Features

Composer, electronic musician and operatic soprano, Calla Knudson, talks with Bryan Crump about her latest album. Audio

The Detail - As New Zealand's political parties begin their election campaigns, we look at what makes a catchphrase sing. Audio

On the evidence of this new Netflix film, Hollywood writers are right to be nervous about AI taking over their jobs. Video, Audio

The Open Championship began on Thursday, marking 60 years since a then 27-year-old Bob Charles claimed the famous Claret Jug.

It's pretty big news when a former president of the United States puts you on his summer playlist. Just ask New Zealand band The Beths. Audio

The lives of citizens not yet born need more consideration today, says the world's first-ever Future Generations Commissioner Sophie Howe. Audio

PhD student Amy Maslen-Miller, aka the Samoan Scientist, is researching how the traditional 19th-century Samoan diet may help prevent the onset of type II diabetes amongst Samoan New Zealanders. Audio

In part 2 of his festival previews Dan Slevin looks at three more titles from this year’s Whānau Marama New Zealand International Film Festival.

Analysis - Over the last decade, an increasingly volatile relationship between the United States and China has slowly escalated; Trade sanctions, naval and aerial confrontations in the South China Sea, and a war of words has weakened foreign relations to what many say is the lowest point since the Cold War.

Our Changing World - What if we could create bountiful supplies of energy with near-zero carbon emissions? That’s the promise of nuclear fusion – a reaction where atoms merge.  Audio

Ajay Chhibber and Kavita Brough are from two different parts of the world, but both have endured similar challenges when they came out and embraced their true identities.

Economic indicators tell us inflation is easing, but the prices at the supermarket tell a different story. Bloomberg's Tracy Alloway chats to Afternoons about why that might be. Audio

If you like your soccer with a side of romance, action, Nazis, French philosophy or gender politics there are plenty of football-inspired TV shows, documentaries or movies to watch. Here's our pick of the bunch.

Get on the World Cup hype train and download our wall chart with every game in the tournament, its location and broadcaster and broadcast times included.

Ken bemoans his status as No. 2 in the upcoming Barbie movie. Will he ever feel ‘enough’? While you ponder perma-tanned Ken's existential angst, we set to work picking our top Kiwi Kens.

What is happening between the US and China and why is the Pacific so pivotal to both superpowers? Finau Fonua reports.

If you've ever felt awkward or tongue-tied in a conversation and maybe been a bit embarrassed, Debra Fine might be able to help. Audio

The biggest-ever FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off at Eden Park on Thursday. We've got all your office sweepstake needs covered.

 Dan Slevin previews three titles from this year’s Whānau Marama New Zealand International Film Festival.

Grian Chatten is mostly known as the lead singer of Irish post-punk band Fontaines D.C., but has gone back to his childhood for his first solo album Chaos for the Fly. Video, Audio

Rae de Lisle was a long-time lecturer in piano performance in Auckland. Her retirement prompted a fun night of professionals and students performing rare repertoire: piano duets, duos, trios - including up to six players at once!

The House - As an MP Sir Geoffrey Palmer had a huge impact on the interlocking shapes of government and parliament. The great reformer is still brimming with ideas for improvement. Audio

Collecting Barbie dolls has been a decades-long passion for retired St John Ambulance paramedic Patsy Carlyle, and her collection is being celebrated in The Barbie Collector at Wellington Museum this month. Audio, Gallery

Sally Round clambers into underground tunnels on a tour of the historic Opepe Reserve near Taupō. Video, Audio