All episodes
Thursday, 31 October 2019
- 8:00 Strontium - from sensitive teeth toothpaste to nuclear fission
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 31 October 2019
- 9:06 Kākā TV - teaching smart parrots new tricks
- 8:00 Sulfur - king of bad smells
Thursday, 24 October 2019
- 8:00 Silicon - a ubiquitous part of modern life
- 8:00 Silver - a popular noble metal
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 24 October 2019
- 9:06 Enemy #1 - brown marmorated stink bug
- 8:00 Sodium - a salt of the earth spectator
Thursday, 17 October 2019
- 8:00 Samarium - magnets for making & listening to music
- 8:00 Scandium - the scandal of the scandium cricket bat
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 17 October 2019
- 9:15 Honour a sweet reward for sugar research
- 9:30 A bridge between science & mātauranga Māori
- 10:30 Top award for making a difference in babies' lives
- 10:30 2019 Research Honours - babies, sugar & Māori science
- 8:00 Selenium - good reason to eat seafood & Brazil nuts
Thursday, 10 October 2019
- 8:00 Rubidium - expensive and not very useful
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 10 October 2019
- 9:06 Older men lose ability to recognise emotions
- 8:00 Ruthenium - a 'sort of' precious metal
Thursday, 3 October 2019
- 8:00 Radon - radioactive basement risk
- 8:00 Rhenium - has a number of claims to chemical fame
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 3 October 2019
- 9:06 The quest to live forever
- 8:00 Rhodium - used in cars, drugs ... and aftershave
Thursday, 26 September 2019
- 7:00 Voice of the Iceberg 1: Discovery
- 8:00 Protactinium - a very dull chemical element
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 26 September 2019
- 8:00 Radium - famous but not very useful
Thursday, 19 September 2019
- 8:00 Praseodymium - a long name but not many uses
- 3:50 Kākāpō population hits new high of 213 birds
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 19 September 2019
- 9:06 Shaped by the wind
- 8:00 Promethium - rare and unremarkable
Thursday, 12 September 2019
- 8:00 Polonium - few redeeming features
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 12 September 2019
- 9:06 Green cities of the future - what we can expect in 2050
- 8:00 Potassium - a matter of life and death
Thursday, 5 September 2019
- 8:00 Platinum - another pricey precious metal
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 5 September 2019
- 9:06 The science of toxic algal blooms
- 8:00 Plutonium - nuclear bombs & nuclear power
Thursday, 29 August 2019
- 8:00 Palladium - cleaning up your car's exhaust
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 29 August 2019
- 9:06 No escape: separating from an abusive partner
- 8:00 Phosphorus - P was discovered in pee
Thursday, 22 August 2019
- 8:00 Osmium - heavyweight champion of the elements
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 22 August 2019
- 9:06 Using sound to brew better beer
- 8:00 Oxygen - the friendly element
Thursday, 15 August 2019
- 8:00 Niobium - useful at high & low temperatures
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 15 August 2019
- 9:06 Risky decisions & gambling addiction
- 8:00 Nitrogen - a vital powerhouse
Thursday, 8 August 2019
- 8:00 Neon - the red of neon lights
- 4:00 Kākāpō chicks growing up
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 8 August 2019
- 9:06 Detector Gadget the conservation dog
- 8:00 Nickel - more than just a 5 cent coin
Thursday, 1 August 2019
- 8:00 Molybdenum - a catalyst at bacterial to industrial scales
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 1 August 2019
- 9:06 Challenging gender norms & the threat of female sexuality
- 8:00 Neodymium - the secret behind supermagnets
Thursday, 25 July 2019
- 8:00 Magnesium - loved by everyone and everything
- 8:00 Manganese - the 'essential' essential element
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 25 July 2019
- 9:06 Restoring Fiordland's 'island lifeboats'
- 8:00 Mercury - mesmerising quicksilver
Thursday, 18 July 2019
- 8:00 Lithium - a mood enhancing element
- 8:50 Kākāpō dads revealed
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 18 July 2019
- 9:06 New way to stop unwanted biofouling
- 8:00 Lutetium - an obscure Parisian
Thursday, 11 July 2019
- 8:00 Lanthanum - curious case of a 'lost' element
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 11 July 2019
- 9:06 Children's art - more than just a picture
- 8:00 Lead - sweet-tasting but deadly
Thursday, 4 July 2019
- 8:00 Iridium and the end of the dinosaurs
- 8:00 Iron - creator of the modern world
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 4 July 2019
- 9:06 The science of Matariki
- 8:00 Krypton - its name means 'hidden' but it's a real thing
Thursday, 27 June 2019
- 8:00 Indium - Queen of the touchscreen
- 8:00 Iodine - a vital trace element
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 27 June 2019
- 9:06 Freshwater fish swim for science
- 6:00 Kākāpō waiting game
Thursday, 20 June 2019
- 8:00 Hydrogen - 'number 1 in the Universe'
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 20 June 2019
- 9:06 Predator Free NZ - dream or reality?
Thursday, 13 June 2019
- 8:00 Hafnium - helped land the first astronauts on the moon
- 8:00 Helium - rare on earth but universally abundant
- 5:00 Behind-the-scenes of the kākāpō health crisis
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 13 June 2019
- 8:00 Holmium - obscure, but an important surgical laser
Thursday, 6 June 2019
- 8:00 Gold - a most desirable noble metal
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 6 June 2019
- 9:06 Rifleman to royal albatross - a bird atlas for NZ
- 9:07 Successful new seabird colony on Matiu Somes Island
- 9:08 Tawaki bust penguin swimming records
Thursday, 30 May 2019
- 8:00 Gadolinium - plays a key role in MRI scans
- 8:00 Gallium - mysterious case of the disappearing spoon
- 2:00 Kākāpō health concerns continue
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 30 May 2019
- 9:06 The streams beneath the streets
- 8:00 Germanium - important in the first transistors
Thursday, 23 May 2019
- 8:00 Fluorine - the non-stick element
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 23 May 2019
- 9:06 The Southland accent - a rolling change
- 8:00 Francium - final naturally-occurring element to be discovered
Thursday, 16 May 2019
- 8:00 Dysprosium - hard to get
- 8:00 Erbium - through rose-tinted glasses
- 5:00 Worrying times for kākāpō
- 9:05 Our Changing World for 16 May 2019
- 9:06 Foulden Maar - a 23-million year-old fossil treasure trove
- 9:07 Mystery of the longfin eel's breeding ground
- 8:00 Europium - putting the security in the Euro