Saturday Morning Podcast Options

8:12 AM.An act of terror has no place in an argument for or against immigration, says investigative journalist Åsne Seierstad, author of One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway.  Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Award-winning Irish musician Wallis Bird kicked off her musical career as a teenager playing cover gigs in pubs, dealing with drunken hecklers by way of cheeky comebacks and good-natured banter. She… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Dr. Helen Taylor received her PhD from Victoria University and has research interests that span conservation genetics, ecology, behaviour and reproductive biology. She currently works in the… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:09 AM.Frédéric Martel (PhD) is a French writer and researcher. He is also a journalist at National Public Radio and the author of ten books, which have been translated and published in more than 25… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Dr Doug Wilson has a medical degree from New Zealand, a PhD from the University of London and has pursued postgraduate work and medical research globally. He currently consults and acts as the chief… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett is Chief Curator of the Core Exhibition at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and University Professor Emerita and Professor Emerita of Performance Studies at New… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Tasman born and bred Dame Annette King recently retired from a record 35 years in New Zealand politics, having served through 17 Labour and National leaders.She was Deputy Leader of the Labour Party… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Mexican-American singer/songwriter Alejandro Escovedo is one of 12 children, eight of which went on to be musicians: two were members of Santana, and his niece is Prince protege Sheila E. Kim Hill… Read more Video, Audio

11:04 AM.Originally from Belfast and now living in Glasgow, David Ireland worked as an actor with many theatre companies across the UK including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Manchester Royal Exchange, the… Read more Audio

10:04 AM.Chris Paulsen is the founder, chief executive and chairman of the privately-owned House of Travel. The son of a Lyttleton wharfie, Paulsen started his career in the travel industry with Air New… Read more Audio

10:04 AM.Since 2000 New Zealand-born artist Phil Price has focused on creating wind-activated kinetic sculpture. He has worked on major international public and private projects including: Cytoplasm… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:35 AM.Joep Rottier has recently completed a PhD at the Universiteit Utrecht in The Netherlands, entitled Decriminalization of Sex Work: The New Zealand Model. Rottier visited Aotearoa for several months in… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie joined Kim Hill to talk about his friend President Donald Trump and why he doesn't blame him for losing the Vice President role.  Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Equestrian and adventurer Chloe Phillips-Harris has already packed a lot into her 30 years. She leads horse-riding expeditions to Mongolia, once set up a beef farm in the mountains of Kazakhstan, has… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

11:17 AM.Terry Crayford is a jazz pianist who began his career in 1951. As both pianist and bass player, he has toured and recorded with high profile local and overseas jazz stars including Barbara Windsor… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Extreme weather, said to have hit like a cyclone, devastated northern Queensland earlier this month. It's estimated that half a million cattle, sheep and horses and an unknown number of wildlife… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:40 AM.In 1993 Brierley Investments purchased a collection 34 original oil on canvas portraits of kuia with moko, painted by artist Harry Sangl in the early 1970s. They were promised to be returned to Maori… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:07 AM.Julie Bindel is a journalist, writer, broadcaster and researcher. She has been active in the global campaign to end violence towards women and children since 1979 and has written extensively on rape… Read more Audio

9:38 AM.Actor, writer and comedian Nick Offerman is known best in New Zealand for his role as Ron Swanson in Parks and Recreation (2009), which earned him a Television Critics Association Award in the US for… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Ross McCormack, who started his working life as a builder, is one of New Zealand's leading choreographers and a 2017 NZ Arts Foundation Laureate. His career includes a decade performing with the… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Nineteen years ago, journalist Dave Cullen was among the first to arrive at Columbine High in the wake of a shooting massacre. While writing his acclaimed account of the tragedy, he suffered two bouts… Read more Audio

11:15 AM.UK-based New Zealand poet Fleur Adcock is marking her recent 85th birthday with the publication of her Collected Poems. Adcock talks to Kim Hill about her career and reads some of her favourite poems… Read more Video, Audio

11:05 AM.Genesis Butler became a vegan when she was six. Now 12, Butler is leading the Million Dollar Vegan campaign to encourage people to eat less meat and dairy products in order to fight climate change… Read more Audio