All episodes
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
- 1:08 First Song: Same Name Confusion
- 1:20 DNA testing: Why it doesn't define culture
- 1:32 Russell Museum hosts Daniel Solander’s Legacy
- 1:38 Sound Archives: Felling Northland’s giant kauri
- 1:50 Great album: Excitable Boy
- 2:08 Katy Atkin - podcast reviewer
- 2:27 Bookmarks: Jarrod Gilbert
- 3:06 Hey hey, it's the Monkees
- 9:06 Science of a 'mega mast' & planning wide-scale predator control
Tuesday, 2 April 2019
- 1:17 Brexit deadlock: No decision
- 1:29 Te Awa community foundation
- 1:40 Cosplay costume change
- 1:48 Great album: Songs in the Key of Life
- 2:08 Book critic Steph Soper
- 2:14 Dave Wilson: Gateways to Understanding Music
- 3:07 Troll-hunter Ginger Gorman on cyberhate
Monday, 1 April 2019
- 1:13 Don't make teachers spot extremism in schools
- 1:22 Rubbish piles up on West Coast beaches
- 1:35 Auckland council's tree plan
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:08 TV Critic - Linda Burgess
- 2:36 Learning te reo Māori with Stacey Morrison
- 3:10 The science of sunlight
Friday, 29 March 2019
- 1:15 National Remembrance Service - Ali Ventura
- 1:23 Enormous seed mast to bring influx of rodents
- 1:34 The online diary of 19th century labourer James Cox
- 1:41 Being there - at the world premiere of Hair
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:09 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:29 NZ Live Li'l Chuck the One Man Skiffle Machine
- 3:08 Indian street food in Auckland
- 3:21 Gardening with Lynda Hallinan
- 3:29 Critter of the Week Flax Weevil
Thursday, 28 March 2019
- 7:00 Eyewitness: The Wool Shock of 1966
- 1:20 Upper North Island kauri seed collection
- 1:28 The musical Hair - from a cast member who was there
- 1:30 Biography: Brian Brake
- 1:40 NZers looking for love can now pay a private investigator for peace of mind
- 1:48 Great Album
- 2:11 New tunes with Marty Jones
- 3:15 Solving the World's Problems
- 3:25 History of Royal Commissions
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
- 1:09 Brendan and Alison Turner perform live
- 1:20 Tongan political instability
- 1:28 Living with Earthquakes
- 1:39 Cricket, Mankad run-outs, and the spirit of the game
- 1:48 Great Album
- 2:09 Hannah Molloy checks out the Dunedin Fringe Festival
- 2:19 Bookmarks: Michael Hill
- 3:08 Laurie Penny: today's facism hides in plain sight
- 9:06 Caves reveal past climate change
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
- 1:10 First song: Bartells
- 1:19 Is it time for a rheumatic fever register?
- 1:28 Manukau United and using football to fight racism
- 1:38 Cycling on water
- 2:06 Poet - Tayi Tibble
- 2:14 Book critic Catherine Robertson
- 2:20 Carmel Courtney: The Joy of Sax
- 2:49 Great album
- 3:11 Helping global companies become more sustainable
Monday, 25 March 2019
- 1:16 Sexism, trolling and the photo of Tayla Harris
- 1:28 The Warren: a community woodworking space in central Auckland
- 1:36 How useful is sex education in schools?
- 1:44 Great album
- 2:08 Television Critic Verity Johnson
- 2:20 Fake news and the mosque shootings
- 2:27 Expert feature - copyright
- 3:07 Upulie Divisekera - Real Scientists
Friday, 22 March 2019
- 1:13 Christchurch shooting call to prayer broadcast
- 2:13 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:27 NZ Live: MC Tali
- 3:08 How do you train a guide dog?
- 3:18 Tony Tan's Yangzhou Fried Rice
- 3:29 Critter of the Week - the striped skink
Thursday, 21 March 2019
- 1:08 Max Earnshaw performs his debut single 'Temporarily'
- 1:16 Talking about lifestyle diseases
- 1:25 Citizenship ceremony
- 1:31 Lost wedding ring
- 1:38 Kimbra and George Mason on Daffodils
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:14 Music Critic Kate Robertson
- 2:29 NZ Biography: Frank Sargeson
- 3:19 Your Money with Mary Holm Rainy Day Money
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
- 5:30 Fat happy kākāpō chicks
- 1:17 Protecting our religious diversity after Christchurch
- 1:26 Indigenous filmmakers gather at Māoriland
- 1:37 Indian weddings as a tourist experience
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:12 John Smythe on the Wellington Fringe Festival
- 2:24 Bookmarks with Lana Lopesi
- 3:10 Making the hard conservation decisions
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
- 1:09 First song: Earth to Zena live
- 1:17 Hate in the comments section
- 1:27 Climate change expert: how to get to zero carbon
- 1:38 Kiwi fashion brands band together to create an ethical code of conduct
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:09 Book critic Pip Adam
- 2:26 Reggae in New Zealand
- 3:10 Reclaiming our humanity: our obsession with the internet
Monday, 18 March 2019
- 1:10 Gail Ingram reads 'I cannot write a poem about Christchurch'
- 1:16 Gun control: Rachel Stewart on banning assault rifles
- 1:28 Invercargill grieves for victims of terrorist attack
- 1:38 Report: accused gunman to represent himself at trial
- 1:44 Great album
- 2:10 Graeme Tuckett: Media response to Christchurch
- 2:22 Paul Brislen: Tech companies responsibility
- 2:32 Expert on obesity
