Saturday Morning Podcast Options

10:10 AM.Journalist Amit Katwala tells the thrilling story of the invention of the flawed lie-detecting machine in his new book Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector. Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Writer Janet Frame's time at Seacliff Mental Hospital in the 1940s and 50s has provided inspiration for a new operatic work premiering in Christchurch this month.  Read more Audio

9:10 AM.A groundbreaking "bone bath" technique developed by researchers at the University of Otago now allows researchers to access ancient DNA non-destructively.  Read more Audio, Gallery

9:07 AM.Protesters have rallied outside the US Supreme Court following the bombshell leak earlier this week indicating the court is poised to overturn Roe v Wade. Read more Audio

8:45 AM. Andy Mycock works with a UK group advocating for lowering the voting age and has been following developments in New Zealand closely.  Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Arcane libel laws and the greed of people in power enabled British media personality and sexual offender Jimmy Savile to dodge the legal system for 30-plus years, says journalist Meirion Jones. Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.In the Southern Hemisphere, April 30 marks the Pagan festival of Samhain, sometimes known as witches' New Year's Eve. In Wicca, a modern Pagan religion followed by witches, it's the night when the… Read more Audio

11:59 AM.Listener feedback from today's show. Audio

11:06 AM.Jan Kemp burst onto the New Zealand poetry scene in the early 1970s, and became one of the few young women poets of her era to be allowed into male-dominated club of the time. Read more Audio

10:42 AM.When returned to their wetland glory bogs are incredibly effective carbon sinks, that could make up for carbon loss from soils elsewhere. Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Scottish band Belle and Sebastian has a new album out this month – A Bit Of Previous. Founder Stuart Murdoch tells Kim Hill how spirituality and the compassion of others have enabled him to keep… Read more Video, Audio

9:39 AM.Rosemary flowers in white wine is one of the Renaissance-era skincare recipes that art historian Erin Griffey is recreating with a team of scientists for the groundbreaking Beautiful Chemistry… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:09 AM.English curator and art dealer James Birch is arguably best known for his innovative ways of championing British art - including exhibiting the works of figurative painter Francis Bacon in Moscow in… Read more Audio, Gallery

8:35 AM.Two landmark studies released this year have pointed the finger at the long-suspected Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as being a leading cause of multiple sclerosis. Read more Audio

8:13 AM.Self-proclaimed free speech absolutist Elon Musk raised eyebrows around the world this week after it was revealed he is purchasing social media platform Twitter for $US44 billion. The announcement… Read more Audio

11:55 AM.That strange noise early on and lots of love for Jim Lynch. Listener feedback for 23 April 2022. Audio

11:35 AM.Sydney-based New Zealander Dr Matt Baker returns for a chat about some of the latest science news. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.From his house on Otago Harbour, designer and artist Matthew Galloway sees the same view every evening as the sun sets: a plume of smoke rising from the chimney of the Ravensdown Factory. The factory… Read more Audio

10:50 AM.For the last 12 years Bill Browder has been firmly in the sights of Russian president Vladimir Putin. Initially a supporter of Putin, Browder's company Hermitage Capital Management was the largest… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.A proposed 3313-hectare fenced ecosanctuary in Wainuiomata would see critically endangered species such as kakapo, kokako and hihi return to the valley, says its author Jim Lynch. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.American writer Jennifer Egan has described her new novel The Candy House as the sibling to her 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning A Visit from the Goon Squad. Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Often dubbed 'the Art Olympics', the Venice Biennale is all about representation. While the Russian pavilion is closed this year, near the centre of the biennale a large wooden temporary pavilion has… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The 26 million residents of Shanghai have been dealing with strict lockdown conditions since late March due to China's zero-Covid strategy. Read more Audio

11:59 AM.Listener feedback from today's show. Audio

11:39 AM.This week Megan Dunn looks at the first 'humanoid' robot artist Ai-Da, who is about to present her exhibition, Leaping into the Metaverse at the Venice Biennale. Read more Audio, Gallery