All episodes
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
- 9:06 Calls to regulate treatments like Botox and lip fillers
- 9:32 Research cites need for better management of antimicrobials
- 9:52 Australia: Govt's own climate stoush ahead of COP26
- 10:06 Tunnel 29: Escape beneath the Berlin Wall
- 10:45 Book review: A Still Life by Josie George
- 11:06 Music with RNZ's Yadana Saw
- 11:32 Navigating the challenges of a relationship split
- 11:45 Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
Tuesday, 19 October 2021
- 9:09 Climate Leaders Coalition signatories commit $9.5 billion to reduce emissions
- 9:35 Air New Zealand and Airbus partner up to research hydrogen-powered aircraft
- 9:53 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:07 The Kiwi innovation at Expo 2020 in Dubai
- 10:40 Book Review - The Dark Remains
- 11:07 Business commentator Pattrick Smellie
- 11:35 Dick Frizzell on his love of the cosmos and new book
- 11:50 Media commentator Andrew Holden
Monday, 18 October 2021
- 9:08 Analysts: 100 per cent renewables target within reach
- 9:37 School pilot programme to encourage community activity
- 9:49 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
- 10:07 The all-female militia that fought - and beat - ISIS
- 10:38 Activism, Feminism, Politics and Parliament by Margaret Wilson
- 11:06 Inflation highest in a decade
- 11:10 Political commentators Jones & Thomas
- 11:35 Subscription superfruit smoothies, Riki Hoeata
- 11:58 Is the Future of Housing in our own back yards?
Friday, 15 October 2021
- 9:09 Vaxathon - everyone rolling up their sleeves
- 9:20 Bringing a right to repair to our waste minimisation legislation
- 9:36 The tale of a pesky nut stashing squirrel in North Dakota
- 9:45 Asia correspondent Ed White
- 10:07 Behind the scenes of the movie Juniper
- 10:40 Book review - Family Lexicon
- 11:07 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:35 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:50 The week that was with Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther
Thursday, 14 October 2021
- 9:05 New report: working from home and taking sick leave
- 9:20 Could dinosaurs wag their tails?
- 9:35 Katherine Mansfield: A woman in love
- 9:50 UK correspondent Matthew Parris
- 10:07 Breathing well - Dr Tania Clifton-Smith
- 10:40 Book review - Beautiful World, Where Are You
- 11:07 Tech commentator Peter Griffin
- 11:25 Green light given to import rapid COVID-19 tests into NZ
- 11:30 Parents' phone notifications interfere with language development
- 11:50 Film and TV correspondent Tamar Munch
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- 9:05 Digital identity service providers' concerns over RealMe and new legislation
- 9:35 Digital tool to measure Christchurch residents' vulnerability to sea level rise
- 9:50 Australia: Lockdown lifts, climate deal, more corruption, new airline
- 10:06 The fight to save British Columbia's wild salmon
- 10:30 Book review: The Raffles Affair by Vicki Virtue
- 10:45 Art and heritage in small-town New Zealand
- 11:06 Music with Charlotte Ryan
- 11:35 Xanthe White's tips for low cost gardening
Tuesday, 12 October 2021
- 9:09 Can hospitals cope with more Covid-19 patients? Surgeon and Chief Medical Officer Andrew Connolly
- 9:30 Pacific's undersea internet cables tangled up in geopolitical tensions
- 9:50 USA correspondent Kelsey Snell
- 10:07 Sonny Bill Williams: the man on and off the field
- 10:40 Book review - The Book of Form and Emptiness
- 11:07 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:30 How the Ever Given sparked another Little Yellow Digger adventure
- 11:50 What the OCR rise means for investors and borrowers
Monday, 11 October 2021
- 9:09 Are our emergency departments Covid fit?
