All episodes
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
- 1:15 Experts oppose ACC sex consent classes
- 1:27 Creating an internationally recognised Geopark in Waitaki
- 1:36 Never Never Land: Art exhibition reveals women's lives in Saudi Arabia
- 1:44 Great album: Barry Manilow's Greatest Hits
- 2:08 Book critic Pip Adam
- 2:17 World's greatest live songs
- 3:07 Eating times essential to healthy diet and nutrition - Dr Satchin Panda
Monday, 6 August 2018
- 7:00 Extra Muscle at the Mussel Factory
- 1:16 Antarctica's future: Climate change and tourism
- 1:27 Reviving Māori plant knowledge
- 1:40 Restoring Taranaki's environment
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:10 Television Critic Melenie Parkes
- 2:19 Treaty of Waitangi graphic novel
- 2:27 Expert: Matt Weinert is bananas about bananas!
- 3:08 Parenting in an age of unruly children
Friday, 3 August 2018
- 1:10 The Gramophone Band perform live
- 1:20 Native species in our backyard
- 1:29 Melissa Marquez - chasing sharks and being bitten by a croc
- 1:41 How do streets get their names?
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:11 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:26 NZ Live: Orangefarm
- 3:07 Food with Kyle Street
- 3:15 Great NZ Train Journeys
- 3:28 Critter of the Week
Thursday, 2 August 2018
- 1:10 LIVE: Onehunga rappers SWIDT perform 'No Emotions In The Wild'
- 1:22 Dr Ros Vallings on ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- 1:36 Bake Your Thesis: Otago students serve up concepts as cakes
- 1:41 A banquet that's good for your gut health
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:18 Theatre Critic - Cate Prestidge
- 2:24 The future of farming in NZ
- 2:34 Grant Morris: The history of free speech in New Zealand
- 3:15 Short Story Club
- 3:25 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
- 1:16 Calls for restrictions on alcohol ads around kids
- 1:28 Artists struggling and suffering for their art
- 1:36 Ngā Taonga: Gisborne plumber Tom Heeney's boxing heavyweight world title fight
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:08 Music critic - Simon Sweetman
- 2:26 Bookmarks with Rajorshi Chakraborti
- 3:10 Dr Nick Pyenson: Spying on Whales
- 9:08 Mussels on the move
Tuesday, 31 July 2018
- 1:09 Aussie blues legend, Lloyd Spiegel performs live
- 1:19 Poor health in ageing linked to poor finances - study
- 1:29 Enticing people into trades work
- 1:41 Fatigue: the hidden illness affecting thousands
- 1:50 Great album
- 2:10 Book critic Lisa Glass
- 2:23 Ennio Morricone and the sound of the Spaghetti Western
- 3:09 How to become more resilient
Monday, 30 July 2018
- 7:00 From stunts to the director’s chair: Willie Ying and The Final Blade
- 1:17 'Gene drive' pest eradication technology prompts calls for international laws
- 1:27 There's water on Mars so how about food?
- 1:36 Frozen roundworms come back to life after 40,000 years
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:08 Television Critic Briar Wyatt
- 2:18 The value of Gold - why this metal outshines the rest
- 3:08 Thor Hanson: Praising and protecting bees
Friday, 27 July 2018
- 1:16 Robots and racism: Are robots too white?
- 1:25 Update on Lower Hutt Fire
- 1:32 Reviving Australia's indigenous languages
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:09 Riddle + Squizz: new show brings kids' questions & artwork to life
- 2:16 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 3:10 Food: using porcini mushroom powder
- 3:21 Talk the Walk: the Banks Track
- 3:30 Critter of the Week
Thursday, 26 July 2018
- 1:13 First song: The Prophets live from Christchurch
- 1:27 Consciously stamping out unconscious bias
- 1:36 Could salmon farming become the new dairy?
- 1:51 Great album
- 2:13 Toi Wāhine!
- 2:19 Tech talk with Peter Griffin
- 2:26 Your Money with Mary Holm: Avoiding scams
- 3:15 Short Story Club
- 3:23 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 25 July 2018
- 1:10 First song: The Easy Leaves perform live
- 1:22 Could grass-fed cattle help to save the environment?
