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Interviews from RNZ in 2020 that will put a smile on your face

Sometimes, an interview sparks joy. Here are a few of our favourites from 2020 on RNZ National.

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01

Hollywood screenwriter Gary Whitta, who co-wrote the Star Wars standalone movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story answers listener’s questions

Star Wars fan and Hollywood Screenwriter Gary Whitta says every generation has a different Star Wars trilogy. So when he was asked to write Rogue One he felt enormous pressure to do the series justice.

20 Apr
02

I love the fact that if you say to a Kiwi ‘can you play the piano?’, he might say ‘no but I’ll give it a go.’

Renowned British broadcaster Noel Edmonds has now made New Zealand his home. On Bookmarks with Jesse Mulligan he shares some of his favourite books, movies and music and talks about a community project he's set up here in Aotearoa.

03 Jun
03

Your project oughta have a reason to live.

If watching beloved sitcoms like The Office, Parks and Recreation or The Good Place has helped you pass the time in level 4 lock down, you can thank TV creator, writer and director Michael Schur. We talk to Michael Schur about philosophy as comedy and humour in the era of Covid-19.

28 Apr
04

Everything you need to know about butterflies

Butterflies are not only beautiful and remarkably diverse, they're also an integral part of the ecosystem, says Dr Leilani Walker from the Auckland Museum. Variety between butterflies is huge as they've had 120 million years of evolution and adaptation to many different environments around the world, Walker says.

31 Aug
05

Surf's up from Ahipara to Riverton

Avid board-rider and photographer Derek Morrison's book Surf Dreams takes us through the country's popular and most remote surfing communities with tales of the personalities who ride the waves.

03 Nov
06

The Earth Harp: William Close

Kathryn Ryan meets William Close, the inventor of the musical and engineering wonder The Earth Harp.

It's an instrument with a sound that is part string part environment, with strings that can be over 300 metres long, the length of 6 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

30 Mar
07

Coral Trimmer - the nonagenarian harmonica player from the Kapiti Coast

Coral Trimmer started playing the harmonica 85 years ago. The 90-year-old has played music in bordellos in London, to soldiers in the Middle East. Coral joins Kathryn Ryan to tell her about growing up alongside her brother, ballet dancer Sir Jon Trimmer, her love affair with a war heroine, and decades of playing music around the world.

13 Aug
08

The story of the New Yorker cartoonist James Stevenson

Kiwi filmmaker Sally Williams celebrates the stellar 67-year long career of the remarkable New Yorker cartoonist James Stevenson in the biopic, Stevenson: Lost and Found. Williams creates an unexpectedly moving portrait that unearths the life, struggles and humour of an artist and his truly dazzling volume of work.

17 Jun
09

Bookmarks with Chef Martin Bosley

In 2014, top chef Martin Bosley called the liquidators in on his fine dining seafood restaurant at Port Nicholson Yacht Club on the Wellington waterfront and set about reinventing himself. He's takes some time out to chat to Jesse Mulligan about the movies, books, songs and podcasts he loves.

18 Mar
10

It was a good heart attack, the doctor said 'you’re very good at those Jason'.

Jason Gunn has been on the airwaves for more than 30 years and is best known for hosting hit TV programmes like McDonalds Young Entertainers.

He joined Jesse Mulligan to talk about the event that would shift his perspective on life, the rewards of storytelling and treated listeners to a few impressions.

04 Mar

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