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Dr Roderick Mulgan: The science behind a healthy and long life
10:05 AM.Dr Roderick Mulgan has been a medical professional for more than 30 years and believes the quality of our health particularly as we age is down to the lifestyle, with an emphasis on diet. He talks to… Read more Audio
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Lindesay Brothers: Running the Great Wall
9:30 AM.More than 3000 kilometres, 131 days, two brothers and one epic journey along the Great Wall of China. They've been literally following in their father's footsteps - William Lindesay who made the same… Read more Audio
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Could ketamine be the key to treating alcoholism?
9:05 AM.Later this year, hundreds of Brits with severe alcohol problems will participate in the trial of an addiction therapy model "assisted" by ketamine. When combined with talk therapy, ketamine - a… Read more Video, Audio
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How to get the best out of your money in 2023
8:35 AM.It's a new year - which means, many of us have set new resolutions or perhaps money goals. Perlina talks to Hannah McQueen is a financial adviser, chartered accountant and founder of personal finance… Read more Audio
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Harry Ricketts: The Life and Influence of Fay Weldon
8:20 AM.Novelist and screen writer Fay Weldon died this week She had a 55-year long writing career, and is perhaps most know for her novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil She was shortlisted for the Booker… Read more Audio
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Jo Morris - the TikTok writing coach
8:12 AM.Jo Morris, also known as Jo the Write Coach has almost 14,000 followers on TikTok and some of her short videos offering tips on everything from grammar to writing tips have garnered hundreds of… Read more Audio
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Who Lived There: Riccarton House
10:43 AM.We're going on a journey into Aotearoa's past now! We're continuing our series 'Who Lived There' this morning, it's based on a book of the same name which came out last year. Jane King took the… Read more Audio
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Emma Vickers: filling the big tent
10:35 AM.If we say cabaret what does that mean to you? A musical about the growing power of the Nazi Party in the Weimar Republic? It's also a thriving art form with a strong presence in Aotearoa. Emma Vickers… Read more Audio
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The Medieval secret to a good sleep
10:07 AM.How do you sleep? We getting told we need "full 8 hours", but where does that phrase come from? We're constantly being given advice on how to sleep, apps are geared to "unwind" our minds, you can buy… Read more Audio
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90 years of backcountry exploring
9:39 AM.2021 marked the 90th anniversary of FMC, or the Federated Mountain Clubs. As an organisation it predates the Great Walks, but they've made a lot of huge wanders themselves. To tell us more about the… Read more Audio
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Caledonian Noir with Liam McIlvaney
9:08 AM.Liam McIlvanney is one of the most distinguished British crime fiction writers around these days. He also happens to be a Scotsman who lives in Dunedin.After his first novel, All the Colours of the… Read more Audio
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Karam Shaar: Syria in the public eye
8:43 AM.Dr Karam Shaar is an economist, a consultant on Syria and the middle east, a policy adviser and a lecturer on middle eastern politics. He lives in Karori in Wellington, a long way from where he grew… Read more Audio
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What works when tackling misinformation - report
8:15 AM.Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2021 was vaccine, but it could just as easily have been 'misinformation'. This nebulous thing has been front and centre since the dawn of the pandemic; most… Read more Audio
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The Eady family: Shop to School
11:40 AM.In 1928 Lewis Eady started the first purpose built music store in Queen St, selling sheet music and pianos, and the rest really was history. It was the beginning of a musical dynasty in Auckland which… Read more Audio
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Who Lived There: Brain Watkins House
11:22 AM.We're going on a journey into Aotearoa's past now! We're continuing our series 'Who Lived There' this morning, it's based on a book of the same name which came out last year. Jane King took the… Read more Audio
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Modern binge watching's debt to Shakespeare
11:07 AM.Now quick pop quiz. Who said this - Logan Roy from Succession or King Lear? "Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!" Well yes, it's King Lear. But they were both played by the same actor… Read more Audio
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Lady and the Tramp: Routeburn
10:32 AM.Over the summer months we've been taking a few trips around the country with the former Prime Minister, head of the UN's development programme, and tramping enthusiast Helen Clark, who after many… Read more Audio
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Can you pick the All Black?!?
10:06 AM.There's a pub closing down in County Cork in Ireland and a very special photo has turned up in the process. It appears to be of an All Black visit to the pub in the 1970s. Do you know who is in this… Read more Audio
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Performing on the fringe
9:47 AM.It's been a pretty tough time for the performing arts industry over the last two years, but the show must, Covid-19 settings allowing, go on. Actor, singer, performer and director Vanessa Stacey is… Read more Audio
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Tom Pepinsky: what language do we think in?
9:09 AM.Does the language we speak affect the way we think? The way we act, the way we behave? Can it explain variations in subsets of people? This might seem like an odd question, but it's one with… Read more Audio
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Did getting a mortgage just get even harder?
8:46 AM.Changes to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA) regulations came into effect in December and the headlines this month have been dominated by anecdotal stories of issues they have… Read more Audio
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Tense border situation in Ukraine
8:14 AM.Tensions have been rising in Ukraine over the last few weeks, and international discussions have been escalating as a result. Russia has gathered 100,000 troops near the Ukranian border but the… Read more Audio
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Dr Aleisha Ward: The birth of recorded jazz
11:20 AM.Every year a list comes out. It's a special list of recordings and books which have entered the public domain and are no longer covered by copyright! This year a raft of cultural products from 1921… Read more Audio
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Grant to help understand if spiders can count
11:10 AM.Dr Fiona Cross loves spiders. She loves their webs, the mini eyes, their mini legs. She is an arachnologist, that is, as the name might suggest, one who studies spiders. Although as she told Emile… Read more Audio
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Henry Mance: How to Love Animals
10:06 AM.Most people, were you to ask them, would say they love animals. Yet it's also statistically likely those same people, and I include myself in this, also eat the flesh of animals, wear their skin… Read more Audio