Easter Monday Podcast Options

8:40 AM.Heading into the third week of lockdown, New Zealanders are really doing the hard yards, says psychologist and disaster mental health specialist Sarb Johal. To normalise what many people are… Read more Video, Audio

8:31 AM.The Wonky Donkey Man’s been busier than ever during lockdown, keeping the kids amused with live Facebook streams and guitar performances of his bestselling children’s books. Craig Smith joins Karyn… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Tevita Finau is a minister with the Tongan Methodist Church in Northcote in Auckland. He tells how the Church managed to take the sacred service into the homes of its worldwide congregation Read more Audio

8:21 AM.There are about 21,000 black cabs in London and many of them are also being used to provide free transport for patients. Karyn talks to Black Cab driver and muso, Geoff Hayden, about the situation for… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.Going into lockdown with a violent partner is possibly the worst thing imaginable. Women's Refuge chief executive, Ang Jury is hoping to reach those who can't speak out. Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Staying at home, online, watching TV, cooking more than we normally do... the powers bills are on the rise...and they need to be paid whether we've still got a job or not. Many older people are… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Coral reefs are one of the most vulnerable parts of the planet to show the effects of global warming. Across the globe bleaching events have become more common in recent years and scientists are… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Chocolate took over Elle Coco's life in 2010. She was teaching chocolate workshops and guiding chocolate themed walking tours around London when she started working for one of Britain's best… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.New Zealand's alt-country songstress heads out with the Proclaimers, touring her new album Glass Heart. The album was recorded in Los Angeles with celebrated US producer Mitchell Froom. Mel talks to… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Our last poet of the show is Kate Spencer - she's a wordsmith, a show-off and a shutter bug - she's co-producer of Poetry In Motion, the Wellington Feminist Poetry Club, an alumni of Naked Girls… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Privacy issues aren't just a feature of the digital age; a new book by labour historian, Jared Davidson, hows how pervasive military censorship was in the wartime years from 1914 to 1920. Dead… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Debbie Munro is a mechanical and biomedical engineer who says the future of biomimicry is vast. It's design inspired by how nature solves problems and Dr Munro says it won't be long before we are… Read more Audio

10:20 AM.Sharn Maree is of Ngapuhi and Ngati Porou descent. Her poetry is woven with Maori whakapapa and her pono - her truth, advocating for greater awareness on mental health, political wrongdoings and… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.What is burnout and what does the patriachy have to do with the way women experience it? Read more Audio

9:45 AM.The Guerilla Girls have been creating protest posters for 30 years - calling out the art world,using fact, statistics, shame and irony to call for then end to all forms of gender and racial inequality… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:30 AM.In just over a month, hot chilli lovers from all over the country will gather in an Auckland bar to witness an event you might describe as sheer lunacy - the chilli eating champs. Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Tarns Hood is a Wellington performance poet who describes ordinary things with witty, rhythmic quick verse. She's the 2017 national slam poetry champ. Her style is raw and linguistically twisted and… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Moon and space travel are magical for Bucharest-born Hari Mogosanu, who loves them so much she has an asteroid named after her. She explains why Easter is the only public holiday that revolves… Read more Audio, Gallery

8:45 AM.Criticism is piling up for politicians and climate change scientists for the carbon emissions they use flying to conferences. In 2017, two Auckland University professors made the decision not to fly… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Celebrated Italophile Frances and her husband, Ed eat and drink their way through regional Italy from Friuli to Sicily. They seek out the cultural and historic gems not found in traditional… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Poetry slam is where poetry meets sport and the first of our poets this morning is a 2018 national poetry slam finalist, she's a playwright and writes for film. Alayne Dick has been performing at the… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Tarun Mohanbhai is a comedian, writer, and screen and theatre performer who's been performing stand-up since 1996. His work often takes on topics from his real life - including arranged marriage and… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Deborah Stevens from the Centre for Science and Citizenship, which teaches ethics workshops, and former president of the Secondary Principal's Association, Patrick Walsh, discuss how to encourage kids… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.When Croatian couple Olinka Vistica and Drazen Grubisic broke up 15 years ago, they wondered what to do with the objects they'd accumulated during their long relationship. That wondering turned into a… Read more Audio

10:25 AM.Folk singer-songwriter Nadia Reid is in the RNZ studio with her band. She's nominated for this year's Taite Music Prize, she toured the UK and Europe last year off the back of her second album, Preser… Read more Video, Audio