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For 25 years Fat Freddy's Drop have a solid loyal fan base in Aotearoa New Zealand and globally for with their distinctive style, featuring hypnotic grooves, powerful brass, and the soulful vocals of… Audio

It's another 2 hour summer special on the show this week with soul from Etta James and Otis Redding, blues courtesy of T-Bone Walker, 2-Tone ska from the Specials, the Ramones take on Spider-Man plus… Audio

Izzy joins Culture 101 to share her Fast Favourite choices, and why she is passionate about continuing the legacy of her father.

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Kiwi guitarist Julie Bevan plays her Brazilian track 'Stone Eaters'; Dunedin trombonist Finn McKinlay gets down and dirty; and jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie, Jane Monheit, and Duke Pearson swing for… Audio

The book highlights the stories of those who got their hands dirty during the conservation movement's early days. Audio

This week Nick mixes soul, bop, and sass with two unique brothers- Cannonball and Nat Adderley, two of the biggest names in mid-20th Century jazz. Audio

The Hard Quartet is a band we think you should pay attention to. They've been called a supergroup, and it's an interesting one because each member has a cult following. Stephen Malkmus is best known… Audio

The Hard Quartet is something of an indie supergroup, comprising members of Pavement, Dirty Three, The Cairo Gang and Superwolf.  Audio

Film and TV correspondent Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about Lady in the Lake, Sunny (Apple+),  Dirty Pop (Netflix). Audio

Stage and screen actor Bronwyn Turei has been appearing on stage at Circa Theatre this month playing not one, but five different character’s in a reimagining of Sense and Sensibility.

Australian musician and film composer Warren Ellis has lived many lives, as a teacher, busker, a recovered heroin addict, alcoholic and famously a sonic experimenter in successful bands like Nick Cave… Audio

Dementia is not a dirty word. And yet too many of us fear developing it or engaging with a loved one who has it. It doesn't need to be this way says Rose Capp. She's an Australian aged-care specialist… Audio

Everyone seemed to agree the allegations of census information misused for political purposes were serious - serious enough for the PM to launch an independent inquiry on top of official… Video

Bad Boys: Ride or Die is the fourth in the buddy-cop franchise starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Does it have the same magic 30 years after the first episode? Video, Audio

Award-winning investigative writer Tom Burgis' new book exposes a world where the rich can buy "truth". In Cuckooland - Where the Rich Own the Truth Burgis follows a trail from the Kremlin, through… Audio

On this week's show there's blues courtesy of Little Walter, ska from Derrick Morgan plus classic soul from Stevie Wonder and Dinah Washington. Audio

David Morriss talks with Josh Clark, music director for Indian Ink Theatre Company's latest production, Dirty Work. Audio

Series TV is increasingly sucking up our streaming attention, but Dan Slevin has found three recent feature films that also deserve consideration. Video

It's easy to junk something when it's broken, and just buy something new. In the decade since it was founded, RAD Bikes has recycled over fifty thousand bike parts and served nearly twenty thousand… Audio

Morgan Kane moved back home when she lost her job at a tech start up. It was the start of her move, with her husband, into market gardening. She and her parents welcome the advantages of… Audio

A woman clung to a cow that swam her to safety as floodwaters rapidly rose. The story of Cow 569 became an enduring tale of survival from the lower North Island floods of February 2004. There was… Audio

It’s one of the great cultural events of Aotearoa New Zealand – certainly one of the longest established: Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival. But now, RNZ film critic and… Audio

This beautiful new collection by Patricia Grace is divided into three sections, each positioned from a different time or context, writes Jade Kake.

Police specialist search teams have been scouring a landfill in Porirua today looking for items of interest in connection with the death of 79 year old Helen Gregory. The Khandallah woman was found… Video, Audio

KiwiSaver funds are moving away from investing in harmful products, the charity Mindful Money revealed last week. Their website is a good place to check out the kind of investments your own KiwiSaver… Audio

Hospitality operator and te reo Maōri advocate Anton Matthews says his favourite whakataukī is about valuing people who work in the public eye just as much as those who work behind the scenes. Audio

With hundreds of thousands of tonnes of food going to landfills every year, one group is trying to stem the flow and convert that food into meals or ingredients.  Audio

On this episode of Postcards, we venture to the historical mecca of Athens with Vasileios Vrakas - a Greek producer and composer based in Wellington. Vasileios takes us on a journey back to his early… Audio