?
- 11:30 Cliff Taylor: The Spanish Garden
- 5:30 Does book banning have the opposite effect?
Sunday, 7 May 2023
- 8:10 Rebecca English: The Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla
- 8:15 Christian Smith: In the crowds at the coronation
- 8:25 Cindy McCreery: A new monarch in a changing world
- 8:45 Vanda Pera: live from the Crown Inn
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 7 May 2023
- 9:45 Calling Home: Rhys Dunne in Edinburgh, Scotland
- 10:05 Leta McCollough Seletzky: The Kneeling Man
- 10:32 Chris Bourke: Searching for the classic NZ Album
- 10:38 Trade winds: how sail power could decarbonise global shipping
- 11:10 Gery Karantzas: Craving approval from abusive, selfish or narcissistic parents
- 11:30 Dr Katie Pickles: King Charles and New Zealand
- 11:50 Pipi Campbell: My latest track
Sunday, 30 April 2023
- 8:10 Dr Pete Watson: Fighting the Flu
- 8:35 Natalie Merchant: Keeping her courage
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 30 April 2023
- 9:40 Calling Home: Tony Everitt in Atami, Japan
- 10:10 Dr Yaniv Hanoch: The Science of Decision Making
- 10:20 Jane Ross: Finding Filmmaker Gaylene Preston’s Learning Fast
- 10:46 Morra Aarons-Mele: The Anxious Achiever
- 11:10 Sandra Russell: Finding your identity after cancer
- 11:30 Grant Duncan: Slowing the AI Juggernaut
- 4:00 Whanganui rainbow heritage building recognised
Sunday, 23 April 2023
- 8:05 Iconic Australian comedian Barry Humphries dies aged 89
- 8:10 Herb Farant: Remembering Le Quesnoy
- 8:20 Bianca Ranson: 'Show Your Heart for the Hauraki'
- 8:25 Sir Anthony Seldon: The Path of Peace
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 23 April 2023
- 9:40 Calling Home: Abby Christo from Sydney
- 10:10 Louisa Lim: The art of telling untold stories
- 10:30 Dr Susannah Stevens: How to stop hating exercise
- 11:10 Dr Joanne Drayton: Unravelling the Parker-Hulme case and what happened after
- 11:30 Professor Nicholas Humphrey: We feel, therefore we are
Sunday, 16 April 2023
- 8:10 Barbara Else: 'It’s been quite a ride'
- 8:45 Dr Paul Fairie: History repeating itself
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 16 April 2023
- 9:46 'We have to fly' - NZ leading the way to solve challenge of sustainable aviation
- 10:06 Sir Donald Runnicles: Raising the baton in New Zealand
- 10:39 Calling Home: Jono Rankine in Hong Kong
- 11:05 Tony Murrell: Autumn gardening questions answered
- 11:25 Eric Ngan: Sharing the world one sketch at a time
- 11:45 Julie Zhu: Conversations With My Immigrant Parents
Sunday, 9 April 2023
- 8:13 Luciane Buchanan: At the top of her game
- 8:38 Mark Reason: The Masters
- 9:35 Patrick Brammall: Colin from Accounts
- 10:19 Tom ter Bogt: Did music move us more in our teenage years?
