Saturday Morning Podcast Options

10:07 AM.The Dunedin-based poet, writer and critic David Eggleton has just been appointed as New Zealand's next poet laureate, a position he will hold until 2021. Coming to prominence as a performance poet and… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Science alone can't save the planet, according to Oxford ethnobiologist and ordained Anglican minister Andy Gosler. Conservation requires more connection and understanding between people of different… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Journalist Sheila Coronel has been investigating thousands of extra-judicial killings in the Phillipines conducted under the guise of president Rodrigo Duterte's 'war on drugs'. Other countries are… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.This week Corrections announced a new tikanga based strategy with the aim of reducing the Maori prison population from 52% to 16%. Criminal lawyer and youth justice advocate Kingi Snelgar thinks that… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Brewer Pete Gillespie set up the Garage Project brewery in Wellington in 2011, following stints working at breweries in England and at the Malt Shovel in Sydney. At the time it opened it was the only… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.A new exhibition at Wellington's City Gallery uses art to explore the many ways we're being eavesdropped on. The show examines the diverse technologies and contexts involved (including political… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.The sustainable shoe company Allbirds opened its first Auckland store this week, giving New Zealanders an opportunity to try on "the world's most comfortable shoe" (according to Time Magazine). Former… Read more Audio

9:46 AM.Fabian Wosar of NZ business Emsisoft is a renowned ransomware expert, helping schools, charities, businesses and individuals deal with the multi billion dollar problem. This malicious code is… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.English writer Jane Austen was the author of 6 major novels including Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma. In the nineteenth century, inexpensive editions of her books… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.In 2016, Pakistan was rocked by the murder of its first internet celebrity Qandeel Baloch, who had been dubbed the country's Kim Kardashian. She selfied her way to social media stardom but faced… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.New antibody based treatments with a success rate of up to 90% are set to become a game-changer in the fight against the deadly viral disease Ebola. A recent outbreak in the Democratic Republic of… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Entomologist and conservationist Tara Murray from Canterbury University describes robust grasshoppers as being "a bit like the Kakapo of the insect world - large, flightless, smelly and reliant on… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:05 AM.What's-a matter you? Hey! Gotta no respect? Joe Dolce kept Ultravox's 'Vienna' off the top of the charts with his 1981 hit 'Shaddap You Face'. An ode to his Italian-American roots, the lyrics used… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Artist Michel Tuffery has been part of efforts to broaden and refocus narratives around Captain Cook's arrival in Aotearoa 250 years ago, including giving proper credit to his Tahitian navigator and… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:05 AM.English actor David Suchet was in the Royal Shakespeare Company for more than a decade, and has been directed by Harold Pinter, but he's undoubtedly best known for his 25 year turn playing Agatha… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Professor Robert Wade argues that the Trump presidency is a symptom of an emerging syndrome in the world-at-large, which he thinks may last for 30 years. He links the spread of 'strongman' leaders… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Forgiveness shouldn't be forced, but even an imagined apology can be transformational, says American writer and activist Eve Ensler. In her latest book The Apology, Ensler writes an apology to herself… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Professor David Carroll, from Parsons School of Design in New York, is one of the central figures in 'The Great Hack', a recently released Netflix documentary looking at the Cambridge… Read more Video, Audio

11:40 AM.Dr Doug Wilson has a medical degree from New Zealand, a PhD from the University of London and has pursued postgraduate work and medical research globally. He currently consults and acts as the chief… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson is a leading voice in the Black Lives Matter Movement and a co-founder of Campaign Zero. He has been praised by Barack Obama for his work as a community organizer… Read more Audio

10:25 AM.Scottish musician Midge Ure continues to tour the world decades after hitting the charts with songs from stints with Ultravox, Visage, and his solo years. With Ultravox, Ure headlined Sweetwaters in… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Felicity Gerry is an international QC and Professor of Legal Practice at Deakin University, who works towards reforming justice systems to protect the rights of vulnerable groups. She has led legal… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Boris Johnson’s majority in the House of Commons is now a slender one seat after the Conservatives lost the Welsh seat of Brecon and Radnorshire by-election last week to the Lib Dems.Meanwhile the… Read more Audio