- 9:35 Happy 20th anniversary, Superfund
- 9:50 Germany correspondent Thomas Sparrow
- 10:07 Investigative journalist Carol Leonnig lays bare Donald Trump's last year in office
- 10:40 Book review - The Jealousy Man
- 11:07 Political commentators Jones & Hehir
- 11:35 Demand for designer donuts
- 11:50 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 8 October 2021
- 9:09 Business meets govt to push for workplace rapid antigen testing
- 9:23 Māori stone artefact digital repository
- 9:40 Living vicariously in level 3 - opshop treasures
- 9:50 Pacific correspondent Susana Leiataua
- 10:10 'Look at moy!' Why Kath & Kim is earning a new generation of fans
- 10:40 Unity books review - The Shut Ins by Katherine Brabon
- 11:07 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman - Benji Marshall retires
- 11:50 The week that was
Thursday, 7 October 2021
- 9:09 Accessibility legislation proposed
- 9:33 Wound gel shows promise for horses - and humans
- 9:50 UK correspondent Matt Dathan
- 10:09 Piercing the criminal underbelly: Mark van Leewarden on life as an undercover cop
- 10:40 Book review - AUP New Poets 8
- 11:07 Technology commentator Bill Bennett
- 11:30 Parenting with Nathan Wallis - coping with lockdown effects on children's routines
- 11:50 Film and TV reviewer James Croot
Wednesday, 6 October 2021
- 9:05 Charging EVs: circumventing the 6pm surge
- 9:20 Demand for credit recovering for business in level 2
- 9:30 Parks Weather: forecasts for National Parks, huts and trails
- 9:45 New NSW Premier, Victoria's Covid cases spike
- 10:05 Galen Cranz - keeping you on the edge of your seat
- 10:35 Book review: The Employees: A workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
- 11:05 What makes an iconic TV theme song?
- 11:20 What is required for international mobility to resume?
- 11:45 Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
Tuesday, 5 October 2021
- 9:05 Afghans hope for action while awaiting court hearing
- 9:30 Health Minister Andrew Little responds on medicinal cannabis
- 9:40 Russian film crew to take off for first movie in space
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:05 How to find the words to start difficult conversations
- 10:35 Book review: The Altar Boys by Suzanne Smith
- 11:05 Business commentator Pattrick Smellie - a third supermarket chain?
- 11:30 Facebook quizzes - and why you should think before you click
- 11:45 Media commentator Andrew Holden - Data Journalism
Monday, 4 October 2021
- 9:05 A roadmap out of lockdown
- 9:20 Treating Covid-19: Ronapreve explained
- 9:30 Wellington City Councillors to vote on expanding bush track
- 9:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
- 10:05 Geoff Ross & Justine Troy: From Herne Bay to Lake Hawea Station
- 10:35 Second hand bookshop review: Mort by Terry Pratchett
- 11:05 Political commentators Jones & Morten - Covid spreads to Waikato
- 11:30 Capsicums from the Matakana food basket
- 11:45 Is the Future of Housing in our own back yards?
Friday, 1 October 2021
- 9:09 Big change to medicinal cannabis - Why are stocks being destroyed?
- 9:35 How a Kiwi bot could level the online playing field for female athletes
- 9:50 Asia correspondent Ed White
- 10:09 Kharl WiRepa - first Māori designer in British Vogue
- 10:40 Book review - Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
- 11:07 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:35 Sports commentator Dana Johannsen
- 11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Pinky Agnew
Thursday, 30 September 2021
- 9:05 Reserve Bank ponders digital currency and new rules for new money
- 9:30 Companies challenged by covid supply chain calling for help
- 9:45 UK: Labour conference petrol crisis, new Bond
- 10:05 Number dyslexia and counting successes: hip-hop dancer Yami 'Rowdy' Löfvenberg
- 10:35 Book review: Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser
- 11:05 Chip shortages, Facebook's big fine, hampster trading
- 11:30 Parenting: how are students faring under covid restrictions?
