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Friday, 4 July 2025
- 8:10 Iconic Cardrona Hotel up for sale
- 8:20 This Weekend: Dunedin celebrates Dalai Lama's 90th
- 8:30 The Quiz Appendix: Beanstalks, Ballantynes, and the River Styx
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 3 July 2025
- 8:10 Nominations open tomorrow: Should you run for your local council?
- 8:20 Wild weather update with Metservice
- 8:25 Are we a group of Kiwi, or Kiwis?
- 8:30 Philosophy Now: Should we want to live forever?
- 8:45 Public lighting designer Tim Hunt
- 9:25 Can 'biological age' tell us how well our bodies are functioning?
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
- 8:10 How common are data breaches?
- 8:20 Multi-million-dollar MethaneSAT 'likely not recoverable'
- 9:25 Life after guilt: How wrongful conviction affects the brain
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
- 8:10 Are our name suppression laws fit-for-purpose?
- 8:20 UK correspondent Christian Smith
- 8:40 Shower Thoughts: What is perfect pitch?
- 9:25 Jessica Moran, Chief Librarian
Monday, 30 June 2025
- 8:10 Wegovy makes its NZ debut
- 8:20 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:40 Hitting the pie trail
- 8:45 BBC World Service with Pete Ross
- 9:25 Ghosts in the machine: Fighting the presence of AI on Spotify
Friday, 27 June 2025
- 8:07 The latest on the severe weather
- 8:10 What happens at an economists' conference?
- 8:20 This Weekend: Nelson Tasman 'Battle of the Burgers'
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 26 June 2025
- 8:10 Ben O'Keeffe on referee abuse and 'Love Their Game' campaign
- 8:20 Myth Takes with Ben Jackson
- 8:40 The Reread: Rachel Paris and 'Owls Do Cry'
- 9:25 State of Science with Nicola Gaston
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
- 8:10 ADHD prescription changes 'long overdue'
- 9:25 From goddesses of stage and film to contemporary global superstars, the history of Divas
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
- 8:10 Major fundraiser to upgrade Hato Hone St John ambulance stations
- 8:30 Retired working dogs face uncertain future as adoptions slow
- 8:40 Shower Thoughts: How do keys work?
- 9:25 Finnish-Kiwi poet Mikaela Nyman on her new poetry collection
Monday, 23 June 2025
- 8:10 Helen Clark on US involvement in Israel-Iran conflict
- 8:20 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:40 BBC World Service with Rob Hugh-Jones
- 9:25 A riddle two thousand years in the making
Thursday, 19 June 2025
- 8:10 Scanning your groceries - and you!
- 8:30 The business of making up words
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
- 8:10 Chris Bishop on why Gordon Wilson flats' heritage protection is "goneburger"
- 8:25 UK correspondent Christian Smith
- 8:40 Shower Thoughts: Can you be sarcastic through sign language?
- 9:25 Poto: Spinning New Zealand microfiction in te reo Māori
Monday, 16 June 2025
- 8:10 Is this the end of the Iranian regime?
- 8:20 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:30 West Coast's Regent Theatre saved by Council
- 8:45 BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin
- 9:25 Maurice Gee remembered
Friday, 13 June 2025
- 8:10 Inclusive Performance Academy goes viral
- 8:20 This Weekend: New Zealand Latte Art Championships
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 12 June 2025
- 8:10 Can California become independent from the United States?
- 8:20 New Zealand's Filipino community celebrate Independence Day from afar
- 8:30 What looking at art does to your brain
- 8:50 New literary voices honoured
- 9:25 Australian comedian turns scamming experience into cabaret
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- 8:10 North Island's loss, Christchurch's gain?
- 8:20 Men: Schedule a 'Wednesday Waffle' for your friends
- 9:24 Fred Award-winner Angella Dravid
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
- 8:10 The Alliance Party brushes off the dust for 2025 local body elections
- 8:20 In breakups, should pets be more than just property?
- 8:40 Shower Thoughts: Where does bellybutton fluff come from?
- 9:25 Is bigger better? New Zealand's obsession with utes and SUVs
Monday, 9 June 2025
- 8:10 Why is ageism socially acceptable?
- 8:20 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:45 BBC World with Pete Ross
- 9:25 Did humans evolve to be religious?
Friday, 6 June 2025
- 8:10 Life changes - and death changes, too
- 8:20 This Weekend: Mainland Big Band
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 5 June 2025
- 8:10 Six months on, is the gang patch ban working?
- 8:30 Philosophy Now: Disrespecting the flag
- 8:50 The Kiwi aiming to break the land speed out of his Mangatāwhiri garage
- 9:25 Dr Harold Hillman: Living with passion and purpose
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
- 8:10 To speak or not? The high-stakes choice in criminal trials
- 8:20 The 'senior' Kiwi footballers chasing World Cup dreams
- 9:25 Award-winning nightlife cabaret set to dazzle Aucklanders
Tuesday, 3 June 2025
- 8:10 Worst-case scenario climate events for Auckland and Wellington
- 8:20 Sport with Jamie Wall
- 8:40 Shower Thoughts: How do you create a font?
- 9:25 What makes a political memoir a page-turner?
- 9:35 Mini Midweek Mediawatch
Friday, 30 May 2025
- 8:30 This Weekend: John's Sketch Club
- 9:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:18 Bringing the 80s to life on screen: Costume designer Amy Parris
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 29 May 2025
- 8:30 Timaru New Zealand's best tap water, officially
- 9:25 Myth Takes: Greek islands
- 9:40 Is churning butter worth it?
- 10:18 Bipartisan support emerging for financing home solar
- 10:30 Fazerdaze cleans up at 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards
- 10:45 Auckland's The Others Way festival spills out onto the street
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