- 10:35 Calling Home: Julian Kirwan in Amsterdam
- 11:06 Steven Rainey: 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement
- 11:35 Murder in The Pacific: BBC airs new Rainbow Warrior documentary
- 11:47 Mema Wilda: My Latest Track
- 4:00 Kate Breach: How NZ can benefit from the Artemis II moon mission
Sunday, 2 April 2023
- 8:10 Ross Calman: recognition for his work revitalising te reo Maori
- 8:30 Donald Kerr: the life and times of Ernie Webber
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 2 April 2023
- 9:30 Peter Gordon: reflections on returning home
- 10:45 Dave Clark: bringing tyrannosaurs to life in Aotearoa
- 11:10 Richard Benge: why everyone needs access to art
- 11:35 Clarkisha Kent: Fat Off, Fat On. A Big Bitch Manifesto
- 11:50 Bryony Matthews: new album and tour
- 2:10 Shaun Barnett: Planning your Easter tramping trip
- 5:25 Harlan Coben: Writing books and making TV a 'dream come true'
Sunday, 26 March 2023
- 8:12 Natarsha Ganley: Women calling the shots in top tier rugby
- 8:25 Arjan van der Boon: Wake up and smell the art
- 8:35 Dr Owen Jones: Memory and the mind
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 26 March 2023
- 9:30 Rachel Scott: Breadmaking for health and happiness
- 10:06 Calling Home: Alex Rothman in Tashkent
- 10:30 Chris Bourke: A history of 'chur'
- 11:05 The Ten Tenors: Cameron Barclay and Andrew Papas
- 11:20 Luke Buda: One Fine Day Festival, Whanganui
- 11:40 Nicky Long: Designing space for people who are deaf and hearing impaired
Sunday, 19 March 2023
- 8:11 Tenby Powell: Ambulances to Ukraine
- 8:28 Al Brown: New Zealand’s 'biggest-ever dinner party'
- 8:42 Dr Paddy Dempsey: 11 minutes of exercise
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 19 March 2023
- 9:39 Kayt Bronnimann: Calling home from Taiwan
- 10:08 Dougal Sutherland: Switching off From Work
- 10:38 Ray Jayawardhana: The Quest for Life Beyond Earth
- 11:06 Stuart & Trish McPherson: 50 Years on the Road
- 11:30 Emanuel Kalafatelis: Cost of Living Crisis
- 11:40 Simran Kaur: Success and Girls Who Invest
Sunday, 12 March 2023
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 12 March 2023
- 9:37 Calling Home: Jo Luping in Sabah, Malaysia
- 10:06 Better Sleep Habits
- 10:35 Finding 'a common faith': Sharon Corr on siblings, songs and stardom
- 11:05 Paul O'Neil: Fighting Fraud with Films
- 11:30 Lynda Moore: Love Your Money
- 3:00 Red, White and Brass: New Wellington Tongan film on screen
- 6:00 Don McLean: 50 years of shake ups, songs and change
Sunday, 5 March 2023
- 8:20 Lesley Paterson: A marathon, not a sprint
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 5 March 2023
- 9:36 Graham Gouldman: The art of a good song
- 10:06 Calling Home: Catherine Callaghan from London
- 10:30 The Proclaimers: Performing after Covid lockdowns like being released from prison
- 11:05 Delaney Davidson: A Local's guide to Lyttleton
- 11:30 Elfy Scott: Talking honestly about complex mental
- 2:00 'I've done it all' - Sir Rod Stewart on getting older and staying fit
- 3:50 Could video game skills help you get a job?
- 5:45 Lean on him: Aotearoa artists pay tribute to Bill Withers
Sunday, 26 February 2023
- 8:12 Norman Hermant: Russia, Putin and the war one year on
- 8:30 Professor Al Gillespie: Ukraine and the world one year on
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 26 February 2023
- 9:40 Calling Home: Catherine Costello in Lyon, France
- 10:06 John Miller: The Philosophy of Tattoos
- 10:40 Marc Wilson: Psychology hacks for tough times
- 11:06 Karen Kasler: US Correspondent
- 11:25 Fred Johansen: Student health and procrastination
- 11:38 Lynda Hallinan: Restoring a flood-damaged garden
Sunday, 19 February 2023
- 8:10 Gordon Parker: Developing a better understanding of burnout
- 8:30 Philip Oldfield: Saudi Arabia's 'The Line' megacity
- 9:08 Mediawatch - before and after Gabrielle
- 9:40 Calling Home: Sarah Codd from Montana
- 10:06 Gin Wigmore on life, music, dogs and therapy
- 10:35 Teens' real-life social support can't beat the net
- 10:45 Dr Ali Hill: Nutrition Edition
- 11:06 Sting brings his 'My Songs' show to New Zealand
- 11:15 Dr Rosie Gibson: Sleeping Pills and Dementia
- 11:30 Breanna Morris: Drive for Success
- 11:45 Professor Ronald Postuma: Dreams and Parkinson's
