Kim Hill
Stacy Schiff: witches
American historian who won the Pulitzer Prize for her 1999 book Vera (Mrs Vladimir Nabokov), and her books on Saint-Exupéry, Cleopatra, and Benjamin Franklin have all been widely acclaimed. Her new… Audio
Edmund de Waal: the power of porcelain
The porcelain creations of Edmund de Waal are exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. His 2010 memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance, was an international award-winning… Audio
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Listener Feedback to Saturday 7 November 2015
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 7 November. Audio
Kate's Klassic: Pamela
Kate Camp discusses Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, the 1740 novel by Samuel Richardson. Audio
Mark Post: growing meat
Chair of Physiology and Vice Dean of Biomedical Technology at Maastricht University, who has been team leader of the university's Cultured Beef programme since 2013. Audio
Bruce Gladwin: audiences and disability
Artistic director of Back to Back Theatre, an Australian company driven by an ensemble of actors perceived to have intellectual disabilities. Its award-winning shows have toured to over 70 cities in… Audio
Joseph Herscher: creative contraptions
Kinetic artist and creator of new NZ On Air-funded comedy-science series, Jiwi's Machines. Audio
Erin Cassie: Erewhon and Clydesdales
Lease holder with her partner Colin Drummond of mid-Canterbury high-country station Erewhon, where much of the farming is done using Clydesdale working horses. Their story is told by writer Yvonne… Audio
Jamie Bartlett: the dark net goes mainstream
Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos, a leading UK think tank, who is involved in projects on crypto-currencies, surveillance methods and the use of social media by ISIS… Audio
Edmund de Waal: the allure of porcelain
Ceramic artist whose work is exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. His 2010 memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes, was an international award-winning best-seller, and his new book, The White… Audio
Listener Feedback to Saturday Morning 31 October 2015
Kim Hill reads messages to the Saturday Morning programme of 31 October. Radio New Zealand vs RNZ is the chief topic among listeners. Audio
Bronwyn Labrum: 1950s and 60s New Zealand
Associate professor in the School of Design at Massey University, and former Curator of History and Textiles at Te Papa. Her new book is a history told through objects and images, Real Modern… Audio
Playing Favourites with Craig Smith
Queenstown-based musician and author whose song, The Wonky Donkey, was turned into a book with CD in 2009, and was a bestseller in New Zealand, and around the world. Over the last eight years, he has… Audio
Michael Halpern: science and politics
Manager of strategy and innovation for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, who wrote recently for the Guardian about how science became a dominant issue in the… Audio
Piv Bernth: Danish TV
Head of Drama at Denmark's public broadcaster DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation). She was the creative force behind groundbreaking Scandinavian noir series The Killing, executive produced subsequent… Audio
Geoff Colvin: humans vs machines
Senior editor at large for Fortune magazine whose new book is Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will. Audio
Listener Feedback to Saturday Morning 24 October 2015
Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 24 October 2015. Audio
Chris Longhurst: theological aesthetics
Operatore didattico at the Vatican Museums in Rome, who leads tours, lectures, and conducts seminars on theological aesthetics or the interdisciplinary study of religion and art. Audio
Ramin Bahrani: mortgages and morality
American-Iranian director and screenwriter whose new feature film, 99 Homes, is set around mortgage foreclosures in Florida. Audio
Playing Favourites with Philip Smith and David Straight
Philip Smith is the owner of landscape design company O2 Landscapes Ltd, and David Straight is a Christchurch-born photographer. They have created the new book, Vernacular: the Everyday Landscape of… Audio