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Dr Chris Smith: dealing with Delta in the community
8:10 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. With New Zealand suddenly placed… Read more Audio
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Hari Mogosanu: blending biosecurity and space exploration
11:40 AM.Passionate about space education, Haritina Mogoșanu is interested in how our experience in biosecurity can inform space exploration and protect life. Read more Audio
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John Mitchinson: Backlisted podcast giving new life to old books
11:07 AM.The Backlisted literary podcast is the brainchild of John Mitchinson and his co-host Andy Miller. The pair invite guests - usually writers - for a conversation about a book they love and that they… Read more Audio
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Sam Orchard: archiving New Zealand's cartoons and comics
10:36 AM.A comic artist himself, Sam Orchard is the newly appointed curator for the New Zealand Cartoon and Comics Archive at the National Library. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Helen Bint: living off-the-grid on the Chathams
10:06 AM.For the past nine years Helen Bint has lived off-the-grid in a truly remote, spectacular location - a historic stone cottage at the foot of a 200-metre high rocky outcrop on the Chatham Islands. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Anapela Polata'ivao: bringing Things That Matter to the theatre
9:42 AM.When Anapela Polata'ivao was growing up she wanted to be a nurse because she felt the need to help people. Then she found drama at Sunday School. Now an actor, writer and director with numerous awards… Read more Audio
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Ex-con Arthur Taylor: 'I take full responsibility'
9:08 AM.Arthur Taylor is one of the country's most notorious criminals and has a new memoir. In an interview with Kim Hill, he's asked whether he's truly repentant for his past. Read more Audio
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Chris Brickell: exploring the diaries of gay literary pioneer James Courage
8:36 AM.James Courage is a major mid-century New Zealand literary figure but he has been largely overlooked compared to contemporaries such as Frank Sargeson and Charles Brasch. Chris Brickell wants to set… Read more Audio
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Vanessa Andreotti: battling against Amazon land-grab bill
8:12 AM.Vanessa Andreotti is a working alongside a collection of Amazonian tribes as indigenous land rights are looking likely to be removed in an unprecedented move by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. Read more Audio
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Listener feedback for 7 August 2021
11:55 AM.Emails and texts from listeners to the Saturday Morning show. Audio
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Chris Mosier: the trailblazing transgender athlete
11:35 AM.Chris Mosier was the first transgender athlete to represent the United States in international competition, after earning a spot on Team USA's sprint duathlon men's team in the 2016 World… Read more Audio
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Jock Zonfrillo: from drug addict to top Australian chef
11:05 AM.He's a familiar face on our television screens as one of the judges for popular cooking show MasterChef Australia, but the path to success has been a rocky one for Jock Zonfrillo. Read more Audio
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Dianne Ludwig: welcoming back slow fashion
10:30 AM.For most of her professional life Dianne Ludwig worked in the corporate world, but when she retired she decided to start a small hobby business selling vintage clothing online under the moniker… Read more Audio
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Prof David Hutchinson: NZ leading next computer revolution
10:05 AM.Dunedin-based quantum physicist Professor David Hutchinson believes New Zealand can lead the world in what is considered to be the next computer revolution, photonics. Read more Audio
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Ben Rhodes: Obama adviser releases new book After The Fall
9:10 AM.Ben Rhodes was a speechwriter, national security adviser, and right-hand man to US President Barack Obama for eight years. Following his time in the White House, Rhodes wrote an insider account… Read more Audio
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Brett Graham: bringing the land wars into the present
8:30 AM.On Friday night artist Brett Graham (Ngati Koroki Kahukura, Tainui) received an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award. Graham is one of New Zealand's most celebrated sculptors and artists… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Dr Chris Smith: Covid-19 science news
8:10 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
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Gina Kalloch: Alaska’s indigenous Olympics marks 60 years
11:40 AM.While the world has its eyes on the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Alaskan community of Fairbanks has played host to its own long-standing sporting event, the World Eskimo-Indian Olympic Games. Read more Video, Audio
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Matt Brown: the barber helping break cycles of violence
11:05 AM.Barber Mataio (Matt) Faafetai Malietoa Brown offers men not just a haircut, but a safe space to talk without judgement. In his book She is Not Your Rehab, co-authored with his wife Sarah, he shares… Read more Audio
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Joan Armatrading: still striving for the perfect song 50 years on
10:05 AM.After 50 years in the business Joan Armatrading is still making music that pushes the envelope. At age 70 she says she's still trying to write that "definitive song" - the song that will make her put… Read more Video, Audio
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James Ashcroft: directorial debut leads to Bigfoot flick
9:30 AM.James Ashcroft's debut feature film Coming Home In The Dark hasn't even hit New Zealand cinemas yet, but the director has already been shoulder-tapped for at least one big budget Hollywood flick. Read more Video, Audio
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Laura Raicovich: changing the museum in an age of protest
9:05 AM.Laura Raicovich believes the museum has never been a neutral space. As director of the Queens Museum during the Trump administration she was credited with helping turn the New York institution into a… Read more Audio
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Jonathan Drori: on listening tomatoes and ragwort-filled gardens
8:30 AM.Author, plant lover and former BBC documentary maker Jonathan Drori joins the show for a chat about some of the latest botanical news. This week, Drori discusses a ragwort-filled garden and the fact… Read more Audio