Comedy
The idiot brain's reptilian origins
Do you ever suspect your brain is sabotaging your life? Neuroscientist (and sometimes stand-up comedian) Dean Burnett talks to Kathryn Ryan about the funny ways our brains work. Audio
The Week that Was with Te Radar and Pinky Agnew
Te Radar and Pinky Agnew present their funny picks of the week including a self-service checkout scam and how winning millions might actually make you a little miserable. Audio
Growing up gaysian in Australia
Australian writer Ben Law has explored the problems of growing up gay and Asian in Queensland in the ‘90s in a new TV show. He talks with Wallace Chapman. Audio
Classic Comedy Debate: You Don't Know How Lucky You Are
A charity debate at the Classic Comedy Club in Auckland, celebrating 20 Years at the home of live comedy in Auckland. Audio
The week that was with Te Radar and Pinky Agnew
Te Radar and Pinky Agnew have a lighter look at the week - including the one about the Danish zoo which has developed a 'Tinder' for orangutans to track mating preferences. Audio
Goodbye Pork Pie revived
Remaking the 1981 comedy classic Goodbye Pork Pie - inspired or unnecessary? A yellow mini is once again being chased the length of the country by police. Lynn Freeman talks to actors Tom Hern and… Video, Audio
The week that was with Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther
Te Radar and Elizabeth Easther consider the plan to standardize symbols for high tech Japanese toilets, plus the news that US "doomsday preppers" are making a beeline for New Zealand. Audio
Lashings of satire
In case you hadn’t noticed Enid Blyton’s Famous Five are now all grown up and featuring in a series of new satirical novels. Audio
The Impossible Game Show
The Impossible Game Show is just like your normal trivia show EXCEPT all the questions are impossible to answer. Guy Williams brings his hosting skills to the team and all the silliness he has to an… Audio
Robin Ince: 'Part of my job is to say, look, I’m an idiot'
Comedian Robin Ince talks about turning science into jokes. Audio
4Cast - episode one
4cast is a news quiz with a twist… it’s about the news hasn't happened yet.
Host Michele A' Court and three guest comedians predict the news and events of the upcoming week. Audio
The week that was with Te Radar and Alice Brine
Te Radar and Alice Brine reflect on what happens when an army truck armed with explosives crashes into a carload of Mongrel Mob members.. and the public outcry after Lower Hutt council replaces coffee… Audio
Go Ahead Caller - Ser 3, Ep 3 by Paul Casserly
Ken Oath on the real problem with P and how it affects real people. Winston accidentally calls the emergency number but manages to turn his mistake into a soapbox.
Features Cohen Holloway and Paul… Audio
Trevor Noah: 'The only person I looked like was Jonah Lomu'
Trevor Noah – host of The Daily Show – is the child of a black mother and white father who grew up during Apartheid in South Africa when his mere existence as a mixed-race child was evidence of a… Audio
The Week that Was with Te Radar and Michele A'Court
The Week that Was with Te Radar and Michele A'Court. Audio
The web series 'High Road'
It's been selected at every Webfest going - from Sicily and Berlin, to Montreal and Los Angeles. Last year it won the coveted Web-series World Cup. It's called High Road, it's made on Piha Beach, and… Video, Audio
Scott Blanks - Creating comedy
Wallace talks to the 'Godfather of Comedy,' Scott Blanks, about how he helped create a home for New Zealand comedy at the iconic Classic in Auckland, which celebrates its 20th birthday this year. Audio
Admiring absurdity
Actor and comedian Kura Forrester is part of the new play Perplex, which has its New Zealand debut next week at Silo Theatre. Written by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg, it features an elk… Audio