Feminism
Leila Adu - Scary Love Monster
Princeton-based NZ composer and songwriter Leila Adu about sexism in the industry, ghanaian hip-hop, and her newfound love of the mbira. Audio
Vivian Gornick: re-reading, love, and living alone
Kim Hill talks to the New York journalist, essayist, critic and author about her memoirs Fierce Attachments (1987) and The Odd Woman & the City (2015). Audio
Nights' Pundit - Feminism
Double standard - Women in Politics - Feminist blogger Deborah Russell. Audio
Kate's Klassic: Georgy Girl
Guest host Philippa Tolley and Kate Camp discuss the 1965 novel Georgy Girl by English writer Margaret Forster, who died in February. Audio
Barbara Brookes: a history of New Zealand women
Guest host Philippa Tolley interviews Barbara Brookes, Professor of History at the University of Otago, about her new book A History of New Zealand Women. Audio
Michela Magas and Andrew Dubber: music tech fest
Michela Magas, founder of Stromatolite and the #MusicBricks project, and Andrew Dubber, founder of digital music consultancy group New Music Strategies. Together they run the Berlin Music Tech Fest. Audio
Feminist judges
Could feminism improve judicial decision-making ? What if law experts were to write the "missing" feminist judgment in key NZ cases? The Feminist Judgments Project Aotearoa offers a glimpse of what it… Audio
Pundit - Feminism
Equality for women with feminist blogger Deborah Russell. Flirting, harassment, sexual assault: drawing some lines and who is responsible? Audio
Women discuss "sexism" debate raging among Democrats
The battle to put a woman into the White House for the first time ever has taken a vitriolic turn. Audio
The 'F' word, sexism and music
Lizzie Marvelly, Evelyn Morris and Karyn Hay share their experiences in the music industry with Yadana Saw. Audio
Rachel Syme: selfies - more than looking 'super hot'
Selfies have long been connected to narcissism, but New York writer Rachel Syme is offering a different spin - could selfies really progress the feminist movement? Audio
The Pundits: Feminism
Equality for women with feminist blogger Deborah Russell... women (struggling/being successful) in science Audio
How sexist is New Zealand politics?
New Zealand made history by becoming the first country to give women the vote - but is it still breaking new ground, asks Amelia Langford in Power Play.
Cobwebs and Colonials : Sarah Mathew and the Founding of Auckland
The city of Auckland was founded in 1840 in a mix of hope and compromise and the occasion was marked with a suitably pompous ceremony. Just one eyewitness account remains from that day, and it was… Audio
Why does the gender pay gap persist?
Ahead of the YWCA Equal Pay Awards, Max Towle investigates the pervasive gender pay gap in New Zealand - now at its largest in six years. Audio
Feminism - intersectionality
Deborah Russell talks about intersectionality: the charge that feminism is a white middle class movement and its all about making life better for white middle class women, while at the same time… Audio
If There's Not Dancing At The Revolution, I'm Not Coming
Performer Julia Croft wants a revolution but only if it has dancing. This Auckland actor and writer is mashing up Emma Goldman, Nicki Minaj and Laura Mulvey in a one-woman show overflowing with… Audio
Opposite Sex- Hamlet
Dunedin's Opposite Sex on Hamlet, the follow up to their enthusiastically received self titled debut. Emma Smith talks with bassist and vocalist Lucy Hunter and guitarist Reg Norris. Audio
Lydia Lunch
No wave icon Lydia Lunch of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks is bringing her back catalogue to life with Retrovirus, who are on tour in Aotearoa this week. She revisits the no wave days in NYC with Emma… Audio
Women and War
Feminist writer Professor Cynthia Enloe discusses the role of women in international politics and how many of their personal strategies - in marriage, in housework, in dealing with ideals of beauty -… Audio