Author Interview
David Nicholls: new novel from 'One Day' author
Critically acclaimed British novelist and BAFTA-winning screenwriter Author David Nicholls speks to Susie about his new book You Are Here. Audio
Lyndy McIntyre: The living wage movement
Lyndy McIntyres book Power to Win tells the story of the Living Wage Movement through the voices of workers, activists, leaders and allies. Audio
The Forgotten Queens of Egypt
The story of Cleopatra has been immortalised in popular culture. Less talked about, is the fact that she was one of seven Cleopatras. Audio
Amor Towles: Table for Two
Amor Towles, the best-selling author of A Gentleman in Moscow, has a new book of short stories Table for Two. Audio
How 'celebrity menopause' isn't empowering others
Real life for women in midlife shouldn't include comparisons to Jennifer Aniston says health journalist Niki Bezzant. Her new book is called The Everything Guide: Hormones, health and happiness in… Audio
The Beatles in NZ: 60 Years on
This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Beatles historic - and hysterical - visit to Australasia. When We Was Fab: Inside The Beatles Australasian Tour 1964 is the culmination of a lifetime's… Audio
Dr Hinemoa Elder: journalling, self-knowledge and Maramataka
Writing a journal helps psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder work with her own high and low points across the monthly lunar cycle. Her new book Waitohu: A Journal for Making Meaning invites people to reflect… Audio
The Kiwi author finding success later in life
New Zealand filmmaker and writer Barbara Sumner has just published her first work of fiction, The Gallows Bird, a historical novel about a young female convict who is sent to Australia in the 1830s. Audio
Jono Lancaster: Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Jono Lancaster was only 36 hours old when his parents abandoned him in a hospital Yorkshire. Audio
Juggernaut: Unravelling the 'incredible' story of the 1984 election
A new podcast examines the fall-out of Robert Muldoon's drunken snap election call and the way it changed NZ politics forever. Video, Audio
Ex-FBI boss on the two doors that 'led to hell'
Former FBI director turned crime writer James Comey speaks out about making tough moral decisions in office and being fired by Donald Trump. Audio
Toby Manhire: Rogernomics and me
This week marks forty years since Robert Muldoon's now-notorious, inebriated, snap election announcement which set in motion a seismic chain of events in New Zealand politics, the impacts of which… Audio
James Comey: FBI director turned crime writer
Former FBI director turned crime writer, James Comey, takes readers into the world of high finance and corporate espionage in his new thriller Westport. Audio
Dr Jo Cribb: how to thrive in the new world of work
With the exponential growth of AI-based technology many people are left wondering if their jobs will exist in the not-too-distant future. Audio
New book from the creator of My Octopus Teacher
Craig Foster is the Academy Award-winning director of the documentary My Octopus Teacher and talks to Nights about 'Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World'. Audio
Otago author invited to Harper Collins garden party in London
Every year the literary powerhouse Harper Collins throw an exclusive summer garden party in London.This year for the first time author and Dunedin secondary school teacher Samantha Montgomerie has… Audio
How Yuppie culture has influenced division and inequality
The 80's are known as the decade of the Yuppie, obsessed with money, status and materialism in their expensive clothes Perrier. The choices they made then set the stage for the cultural division and… Audio
Animal Societies: Biology Professor Dr Lee Alan Dugatkin
Dr Lee Alan Dugatkin is a distinguished professor of biology at the University of Louisville, and the author of various books. His interests are in the areas of animal behaviour and evolution, and his… Audio
Our souls travel at 3km/h
Nick Hunt is a travel writer who has published three books about walking in various parts of Europe. Audio
Matt Heath: learning to love your own life
A "miserable" moment on the banks of Lake Wakatipu was the initial inspiration for Matt Heath's new book A Life Less Punishing: 13 Ways To Love the Life You've Got. The radio host and writer… Audio