All episodes
Friday, 25 October 2024
- 9:15 This Weekend: Raglan Art Weekend
- 9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:18 Long-lost story by author of Dracula rediscovered 130 years later
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 24 October 2024
- 9:15 Why we love to hate Americanisms
- 9:40 Sugar, Gravy, Pleasure: The grunge club scene in provincial UK
- 10:18 The contrasting fortunes of Tory Whanau and Wayne Brown
- 10:30 The film festival aiming to terrify its audience
- 10:45 Free fish for a good cause
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
- 9:15 Giving an outlet and voice to youth with disabilities
- 9:30 Midweek Mediawatch: Sweating the small stuff
- 10:18 New Zealand in desperate need of licensing regime for the breeding of pets
- 10:30 New study into rock climbers' unique psychology
- 10:45 Kiwi-made card game Getting Lost wins big
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: Why is gluten intolerance so common now?
- 9:45 Politics by Night with Thomas Coughlan
- 10:18 More physician associates not the answer, GP association says
- 10:30 Superstar food blogger Nagi Maehashi on her new cookbook
- 10:45 How cricket is keeping hope alive in Ukraine
Monday, 21 October 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Raukura Huata
- 9:30 Everything you ever wanted to know about snot
- 9:50 Tom Sainsbury brings camping drama to the stage
- 10:18 The future of New Zealanders' genetic data held by 23andMe
- 10:30 Sports with Bryan Waddle
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
Friday, 18 October 2024
- 9:15 This Weekend: The 45th annual national Mustang convention
- 9:30 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:17 Conker Controversy: Organisers address cheating claims at World Champs
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 17 October 2024
- 9:25 New Zealand pre-loved fashion start-up expands into Australia
- 9:35 Biography captures 'special time in New Zealand farming history'
- 9:55 Remembering popstar Liam Payne
- 10:17 Where to now for Darleen Tana after Green Party vote?
- 10:30 New exhibition explores the small universe of home
- 10:45 The Australian dance group building bridges and breaking down walls
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
- 9:20 How housing quality can be a key indicator of well-being
- 10:17 Is the Supreme Court overstepping its bounds?
- 10:30 Fifty-nine of NZ's most iconic treks and how to tramp them
- 10:45 An astronomer's tips for seeing the rare comet in our skies this week
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
- 9:25 Jazz pianist Jonathan Crayford on music, travel and where he calls home
- 9:35 Politics by Night with Laura Walters
- 10:17 Where to now for the Wellington City Council?
- 10:30 Juggler Mike Twist on his life as an international performer
- 10:45 The case for getting rid of rents
Monday, 14 October 2024
- 9:15 The half a million dollar decision still baffling the book industry
- 9:35 Why are we still using BMI if we know its flaws?
- 10:18 Which supermarket is the cheapest?
- 10:30 Sports with Richard Irvine
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin
Friday, 11 October 2024
- 9:20 This Weekend: Jazz Performance at Whanganui Museum
- 9:45 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
- 10:15 The life and legacy of New Zealand poet Fleur Adcock
Thursday, 10 October 2024
- 9:15 Auckland Youth Choir turns 40
- 9:40 Kathleen Jamie on her inspiration and identity as a Scottish poet
- 10:18 Wellington City Council decide to keep airport shares
- 10:30 Hurricane Milton update with NIWA's Ben Noll
- 10:45 How the NZ Crime and Victims survey works
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
- 9:15 Myth Takes: Homer and the epics
- 10:18 Homelessness surging in New Zealand's biggest city, says Census
- 10:30 'An Island to Oneself' republished
- 10:45 Days left to vote for New Zealand's favourite classical music
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: What is foreign aid?
- 9:35 Live from the APRA Silver Scrolls with Charlotte Ryan
- 9:45 Politics by Night with Dan Brunskill
- 10:18 What it's going to take to clean up the Manawanui
- 10:30 Kiwi illustrator's love letter to television
- 10:45 It's swooping season, so how do you keep magpies at bay?
Monday, 7 October 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Peter Keegan
- 9:30 The science of cloning
- 10:18 One year of conflict in Gaza
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
Friday, 4 October 2024
- 9:15 This Weekend: New Zealand Cheese Festival
- 9:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 3 October 2024
- 9:15 Philosophy Now: How should we treat criminals?
- 9:35 Music, poetry and performance combine with te reo at Wellington's Jazz Festival
- 10:20 What is diplomatic immunity and why are diplomats protected this way?
- 10:50 Lilliput Libraries: The little libraries packing a big punch
Wednesday, 2 October 2024
- 9:15 Agony Aunt Courtney Dawson
- 10:18 Aotearoa's "for-purpose" sector in demand but underfunded
- 10:30 Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters
- 10:50 Does New Zealand need an online dating code of conduct?
Tuesday, 1 October 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: Why does our hair go grey?
- 9:30 Politics by Night with Thomas Coughlan
- 9:45 Heads up: Look out for kākā in the roof, DOC say
- 10:18 New initiative launches to remove tattoos applied during cancer treatment
- 10:30 The joy of Bollywood dancing
- 10:45 Thomas Stazyk's hobby: Model ship building
Monday, 30 September 2024
- 9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Tuhingaia Manihera
- 9:30 What life would look like on a planet with no night and day
- 10:18 Kim Dotcom: Why has New Zealand spent 12 years trying to extradite him?
- 10:30 Sports with Kayla Hodge
- 10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin
Friday, 27 September 2024
- 9:15 This Weekend: The Wellington Puppetry Festival
- 9:30 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 10:17 Author Catherine Chidgey on bidding wars and global popularity
- 10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 26 September 2024
- 9:15 What can be done about disinformation?
- 9:35 Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior on his new show
- 10:17 Former Minister for Health and MP for Dunedin North reacts to signalled downgrade of new Dunedin Hospital
- 10:30 How a $1 million bequest is helping make children's leg braces cool
- 10:50 Iconic NZ magazine to be digitised
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
- 9:15 Our Changing World's Claire Concannon on what makes a wobbly polar vortex
- 10:17 What you need to know about the Fonterra financial result
- 10:30 Misheard lyrics: The world of mondegreens
- 10:45 The man behind what could be NZ's capital of gemstone collecting
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
- 9:15 Shower Thoughts: Why voices in older recordings sound so different to voices today?
- 9:30 Politics by Night with Dan Brunskill
- 10:17 What is the role of the Police Commissioner and who's line for the top job?
- 10:30 The 'bystander effect': Would you step in to help?
- 10:45 Hamish McNeilly on why he's fallen in love with a rubbish app
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