Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:05 AM.Rising musical theatre star Rutene Spooner is getting ready to hit the road with his show Thoroughly Modern Maui, in which the tricky demigod gets a modern-day makeover. Spooner wrote and performs in… Read more Video, Audio

10:40 AM.Traces of poliovirus in New York's sewage system have health authorities concerned a recent case could be the tip of the iceberg. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.A new documentary about the Gloriavale Christian Community follows a lone family as they mount a ground-breaking legal case against the community's powerful leaders, known as the shepherds. Read more Video, Audio

9:35 AM.A newly unveiled fossil fish called Qikiqtania wakei is thought to have shunned the forward march of evolution, eschewing the ability to walk and deciding to stay in the water. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Los Angeles-based author Rachel Kushner covers diverse ground in her new collection of essays, from illegal motorbike racing on Baha Peninsula to recounting time spent in a Palestinian refugee camp. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Britain's leading biographer Tom Bower has turned his sights on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry for his latest offering, Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors. Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Self-described "book detective" and literary scholar at Harvard University, Vanessa Braganza has recently uncovered what she believes to be a long-overlooked example of defiance by the first wife of… Read more Audio, Gallery

2:40 PM.While New Zealand comedy is often branded as self-deprecating, laconic and deadpan, media studies lecturer Nick Holm says the defining characteristic is that it's a bit s**t. Read more Audio

11:55 AM.Listener feedback for 6 August 2022. Audio

11:07 AM.A year on from the fall of Kabul, Australian reporter Lynne O'Donnell returned to Afghanistan, and now says she'll never go back. O'Donnell returned for three days last month, only to be detained… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:05 AM.Largely ignored following its release on Leonard Cohen's 1984 album Various Positions, 'Hallelujah' took a long, winding road to become a modern day anthem, covered by hundreds of artists around the… Read more Video, Audio

9:07 AM.Award-winning investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe paints deeply human portraits of victims and vigilantes alike in his latest page-turner, Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Monkeypox cases continue to rise globally with more than 26,000 now confirmed in at least 75 different countries, including New Zealand. There is however a global shortage of vaccines to combat the… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Considered one of the world's great violinists, American Hilary Hahn is a three-time Grammy Award winner passionate about making classical music more accessible. Read more Video, Audio

11:05 AM.In the touching new documentary A Boy Called Piano, playwright and musician Fa'amoana John Luafutu shares his story of coming to New Zealand from Samoa as a child in the 1950s, only to be taken from… Read more Video, Audio

10:35 AM.From pink and black 1950s suits to bejeweled Vegas jumpsuits, the new Elvis biopic directed by Baz Luhrmann runs the gamut of groundbreaking outfits worn by the King. The costumes were created by… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Boris Johnson's resignation as British Prime Minister earlier this month was "publicly humiliating and a bloody an end as any in the 300 year history of the office", says Sir Anthony Seldon, the UK's… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The latest book by historian James Belich, The World The Plague Made, explores how the Black Death of the 14th century not only halved populations but also helped bring about Europe's rise. Read more Audio

8:39 AM.What's been hailed as the largest climate change bill in the United States and indeed the world could soon be passed. The surprise agreement, which Senate Democrats announced late Wednesday and hope… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.In early 2021, during the Covid lockdowns, teenager Dov Forman started posting videos to social media with his great-grandmother Lily Ebert, a Holocaust survivor. Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Dr Norman Swan's new book So You Want To Live Younger Longer? is filled with practical information on how to stay at your peak no matter what your age, while debunking money and time-wasting myths. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Despite living in the bustling metropolis of New York, Risa Mickenberg largely shuns social connections and relationships. Read more Audio