Wallace Chapman
Alfie Allen - The Return of Game of Thrones
Da da da da da da da da... You know the theme... It's Game of Thrones - one of the most popular shows in television history. Just ahead of its sixth season, Wallace speaks to Alfie Allen who plays… Audio
Hollie Smith - New Album, New Beginnings
Hollie Smith has one of Aotearoa's finest voices and that voice has won her many awards and recognition over the years. She's just released her third solo album Water or Gold and she speaks with… Video, Audio
Stephen Zunes - Western Sahara
A few weeks back UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon described the Western Sahara as an occupied land that had been forgotten. Morocco promptly expelled UN staff from the region in protest. Stephen Zunes… Audio
Claire Fryer - Seaworld and Orcas
Last week Seaworld in America announced that it will end all orca breeding programmes. It was a big win for animal rights activists who have campaigned long and hard for this - PETA's Campaign… Audio
Urban density – a panel discussion
Urban density marks a shift away from a traditional single-storey home on a section, towards multi-storey apartment and townhouse developments. Proponents say increasing urban density is important for… Audio
Ronaldo Brothers - Growing up Circus
Belgian brothers Danny and David Ronaldo have circus in the blood - six generations of the Ronaldo family have been part of the circus. They join Wallace with some stories of the circus and how their… Audio
Vaughan Rowsell - Navigating the Digital Economy
Vaughan Rowsell is the founder and former CEO of digital start-up Vend. Valued at US$100 million plus, Vend is a cloud-based point of sale software maker. More than 15,000 retail outlets around the… Audio
Ngarino Ellis - Maori Art Transformed
In A Whakapapa of Tradition: 100 Years of Ngati Porou Carving, 1830 to 1930, Ngarino Ellis explores the rapid evolution of Maori art in the 100 years from 1830 when three dominant art traditions -… Audio
Mark Watts - Cities Unite for Climate Change Action
Auckland City has been admitted to C40, a local government climate change action network of 80 cities around the world that have committed to addressing climate change. Mark Watts is the chief… Audio
Is fascism on the rise?
In recent months there's been dozens of articles published by mainstream news organisations asking the question: Is Donald Trump a fascist? The answers from the likes of the Washington Post, CNN and… Audio
Lance Burdett - Police negotiation
This week's siege of a house near Kawerau where four police officers were shot has highlighted the importance of negotiation. The alleged offender gave himself up without a fight after an overnight… Audio
Kay : Food Addict in Recovery
Kay is from Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous and her recovery story features in a book of the same name. She talks about her addiction to certain foods and how, once she started, she couldn't stop… Audio
Gerhard Weinberg - Mein Kampf To Publish or Not to Publish?
Seventy years after the end of World War Two - Adolf Hitler's notorious autobiography Mein Kampf is being re-published. The decision to re-publish it has drawn criticism from many quarters but… Audio
Dave Luddy - Australian Open
Our tennis correspondent, Dave Luddy, live from the Australian Open in Melbourne. Audio
Jamie Blaine - The Midnight Jesus guy
Jamie Blaine has seen it all. He has seen humanity in it's raw form. Jamie is a licensed psychotherapist and crisis interventionist. From late night early morning call outs to deal with emergency… Audio
The desire to be happy - Sarah Knight
Sarah Knight had a successful career in publishing but after 15 years working in New York City's top publishing houses, she reached an epiphany in life. The desire to be happy. So Sarah decided she… Audio
Susanne Becken - The Price of Oil and the Environment
Professor Susanne Becken is the author of Oil and Tourism: Preparing for the Challenge, and heads up the Griffith Institute for Tourism in Brisbane. Professor Becken says governments around the world… Audio
Record-setting US blizzard
As you just heard in the headlines there, as we speak a snow storm is hitting New York and Washington DC - a record-setting blizzard that is paralyzing the area. Audio
Chris Yorke - Global Gathering for Sauvignon Blanc
For those in the NZ wine world, it is time for the good old savvy to step up. Once perceived as a mass production, value for money style of wine, sauvignon blanc is going through something of a… Audio
Sharon McLennan - Voluntourism
Demand from wealthy countries is fuelling a thriving market in volunteer tourism or 'voluntourism', aimed at travellers who want to express an altruistic streak while they take a break. Audio