All episodes
Wednesday, 21 November 2018
- 1:08 First song: Veronica Fusaro
- 1:18 Support for adults with dyslexia
- 1:28 Wood carver, Andy Mardell
- 1:34 The 1918 influenza pandemic peaks
- 1:46 The poetry of Raspberry Beret by Prince
- 2:10 Music critic - Kate Robertson
- 2:26 Bookmarks with Richard Misilei
- 3:10 Why the western diet is bad for your microbiome
- 8:16 Celebrating 70 years since takahē rediscovery
Tuesday, 20 November 2018
- 1:09 Beachware perform live
- 1:18 Mindful movement
- 1:27 Marathons and menstrual cups
- 1:36 Monique Fiso - taking kai global
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:08 Book critic Pip Adam
- 2:22 Calypso, Soca and the Steel Drum: The music of Trinidad
- 3:10 James Geary - Wit and the joy of puns
Monday, 19 November 2018
- 1:18 The link between obesity and smell
- 1:27 Why do so many New Zealanders fall for romance scams?
- 1:35 Small Auckland sandwich shop makes it into top restaurant guide
- 1:44 Great album
- 2:13 Television Critic Linda Burges
- 2:40 How light pollution affects native birds
- 3:08 The inside story of the Thai cave rescue
Friday, 16 November 2018
- 1:15 The GO Club - the after-school group getting girls into STEM
- 1:25 People of New Zealand artist Sam Moore
- 1:33 Women's handball team heading to Japan
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:08 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:24 NZ Live: Mimi & Rivers
- 3:09 Kelly Gibney's sauerkraut and other Xmas gift ideas
- 3:22 Michael Cooper - why wine consumption is falling
- 3:30 Critter of the Week - Pill Millipedes
Thursday, 15 November 2018
- 1:14 World's fastest electric motorcycle designer and rider Eva Hakansson eyes overall record
- 1:27 Mindfulness for kids
- 1:34 World Acupuncture Day
- 1:46 Great album
- 2:16 Dierdre Tarrant reviews The Nutcracker
- 2:25 Your Money with Mary Holm - reverse mortgages
- 3:14 Short Story Club
- 3:24 Tell me about your thesis: Simulations for medical training
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
- 1:10 Damien Dempsey live in studio
- 1:24 Hospitality wages: pay peanuts, get monkeys
- 1:32 Sound Archives - A & P Shows
- 1:42 Sex sells: Aotearotica journal going from strength to strength
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:08 Music critic - Simon Sweetman
- 2:26 Bookmarks with Tim Balme
- 3:10 Sarah Cooper: How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings
- 9:08 Getting from A to B: research into older drivers
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
- 1:09 First song - Suzy Cato!
- 1:18 Remembering Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee
- 1:27 Finding good staff in the hospitality industry
- 1:36 Transgender Awareness Week and 50 Years Before the Frock
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:08 The best TV themes!
- 3:10 Killing for conservation "unnecessary"
Monday, 12 November 2018
- 1:10 First song: Troubadour, Monty Bevins
- 1:23 Mike Joy - Solving NZ's freshwater crisis
- 1:38 Pātaka Kai - the neighborhood pantry
- 1:44 Irish ambassador Peter Ryan talks Irishfest
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:09 Television Critic Briar Wyatt
- 2:39 Expert feature - The truth about swans
- 3:10 Marion Nestle - How food companies skew food research
Friday, 9 November 2018
- 1:15 West Coast Update
- 1:21 Developing drugs for cancer and depression
- 1:32 Reducing our carbon footprint
- 1:39 Kaikōura: A Big Year – doco tells human stories from the post-earthquake rebuild
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:09 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:23 NZ Live: Earth to Zena
- 3:09 Tiramisu – as made by Francesca's Italian Kitchen in Wanaka
- 3:19 Talk the Walk - The Catlins
- 3:30 Critter of the Week Strigular Lichens
Thursday, 8 November 2018
- 1:17 New group launched to tackle NZ's health problems
- 1:30 Necessary Traditions: a new festival for the craft-lovers of Christchurch
- 1:39 From Clown doctor to Cirque de Soleil
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:14 Katy Atkin's Podcast review
- 2:24 Simon Wilson on the Auckland waterfront
- 2:37 Grant Morris: the 150th anniversary of the Matawhero Tragedy
- 3:15 Short Story Club
- 3:25 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 7 November 2018
- 1:10 Wreckless Eric: 'Punk' was a name conjured up by the media
- 1:22 US Midterms - update
- 1:28 Getting more kids playing outside in nature
- 1:35 'Hostilities will cease' – New Zealanders remember the end of World War I
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:08 Music critic - Marty Jones
- 2:23 US Midterms update with Graeme Acton
- 2:26 Bookmarks: Sarah Farrar
- 3:10 David Graeber: why bullshit jobs are booming
- 9:07 Biggest risk to ageing well is loneliness
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
- 1:11 First song: Guavo
- 1:19 Te Papa influencing Australian museums
- 1:29 Migrant "caravan": why people are leaving Honduras
- 1:39 Des Coppins reports in from the Melbourne Cup at Flemington
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:10 Irish author Rob Doyle
- 2:21 Music Feature: Reggae on the edge
- 3:08 Disney Producer, Thomas Schumacher
Monday, 5 November 2018
- 1:15 Hedgehogs outsmarting backyard trappers
- 1:23 Carbon fund launched to help lower emissions
- 1:36 New Zealand Cuckoo Migration Project
- 1:46 Great album
- 2:10 Television Critic - Graeme Tuckett
