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3:40 PM.Last month Jesse talked with Riku van Tonder. Riku is an archery champion, competing to a high level in tournaments around the world. After emigrating from South Africa to New Zealand he struggled… Read more Audio

Join Claire Concannon aboard the DOC research vessel Southern Winds.  

Claire is with a team from Victoria University of Wellington, led by Professor James Bell, studying Fiordland’s underwater… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.This is how huge tech platforms like Google and Meta roll; first, they're good to their users; then they abuse them to make things better for business customers, then they exploit their business… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.It's time for Bookmarks where we invite interesting New Zealanders onto the show to discuss their cultural interests Today Jesse is joined in the Auckland studio by Labour leader Chris Hipkins. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Kelly Gibney turns quinoa into something akin to fried rice in a lovely use of this seed which has a pleasant, gentle pop to its texture. Get the recipe here. Read more Audio

2:12 PM.Rachel Ashby reviews and plays the new single from Wellington based artist Hemi Hemmingway, (To Be) Without You. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.We've talked about travelling solo, planning a nudist adventure, and even going to Mars. Today we're keeping it a bit more local... Well at least more so than Mars... Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Our national arboretum near Gisborne encompasses over 131 hectares planted in exotic and native trees, shrubs and climber plantings. Eastwoodhill is regarded as the largest and most comprehensive… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Bumble bees are the only insects that can pollinate tomatoes. Professor Jenny Jandt from Otago Uni's zoology department has just completed a study looking at how we can help the bumble bees thrive and… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Earlier this week we received an email from a listener Craig Dowling. He told us that he'd been selected - out of hundreds - to compete in a reality TV show. Read more Audio

3:10 PM.A global effort to make communication clearer, kinder, and more meaningful for everyone started in the front seat of Jefferson Fisher's car. He's a Texas trial lawyer who started recording videos from… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.It's time for our Tuesday music feature and today we're diving into the back catalog of the pioneers of funk rock... the Red Hot Chili Peppers! Formed in 1983 the band burst onto the Los Angeles scene… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Brad discusses the incoming Aussie election, the huge court case of Erin Patterson (the accused mushroom poisoner) and the happy ending for a sausage dog stuck on an island for 529 days. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Pip Adam talks about the horror maestro's work and the horror genre in general. Read more Audio

1:50 PM.Tim Batt talks Chat GPT and how they appear to have ramped up the LLM to 'Full Sycophancy Mode'. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.One of our most tragic exports is mass shootings inspired by the Christchurch mosque attack That sad legacy includes a 2019 shooting at a Walmart in El Paso Texas. A shooting that resulted in the… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.About 9 months ago we had The Spinoff's Toby Manhire in to talk about a new podcast - Juggernaut It took us inside David Lange's 4th Labour government and ended up being one of the years surprise… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Big problems don't always need big solutions. Sometimes, it's the small stuff that can break a deadlock at the office, at the dinner table, or in conversations about politics. Listening, letting go of… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Today we're talking Beer with Thomas Shellhammer. He's a Professor of Brewing Science, expert in the chemistry of hops, and a Fellow of the institute of Brewing and Distilling. A serious heavyweight… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Once again Jesse tries to make a dreaded information center cold call. This is where we call a random information center somewhere in the country and try to stoke up a conversation. It could be a… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.The one and only Linda Burgess reviews the new season of Black Mirror, the Agatha Christie style murder mystery The Residence, Ted Danson comedy A Man on the Inside and, maybe the Tv event of the year… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Exhibiting at this year's Aotearoa Art Fair is Nikau Hinden. Through years of research and hands-on practice, she has re-established aute-making in Aotearoa, using traditional techniques to create… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.There's been a lot of news in the EV space recently: over the weekend the government announced they are replacing grant for EV charging infrastructure with 0% loans instead. New company Slate Auto… Read more Audio