Saturday Morning Podcast Options

10:35 AM.Jazz saxophonist and producer Nathan Haines has been through somewhat of a metamorphosis in recent years. He's evolved from edgy wunderkind to humble legend, via sobriety, fatherhood and cancer.

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10:06 AM.Eating roadkill, getting a vasectomy at 25 and reducing your worldly possessions to 44 items. It all makes sense if you follow environmental ethics to their logical end. That's just what Rob… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Working as a pharmacist in some of the worst conflict zones in the world has given Petra Straight a new perspective on risk.

She was part of the response to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, and… Read more Audio, Gallery

4:26 PM.You may have seen artist Theo Janssen's amazing kinetic sculptures on social media. His Strandbeest are large surreal animal skeletons that walk by themselves powered by wind. He's been making them by… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:15 PM.Aigagalefili Fepulea'i-Tapua'i has become a powerful voice for South Auckland students. The 17-year-old Aorere College head girl has spoken to the impact of Covid-19 on her fellow year 13 students -… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Poet and writer Kate Camp returns to discuss another classic work of literature. Now seems like the perfect time for a deep dive into a dystopian sci-fi world so she's chosen English author Aldous… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Washington correspondent Simon Marks joins us for an update on the health of US President Trump who is being taken to Walter Reed medical center. President Trump tested positive for Covid-19… Read more Audio

10:43 AM.Multi award-winning New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey is just about to release a new book, Remote Sympathy. It's her sixth book - earlier novels In a Fishbone Church, Golden Deeds, and The Wish… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.The Berlin Wall had just fallen and the Soviet Union was on the verge of collapse when German band The Scorpions released their 1990 song Wind of Change. The power ballad became the soundtrack to a… Read more Video, Audio

9:05 AM.Alastair Campbell is a writer and communications strategist who used to be former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman, press secretary, and director of communications and strategy. He's… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.According to data from the John Hopkins University the global death toll from Covid 19 has passed 1 million. Cases have spiked again in the United Kingdom, causing the Government to introduce new… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.US President Donald Trump has tested positive for Covid-19. What could this mean for Trump, and for the election which is just one month away. We talk to Evan Osnos, a staff writer for the New Yorker… Read more Audio

5:05 PM.Last year's Australian fire season was the worst on record, with 34 deaths, more than 3500 homes lost and billions of animals harmed. It also wasn't a surprise to Victor Steffensen, a specialist in… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.A fascinating social and sporting experiment's been going on in Florida for the past 2 months. The National Basketball Association's spent an estimated US$180 million on creating an isolation zone-… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Australian author and screenwriter Craig Silvey's second novel Jasper Jones, released in 2009 sold more than 600,000 copies and was adapted for screen and stage. 11 years on he's just released a new… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Ariana Tikao is a composer and performer of Kāi Tahu descent whose waiata bring to life ancestral stories. She is a passionate exponent of the indigenous musical instruments of Aotearoa and is… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Rachel Taulelei (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Rarua, Ngāti Koata) is the CEO of Kono, a family-owned Maori food and beverage producer and exporter. A seafood aficionado, her business Yellow Brick… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Former Air New Zealand cabin attendant Taaniko Nordstrom, and her sister-in-law Vienna Nordstrom, are the creative duo behind Soldiers Rd Portraits, a photography-based business they set up together… Read more Audio, Gallery

8:40 AM.C.T. (Manny) Jules is the Chief Commissioner of the First Nations Tax Commission based in Kamloops, British Columbia. He is a leading figure in getting Canada's First Nations people independence over… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.It's been another big news week in the U.S. Black Lives Matter protests reignited after a decision not to charge police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville in March… Read more Audio

5:40 PM.Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders joined together to speak, sing and celebrate te reo at midday on Monday. This "Maori Language Moment", part of Te Wiki o te reo Maori, was the single largest… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.New Zealand legal history was made earlier this month when the Supreme Court allowed former Christchurch Civic Creche worker Peter Ellis's appeal against charges of sexual offending to continue… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.Never has humanity given so much thought to the handles, the buttons, and the benchtops that surround us. The realities of life under the pandemic mean that every encounter with a surface becomes an… Read more Audio