Chris Laidlaw
Matthew Jockers - Austen and Eve
Matthew Jockers created Godot, a computer programme that has analysed themes, styles and grammar of 3500 novels published between 1780 and 1900 and found that Jane Austen was the 'Eve' of 19th Century… Audio
Rupert Howes - Environmental Credentials
Over the last three years the Marine Stewardship Council has been working with fishing industry companies in New Zealand to certify three major fisheries - hoki, tuna and whiting - and Rupert Howes… Audio
Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Today, Japan and China both lay claim to the supposedly oil-rich Sekaku Islands, and tensions are ratcheted up between the two Asian heavyweights. Wayne looks at the background to the dispute and its… Audio
Seyed Majid Tafreshi Khameneh - Iran's Foreign Policy
As Iran celebrates 33 years since the Islamic revolution, that country's ambassador to New Zealand, Seyed Majid Tafreshi Khameneh, talks to Chris about international hostility towards Iran, progress… Audio
Ideas for 10 February 2013 - The Right to Roam
Ideas talks to Marion Shoard, author of This Land is Your Land and The Right to Roam, about public access to land and waterways in Britain and Scandinavia; Mark Neeson of the Walking Access… Audio
Jacqueline Rowarth - Chemical Controversy
Jacqueline Rowarth is Professor of Agribusiness at the University of Waikato. She says the controversy over the use of the chemical DCD in the dairy industry has been overblown and could have been… Audio
Dan Nocera - Fuelling the Planet
Dan Nocera is the Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy in Harvard's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. He is due in New Zealand next week for the MacDiarmid Institute's biennial… Audio
Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
The issue of gun control in the United States following the Sandy Hook school shootings. Audio
Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Wayne Brittenden has been Radio New Zealand's correspondent in several capital cities over the years. Each week he gives fresh insights into a wide variety of topics of national and international… Audio
Albert Wendt - Leading Literature
The Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement were announced this week and Samoa-born Albert Wendt won the $60,000 prize for fiction, recognising the seminal and lasting contribution he has… Audio
Liam McIlvanney - And Be a Nation Again
Sunday Morning marks St Andrews Day on November 30 with Professor McIlvanney, who holds the Stuart Chair in Scottish Studies at the University of Otago. Liam's keen for Scots to vote for independence… Audio
Sarah Miles - Fiasco in Christchurch
Before the earthquakes, Sarah Miles ran a psychotherapy practice in Christchurch. During the recovery phase she was astounded to find that when it comes to issues of real importance to the citizens -… Audio
Counterpoint for 25 November 2012 - Iran
This week, Counterpoint looks at the gaps in public knowledge of Iran's history, and the political expediency with which that history may have been presented to the West. Audio
New Flags Flying - the colonisers
This week, in the final installation of New Flags Flying for the year, Ian Johnstone, Michael Powles and Chris laidlaw look at the Pacific from the perspective of the former colonisers, taking a look… Audio
Ideas for 25 November 2012
Democracy beyond the ballot box. New technology and its role in the provision of people's say. Audio
Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Wayne looks at an extraordinary citizens' case against certain provisions in the US National Defense Authorization Act. A law suit by a group of academics, journalists and activists resulted in a New… Audio
Adrian Macey - Dealing with Climate Change
Adrian and Chris take a big picture look at the way the international community has dealt with climate change since the 1980s and where it's headed now. Audio
Ideas for 23 September 2012
Ideas explores the place of children in a democracy with: Jessica Palairet - a member of the Commissioner of Children's Young People's Reference Group; Caleb O'Fee - the president of Feilding High… Audio