Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:05 AM.Natalie Wynn aka ContraPoints, is a youtube video essayist and political philosopher who seeks to examine, counter and play with internet culture. Her videos, which have gathered over 8 million views… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Enda Walsh is a multi-award-winning Irish playwright. His work has been translated into over twenty languages and has been performed internationally since 1998. Walsh is the author of five Edinburgh… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Almudena Carracedo is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker. Born and raised in Madrid, she has built her career as an artist and filmmaker in the US. Her debut film Made in L.A, a feature-length… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.This week, a work of public art called Boy Walking has taken its place in Potters Park in the suburb of Mt Eden in Auckland. It was made by New Zealand-born, internationally-acclaimed artist Ronnie… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Over the past 90 years, Faber & Faber's authors have included William Golding, TS Eliot, WH Auden, Sylvia Plath, Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney, Alan Bennett, PD James, John Carey, Kazuo Ishiguro… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Former lawyer Elisha Watson first met refugee families as a volunteer. She bonded with some of the women over a shared love of sewing – then got the idea of creating an underwear company to employ… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Famously unafraid of awkward moments, and incurably curious, filmmaker Louis Theroux has been making BAFTA award winning documentaries for over twenty years. He has specialised in immersing himself in… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.On Tuesday June 11th, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra will be joined at the Civic Theatre in Auckland by Nadia Reid, Liam Finn and Anna Coddington for NZ Mix Tape. The event will see an orchestral… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Novelist, short story writer and essayist Paula Morris (Ngati Wai, Ngati Whatua) is this year's Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, allowing her to live for six months in Menton, in the south-east… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Ataahua Papa (Waikato, Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Koroki Kahukura) is Festival Director of this year's Matariki Festival in Auckland city, which is being celebrated between June 22nd to July 14th with a… Read more Audio

10:09 AM.Just over four percent of the films in Hollywood are directed by women - a number that hasn’t substantially changed in 20 years. Director and writer Amy Adrion wanted to find out why. Her debut… Read more Video, Audio

9:40 AM.Dr Jo James is a biomedical scientist at the University of Auckland. At the end of 2018, Dr James and her research partner, bioengineer Dr Alys Clark, were awarded almost a million dollars in Marsden… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Sarah Gaitanos is a writer, researcher and social historian. Her latest book, Shirley Smith: An Examined Life is a detailed biography of the distinguished lawyer and tireless human rights advocate. As… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.North Koreans are not "robots brainwashed by their weird leader", just ordinary people trying to make ends meet, says award-winning New Zealand journalist Anna Fifield. She lifts the curtain on… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Nga Hine Pukorero are a performance poetry group are from Nga Puna o Waiorea, the Te Reo Maori immersion kura at Western Springs College. In 2018, Nga Hine Pukorero competed against 44 other high… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Jason Te Mete (Ngati Ranganui) is an actor, singer, dancer, director, vocal coach, musical director and pianist. He is also programme leader of Performing Arts at Manukau Institute of Technology. He… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Sean Mallon, of Samoan (Mulivai, Safata) and Irish descent, is Senior Curator Pacific Cultures at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. His latest book, done with Sébastien Galliot, is Tatau: A… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:35 AM.Qiane Matata-Sipu (Te Wai-o-hua, Waikato-Tainui) is a South Auckland based journalist, photographer and social activist. She is currently producing NUKU, a creative and social impact story-telling… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:05 AM.John Walker is one of Canada's best known documentary film-makers. His latest work is Assholes: A Theory. The film is a direct response to psychology professor Aaron James' witty bestseller about why… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Wendy Parkins, formerly a professor of Victorian Literature, has taught at universities in New Zealand, Australia and the UK. She is the author of three scholarly monographs and dozens of academic… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Martin Wylie has decades of experience in business, including 10 years as company secretary at Telecom, chief executive of Simpson Grierson and iHug, and chief executive and director of CallPlus… Read more Audio