Saturday Morning Podcast Options

10:40 AM.When Juanita Nielsen disappeared from Sydney’s King Cross in July 1975 the story received intense public interest. Nielsen was a journalist, socialite, model and heiress of the Mark Foy family. She… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Waihoroi Shortland (Ngati Hine) has had a long and varied career. As an actor he's starred in Rain of the Children and Boy, as well as New Zealand's first ever film entirely in te reo - The Maori… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Rare book dealer Rick Gekoski has been hunting for hidden literary gems for over 50 years. His latest book, Guarded by Dragons: Encounters with Rare Books and Rare People likens his trade to a… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Cameron is a co-founder of Big Street Bikers - Big Street Bikers have been busy creating new electric infrastructure to make cycling easier for commuters. That's where Locky Docks come in. Read more Audio, Gallery

9:10 AM.It was a documentary called Pucker Up that first introduced Molly Lewis to the world of competitive whistling back in 2005. It wasn't long before she was competing at the now-defunct International… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Bitcoin mining is a way people can acquire cryptocurrency without buying it. While the process may be lucrative, it is also hugely energy intensive. Dr Tara Shirvani is an infrastructure specialist… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.More than 600 homes have been evacuated in Westport as the Buller River threatens to breach its banks. Kim Hill spoke with Buller District Council Mayor Jamie Cleine in Westport, where voluntary… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Kim reads out listener feedback on the show. Audio

11:40 AM.A 10-metre high waka constructed of hundreds of shimmering crystals has been installed outside Auckland Art Gallery, made by artist Reuben Paterson. Read more Audio, Gallery

11:05 AM.Slacker-pop songstress Courtney Barnett has just kicked off a near-sold out tour of New Zealand while also announcing her highly-anticipated third studio album Things Take Time, Take Time. Read more Video, Audio

10:35 AM.Wellington author Sue Orr's new novel Loop Tracks tells the story of Charlie, a young woman who heads to Australia in 1978 to end her pregnancy, at a time when safe legal abortion was unavailable in… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Seattle-based entrepreneur Dan Price hit headlines around the world in 2015 when he slashed his own salary by $1 million so he could start paying his all employees a minimum salary of $70,000. Six… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The trial of Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is currently underway, while deaths continue under the military junta, and civilians train with armed rebel groups in the mountains. 

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9:05 AM.Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is widely considered one of the greatest football managers of all time, having won more trophies than any other manager in the history of football.

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8:30 AM.Writer Aminatta Forna's ongoing love of exploration has been captured in her new book, The Window Seat: Notes From A Life In Motion, a collection of thought-provoking essays that traverse a range of… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Donald Trump’s company the Trump Organization and its longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg have been hit with a slew of criminal charges including conspiracy, grand larceny, and multiple… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Kiwi-Scottish starman Dr Stephen Curran returns by popular demand to unpack cosmic goings-on. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Dr Archa Fox has an unusual background for a scientist - when she was three her parents packed the family off to India to join the Orange People cult. Now Dr Fox is an associate professor at the… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Gary Fettke is the only doctor in Australia to be banned from giving dietary advice to his patients, after recommending those with complications of Type 2 Diabetes reduce their sugar intake. Now Dr… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Writer, activist and historian Rebecca Solnit's latest is Recollections of My Non-Existence, a memoir that describes being a 19-year-old in San Francisco - where she started to forge her voice as a… Read more Video, Audio

9:30 AM.In 2013, journalist Jessica Bruder hit the road to document the growing subculture of Americans who have given up traditional housing to move into 'wheel estate' — many because of economic or personal… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.In his day job Ian White is the general manager of a cyber-security company, dealing with issues of hacking and ransomware, but in his spare time he has another important role: as 'big buddy' to a… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.New Zealand’s ‘COVID-naive’ population will offer unique data to global research as part of a new clinical study looking at how our bodies respond to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Over the last eight months, conflict in Tigray, in northern Ethiopia, has killed thousands of people, displaced two million and pushed 350,000 to the brink of famine. Robert Patman is a Professor of… Read more Audio