Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:06 AM.British actor, model and director Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's film Farming is based on his childhood experiences growing up in Essex, east of London. It tells the story of a young Nigerian boy 'farmed… Read more Video, Audio

10:16 AM.For decades he's been studying one of the rarest and most publicity shy breeds of dog on the planet. Now American zoologist and retired biology teacher James 'Mac' McIntyre has made his breakthrough… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Marlon Williams speaks to Kim Hill ahead of the realease of his new album Plastic Bouquet, which comes out on December 11. He also treats us to an acoustic performance of the album's first single" I… Read more Video, Audio

8:38 AM.COVID-19 has put the power and accuracy of statistics at centre stage. Infection rates, 'R' numbers, new cases, hospital admissions and the data underpinning new vaccines are being used by the media… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.News that a collaboration between Pfizer and BioNTech has produced an effective coronavirus vaccine sent world stockmarkets soaring this week. Pfizer said early results suggest the vaccine is more… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.As Historian-in-Residence of the Presidential Pet Museum Andrew Hager records the menagerie of domestic animals that have called The White House home. Recently Donald Trump's failure to own a pet… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.Born from a chance encounter in a Laotian opium den in 1973, Alan Brunton and Sally Rodwell's avant-garde troupe Red Mole exemplified political, provocative, creative and chaotic theatre. Their… Read more Video, Audio

10:42 AM.How will the global rise of populism, allied to the pandemic, shape the future of international law? Professor Campbell McLachlan QC of Victoria Law School recently returned to New Zealand from… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Poet, playwright, and novelist Jackie Kay is the current makar (the National Poet of Scotland) and previous winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize. Born in Edinburgh to a Nigerian father and Scottish… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Former politician, environmentalist and activist Peter Garrett first came to prominence as the lead singer of the Australian band Midnight Oil, welding socially conscious lyrics with atmospheric… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Olive and Mabel are two labradors who've become social media stars thanks to a series of short, funny videos made by their owner, Scottish sports broadcaster Andrew Cotter. Read more Video, Audio

8:35 AM.Consultant clinical virologist at Cambridge University, and one of BBC Radio 5 Live's Naked Scientists, Dr Chris Smith returns to digest emerging COVID-related science and research. This week; the… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.With democratic candidate Joe Biden looking likely to win the US presidency, it's time to delve into his background and ambitions. And to ask how he is going to deal with a deeply divided America… Read more Audio

7:05 PM.Popular UK standup comedian and actor Bill Bailey's a bit of a renaissance man - with interests ranging from music to bird watching. After appearing on TV shows including QI, Black Books, Never Mind… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.How is New Zealand contributing to the urgent global quest for a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine? American vaccine expert Dr Fran Priddy recently joined The Malaghan Institute as Clinical Director… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.It's exciting times for fans of iconic band Crowded House. There's a new single out and an album on the horizon (their first new music in a decade), and they've just announced a 10 date NZ tour in… Read more Video, Audio

11:30 AM.Renowned polar photographer, director and cameraman Max Quinn covers a 50-year career spent working in the world's coldest places in his book A Life of Extremes. Quinn learned his trade as an NZBC… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

11:05 AM.From the TVNZ photocopier room to winning an Emmy last month - New Zealand born cinematographer Barry "Baz" Idoine has come a long way. His CV is extensive and impressive, including credits on Rogue… Read more Video, Audio

10:05 AM.Unjoo Moon is the Australian director of I Am Woman, a biopic about the singer Helen Reddy. Reddy emerged as a feminist icon in the early Seventies when her song 'I Am Woman' became an anthem of the… Read more Video, Audio

8:10 AM.Author and constitutional scholar Kim Wehle is a professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law and a former assistant attorney. She was associate independent counsel in the Whitewater… Read more Audio

5:10 PM.Jade Morgan didn't let a 6-year prison sentence and early gang ties define him. His work reconnecting Dunedin prisoners with their whakapapa using Te Ao Maori - whether that's through martial arts… Read more Audio

4:55 PM."All right, All right, All right" Matthew McConaughey's Dazed And Confused catchphrase sums up how life has turned out for the actor. Now 50 and the father of three children, the Academy Award-winner… Read more Audio