- 1:30 Intergenerational playgroups: fun for young and old
- 1:42 Sound Archives: UFOs and Close Encounters
- 1:53 Great album
- 2:12 Music critic - Dianne Swann
- 2:25 Bookmarks: Dark Tourist - David Farrier
- 3:08 The Science of happiness
- 9:07 DNA in fossil bone fragments reveals NZ's lost world
Tuesday, 24 July 2018
- 1:15 Meating of the minds
- 1:27 New Zealand's only space lawyer
- 1:38 Gin and Beer it in Parliament
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:10 Treasures from the library
- 2:25 NZ's hip hop heritage with Gareth Shute
- 3:08 Office agony aunt, Alison Green
Monday, 23 July 2018
- 1:12 First song: Fables
- 1:19 Social enterprise transparency
- 1:31 Beerhorses: the can-do DIY solar heating solution
- 1:44 Meet maratus unicup - the world's newest peacock spider
- 1:51 Great album
- 2:11 Television Critic Graeme Tuckett
- 2:24 The Pop-Up Globe, Shakespeare, gender, and historical accuracy
- 2:33 Paul Spoonley on the age of hypermobility
- 3:09 Tips from 'zero waste' guru Béa Johnson
Friday, 20 July 2018
- 1:15 Romance scams online fleece New Zealanders out millions
- 1:24 Largest NZ poetry collection housed in a converted garage
- 1:37 We Want Our Dogs Back NZ
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:09 Film review with Richard Swainson
- 2:27 NZ Live: Lawrence Arabia
- 3:07 Kelly Gibney's Indian Spiced Brown Rice Porridge
- 3:17 Talk the Walk: Te Whara Track
- 3:30 Critter of the Week: NZ glow worm
Thursday, 19 July 2018
- 1:18 Stopping burnout in sporty kids
- 1:33 Alternative Mental Health Centre
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:14 Theatre Critic Lin Clark
- 2:23 Solving the World's Problems
- 2:36 The history of cathedrals in NZ
- 3:14 Short Story Club
- 3:25 Tell me about your thesis: distracted driving
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
- 1:15 Trump baby blimp an international hit
- 1:26 Celebrating upcycled fashion
- 1:37 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision cheese history: Aunt Daisy's crackers, Pātea, and Brentry
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:10 Music critic - Yadana Saw
- 2:25 Bookmarks with David Long
- 3:09 Jonny Sun: how social media stars influence culture
- 9:07 Robots - Nao and the Bristlebots
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
- 1:16 If kelp can reach Antarctica, so can plastic
- 1:29 Letting kids be kids on the sports field
- 1:36 NZIFF: Animation, HIV, and all-ages films
- 1:45 Great album
- 2:10 Book critic Elizabeth Heritage
- 2:18 The much maligned harmonica
- 3:08 Dr Paul Offit on the dangers of science denial
Monday, 16 July 2018
- 1:09 Mister Speaker live in studio
- 1:19 Yuzu: The Japanese fruit becoming popular with Kiwis
- 1:28 School holiday programme at Northland prison
- 1:39 Wellington bus chaos
- 1:52 Great album
- 2:10 Television Critic: Linda Burgess
- 2:20 Bill Forster on Chess
- 3:09 The enduring appeal of Twin Peaks
Friday, 13 July 2018
- 1:13 The hidden world of fungi and traditional Māori uses - Peter Buchanan
- 1:31 NZIFF: Dog's Best Friend
- 1:40 Finding Wellington's next big designer
- 1:46 Great Album - Bad Girls
- 2:07 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:23 NZ Live: Jed Parsons
- 3:07 Julie Biuso's Cauliflower and Potato Curry
- 3:21 Talk the Walk: the Mohaka River Walk
- 3:35 Critter of the Week: The Southern Right Whale
Thursday, 12 July 2018
- 1:17 Croats in New Zealand react to the World Cup
- 1:27 Keeping the business in the family
- 1:35 Practical tips to stay plastic-free
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:18 Podcast Critic - Katy Atkin
- 2:29 Your Money with Mary Holm: More on KiwiSaver
- 3:16 Short Story Club
- 3:28 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
- 1:10 Mecuzine perform live
- 1:17 Diet in pregnancy and baby's gut health
- 1:26 Parental alienation: Lee James' calls for greater Family Court therapy powers
- 1:35 Whaling history in New Zealand's Cook Strait: Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision archives
- 1:46 Great album
- 2:09 Music critic - Colin Morris
- 2:28 Bookmarks with graphic novelist, Ant Sang
- 3:08 Mathew KIickstein: The Simpsons, behind the scenes
- 9:07 Southern right whales returning to mainland New Zealand
Tuesday, 10 July 2018
- 1:14 What's up in the UK? An explainer on the latest resignations
- 1:25 The science behind the World Cup penalty shootout
- 1:35 How poetry can help with mindfulness
- 1:44 The highs and lows of wedding photography
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:09 Book critic Jo Cribb
- 2:15 The Latin pop explosion
- 3:08 Boys Will Be Boys: Clementine Ford on toxic masculinity
Monday, 9 July 2018
- 8:00 Sam Gao's Middle Earth, Wandering Earth and WETA
- 1:11 First song: Reuben Naera
- 1:20 Transport solutions: Advice from Vancouver's Dale Bracewell
- 1:29 The Big Winter Write-In
- 1:38 Westside's Antonia Prebble
- 1:47 Great album
- 2:10 Television Critic Darren Bevan
- 2:17 Compostable cups: Steve Rickerby of We Compost
- 2:30 Expert feature: harnessing the immune system to treat cancer
- 3:09 Dr Adam Cox - How to talk with boys
Friday, 6 July 2018
- 1:10 The Uncools live in studio
- 1:21 Jill Klein on parenting mistakes: Praise, punishment and participation trophies
- 1:33 Unsung heroes of New Zealand's suffrage movement
- 1:42 New Zealand cities short on public 'third' places
- 1:48 Great album
- 2:10 Film Review with Richard Swainson
- 2:23 NZ Live: Openside
- 3:08 Healthy & easy beetroot and carrot fritters
- 3:17 Talk the Walk: the old ghost road
- 3:28 Critter of the Week The Hagfish
- 4:00 Critter of the Week T-shirts!
Thursday, 5 July 2018
- 1:13 Battle of the Cover Bands finalist: First to Blink
- 1:21 Fears fireworks show could hurt harbour whale
- 1:31 Te Reo thrash metal band Alien Weaponry Documentary
- 1:43 Shortland Street Live - The Musical
- 1:51 Great album
- 2:11 Tech talk with Peter Griffin
- 2:21 Solving the world's problems
- 2:34 The history of the Welsh in New Zealand
- 3:13 Short Story Club
- 3:26 Tell me about your thesis
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
- 1:09 First song: the Christchurch Cathedral choir perform live
- 1:19 Why children lie and how to deal with it: Psychologist Penny van Burgen
- 1:28 Upskilling to avoid the robot takeover
- 1:37 Sound Archives: Ice Skating in NZ
- 1:49 Great album
- 2:08 Music critic - Kate Robertson
- 2:23 Bookmarks with World record-holding NZ shearer, Emily Welch
- 3:07 How our hormones control almost everything: Dr Randi Epstein
- 9:07 Hunt for kauri that are resistant to kauri dieback disease