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Dave Gahan's new album with Soulsavers is a collection of covers from artists like PJ Harvey, Rowland S Howard and Charlie Chaplin. He spoke with Tony Stamp about why he wanted to honour them.  Video, Audio

The writer, Amitav Ghosh critiques Western society and exploitative practices in his latest book The Nutmeg's Curse - Parables For A Planet In Crisis. It is a follow to his critically acclaimed book… Audio

Outside the "hermit kingdom" of Aotearoa people are embracing a Covid rules-free world - but are things as back to normal as they seem?  Audio

Two years ago, as Covid was just beginning its deadly spread across the world, another crisis was reaching its peak in Australia. Known as the Black Summer, devastating bushfires ripped through many… Video, Audio

Some New Zealanders heading home are being forced onto "milk run" flights hopping from one destination to the next to marry their arrival up with their MIQ spot.

Flights to New Zealand are still… Video, Audio

Broadway musical Come From Away is making its way to Aotearoa in 2022. One of the show's producers, Rodney Rigby, joins Jesse from New York. Audio

Wellington-born, Buffalo-based business owner and mother of three Rebecca Brady isn't exaggerating when she says her life has become a bit hectic in the last few weeks. Rebecca is the founder of an… Audio, Gallery

American teenager Kyle Rittenhouse, who killed two men and wounded another during protests against police brutality and riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August 2020, has been acquitted of all charges in… Audio

Sound historian Sarah Johnston explores 100 years of radio in a talk at the National Library, focusing on the early decades and the innovative World War II radio Mobile Unit recordings. Audio

Afternoons Producer and pop culture nerd Alix Higby gives us an explainer on the latest Taylor Swift developments. Video, Audio

The late '60s was a golden period for Latin soul records in New York City, and Grant says some of the best feature on the recently repressed Soul of Spanish Harlem double LP. We'll hear two key tracks… Audio

There's plenty of good TV on the streamers this month, says RNZ's Perlina Lau, who gives her take on five of the best to check out in November. Video

There's mounting concern for the welfare of the Chinese tennis player, Peng Shuai - who hasn't been seen in public since she made sexual assault allegations against a top government official.

State… Audio

A group involved in funding the Phoenix Island Protected Area says its disappointed the Kiribati Government plans to end that status, but says it respects its right to do so Audio

Leah McFall reviews Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020 by David Sedaris, published by Hachette Aotearoa NZ Leah says: A second astringent instalment of diaries from America's foremost humorist… Audio

A duck named Wrinkle gave competitors in the 50th New York City marathon a run for their money this week. Wrinkle won the hearts of spectators around the world when she spontaneously joined a stream… Video, Audio

The inimitable Stephen Fry is an actor, comedian, director, and writer whose newest book about neckwear, Fry's Ties, is an ode to the 64-year-old's decades-long obsession with man's most trusted and… Audio

We'll cross to the US this morning where we're talking about Astroworld, musician Travis Scott's festival where 8 people died in a crowd surge last week, Now Tiktok are having to address viral videos… Audio

Tha Feelstyle created an abstract way of rhyming and rapping in both English and Samoan. The music video of his award-winning single "Su-amalie/Ain’t Mad at You" was filmed back in Samoa. Video

It's taken a while but finally Wellington joins New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Paul Cleave's Christchurch as a cool crime novel city. As Anne Harre described it: "Dig a little deeper and the… Audio

Film Director Michelle Savill talks to Charlotte about her new film 'Millie Lies Low' , working with Ana Scotney - and picks her favourite song. Audio

Quintessential cantankerous New Yorker Fran Lebowitz is finding fame with a new generation of fans thanks to Scorsese-directed docu-series Pretend It's A City. Lebowitz, who was drawn to the Big Apple… Video, Audio

Fifty years ago Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret study of the US involvement in the Vietnam War. Ellsberg is a firm supporter of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has… Audio

Vera Ellen keeps the good stuff flowing with Karyn on Kiwi Rules. Vera's new single Joy is out today; it's the closing track from her Flying Nun debut album It's Your Birthday. Vera chats to Karyn… Audio

For this year's Halloween recital on the world's largest pipe organ in Atlantic City, New Jersey, there was a Kiwi musician at the manuals. Video, Audio

Architectural historian Owen Hopkins book The Museum takes the reader on a tour of the world's most celebrated cultural institutions and museums, from origins to the 21st century. Audio, Gallery

Red Roulette is a gripping personal account of power and greed among China's "red aristocracy".