- 11:50 Film and TV correspondent Laumata Lauano
Wednesday, 29 September 2021
- 9:07 Vaccine passports in time for summer music festivals
- 9:35 Thousands with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder denied support - report
- 9:50 Australia correspondent Karen Middleton
- 10:05 Wildlife documentary producer John Ruthven
- 10:40 Book review: Conversātiō: In the company of bees by Anne Noble with Zara Stanhope and Anna Brown
- 10:55 National party's reopening plan
- 11:06 Ōranga Tamariki 'not fit for purpose' - review
- 11:10 Music with Yadana Saw
- 11:30 Food fight - Oakley Inkersell
- 11:50 Media liability for defamatory third party comments online
Tuesday, 28 September 2021
- 9:05 Businesses welcome self-isolation pilot, but warn many sectors crippled by skill shortages
- 9:20 Digital sector jobs vacancies escalating
- 9:30 Rob Fyfe: the challenges of getting business and government working together
- 9:30 Shape shifting animals to cope with climate change
- 9:45 USA correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:05 Lydia O'Donnell: Nike's Pacific head running coach
- 10:35 Book review: The Fran Lebowitz Reader by Fran Lebowitz
- 11:05 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
- 11:30 New book details the lives of young gay men in New Zealand
- 11:45 Financial Planner Liz Koh - Creating a financial safety net
Monday, 27 September 2021
- 9:10 Deadline looms for local councils' feedback on 3 Waters reform
- 9:35 A radical shift needed for health system
- 9:50 German elections lead to tight result
- 10:10 Southern Wanderer Peter Garden's long flying career
- 10:40 Book review: Snow Country by Sebastian Faulks
- 11:10 Political commentators Mills & Morten
- 11:30 Spicing it up with cinnamon, cardamom & cumin
- 11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Friday, 24 September 2021
- 9:05 Andrew Little on new 10 year plan for mental wellbeing
- 9:20 FIFA considers a biennial football world cup
- 9:30 Why are Kiwi kids still getting rickets?
- 9:45 Pacific correspondent Susana Lei'ataua
- 10:05 Adam Alexander: seed detective
- 10:35 Book review: The Passenger by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
- 11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:30 Remembering Waka Nathan
- 11:45 The week that was
Thursday, 23 September 2021
- 9:05 New mental health plan - roadmap or road to nowhere?
- 9:30 Psilocybin: Could magic mushrooms treat depression and anorexia?
- 9:45 UK correspondent Harriet Line
- 10:07 Tim Heath on how he became an 'Accidental Teacher'
- 10:35 Book review - This Much is True by Miriam Margolyes
- 11:07 Technology correspondent Sarah Putt
- 11:35 Speech trouble: childhood apraxia explained
- 11:50 Film and television reviewer Chris Schulz
Wednesday, 22 September 2021
- 9:06 How much of Auckland can get back to work at Level 3?
- 9:30 Seeing double: Why New Zealand needs a digital twin
- 9:40 How food-swap initiative Magic Beans hopes to grow
- 9:45 Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst
- 10:05 The habits of creative and successful people
- 10:35 Book review: Butcherbird by Cassie Hart
- 10:55 Police announce $45 million training programme
- 11:05 Music with RNZ's Charlotte Ryan
- 11:20 Elias Kanaris on leading from the stop: Lessons from 9/11
- 11:45 Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- 9:05 An insider's story of China's communist party elite
- 9:20 Chronic pain: retraining the brain's response
- 9:45 USA correspondent Kelsey Snell
- 10:05 Jenn Louis: Chicken soup for the world
- 10:35 Book review: The Women of Troy by Pat Barker
- 11:07 Business commentator Pattrick Smellie
- 11:35 Jade Jackson - Bringing the Dawn Raids to the big screen
- 11:50 Media commentator Andrew Holden
Monday, 20 September 2021
- 9:05 Carbon farming - "biggest change in land use"
- 9:20 Kiwi company Pictor seeks volunteers for antibody test trial
- 9:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
- 10:05 Hone Smythe: the healing power of horses
- 10:05 Book review: The Silence Of Scheherazade by Defne Suman
- 11:05 Political commentators Te Pou & Thomas
- 11:30 Home grown and pressed oat milk
- 11:45 Urban issues - why developers prefer green field sprawl
Friday, 17 September 2021
- 9:07 Australia signs new defence partnership with UK and US
- 9:32 Accreditation launched for dyslexia-friendly education institution
- 9:42 Mens' support group on show
- 9:50 Asia correspondent Ed White
- 10:07 Kate Lebo - The Book of Difficult Fruit
- 10:40 Book review: Beeswing: Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding My Voice, 1967-75 by Richard Thompson
- 11:07 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:35 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:50 The week that was with Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood
Thursday, 16 September 2021
- 9:08 Beyond lockdowns: how will the health system cope?
- 9:35 Research: over-breeding causing heart problems in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
- 9:43 Pocket Maps open up conservation land for Kiwi walkers
- 9:52 UK correspondent Matthew Parris
- 10:06 John Boyne: writing satire in a highly strung world
- 10:40 Book review: The Survival of Māori as a People
- 11:07 Tech commentator Paul Matthews
- 11:30 How to be the best grandparent
- 11:50 Film and TV reviewer James Croot