Lynn Freeman

Tomorrow is World Poetry Day and poets around Aotearoa have been busy beavering away to celebrate it. One of them is Associate Professor Sarah Ross, from Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of… Audio

Well before the pandemic, many of the country's libraries were facing uncertain times. Many school and community libraries have been struggling to compete with other calls on stretched school and… Audio

The three composers up for the 2021 APRA Best Original Music In A Film Award each faced entirely different challenges with their scores. They've also had to wait a long time to find out which of them… Audio

There's been a major shift in New Zealand independent publishing this week. Auckland publisher Upstart Press has purchased the entirety of New Holland Publishing, including their extensive backlist of… Audio

Dana talks to Lynn about Super Rugby and crowd sizes, with Dr Ashley Bloomfield assuring the Super Rugby franchises that officials are looking into the rules around crowd restrictions at rugby games… Audio

A feast of jangly guitars and indie-rock sensibilities, featuring The Lemonheads, Christchurch's Mousey, and Johnny Marr's first double album. Audio

Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews The Love Songs of W.E. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, published by HarperCollins Audio

Our next guest is on a mission to encourage and develop indigenous small business through a Te Ao Maori lens. Pat MacFie is the co-founder of tech companies and creative agencies Indigo, Manaaki &amp… Audio

The latest on China's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including calls for Xi Jinping to use his leverage over Vladimir Putin to convince the Russian leader to back down. Ed says despite all… Audio

Carolyn Cooper is the country's first ever Aged Care Commissioner, who began this month. She's a former nurse, who became the head of BUPA, a huge rest home and retirement village business with $1.6… Audio

The price of oil has settled in recent days after a surge in the past couple of weeks to levels not seen since 2008. Many experts predict the price of oil could reach $240 a barrel this winter if… Audio

Chris Schulz joins Lynn to look at WeCrashed (Apple+), another truth-inspired downfall drama starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway that details how WeWork, which was one of the world's most valuable… Audio

Speech and Language Therapist Christian Wright talks with Lynn Freeman about the language skills new entrants need to have a successful start to school. Audio

Technology commentator Peter Griffin joins Lynn to talk about moves by Chorus to start switching off the last copper line connections, with most households now on fibre where it's available. What does… Audio

Cynthia Morahan reviews Strangers I Know by Claudia Durastanti (translated from the original Italian by Elizabeth Harris) published by Text Publishing Audio

If you try and compare your life to that of Louis XVI you might think that there's no comparison. The notorious French king had riches, servants and palaces, including that epic one at Versailles. Yet… Audio

UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Lynn to talk about the overwhelming response to the new homes-for Ukrainian-refugees scheme, the squatters who moved into a Russian oligarch's mansion, Boris… Audio

January's volcanic eruption in Tonga and subsequent tsunami garnered international intrigue, but a New Zealand volcanologist is the first overseas scientist allowed into the kingdom to piece together… Audio

Animal welfare campaigner Angus Robson is frustrated at what he says is a lack of progress made by the Ministry of Primary Industries to push requirements for shade and shelter into law, to prevent… Audio