Saturday Morning Podcast Options

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10:45 AM.Veteran Taranaki rugby player Kevin 'Smiley' Barrett has three sons playing in the Rugby World Cup final against the Springboks tomorrow. So how is he, and mum Robyn feeling ahead of Jordie, Beauden… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.2023 marks the 50th anniversary of hip hop, a cultural and political movement that started in the Bronx and went global. As a founding member and main MC for Public Enemy, Chuck D was a pioneer of the… Read more Video, Audio

9:29 AM.Two-time US National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward's latest novel Let Us Descend tackles the hellish reality of life as a chattel slave. Modelled on Dante's Inferno, and based on extensive historical… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Does the sound of ticking clocks, noisy eating, or loud breathing cause you physical distress? If so, you may be one of every five people who suffer from misophonia. The condition can trigger… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Considered one of New Zealand's most gifted sports people of his generation, Jeff 'Goldie' Wilson lined up with the All Blacks the last time they faced the Springboks in a Rugby World Cup final, in… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Bottled water is now a $300-billion global industry and the most consumed packaged drink. So why are we drinking so much of it and what's the environmental cost? Sociologist Daniel Jaffee explores… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.A week on from the General Election, editor-at-large at the Spinoff Toby Manhire reflects on lessons learned during the times of previous National and Labour opposition, with cautionary tales for… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Emmy award-winning singer and composer Lisa Simone is touring Australia with a tribute show to her legendary singer-songwriter and pianist mother Nina Simone with her tour 'Keeper Of The Flame' A… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Writer Danyl McLauchlan joins Kim to tackle life's big questions, ideas and thinkers. This week he looks at Bronze Age Pervert (BAP), an until-recently anonymous internet personality and influential… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Before her Emmy nominated role as flawed but lovable Galina 'Red' Reznikov in Orange is the New Black actor Kate Mulgrew was perhaps best known for playing Captain Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Could the Israel-Gaza war ignite a wider conflict, between the US and Iran? In his latest writing for The Guardian, foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall explains why this is a possibility. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Irish novelist Paul Lynch's latest book Prophet Song was shortlisted last month for this year's Booker Prize. The novel is set is a dystopian version of Dublin, after an unspecified crisis has tipped… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The All Blacks are playing Argentina for a place in the Rugby World Cup final. After beating Ireland in a nail-biting quarterfinal, NZ is expected to beat Argentina to play either England or the… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.British actor Fehinti Balogun isn't just angry about climate inaction – he's furious. Read more Video, Audio

8:10 AM.Egypt has agreed to open the Rafah crossing to allow trucks carrying aid into Gaza, in a conflict that is escalating two weeks on. Gregg Carlstrom is a Middle East correspondent for The Economist… Read more Audio