Kathryn Ryan

Film and TV reviewer James Croot is along to talk about the latest James Bond film, Summer of Soul, Spice Girls: How girl power saved the world and The Alpinist. Audio

Neuroplasticity educator and parenting expert, Nathan Wallis talks to Kathryn about Covid lockdowns and getting children back to a normal routine and dealing with the anxiety of going back to school… Audio

Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about Facebook's bad week. It was out for six hours on Tuesday, then there was the damaging evidence from former Facebook product manager… Audio

Chris Tse reviews AUP New Poets 8 by Lily Holloway, Tru Paraha and Modi Deng, published by Auckland University Press. Audio

Mark van Leewarden tells Kathryn his fascinating and sometimes unsettling true life story about the realities of a secret life in New Zealand's criminal underworld of the late 1970s, and of going on… Audio

The discovery of a compound that kick-starts tissue regeneration could have a big impact on healing horses and humans alike. Christchurch chemical biologist Rudi Marquez hopes the new wound gel he and… Audio

New legislation which would require accessibility barriers to be removed could be on the way, if an accessibility advocacy group has its way. Accessibility legislation is increasingly appearing in… Audio

This week, Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles tells us about a new study about the safety of the COVID mRNA vaccines and takes listener questions on Covid. Audio

Kathryn talks with Massey University migration expert Paul Spoonley about how international mobility will be managed once New Zealand's borders reopen in the New Year. He says there are some big, as… Audio

Musicologist Kirsten Zemke looks at some of the most memorable TV theme songs over the years. What is the role of theme song, what gives them "life" long after the show has aired? Video, Audio

Stella Chrysostomou of Volume Books in Nelson reviews The Employees: A workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn, published by Lolli Editions Audio

Professor of Social Architecture at the University of California, Galen Cranz hasn't had conventional chairs in her house for some 20 years, out of concern for how damaging they are to our health. She… Audio

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche looks at some of the challenges ahead for newly-minted NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet, Victoria hits a record-high 1,763 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and… Audio

NIWA and the Department of Conservation have teamed up to create detailed weather forecasts of the country's National Parks, huts and most popular trails. Anyone who's been out in the bush knows how… Audio

The lockdown following the outbreak of Delta triggered an immediate drop in demand for credit .. but demand is recovering, particularly in parts of the country in Alert level 2. The latest Centrix… Audio

A Canterbury-based EV technology which short-circuits the peak 6 o'clock charging surge has just received a funding boost. Christchurch startup Evnex is bridging the gap between the electric car owner… Audio

Andrew talks to Kathryn about the many and varied examples of data journalism. Currently the Pandora papers has 650+ journalists around the world sifting through nearly 12 million documents to… Audio

Which food matches your personality? What city should you really live in? Which Disney princess are you? Questions like these are often packaged into quizzes on social media - but the information… Audio

Pattrick talks to Kathryn about who is behind the would-be third supermarket chain, Northelia, which says it wants to take on Woolworths and Foodstuffs? And a look at the last time anyone had a go at… Audio