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The Realness: how a blood disease shaped hip hop history
12:55 PM.The rapper Prodigy and his collaborator Havoc came to fame in the 1990s as the influential US rap duo Mobb Deep. But Prodigy also suffered from sickle cell anaemia, dying from complications related to… Read more Audio
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Generation X: Beyond Kate
12:45 PM.'Beyond Kate' marks the 125th anniversary of the suffrage petition, and the decision to allow women in New Zealand to vote. RNZ's Sonia Sly tells the story of how this momentous decision was reached… Read more Audio
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How tech is shaping our lives: The Digital Human
12:35 PM.'The Digital Human' explores our sometimes troubled relationship with technology, and how it's changing our lives. In each episode a one word topic (for example Echo, Secrets, Memory, Isolation… Read more Audio
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Where Are You Going? Meeting strangers in 11 cities
12:15 PM.Meet strangers in 11 cities and then start up a conversation with them by asking one straightforward question: Where Are You Going? Because of the open-ended nature of the question, and the disarming… Read more Audio, Gallery
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The Podcast Hour for Saturday 22 September 2018
12:01 PM.Where Are You Going? Meeting strangers in 11 different cities. How tech's shaping modern life: The Digital Human. Generation X: Beyond Kate. And The Realness: how a blood disease shaped hip hop… Read more Audio
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Ghibliotheque: reviewing the works of Studio Ghibli
12:50 PM.The Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli is 33 years old this year, and from Spirited Away to Kiki's Delivery Service, it's responsible for some of the most popular animated films ever made. Film geek… Read more Audio
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Stories of the night: Nocturne
12:35 PM.A nocturne is a piece of music that's inspired by, or which evokes, the night. It's also the name of a podcast I've been enjoying recently. Nocturne is made by the independent American audio producer… Read more Audio
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Tāringa: a funny, bilingual podcast about 'all things Te Ao Māori'
12:20 PM.Te Puaheiri Snowden and Paraone Gloyne have made are around 60 episodes of Tāringa so far, which blend kupu (Māori words), interviews with iwi, information about the history of tikanga (customs and… Read more Audio
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The coincidence collector who doesn't believe in coincidences
12:15 PM.What's the biggest coincidence you've ever experienced? Unfortunately it's unlikely that any of them will impress David Spiegelhalter all that much. He's a Professor of the Public Understanding of… Read more Audio
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The Podcast Hour for Saturday 15 September 2018
12:01 PM.What Are The Odds? Collecting coincidences. Taringa: learning more about Te Ao Maori (the Maori world). Nocturne tells stories of the night and The Ghibliotheque reviews the works of Studio Ghibli. Audio
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Have you ever seen a dead body? The Dead Bodies podcast
12:50 PM.Have you ever seen a dead body? That confronting question is the starting point for an Australian podcast called Dead Bodies, which discusses this macabre but fascinating topic. The two hosts, Dee Dee… Read more Audio
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The Foreign Desk: global news stories
12:40 PM.'The Foreign Desk' from Monocle is an award-winning show covering big global news stories in a bright and breezy style. According to its host, the Australian journalist Andrew Mueller, what sets The… Read more Audio
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Country music history: Cocaine & Rhinestones
12:20 PM.Cocaine & Rhinestones is a one-man history of country music that's attracting new fans to this often mocked and neglected musical genre. We speak with host Tyler Mahan Coe about his story, and play a… Read more Audio
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Everything is Alive: talking soap, chatty lamp posts
12:15 PM.If the everyday objects that surround us could speak, then what would they say? That's the whimsical central idea of 'Everything Is Alive', a show that brings inanimate objects to life. The chatty… Read more Audio
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The Podcast Hour for Saturday 8 September 2018
12:01 PM.Everything is Alive: talking soap, chatty lamp posts. Country music history: Cocaine & Rhinestones. The Foreign Desk: global news stories. Have you ever seen a dead body? The Dead Bodies podcast. Audio
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Ologies: science with a sense of humour
12:50 PM.In the popular science show 'Ologies', host Alie Ward speaks to some of the best ologists on the planet about their passions, and the most interesting stuff they're discovering. The featured episode… Read more Audio
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Dissecting comedy classics: Rule of Three
12:45 PM.'Rule of Three' dissects comedy classics. Two switched-on comedy writers, Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley, get a guest to come in and nominate something that really makes them laugh: the episode we're… Read more Audio
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Swipe Left Swipe Left!: a podcast about looking for love
12:25 PM.London-based couple Gavin Wong and Claire Curran were having way too much fun hearing stories about their single friends' dating exploits not to turn them into a podcast. Read more Audio
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Criminal: the podcast determining right from wrong
12:15 PM.Criminal is a weekly podcast bringing to life the true stories of people who have "done wrong, been wronged, or got caught somewhere in the middle" – from serial killers to serial streakers. Read more Audio
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The Podcast Hour for Saturday 1 September 2018
12:01 PM.Criminal: telling right and wrong. Swipe Left Swipe Left: looking for love. Dissecting comedy classics: Rule of Three, and Ologies: science with a sense helping of humour. Audio
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Everyone Else: capturing chance encounters in a podcast
12:50 PM.Most of us let random, interesting-looking strangers walk on by - but not so Eva Krysiak. Richard Scott meets the audio producer behind the award-winning 'photographic podcast' Everyone Else. Read more Audio
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Unearthing hidden histories: The Kitchen Sisters
12:30 PM.The audio producing duo The Kitchen Sisters started working together on a live local radio show in California back in the late 1970s. Since then Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson have made about 500 audio… Read more Audio
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Lost Notes: the strange tale of 'Louie, Louie'
12:15 PM.The Kingsmen's 1963 anthem 'Louie Louie' has become a soundtrack to raucous parties and good times; you might remember John Belushi beerily belting it out with the other frat boys in the 1978 film… Read more Video, Audio
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The Podcast Hour for Saturday 25 August 2018
12:01 PM.Lost Notes: the strange tale of 'Louie, Louie'. Unearthing hidden histories: The Kitchen Sisters. 'Everyone Else': capturing chance encounters. Read more Audio
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Celebrity revelations over a home-cooked dinner: Table Manners
12:50 PM.Celebrity chat shows don't always give you many major insights into what makes the biggest stars tick. But when you throw in some food, have some famous mates, and get your mum to do the cooking, you… Read more Audio