Kim Hill

The gentle, honest books of American writer Judy Blume are well-loved by many people who grew up in the '70s and '80s. Blume, now 85, runs a non-profit bookshop with her husband George Cooper in Key… Video, Audio

Former basketball player and chef Jenny Nguyen became increasingly frustrated by the lack of women's sports playing at the bars she hung out in. So, in 2022 she used her life savings to open the… Audio

Matt Baker returns for a chat about some of the latest science news. This week: why a single shot of gene therapy may replace surgical sterilisation for cats. Audio

In the early 1980s journalist Russell Brown jumped ship from his boring newsroom job to become deputy editor of Rip It Up, a music magazine capturing and feeding a thriving urban culture Brown was… Audio

Listener Feedback for 6 May 2023. Audio

In Australian author and broadcaster Richard Fidler's The Book of Roads and Kingdoms he delves into the life of medieval wanderers who travelled to the outer edges of the known world during Islam's… Audio

Romantic comedy or rom-com, is often used as shorthand for something shallow and lacking in substance, but Minneapolis author Curtis Sittenfeld loves them. Audio

NASA's new head scientist, Dr Nicola Fox, is on a mission to uncover the mysteries of the Universe and has an over eight billion dollar budget to do it. Audio

The average New Zealand rubbish bin is half-full of food scraps. Although we hear a bit about megatonnes of food waste rotting in landfills being a massive problem, it is also a missed… Audio

As the final series of HBO's hit drama Succession goes to air, the Murdoch media empire that inspired the show is dealing with its own dramas. Audio

Fighting between Sudan's military and the Rapid Support Forces continued Friday, hours into a second 72 hour ceasefire say eyewitnesses. The situation across Sudan has deteriorated, with shortages of… Audio