Internet
The Evolution of the Meme
A photo of a woodpecker with a weasel on it's back is the latest picture to be taken by the internet and take on a life of it's own. Audio
Tech: filesharing and global internet
Technology news with Peter Griffin. This week, nearly 5000 Australian IP addresses are targeted for alleged illegal filesharing. Also a new study by Facebook suggests we might not get to 4 billion… Audio
Video games
Joystick ninja and GamePlanet editor Matt Maguire solves the riddles, beats the bad guys and saves the Earth countless times on a myriad of gaming platforms. How game development is financed by… Audio
Dunedin business celebrate coming of gigabit internet
A Dunedin start-up company says getting the fastest internet in the Southern Hemisphere changes everything. Audio
The increasingly fragmented market for home communication
The difficulties of choosing the best home phone, internet and entertainment package in an ever changing landscape. Hadyn Green is the technology writer for Consumer Magazine. Craig Young is the chief… Audio
Karaitiana Taiuru: Te Reo and the mainstream
Indigenous advocate for Te Reo, who has written on how Maori language could be better integrated in Aotearoa, and how the internet can play a crucial role in normalising Te Reo for younger people. Audio
Orin Hargraves: cliché
Lecturer in linguistics who works on the computational analysis of language at the University of Colorado, and author of It's Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Cliches. Audio
New Technology with Erika Pearson
Storage of historic data and the operating systems to read that data. Social media and what happens with the death of the users. The Facebook 'trust' engineers. Audio
Tech News with Paul Brislen
The Internet of things. TVs, cars and air conditioners already plug into the Internet but what happens when they're joined by toasters, fridges, microwaves and, eventually, milk, toilet paper and rice… Audio
Headland
Introducing new New Zealand literary journal, Headland made for the online generation. Laura McNeur and Liesl Nunns are the founding editors of this journal, which concentrates on short stories and… Audio
Tech: clickbait
Listener Mona-Lynn has a question for our tech correspodent Peter Griffin about 'clickbait'. Audio
Playing Favourites with Jane Venis
Sculptor and performance artist (as Dr Clawhammer), multi-instrumentalist, instrument maker, and composer, who teaches at the Schools of Design and Art at Otago Polytechnic. Audio
Online with Paul Brislen
The Cloud - Paul talks about what it is (marketing) and what it isn't (the answer to everything). BYODs (bring your own devices) at school and the controversy around parents paying for devices… Audio
Tech news: Apple and app sales
Peter Griffin with tech news; including Apple's monster profits, what the most popular apps were in 2014, and new regulations for foreign tech companies working in China. Audio
Gamergate and online harassment Zoe Quinn
Zoe Quinn's a video game developer who last year found herself at the centre of Gamergate, when a small but very nasty part of the gaming community turned on her. She's helping others deal with online… Audio
Web review with Steve McCabe
Our critic for all things online, Steve McCabe, talks about free guitar lessons online and flight tracking software. Audio
Internet more expensive for almost everyone in 2015
Telecommunications companies are being criticised for following each other's lead in putting up internet prices, despite a Commerce Commission decision that lowered the wholesale price for the copper… Audio
Richard MacManus: tracking health
Founder of technology blog ReadWrite.com, who became interested in health technology when diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and has written Trackers: How Technology is Helping Us Monitor and Improve Our… Audio