Arts

New York-based singer, songwriter, musician, and performance artist, Amanda Palmer, joins Jesse to talk about some of her favourite things. Audio

Paul Bushnell reviews two recently released history podcasts: The Service and Floodlines. Audio

Reynold Turner aka Old Relic makes exquisite hand-made miniature replicas of gold-rush era huts, cottages, water wheels and churches from the same materials used by the early settlers, using a hammer… Audio

Sandra Beerends uses never-before-seen archival footage to tell stories of Indonesian nannies (known at the time as 'babus') who cared for Dutch families during Dutch colonial rule. Video, Audio

Hawke's Bay-based artist and creative director, Anthony Van Dorsten, creates stunning immersive art installations that play with light and colour. Audio

Never have we needed dogs more than now, which is evidenced by how incredibly difficult it is to get one. Audio

Twenty-two years after it first went to air, the award-winning British comedy drama Cold Feet is back on Kiwi television, for a 9th season. Audio

In this epidode, we're speaking to Filipino comedian, James Roque, on his involvement with the Human Rights Commission's latest campaign - "Racism is no joke". Produced by Kadambari Gladding Audio

It reads like a classic sci-fi scenario. A deadly pandemic strikes just as an massive international convention is about to open, throwing everything into chaos. Ten years of planning have gone into… Audio

Death by cheese, by cricket bat and guillotine....For 23 years the British TV detective drama Midsomer Murders has been killing off people in and around the fictional village of Causton. Anthony… Audio

Covid-19 came perilously close to scuttling a secondary school music contest that's been held here since 1965, the annual NZCT Chamber Music Contest. But determined that months of work by the… Audio, Gallery

The International Film Festival offers a wide range of delights, but often the best ones are the films that shine a new light on a story we thought we already knew well enough. One of the most… Audio

Southland artist Daegan Wells aims to remind people about the place of wool in New Zealand's history - social, economic and political. He has a mentor teaching him spinning and weaving skills, which… Audio, Gallery

The Wairarapa Eco Farm was ahead of its time, the first Community Supported Agriculture venture where people paid in advance for a season's produce. One of the first to sign up was photographer Ann… Audio, Gallery

Phil Keoghan grew up in awe of the strength and discipline of his own family members - a lineage that included farmers, gold miners, builders and coal minders. His new series, Tough as Nails is in… Video, Audio

Film and TV correspondent Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to look at Search Party's new season after it went missing in action, Stateless, which is a new series from Cate Blanchett's new production house… Audio