All episodes
Saturday, 23 March 2019
- 8:12 Åsne Seierstad on the anatomy of white terror
- 8:35 Muslim radicalisation vs white supremacy radicalisation
- 9:04 Kamila Shamsie - Home Fire
- 9:45 Anne Perkins - Brexit latest
- 10:04 Carl Shuker - author of A Mistake
- 10:40 Dr John Buckleton - Top forensics team win PM's Science Prize
- 11:04 Vicki Saunders - SHeEO activators empower female entrepreneurs
- 11:35 Rebecca Vaughan - Orlando
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 23 March 2019
Saturday, 9 March 2019
- 8:15 Dame Annette King - The Authorised Biography
- 9:10 Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett - The future of Holocaust museums
- 9:45 Doug Wilson - Young Blood for Old: Miracle or Scam
- 10:09 Frédéric Martel: In the Closet of the Vatican
- 10:40 Dr Helen Taylor - Tuatara sperm caught on camera
- 11:12 Wallis Bird - Songbird on the world stage
Saturday, 2 March 2019
- 8:09 Adventurer Chloe Phillips-Harris: 'It's about doing it anyway'
- 9:06 Chris Christie on Trump, Cohen, and his new book
- 9:35 NZ sex work model a world leader, expert says
- 10:04 House of Travel CEO: 'Corporate life wasn't for me'
- 10:04 Phil Price - Master of the kinetic sculpture
- 11:04 David Ireland - Ulster American comes to Aotearoa
- 11:25 Alejandro Escovedo: Mexican-American sings of American dream
- 11:55 Listener feedback
Saturday, 23 February 2019
- 8:12 Dave Cullen - Author takes on new tragedy with Parkland
- 9:07 Ross McCormack - As It Stands
- 9:38 Nick Offerman - Carpenter and character actor heads to NZ
- 10:07 Julie Bindel - Come on feminists, ditch the makeup bag
- 10:40 Harry and Michaela Sangl - The lost Te Kuia Moko
- 11:06 Jacqueline Curley - Death and devastation on Queensland farms
- 11:17 Terry Crayford - Virtuoso piano player
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 23 February 2019
Saturday, 16 February 2019
- 8:10 Charlie Reid: the Proclaimers on the way to Aotearoa
- 8:40 Queen of the Succulents: Debra Lee Baldwin
- 9:07 Michael Fuhrer - The Future of Computing
- 9:40 Nathan Joe - A new play for Auckland Fringe: I am Rachel Chu
- 10:06 Reinier de Graaf: social housing and disappearing architects
- 10:40 Chigozie Obioma pens second novel, An Orchestra of Minorities
- 11:05 Genesis Butler - Diet change not climate change
- 11:15 Fleur Adcock on her life in poetry
Saturday, 9 February 2019
- 8:10 Gays For Trump leader Peter Boykin: 'We will re-elect him'
- 8:32 Live cross to Nelson, update on Tasman fires.
- 9:06 James Crabb - Accordion virtuoso
- 9:47 Deborah Alma - Dispensing literary first aid
- 10:06 Stephanie Land - Working class poverty in the US
- 10:50 Diarmuid Brazendale - Redwood resident flees fire
- 11:05 Moe Laga - COVEN
- 11:20 Sam Phillips - Singer-songwriter and her World on Sticks
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 9 February 2019
Saturday, 2 February 2019
- 8:10 Professor Richard Sullivan - A global view of cancer treatment
- 9:05 Nancy Gertner - An 'unrepentant advocate' for civil liberties
- 9:40 Gregory Burke - Returning to head Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
- 10:06 Barrie Kosky - Sending Magic Flute to Auckland Arts Festival
- 11:06 Professor Richard Whitman - Brexit fallout for Aotearoa
- 11:40 Ian Bruce: The Correspondents return to WOMAD
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 2 February 2019
Saturday, 26 January 2019
- 8:13 Barbara Kingsolver - Unsheltered
- 9:06 UK criminologist David Best on addiction recovery in prisons
- 9:43 Donna Rutherford - Award-winning story draws on Celtic folklore
- 10:10 JP Pomare - Call Me Evie
- 11:07 Peter White - Taking a genetics fight to the Aussie cane toad
- 11:20 Sharon Van Etten on leaving New York, motherhood and new album Remind Me Tomorrow
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 26 January 2019
Saturday, 22 December 2018
- 8:12 Simon Denny - A year of The Founder's Paradox
- 9:06 Jed Mercurio - Writer of Bodyguard and Line of Duty
- 9:40 Zoe George - Women and sport, 2018
- 10:05 Robyn - New album: Honey
- 10:40 Leah McFall: is the role of royal women to have babies, look good and keep quiet?