- 3:08 Mary Norris: The Comma Queen
Friday, 15 March 2019
- 1:09 First song: Alejandro Escovedo and Adam McGrath
- 1:20 Student climate change protest
- 1:30 Why this mum became a tradie
- 1:40 Sleeping well when Daylight Saving ends
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:08 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:33 NZ Live: Avalanche City
- 3:07 Christchurch mosque shooting - Maysoon Sanama
- 3:12 Christchurch mosque shooting - Conan Young
- 3:20 Christchurch mosque shooting - Andrew Turner
- 3:24 Christchurch mosque shooting - Blair Dravitski
- 3:26 Christchurch mosque shooting - Hazim Arafeh
- 3:28 Christchurch mosque shooting - Andrew Read
- 3:30 Christchurch mosque shooting - Conan Young
- 3:30 Christchurch mosque shooting - Phil Pennington
- 3:56 Christchurch mosque shooting - Mark Nichols
Thursday, 14 March 2019
- 7:00 Niue and Niu Silani
- 1:11 First song: Halestorm
- 1:25 New Zealand's future leaders
- 1:34 Journey to Polyfest
- 1:43 TEEKS and the APO
- 2:14 Music Critic - Simon Sweetman
- 2:30 NZ Biography: James K Baxter
- 3:14 Solving the world's problems
- 3:25 The history of post-political careers for NZ Prime Ministers
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
- 1:10 Snail Mail across the Pacific
- 1:22 Chief Science Advisor intern programme
- 1:31 A marketplace for creatives
- 1:35 Ngā Taonga sound archives: Polyfest
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:09 Theatre Critic - Cate Prestidge
- 2:17 Bookmarks: Camille O'Sullivan
- 3:08 Addiction: what happens in the brain
Tuesday, 12 March 2019
- 1:16 Why we need to stop thinking of leaders as heroes
- 1:28 Hoarding as a business
- 1:43 German love poetry
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:10 Book critic Elizabeth Heritage
- 2:18 The making of a great soundtrack with Laughton Kora
- 3:10 The science of exercise recovery
Monday, 11 March 2019
- 1:08 Paper Cranes live
- 1:16 Measles outbreak: how to protect yourself
- 1:28 Celebrating New Zealand poetry
- 1:41 Supporting our rural communities
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:08 Graeme Tuckett on Leaving Neverland
- 2:30 Expert on scrabble
- 3:07 How the tech industry changed our work culture
Friday, 8 March 2019
- 1:10 Soak tells us about her new album, Grim Town
- 1:23 Akaroa local says cruise ships ruining seabed
- 1:43 Aust researchers discover world's oldest tattooing kit
- 1:51 Great album
- 2:07 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:20 NZ Live: Beat Rhythm Fashion
- 3:07 Food with Grant Soeberg
- 3:15 Knitting - how to get started
- 3:30 Critter of the Week Pitt Island Longhorn Beetle
Thursday, 7 March 2019
- 1:15 The environmental cost of Cruise Ships
- 1:30 Tim Batt on living a real-life groundhog day
- 1:39 Roger Walker, Park Mews, and designing for the housing crisis
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:12 Music Critic Colin Morris
- 2:28 NZ Biography: Poet and Orator, Hone Tuwhare
- 3:10 Your Money with Mary Holm: When couples differ over money
- 3:32 Nana and the Napier Earthquake
Wednesday, 6 March 2019
- 1:10 First song: Anxiety Club
- 1:18 Aotearoa's biggest wasp nest
- 1:33 New Zealand's secret lesbian summer camps
- 1:40 Rare 74-year-old bottle of wine goes to auction
- 1:47 Great Album
- 2:10 Podcast critic Katy Atkin
- 2:20 Albert Belz on Bookmarks
- 3:08 Eleanor Ozich: making homemade a way of life
- 9:06 Bull kelp genes and earthquake uplift - a surprising connection
Tuesday, 5 March 2019
- 1:15 What's going on with Justin Trudeau and Canada?
- 1:28 Learning how vinyl gets made
- 1:41 Alana Scott: low-FODMAP recipes for gut health
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:09 Book critic Lisa Glass
- 2:20 The 10 best tribute songs as chosen by RNZ listeners
- 3:06 Bay of Plenty - fire danger
- 3:11 The theories around missing flight MH370
Monday, 4 March 2019
- 1:16 Women's Refuge NZ launches stalker survey
- 1:25 Can dogs help diagnose prostate cancer?
- 1:36 Park Mews - looking to the 1970s to solve the housing crisis?
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:09 Television Critic Linda Burgess
- 2:20 Young NZ composer to study at London's Royal Academy
- 2:32 Angela Lassig: History of shoes
- 3:07 Surviving a new baby with science and sense
Friday, 1 March 2019
- 1:14 AI Teachers?
- 1:20 'Pockets are a big deal' - how to mend your own clothes
- 1:29 Rajorshi Chakraborti - Writing as a performance
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:09 Richard Swainson's film review
- 2:20 NZ Live: Tunes of I
- 3:08 Kelly Gibney's nut butters
- 3:18 Autumn produce with Jerry Prendergast
- 3:28 Critter of the Week: Tuatara Tick
Thursday, 28 February 2019
- 1:12 The Undercuts make up a song in 20 minutes
- 1:19 Young offenders show high rates of neurological impairment
- 1:28 Danny Bhoy on comedy and offending Matt Damon
- 1:46 Kids movies and body confidence
- 1:53 Great album: The Best of the Seekers
- 2:10 Music Critic Dianne Swann
- 2:27 NZ Biography: Pamela Gordon on Janet Frame
- 3:12 Solving the world's problems
- 3:25 The history of New Zealand's scraps with powerful nations