Emile Donovan

When Bob Innes bought the web domain 'Hire A Hitman' for his IT support business in 2005, he didn't expect emails from people looking to murder their friends and family. Audio

Nights' new host and resident ex-cathedral chorister Emile Donovan pops in to play a few of his favourite carols - real Christmas music - from over the years. Audio

Burt Reynolds was Hollywood's biggest box-office star from 1978 to 1982, following his starring role in Smokey and the… Audio

In this introduction interview, Kim Hill talks with Emile Donovan about the collection and good interviewing. Audio

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Lei'ataua about some skids and u-turns in transport reporting, a growing glut of daily news podcasts - and a new online outlet for… Audio

Natural disasters, economic turmoil, and injustices in the justice system - The Detail recaps the big stories from this year. Audio

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… Audio

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… Audio

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… Audio

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… Audio

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… Audio

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… Audio

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… Audio

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… Audio

The Detail will be back in action from Monday, September 13 Audio

The Detail will be switching to written explainers while our Auckland-based team is locked down in Level 4. Catch us on RNZ and Newsroom's websites.  Audio