- 11:05 Rose Matafeo - comedienne extraordinaire
- 11:40 Jordan Rondel - beyond Christmas cake
Saturday, 15 December 2018
- 8:09 Anne Perkins - BREXIT latest
- 8:35 Paula Morris - Bonjour Menton
- 9:04 Professor Mohamad Abdalla - Muslim in Australia
- 9:35 MasterChef's Matt Preston: sharp-dressed foodie
- 10:04 Debs Martin - Pelorus Sound long-tailed bat project
- 10:20 Dr Mike Murphy - Developing anti-oxidants that fight aging
- 11:04 The best books of 2018
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 15 December 2018
Saturday, 8 December 2018
- 8:10 Damon Kitney - The real James Packer
- 9:08 David Grann - The story of Henry Worsley
- 10:07 Sally Magnusson - Iceland's slavery history
- 10:41 Doug Wilson - The Aging Revolution
- 11:05 Harry Horton - US politics update
- 11:15 Kalisolaite 'Uhila - Performance artist heads to Honolulu Biennial
- 11:41 Graeme Cairns - Laird of Hamilton
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 8 December 2018
Saturday, 1 December 2018
- 8:09 Hamish McKenzie - The Tesla Revolution
- 9:09 Sir Malcolm Grant - Billion-dollar health budget
- 9:40 Joanne Pirrie: putting the dance into WOMAD
- 10:05 Steve Murphy and Javier Pena - The Narcos who helped capture Pablo Escobar
- 10:35 Calexit: 'Yes California' head Marcus Ruiz Evans on independent California
- 11:04 Author Tammy Robinson: 'The cliches are right, life is short'
- 11:40 Kate Camp - Robert Scott and The Worst Journey in the World
- 11:59 Listener feedback for Saturday Morning 1 December 2018
Saturday, 24 November 2018
- 8:09 Dr Jeffrey Ross - The next frontier of cancer treatment
- 9:06 Cissy Rock - Pride parade wrangle
- 9:30 Mary Robinson - Climate Justice
- 10:04 Rosanne Cash - She Remembers Everything
- 10:35 Elizabeth Denham - Fighting data crime
- 11:04 Dr Tony Fernando - Compassion in medicine
- 11:45 Sarah Ross - The Pulter Project
- 11:55 Listener feedback
Saturday, 17 November 2018
- 8:10 Damian Skinner - Profile of artist Theo Schoon
- 9:07 Kerry-Anne Walsh on the Pauline Hanson phenomenon
- 9:42 Professor Tim Bale - Breaking on Brexit
- 10:02 Peter FitzSimons - Mutiny on the Bounty
- 10:42 Mary Kisler - Exhibitions in Europe
- 11:06 Ben Branson: creator of the world's first distilled non-alcoholic spirit
- 11:40 Steve Braunias - The best of The Friday Poem
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 17 November 2018
Saturday, 10 November 2018
- 8:12 Dr Jonathan Lundgren - Reforming food production
- 9:06 Bryce Langston - The beauty of tiny houses
- 9:45 Arthur Tompkins - Art crime
- 10:04 Jeremy Salmond - Another honour for top heritage architect
- 10:35 Logan Williams - Taking the fight to Didymo is What Logan Did
- 11:04 Angelique Kidjo: Diva from Benin
- 11:59 Listener feedback
Saturday, 3 November 2018
- 8:12 Diana Noonan - The children of Daulatdia brothel
- 8:45 Zane Wedding: 'Competitive tree climbing is like ballet'
- 9:08 Peter Conradi - The King's War
- 9:40 Ruth Buchanan and Adriano Pedrosa - Walters Prize 2018
- 10:07 Robert Tauxe - Hidden dangers in our food
- 10:42 Wreckless Eric - From The Whole Wide World to underground
- 11:06 Lee Child - Author of Jack Reacher super-series
Saturday, 27 October 2018
- 8:09 Tim Chapman - Restorative justice in Northern Ireland
- 9:06 Raymond Antrobus - Poetry and perseverance
- 9:30 Jonathan Simon - Fraud fears in US mid-terms
- 10:04 Penny Junor - Royal biographer takes on the Queen's corgis
- 10:40 Anthony Aguirre - The origin of order in the universe
- 11:04 Damien Dempsey - Headlining NZ Irish Festival
