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Playing Favourites with Oscar Kightley
11:00 AM.Samoan-born writer, director, playwright and actor Vai To'elau Osa Isa'ako Mase Kightley, known as Oscar, is widely regarded as a bit of a legend. But now it's official, with the announcement that… Read more Audio
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Dr Max Berry: the huge job of looking after tiny babies
10:30 AM.Dr Max Berry has dedicated her career to understanding and caring for babies born too soon. As a consultant neonatologist she's on the floor of Wellington's neonatal intensive care unit supporting… Read more Audio
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Richard O'Rawe: In the Name of the Son
10:00 AM.Gerry Conlon spent fourteen years in jail as one of the Guildford Four, following the 1974 IRA Guildford pub bombing. New play In the Name of the Son chronicles the heady aftermath of his wrongful… Read more Audio
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Amanda Smith Barusch: embracing the rage that comes with age
9:35 AM.Gerontologist Dr Amanda Smith Barusch argues it's time for older adults to embrace grumpyness. In Aging Angry: Making Peace with Rage the University of Otago and University of Utah Emeritus Professor… Read more Audio
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Kashmir Hill: facial recognition software and the end of privacy
9:05 AM.Facial recognition technology is helping fight crime but it's also making the internet a less safe place to put your face, says New York Times tech journalist Kashmir Hill. Read more Audio
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Gregory De Pascale: Iceland on edge, waiting for eruption
8:50 AM.Iceland is bracing itself for a significant volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula near the capital Reykjavik. Tens of thousands of earthquakes have rattled the country in recent weeks… Read more Audio
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Who killed the Crewes? Opening the book on a cold case
8:10 AM.The murder of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe in their Pukekawa farmhouse in 1970 is perhaps New Zealand's most infamous unsolved crime. Arthur Allan Thomas was convicted twice, pardoned and compensated… Read more Audio
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Saturday listener feedback
11:59 AM.Saturday Morning listener feedback. Audio
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Once bittern twice shy: backing an under-bird
11:50 AM.The announcement of Bird of the Century has been delayed to Wednesday, following a massive influx of votes, thanks in large part to British-American talk show host John Oliver. Over 300,000 votes have… Read more Audio
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Mary Beard: ruling the Roman Empire
11:06 AM.As a television and radio presenter, prolific and best selling author, classicist Dame Mary Beard has acquired celebrity status. The author of more than 20 books including Pompeii, SPQR and Women &… Read more Audio
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The natural hazards in your neighbourhood
10:45 AM.GNS principal scientist Graham Leonard looks into why we choose to live where we live, and what the risks are. Graham has recently taken over at GNS as Natural Hazards and Risk Theme Leader. He talks… Read more Audio
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Why Clementine Ford thinks women should untie the knot
10:06 AM.Why do so many women still believe a successful life involves being chosen by a man? That's the question being interrogated by high-profile Australian feminist author and podcaster Clementine Ford in… Read more Audio
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Isaac Heron: from foster care to Oxford University
9:43 AM.Isaac Heron was in contact with the foster care system since he was a baby. He was placed in care at six years old before finding a permanent foster home at the age of 8. These experiences fuel his… Read more Audio
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Bradley Walsh: Chasing his dreams
9:08 AM.English actor, comedian, singer and TV presenter Bradley Walsh is back on set at ITV filming new episodes of The Chase - the beloved and wildly popular quiz show he helped devise. Kim catches up with… Read more Audio
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Naomi Klein and the other Naomi
8:10 AM.In her new book Doppelganger, Canadian writer Naomi Klein explores conspiracy culture alongside the complicated behaviour of someone she views as her own doppelganger – Naomi Wolf. For over a decade… Read more Audio
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Organic gardener Kath Irvine: summer fruit tips
11:35 AM.Summer fruits such as grapes, currants and berries are at the stage where they need care and attention to ensure an abundant harvest. Tackling pests and diseases, thinning fruit trees, and feeding are… Read more Audio
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Nonnita Rees: Robert Lord's Diaries
11:05 AM.Hailed as one of NZ's first internationally successful playwrights, Robert Lord divided his life between provincial New Zealand and the hedonism of life as a gay man in New York in the 1970s and 80s… Read more Audio
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Anna Smaill on her new novel Bird Life
10:40 AM.New Zealand writer Anna Smaill's first novel The Chimes made the Man Booker Prize long list in 2015. She's just released Bird Life, an exploration of madness and what it's like to experience the world… Read more Audio
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Filmmaker Rosie Morris on the reality of deepfake porn
10:40 AM.In the short doco My Blonde GF, British writer Helen Mort talks about discovering her face has been used in fake images posted on a porn site. The huge surge in deepfake and revenge porn images –… Read more Video, Audio
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Engineering immune cells to kill cancer
9:05 AM.Results have been released for Malaghan Institute's ground-breaking CAR T-cell cancer therapy trial, and they are promising. The therapy reprogrammes a patient's own immune cells to recognise and kill… Read more Audio
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Ana Swanson: can container ships ever be green?
8:45 AM.The Laura Maersk, launched in September, is the first cargo ship to set sail with a green methanol engine. It's a significant milestone in the industry's efforts to lower its global greenhouse gas… Read more Audio
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Spencer Ackerman: are America's 9/11 mistakes being repeated?
8:10 AM.Comparisons between 9/11 and the October 7th Hamas attacks on Israel have repeatedly been drawn. As the Israel-Hamas war enters its fourth week, President Biden has warned Israel not to repeat the… Read more Audio
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Feedback for 28 October 2023
11:55 AM.Feedback for 28 October 2023. Audio
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Megan Dunn: the private life of public sculpture
11:47 AM.Author and art writer Megan Dunn celebrates artworks often hidden in plain sight. From Wellington's bucket fountain, to Llew Summers' majestic maternal nudes, public art comes in all shapes and sizes… Read more Audio
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Robyn Davidson: an Unfinished Woman
11:08 AM.Internationally bestselling Australian author Robyn Davidson's new memoir Unfinished Woman delves into her past to investigate time and memory, asking how can we learn to be 'at home everywhere'? A… Read more Audio