- 2:42 Expert feature: trapping pests
- 3:10 The history of humans through our teeth
Friday, 2 November 2018
- 1:08 Robert Scott performs 'Little Bird'
- 1:16 Doctor burnout tackled in upcoming national conference
- 1:28 Paddleboarding to work
- 1:35 Eliza McCartney wants Kiwis to switch from soft drinks to water
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:08 Film Review - Richard Swainson
- 2:25 NZ Live: The New Valley Stompers
- 3:08 Slaw – three ways: recipes by Jess Daniell
- 3:17 Awakeri Rail adventures
- 3:28 Critter of the Week The Hoiho - Yellow Eyed Penguin
Thursday, 1 November 2018
- 1:10 First song: Alae perform live
- 1:18 Diabetes sufferers stigmatised
- 1:28 Sexual harassment in the Cook Islands hospitality industry
- 1:39 Bedtime Stories: recordings by mothers and grandmothers behind bars
- 1:45 Halloween Prank
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:16 Theatre Critic - Lin Clark
- 2:22 Mortgages: your questions answered by Mary Holm
- 3:08 Short Story Club
- 3:21 Tell me about your thesis: Disruptive Knitting
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
- 1:10 First song: Jess Cornelius
- 1:17 Royal update
- 1:21 Poetry - a living and a calling
- 1:30 Jessica Smith - Give a frog for Christmas
- 1:36 Sound Archives: The liberation of Le Quesnoy
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:11 Music critic - Dianne Swann
- 2:26 Bookmarks: Craig Jackson
- 3:10 "Trump is the Worst President Ever" - Republican Strategist
- 9:06 From hills to the sea - a community thinks about freshwater
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
- 1:17 Royal update
- 1:29 Minecraft migrates into classrooms: is educational gaming the way of the future?
- 1:38 Certified vegan products will soon carry logo
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:09 Book critic Elizabeth Heritage
- 2:20 Musical Theatre
- 3:10 How to deal with toxic people
- 1:22 WWI's health impacts felt for generations
Monday, 29 October 2018
- 1:10 First song: Alpaca Social Club
- 1:17 Tackling child trafficking
- 1:26 Where have all the trees gone?
- 1:39 Otago Girls' students get the option of pants thanks to Year 13 Hannah King
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:10 Television Critic Melenie Parkes
- 2:40 What a NZ study of people 85+ has taught us about ageing well
- 3:08 The best dogs in history
Friday, 26 October 2018
- 1:10 First song: Rhian Sheehan
- 1:19 Where are the women at tech events?
- 1:30 Sydney spring bee swarms
- 1:35 Could regional TV be on the comeback?
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:08 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:25 NZ Live: The Roulettes
- 3:08 Helen Dorresteyn's buffalo cheese salad
- 3:18 Talk the Walk - Iceland
- 3:27 Critter of the Week Bake-off winners – and this week's Critter, a native wasp
Thursday, 25 October 2018
- 1:11 Suggested Serving Size perform live
- 1:17 Brazilian Presidential election worrying kiwis
- 1:17 The history of Māori and visiting British royalty
- 1:38 Weta artist curates a Halloween exhibition in Wellington
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:17 Peter Griffin: why I love flying my drone
- 2:24 Farming with Steve Wyn Harris
- 2:34 The history of iconic suburbs in NZ
- 3:13 Short Story Club
- 3:23 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
- 1:17 NZ wool on trial for space travel
- 1:26 Poems in waiting rooms
- 1:38 Sound Archives: remembering the NZ Army's 1943 mission to the Solomon Islands
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:10 Music critic - Colin Morris
- 2:29 Bookmarks with Chris Bourke
- 3:10 Temple Grandin: kids need to tinker
- 9:07 A flower map to help NZ beekeepers
Tuesday, 23 October 2018
- 1:09 First song: Greg Johnson
- 1:16 Are Flavoured cigarettes targetting non smokers?
- 1:26 Why we need to improve battery life
- 1:38 Art therapy to help dementia symptoms
- 1:45 Great album:
- 2:10 Book critic Steph Soper
- 2:15 Pasifika Country Music
- 3:07 Moneyland: where ill-gotten wealth goes to hide
Friday, 19 October 2018
- 1:09 First song: Anxiety Club
- 1:16 When is a government survey compulsory?
- 1:32 All-women judging panel for NZ Bagpiping comp
- 1:38 Otago's coin collection
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:08 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:25 NZ Live: Daffodils
- 3:08 Potato Focaccia by Michelin-star chef Casey McDonald
- 3:14 Talk the Walk: The Orongorongo tracks
- 3:20 Critter of the Week Bake-Off: the contenders!
- 3:29 Critter of the Week The Pygmy Blue Whale
Thursday, 18 October 2018
- 1:10 First song: Terence Blacker
- 1:22 Phone recordings: what's legal and what's not
- 1:27 Real people, real stories: a Wellington writer's bespoke book business
- 1:37 A show about bipolar disorder
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:11 Theatre Critic
- 2:22 Mary Holm's tips on how to curb your spending
- 3:12 Short Story Club
- 3:25 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
- 9:06 Over-eating might be in the brain
- 1:09 First song - Tiny Ruins
- 1:17 Canada legalises recreational cannabis
- 1:23 Wendyl Nissen's tips for creating a natural home
- 1:33 Ngā Taonga: WW1 armistice centenary
- 1:46 Great album
- 2:07 Music critic - Kate Robertson
- 2:22 Bookmarks: Anne Firth Murray
- 3:07 New Zealanders write about living with anxiety in the new book Headlands