Saturday Morning Podcast Options

9:05 AM.The development of generic drugs has been one of the most important developments for public health, making medicines cheaper and more accessible, especially in developing countries. But what are the… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Australian moral philosopher and professor at Princeton University, Peter Singer's work challenges people to question whether their behaviour is ethical and highlights blind-spots and moral… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg stepped into the spotlight this week appearing on stage for a debate with five other candidates for the Democratic nomination. The billionaire has already spent… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.As "The Front Lawn", Harry Sinclair and Don McGlashan released two albums and made three short films between 1985 and 1990. Many of their songs such as "Andy", "When You Come Back Home" and "How You… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Veteran actor Nathaniel Lees is part of the stellar Pasifika/Māori cast in a new film described as "The Karate Kid meets South Auckland".​ He talks to Kim Hill about how The Legend of Baron To'a… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Scottish artist Katie Paterson collaborates with scientists and researchers to explore ideas of time, transience, and our place on Earth. She's broadcast the sound of a melting glacier, mapped dead… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:10 AM.UK heart surgeon Samer Nashef is a world-leading expert on risk and quality in surgical care. He's authored two memoirs about life inside the operating theatre: The Naked Surgeon and most recently The… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.A professor of management at San Francisco State University, Ronald Purser is a leading figure in the backlash against the mindfulness movement. He says that while mindfulness is promoted as an… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Professor Raina McIntyre leads the Biosecurity Research Program at the Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. One of her key research areas is in epidemic responses to… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Wellington's annual Newtown Festival is the biggest free music party and street fair in the country, attracting 80,000 people to the lively and diverse suburb every year. They go there to sample 185… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

10:30 AM.The day after Helen Kelly left her job as President of the Council of Trade Unions the terminally ill workers' rights advocate met with film director Tony Sutorius and agreed to let him film the final… Read more Video, Audio

10:05 AM.Rain Dove is a non-binary activist, and 'gender capitalist' model (they work as both male and female) who seeks to actively challenge beauty standards and gender norms. Rain has a large social media… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Fantasy writer H.G (Hannah) Parry's novel The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep imagines what might happen if well-known literary characters broke free from the books they inhabit and invaded everyday… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Kim Hill meets the hard-working, humble and often hilarious stars of the Kiwi reality TV show The Casketeers. The couple have just realised the book Life as a Casketeer: What the Business of Death Can… Read more Video, Audio

8:35 AM.Claudia de Rham's a cosmologist grappling with some of the biggest questions about life, the universe and everything. She focusses on the nature of the universe, how it was formed, and the role… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.It's been an action packed week in US politics. First a debacle over the Democratic results in the Iowa caucuses, where a combination of technical glitches and an archaic voting system meant delays in… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Entomologist Neil Birrell's job title is 'maggot wrangler in chief'! His business Hexacycle uses the larvae of the black soldier fly to eat food waste and reduce the amount of food ending up in… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:05 AM.Australian journalist Trent Dalton's best-selling 2018 novel Boy Swallows Universe is based on his own tough childhood in seedy '80s Brisbane. He talks to Kim Hill about his love of diving deep… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.This week Doug Wilson addresses our typical level of happiness as we age. Why is this so important, how does this fluctuate through life, and what can we do to change it? Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Motown legend Gladys Knight will perform with a nine-piece band at a sold out show at the Civic Theatre in Auckland on Thursday 13 February, and at Christchurch's Town Hall on Saturday 15 February. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Op-shops and second hand shops are full to bursting, thanks to a rising cultural obsession with decluttering and minimalism. Adam Minter's first book Junkyard Planet (2014) examined the US$500 million… Read more Audio