Summer Weekends Podcast Options

10:05 AM.What will life look like a hundred years from now?

Will humans be living in space, or are we more likely to be too focused on growing enough food for an ever increasing world population.

Tom… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Politicans are more often in the headlines for their social media gaffes than their successes. So what's the winning formula? Well Sophie Ota may have the answer.

The 26-year-old digital director… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Richard Smith turned a passion for skating into a career designing skateparks up and down the country.

He visited 58 skateparks across the US, and has built 80 skateparks here in Aotearoa in just… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Mixit is a project which has been operating since 2006 and aims to use the performance arts as a way of helping new Kiwis to gain confidence and feel more at home in Aotearoa New Zealand. Kaveisha… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Two North Island districts are the latest to be certified under the International Dark Sky Reserve movement, joining just 20 other places world-wide. Astrobiologist and space science communicator… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Around half of New Zealand households feed birds in their backyard. But mostly with bread and seeds, which won't attract our native manu. Dr Margaret Stanley shares tips for safely feeding… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.As the tourism industry gets back into swing, volunteer tourism is re-emerging too. It's a multi-billion dollar industry, with millions of volunteers involved worldwide. But who stands to gain? Read more Audio

11:05 AM.What adventures do you go on - a long walk, a tramp, staying at a DOC hut, climbing a mountain, climbing a tree? Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Join us for the fourth episode in a six part series looking at some lesser known events and personalities in New Zealand's history. Today's episode is about William Malone, whose moral and physical… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Lauren Fleshman is a champion distance runner in the US, and now the author of Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World.  Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Dan Richards has gained national notoriety in the United States for antagonising Kentucky wrestling fans with his Progressive Liberal persona. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Ben Zolno is the director and founder of the Wellington based Improv Connection and is a massive believer in improv's power to improve people's lives. He talks to Max about techniques you can use in… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.One year ago today Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai erupted, causing a devasting tsunami to reach the island. To help us better predict wave forms created by volcanic eruptions in future, a group of… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.This week marked the passing of Jeff Beck, one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time. His skill and mastery of the guitar left a lasting impression on many in the industry including… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.This year, mummified human remains and a sarcophagus are being repatriated to Egypt - sent by an Irish university, which was gifted them about a century ago. The objects - which date between 100AD and… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.This is the third episode of our six part series looking at some lesser known events and personalities in New Zealand's history.

Today Thomas Rillstone looks at Bob Semple, the man behind what is… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.New Zealanders ingenuity and number 8 wire mentality extends to local inventors and entrepreneurs, who have come up with some innovative gadgets to aid and inspire music makers in their creative… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Tired of the same old frozen meal every night? Are you sick of cooking the same dish and want to spice up your meals? Max is joined by author and chef Martin Bosley. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.US-based royal commentator Victoria Arbiter chats to Max Towle about the repercussions of Prince Harry's sad yet incendiary memoir Spare. Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Te Anau School principal Grant Excell isn't going to let a lack of funding get in the way of his school building a new hall. Instead he's preparing to kayak around the entire edge of Lake Te Anau… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.The death of Pope Benedict on New Year's Eve prompted an outpouring of grief among Catholics - but his legacy is a complicated one. World renowned lawyer - who's represented countless victims of… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Perlina talks to award-winning documentary maker Nicoline Greer and investigative journalist Sharon Davis about what drew them into the story of Samantha Azzopardi and what has happened since they… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.The last known Tassie tiger died in captivity in 1936 but now using technology and DNA from a pelt sample, scientists at the University of Melbourne are hoping to bring them back. Perlina talks to… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.What are we going to look like in the future? Humans are already living longer and it's likely - we'll be taller, more lightly built and less aggressive. But how well are we adapting to this modern… Read more Audio