Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:05 AM.On the islands off the coast of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz there's an ancient belief the winds can possess you, causing illness or disease.Hoda Afshar has been visiting the islands since 2015 and… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:35 AM.Ezra Hirawani is the co-founder of the country’s first kaupapa Māori electricity retailer Nau Mai Rā. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.With a full-scale invasion of Ukraine now underway, Putin has claimed the attack is “a special military operation” to defend the populations in the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk from a… Read more Audio

9:39 AM.Twenty-five years since the creation of her work Nothing™, artist Fiona Jack is sharing a massive new LED light work entitled Everything on the Auckland waterfront. Read more Audio, Gallery

9:06 AM.In 2018, the whole world was captivated by the story of Wild Boar football team that had gone missing in Thailand.  Civilian cave divers Rick Stanton and John Volanthen were the first people to find… Read more Video, Audio

8:35 AM.Professor Kurt Krause from the Department of Biochemistry at University of Otago says we should be looking to manufacture and develop our own anti-viral treatments and vaccines in New Zealand. Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Stefan Wolff, a professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham, says diplomacy has failed to deter Putin and pull Russia back from the brink - and it is unlikely to be useful in… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.. Kyiv correspondent Jessica Golloher joins the show with the latest developments. Read more Audio

5:07 PM.Between panic buying and violent protests, the global pandemic has highlighted some of humankind's worst behaviours. But Dutch writer and historian Rutger Bregman insists that despite being painted as… Read more Audio

4:13 PM.Rather than being 'starstruck' New Zealander Rose Matafeo has herself truly struck star status. Read more Video, Audio

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

11:44 AM.In a summer of Covid cancellations, Performance Arcade is one of the few festivals still standing. Now in its 11th year, a set of shipping containers on the Wellington waterfront is temporary home to… Read more Video, Audio

11:08 AM.Chris Kraus' upcoming novel The Four Spent the Day Together tells the story of a violent methamphetamine murder involving four teenagers on the Iron Range of Minnesota. Best-known for the… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Architect, educator, activist and ambassador Julie Stout has been named the New Zealand Institute of Architects 2021 Gold Medallist, the highest award an architect can receive in Aotearoa. She joins… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:35 AM.Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed with young-onset dementia in 2014, when she was just 58 years old. But, rather than this signaling the start of a total decline, for Mitchell the diagnosis offered a new… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

8:42 AM.Our regular commentator, Cambridge University consultant clinical virologist Dr Chris Smith joins us with the latest Covid-19 science, and to answer your questions. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.When celebrated and rather unconventional Austrian artist, philosopher and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser died in the Bay of Islands in 2000 part of his legacy were designs for an arts centre… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:05 AM.In 2016 tsunami scientist Kaya Wilson survived an accident that doctors say should have killed him. Up until then, Wilson had been living as a woman and questioning his gender - but the near-death… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but marketing companies are now exploring the potential of advertising their products to us while we sleep. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Bringing together a treasure trove of photos by the late Paul C. Gilbert, new book Road People of Aotearoa chronicles the early days of the phenomenon of DIY house trucks, which appeared on New… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:40 AM.Four young New Zealanders growing up in their parents' restaurants are the stars of Takeout Kids - a new doco series by filmmaker Julie Zhu.  Read more Video, Audio

9:05 AM.Nearly 12 years ago Wikileaks published the Afghan War Diary, one of the biggest leaks in US military history. To avoid extradition to the States to face espionage charges, Wikileaks founder Julian… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.There's been unprecedented fallout for Spotify since musician Neil Young withdrew from the music streaming service in late January. Yet Spotify's business model has long been of concern in the music… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Professor David Marples says the Russian leadership has reached a point of no return in its conflict with Ukraine. Read more Audio