- 11:30 Listener Feedback for 27 October
Saturday, 20 October 2018
- 8:10 Eric Idle - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
- 9:07 Joanne Drayton - Hudson & Halls: The Food of Love
- 9:35 Lucy Hawking - Brief Answers to the Big Questions
- 10:07 Richard Roberts - Dunedin Airport takes off
- 10:34 Anna Serner - CEO of Swedish Film Institute
- 11:07 Zoya Patel - A search for belonging
- 11:35 Peta Siulepa - Samoana Jazz Festival celebrates Mavis Rivers
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 20 October 2018
Saturday, 13 October 2018
- 8:10 Professor Sarah Harper - The ageing population
- 9:08 Doireann Ní Ghríofa - Poems in Irish and English
- 9:28 Robin Green - The Only Girl
- 10:08 Shivshankar Menon - Shifting sands of geopolitics
- 10:32 Philip Temple - The life of Maurice Shadbolt
- 11:05 Professor Tim Flannery - Europe's strange backstory
- 11:38 Children's Books with Kate De Goldi
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 13 October 2018
Saturday, 6 October 2018
- 8:13 Ruth Busch - Bronx-born campaigner for better family law
- 9:08 I Have Loved Me a Man - Biography of Mika Haka, queer performance artist, released
- 9:30 David Shiner - One of the world's top clowns
- 10:08 Brett Kavanaugh update with Simon Marks
- 10:15 Mike Sansom and Cathy O'Callaghan
- 10:47 Aaron McDonald - New Zealand missing the boat on blockchain
- 11:06 Anika Moa - Sixth studio album and a 'bun in the oven'
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 6 October 2018
Saturday, 29 September 2018
- 8:09 Jeanne Marie Laskas - Letters To Obama
- 9:06 Songwriter Billy Bragg to play three Auckland shows
- 9:40 Charles Lane - The Kavanaugh hearings
- 10:04 Cult of personality? Myers-Briggs and the 'cosmic laboratory of baby training'
- 11:04 Isabelle Weston - The re-imagining of Britten Stables
- 11:25 Harry Lyon - To the Sea
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 29 September 2018
Saturday, 22 September 2018
- 8:09 Mandy Whyte - rescuing my son from meth addiction
- 9:06 Tom Wright - Author of Billion Dollar Whale
- 9:35 Christina Hoff Sommers: contemporary feminism portrays women as victims
- 10:04 Dame Suzie Moncrieff - To Russia with WOW
- 10:35 Brett Cowan - New chief scientist at ESR
- 11:04 Max Rashbrooke - Government for the Public Good
- 11:45 Sophie Barker - Albatross return to Otago
- 11:55 Saturday Morning feedback for 22 September 2018
Saturday, 15 September 2018
- 8:12 Harry Horton - Hurricane Florence Update
- 8:20 Professor Robert Webster - author of Flu Hunter
- 9:08 Dame Louise Casey - Courting controversy in the public service
- 10:07 Bruce Mahalski - Bone artist
- 10:34 Dr Andrew Das - Investigating the role of epigenetics in cancer
- 11:06 Jo McColl - A life at Unity Books
- 11:48 Kate Camp
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 15 September 2018
Saturday, 8 September 2018
- 8:09 Paul Matheson - Nelson hosts 1st ABs 2018 home test match
- 8:15 John Tamihere - Leading the fight on behalf of urban Māori
- 8:50 John Everiss - International Drive Your Studebaker Day
- 9:04 Byron Reese - The Fourth Age
- 9:40 Nicholas Tampio: children need to learn in the real world, not the virtual one
- 10:04 Amanda Jones - Cannabis tea producer based in California
- 10:30 Phillip Barker - The edge of reason
- 10:44 Richard Clayderman - World superstar of piano
- 11:04 Craig Callender - What is time?
- 11:30 Tandi Wright - Playing a detective on Alibi
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 8 September 2018
