The world of the arts gave us some fascinating interviews last year, from poetry to comedy, opera and even paternal porn podcasting.
Shayne Carter on his memoir Dead People I Have Known
Dunedin music icon Shayne Carter talks to Kim Hill about life, music and his newfound love of writing.
Photo: Esta de Jong
Fleur Adcock on her life in poetry
New Zealand poet Fleur Adcock talks to Kim Hill about her work and reads some of her favourite poems from her Collected Poems.
Photo: Jemimah Kuhfeld
How Jenji Kohan runs a TV show
Screenwriter and TV producer Jenji Kohan (Orange Is the New Black) talks to Kim Hill.
Photo: Jenji Kohan
Tim Minchin: 'Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty'
Musical theatre star Tim Minchin talks to Jim Mora about taking back his art from the big studios and being on the stage by himself to sing and entertain.
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Vanessa Crofskey declares war on art jargon
Instead of helping people connect with art, the language that's used to describe it often shames and alienates them, says Auckland writer and artist Vanessa Crofskey.
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Billy Connolly: 'The thing is to just carry on'
The anarchic 76-year-old Scottish comedian, writer, producer – and now artist – speaks to Kim Hill from Florida.
Photo: supplied / credit Jaimie Gramston © John Murray.
John Rhys-Davies on Gimli, Brexit and rural hell
British screen and stage actor John Rhys-Davies talks to Kathryn Ryan.
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Jamie Morton: My Dad Wrote a Porno
After Jamie Morton discovered his father had written explicit and terribly bad erotic fiction under a nom-de-plume, he enlisted some friends to create a podcast about it.
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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: encouraging the next generation
Having drawn the curtain on her glittering career in 2017, Dame Kiri joins Jim Mora in the studio to discuss her incredible life.
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Kāpiti violinist an unsuspecting viral star
Busker Richard Taylor (23) became an internet hit after performing Bach outside a shopping centre in Paraparaumu.
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