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This week RNZ exposed an unapproved police trial of controversial facial recognition software Clearview AI. Described as a "search engine for faces" the technology is used by hundreds of police forces… Audio

U.S Infectious diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci, warns of more COVID-19 spread if states ease their restrictions too early. Correspondent Simon Hampton speaks to the Panel from New York. Audio

Serhii Plokhy argues that the catastrophe at Chernobyl was a nuclear disaster waiting to happen. He talks to Toby Manhire. Audio

Country music from the 60s to today 

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San Francisco's recently-elected district attorney Chesa Boudin has a unique perspective on the legal system: his 75-year-old father David Gilbert (a former member of the radical left wing group the… Audio

In early March fellow journalists were bemused by Donald McNeil's glove wearing and surface-sanitising ways. The New York Times' health and science reporter saw the pandemic coming and took personal… Audio

Katy reviews Rabbit Hole, produced by the same New York Times team who made the amazing Caliphate podcast and presented by tech columnist Kevin Roose, as well as Immaculate Deception about a Dutch… Audio

In a programme celebrating the high-quality releases on the Nonesuch label, William Dart focuses on a new album from Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman) and Nico Muhly, in which the world of Balinese… Video, Audio

Bart van Es discusses The Cut Out Girl, his remarkable true story of how a Jewish girl in the Netherlands was hidden by his family from the Nazis during World War II.  Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews a set of travellers’ testimonies from Reb Fountain; psych-rock space jams from The Dream Syndicate; and unashamed romanticism from Ron Sexsmith.

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Why do good people do nothing in the face of discrimination, bad behaviour and abuse? In The Bystander Effect, Catherine Sanderson explains why we might be good at recognising bad behaviour but bad at… Audio

Dr. Steven Winnett is a Nurse Anaethetist at a New York hospital who is on the front line caring for Covid-19 patients in an ICU. In his downtime, he brings smiles to faces by hosting massive… Audio

War correspondent Toby Muse spent 15 years living in Colombia and gained an unprecedented level of access to the local drug cartels. His new book, Kilo, traces the life cycle of a kilogram of cocaine.

New Zealand journalist Anna Fifield is the Beijing bureau chief for the Washington Post and last year she wrote the book on controversial North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. She joins the show to discuss… Audio

Nick features new albums from Auckland pianist Kevin Field and the Wellington-based Rodger Fox Big Band. Both albums were recorded in New York, at the Kiwi-owned Bunker Studios. Audio

The German-American writer Deborah Feldman's 2012 memoir Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots tells the story of her escape from an ultra-religious Hasidic community in Brooklyn… Video, Audio

New York City remains at the epicentre of the US experience of the novel coronavirus. Although thankfully hospitalisations, new cases and deaths now seem to be on a downward path, its health system… Audio

US reporter Simon Hampton is based in New York and talks about what he sees unfolding before him. Audio

Dan Slevin reviews an Apple TV+ documentary about the New York hip hop group. Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris - and because of the lockdown devoting his attention to home entertainment - and he reviews Chris Hemsworth starring as Tyler Rake, a mercenary trying to… Audio

Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has had to walk back comments made by himself and the Prime Minister on Monday about the country having achieved elimination.

New Zealand has been… Audio

Professor Glenn Geher from New York State University is an evolutionary behavioural scientist and a Covid-19 survivor. He wants to see more research into the theory that flu viruses hijack the nervous… Audio

Werther is a melancholy poet troubled by his love for a married woman and his general disaffection with the world. Video

The Covid-19 lockdown has forced a 'Green Eggs and Ham' moment on many businesses and government departments which could jumpstart our adoption of digital technology and productivity. Audio

A New York columnist has found that reading her grandparents love letters has been an antidote to the barrage of social media bad news and misinformation. Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses the lockdown disco of dance pop icon Dua Lipa; a credible comeback from New York City rockers the Strokes; and the travellers’ tales of solitary guitarist M. Ward. Audio

A celebration of song with artists as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Nick Cave, the King's Singers and vocal group VOCES8.  Video