Author Interview
An artists view of the New York art scene
Bianca Bosker has written a book about her experience of the New York art scene called: Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How… Audio
Bookmarks with Deborah Challinor
This week for Bookmarks we speak to one of New Zealand's best selling novelists Deborah Challinor. The talented writer has a knack for writing gripping, accurate historical fiction. Audio
Is big business stifling music creativity?
The same private equity firms that have made leveraged buyouts two words employees have come to dread, are pouring billions of dollars into buying up the music catalogs of artists like Bob Dylan, Tina… Audio
Accent discrimination: why we judge people by the way they speak
Dr Rob Drummond is Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University. He joins Kathryn to discuss the way we speak. Audio
Sid Marsh - close encounters with wild tigers
Sid Marsh is a writer and artist who has spent the last 13 years seeking close encounters with Asian wild tigers in India and Malaysia. Audio
Kathy Lette: 'Revenge is not only sweet, it's totally non-fattening'
Dubbed "deliciously rude and darkly funny", "chick lit" author Kathy Lette has a new book out which wreaks revenge. The Revenge Club features four best friends approaching their sixties, feeling… Audio
Making the right choices using new ethics tools
It's getting harder and harder to be good in a world where choices that once seemed straightforward are now moral quandaries. Decisions like what to eat or which car to buy are connected to global… Audio
Ann Patchett: writing books that speak 'to how good people are'
Ann Patchett is one of the world's most acclaimed, prize-winning novelists and non-fiction writers. She was named one of Time magazine's '100 Most Influential People in the World' and is a regular… Audio
How to vanquish languishing and flourish
It's not depression. It's not burnout. Languishing is a sense of low-grade mental weariness. It's a term coined by sociologist Dr Corey Keyes during the pandemic when so many people felt like we were… Audio
How to be a friction fixer in the workplace
Rambling emails and inefficient rules; these are the kind of things that make employees go spare. They're forms of friction that chip away at initiative and grind down workers says Stanford University… Audio
Hanging Out, a new book from Sheila Liming
Doing nothing has become something we just don't do anymore in our over-scheduled, always online world. But the simple act of hanging out with other people could be the solution to the epidemic of… Audio
How to start noticing the good around us again
Boredom is one of our defining features as human beings.Harvard law Professor Cass Sunstein and neuroscientist Tali Sharot say there is a way to regain sensitivity that helps us identify the bad and… Audio
Journalist's decade-long, cross-continental hunt for origins of the feijoa
Kate Evans is an award-winning journalist and regular contributor to National Geographic, and she's also a self-proclaimed feijoa fanatic. But for the tangy and gritty fruit, New Zealand is not home -… Audio
The Magic of Masks - Live podcast from Q Theatre
Earlier this month, Here Now went live in front of an audience at the Podfest at Q. Producer and host Kadambari Raghukumar spoke to thespians Jacob Rajan and Pedro Ilgenfritz all about the magic of… Audio
Myth busting the make up of workaholics
Professor Malissa Clark knows what it's like to be a workaholic. Now she's an organizational psychology professor at the University of Georgia who dispels myths about what a workaholic is. Audio
Can mutant worms unlock the secret of ageing?
Everyone ages. There's a multi billion dollar industry aimed at trying to stop it. Dr Coleen Murphy works to understand it first. Audio
Helping children to make good food choices
Emma Wright always thought raising children to feel good about their bodies involved teaching healthy eating habits with giving praise for being gorgeous just the way they are. She's written a book… Audio
Strongly held beliefs fuel online cancel culture, study finds
A New Zealand researcher found that the desire to show off one's moral beliefs explains why people engage in cancel culture online. Audio
Money and relationships with Dr Scott Rick
The best gifts require a bit of sacrifice of your time and thought not just a lot of money says Dr Scott Rick who studies the emotions behind our financial decisions. Audio
Why midlife can be the time of your life
Life delivers many challenges in your 40s and 50s but it's also when wisdom meets fresh opportunities for growth and change, says writer Chip Conley. He tells Jesse Mulligan how a period of… Video, Audio