Wallace Chapman
Peter Gordon - Fusion Food
Chef Peter Gordon was born in Whanganui and showed early promise when, as a four-year-old, he created his own cook book. Since then he's gone global, with award-winning restaurants in Auckland and… Audio
Claire Molyneux - Music Therapy
Claire Molyneaux has been working as a music therapist for more than 20 years - particularly in the field of children and adolescents. She joins Wallace to talk about why music therapy works, who it… Audio
Mark Rubbo - Thriving in the Book Trade
Melbourne independent book retailer Readings recently won the the London Book Fair's International Bookstore of the Year. Mark Rubbo is Readings managing director and he discusses how the business is… Audio
Don Brash and Selwyn Manning - Budget 2016
Dr Don Brash, former leader of ACT and of the National Party, and investigative political journalist and commentator Selwyn Manning join Wallace to discuss Budget 2016, how it's been received, and its… Audio
John Kirwan - life and influences
John Kirwan is one of the most prolific try-scorers in All Black history. He's a former coach of the Italian and Japanese national rugby teams, and of course, the Blues. He talks to Wallace about… Audio
Pala Molisa - A Ni Vanuatu Radical Accountant
Pala Molisa is the son of two of the leading lights of Vanuatu's independence movement, he represented Vanuatu in weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games, and he's an advocate of a radical new… Audio
The funny business of competitive tickling
Journalist turned documentary maker, David Farrier joins Wallace to explain his down-the-rabbit-hole experience making his film Tickled. Tickled began as a look at the world of competitive tickling… Audio
Mark Houlahan - Shakespearian Aotearoa
Shakespeare's work first arrived in Aotearoa on Captain Cook's Endeavour in 1769. Waves of later migrants then brought with them Victorian double-column small-type copies of his writing, and… Audio
Linda Tirado - Down and Out in Utah and Washington DC
In her book Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America Linda Tirado writes eloquently of the millions of people in her home country – the US – who work hard, yet still struggle. She knows because she… Audio
Christoph Bartneck - Lego Violence
Dr Christoph Bartneck from the University of Canterbury has been investigating the perceived violence in the product catalogues of major toy producer, Lego, from the years 1978-2014 and the frequency… Audio
Darren Brunk - World Humanitarian Summit
UN figures show 125 million people around the world are in need of humanitarian assistance - and 87.6 million are currently receiving such help. Darren Brunk is Humanitarian Coordinator for the New… Audio
Sarah Cordery - Meditation on the Middle East
Sarah Cordery discusses her documentary feature, Notes to Eternity - a meditation on the Israel-Palestine conflict which focuses on the lives of three Jewish intellectuals who have written widely on… Video, Audio
Mohammed Ali Naqvi - Inside the Red Mosque
Wallace speaks to Mohammed Ali Naqvi who, along with co-director Hemal Trevadi, was allowed beyond the secure walls of the Red Mosque in Pakistan to talk to Muslim leader, cleric Abdul Aziz Ghazi… Video, Audio
Henry Rollins - Punk, Politics and Pop Culture
Henry Rollins helped define punk culture in the '80s when fronting the band Black Flag. The outspoken commentator is bringing his spoken-word set, or talking show, to NZ and he joins Wallace to… Audio
Eric Garcetti and Len Brown - Trade and Trump
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is in Auckland for talks about the trade alliance between the two cities, plus Guangzhou in China. He joins Wallace, with Auckland mayor Len Brown, to talk about what… Audio
Kirsten Lovelock - Medical Tourism
Increasing numbers of New Zealanders are returning home with new hips or knees or other surgical and dental procedures performed at overseas clinics that provide services for medical tourists. Dr… Audio
Lorna Piatti-Farnell - The History of the Banana
Pop cultural researcher, Lorna Piatti-Farnell, joins Wallace to talk bananas. In her new book, Banana - A Global History, Lorna has unearthed a fascinating history of the fruit - she explains where… Audio
Socratez Yoman - West Papua's Fight for Survival
Rev. Socratez Yoman is the President of the Fellowship of Baptist Churches in West Papua and he describes himself as a 'voice for the voiceless'. He talks to Wallace about what he describes as the… Audio
Eric Boehlert - Covering the US Primaries
The US 2016 election season has generated enormous interest in the US, but also around the world. There has been exhaustive comment on what's been happening, but have the candidate's been given an… Audio
Bill Oddie
An excerpt from Wallace Chapman's interview with Bill Oddie in April this year. Audio
