Culture 101 for Sunday 27 August 2023

3:00 PM. Lord Joseph Banks assembles a crew for a noble mission: to go to the very source of pleasure, in order to destroy it... Read more Audio

2:45 PM.Can you be a critic in your own backyard? Culture 101 speaks to arts critic and senior lecturer, Erin Harrington, about the latest from the Word festival in Christchurch.  Read more Audio

2:20 PM.By the time she was seven, Susan Te Kahurangi King had stopped talking. Yet, today, she is one of Aotearoa’s most globally sought after artists. Paris, New York, Dusseldorf are just some of the… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.In October 2022 Kanye West (a.k.a.Ye) was dropped by sponsors and social media for repeated anti-semitic outbursts. Jewish hip hop artist Rami Even-Esh aka Kosha Dillz - renowned for his freestyle… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Each week we join a creative correspondent from a different part of Aotearoa New Zealand. This week it’s Baz Squire of Whangārei’s Hangar Gallery. Read more Audio

1:00 PM.“New Zealand cancels Venice Biennale pavilion, citing inadequate resources” ran the headline on leading international art news site Artnet this month. There were similar from New York’s Artforum… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.From Brahms to Bridgerton and Baroque to Beyonce; classical music is hitting the streets of the capital in early September as Classical on Cuba returns for a third year. 

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12:25 PM.Leading Kapa Haka group Te Matarae i-Orehu from Rotorua is retiring with a legacy spanning 30 years.  Read more Audio

12:15 PM.TV star Karen O'Leary chats to Culture 101 about what she's seeing, consuming and why despite being all over TV, she doesn't watch much of it. 

12:00 PM.From The Circling Sun to Erny Belle Read more