Saturday Morning Podcast Options

8:10 AM.Our US correspondent Caroline Malone discusses the implications of the latest Biden-Trump US presidential debate. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Mike joins Susie to chat about his new role, the changing face of the media, and to play a few favourite tracks. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Beatles historic - and hysterical - visit to Australasia. When We Was Fab: Inside The Beatles Australasian Tour 1964 is the culmination of a lifetime's… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.New Zealand actor Temuera Morrison says making the historic film Ka Whawhai Tonu "woke him up" to his Māori ancestors' strength and suffering. Read more Video, Audio

9:40 AM.How risky is it to ski on Ruapehu, and what have we learned from previous eruptions, both recent and historic? Read more Audio

9:05 AM.How do digital advertisers target people to sell their products? And how much do they really know about us? In a world increasingly lived online, our personal information is a precious resource highly… Read more Video, Audio

8:40 AM.Writing a journal helps psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder work with her own high and low points across the monthly lunar cycle. Her new book Waitohu: A Journal for Making Meaning invites people to reflect… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Adventurer and best-selling author Sequoia Schmidt's childhood was spent travelling the world with her father, well-known Kiwi mountaineer Marty Schmidt, before she went on to launch a publishing… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Kate De Goldi is one of New Zealand's most celebrated authors, an Arts Foundation Laureate, and a voracious reader. She joins Colin to share two novels she's loved; Tell by Jonathan Buckley and Kick… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.This week marks forty years since Robert Muldoon's now-notorious, inebriated, snap election announcement which set in motion a seismic chain of events in New Zealand politics, the impacts of which… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.UK artist and gay rights activist Derek Jarman is best known for his defiantly provocative avant-garde films, including Caravaggio (1986) and The Garden (1990) starring longtime collaborator and muse… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:05 AM.American cult expert Dr Janja Lalich knows from experience how paralysed a person can feel within a high-control group. In the late 70s and early 80s, she was a high-up member of a political cult… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Composer, performer, and educator Dr Andrew Faleatua has been announced as the 2024 Jazz Composer-in-Residence at the New Zealand School of Music. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Former FBI director turned crime writer, James Comey, takes readers into the world of high finance and corporate espionage in his new thriller Westport. Read more Audio

8:35 AM.With the exponential growth of AI-based technology many people are left wondering if their jobs will exist in the not-too-distant future. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Kiwi surgeon in Southern Gaza, Dr Sandy Inglis has helped establish a new field hospital in Southern Gaza, under the banner of the ICRC - the International Committee of the Red Cross. Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Auckland will be in full voice next month as 11,000 singers hit town for The World Choir Games. 250 choirs from more than 30 countries, representing a diverse range of choral music styles will compete… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Renee Gracie was just 19 when she began racing V8 Supercars at Australia's legendary Bathurst 1000. Despite breaking records on the track, the sexism and sexualisation she faced forced her out of the… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.When will interest rates go down? What impact will last week's Budget have on inflation? And why are the two connected? New Zealand Herald business editor-at-large Liam Dann joins us to survey the… Read more Audio

10:00 AM.Award-winning investigative writer Tom Burgis' new book exposes a world where the rich can buy "truth". In Cuckooland - Where the Rich Own the Truth Burgis follows a trail from the Kremlin, through… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.A London-born Italian teenager is on course for a sainthood after two miracles attributed to him have been recognised by Pope Francis. Carlo Acutis was diagnosed with untreatable leukaemia and died… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.A straight spine is so prized in our culture that megastar Taylor Swift is currently performing in a NZ$300 posture-supporting bra. Yet the idea there is a "universal good posture" that will protect… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Dennis and Judy Shepard's gay son Matthew Shepard was murdered in October 1998. The 21-year-old University of Wyoming student's death remains one of America's most high-profile cases of hate crime… Read more Audio