27 May 2012 - 1:44 pm NZ time
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Steve Keen on the economic crisis, Dennis Gordon on the NZ inventory of biodiversity, Dan Neil on electric cars, Playing Favourites with DJ and music historian Bill Brewster, Alan Breslau on the beauty of disfigurement, Eli Kent on his hit play and its NZ tour.
Lawrence Krauss on the plausible universe, Bruce Hicks on student protest in Quebec, Chris Szekely on rāhui and libraries, Art with Mary Kisler: Angelica Garnett, Playing Favourites with Dave Moskovitz, Hilary Mantel on her sequel to Wolf Hall, Kate De Goldi with two new NZ children’s books.
Catherine Fieschi on right wing popularism in Europe, Oliver Jeffers on his art and picture books, Jeffrey Eugenides on marriage and plots, Simon Manchester on potter Len Castle, Playing Favourites with philosopher Thomas Wartenberg, André Cointreau on Le Cordon Bleu, Kath Irvine on planning fruit trees and rootstock.
Ross Ashcroft on renegade economics, Ian Watson on Alan Turing and artificial intelligence, Claire Tomalin on Charles Dickens, Li Chen on Kickstarter and web comics, Playing Favourites with Angela Meyer, Juergen Boos on the Frankfurt Book fair, Mal Peet on his books for young adults.
Chandran Nair on capitalism, consumption and Asia, J. Hampton Atkinson on cannabis research, Marti Anderson on statistics and diving, Playing Favourites with Sam Wills aka The Boy With Tape On His Face, Emily Perkins on writing and her new novel, Tim Blanks on fashion and fragrance.
Michael Hastings on US military commanders, Paul Roy on filming in an Indian hospital, Dr David B. Agus on the end of illness, Playing Favourites with conductor Hamish McKeich, Jim Marchbank on science museums, Children’s Books with Kate De Goldi
Keith Yamashita on leadership and design, Mitchell Pham on Vietnam, New Zealand and business, Playing Favourites with Tom Scott of HomeBrew and @Peace, Damon Salesa on Pacific health, Paul Ward on NZ screen moments.
Victoria Davis on medicinal marijuana, Joyce Alberts on false memories, Greg O’Brien on art and poetry in Cork, the Kermadecs and Tonga, Doug Backhouse on resilient comminities, Playing Favourites with Hollie Fulbrook a.k.a. Tiny Ruins, Sonny Tilders on building animatronic dragons, Pietra Brettkelly on her films about Outward Bound and a Maori boy genius
Daniel Hamermesh on how beauty pays, Damon Salesa on solutions for the Pacific, Greg McGee on love and money, Mary Kisler on Vincent van Gogh, Lucinda Williams on songs and relationships, Sally Kabak on grandparents as caregivers, Margo Lanagan on selkies
Nicole Foss on global finance and peak oil, Roddy Doyle on middle aged men and teaching children, Claire Stent on the New Zealand Yearbooks, singer-songwriter Nick Lowe on his career reinvention, Tony Taylor on fishing and time, Children’s Books with Kate De Goldi
Will Haughey on toys in Honduras, Catherine Syms on teaching ethics, Richard Davenport-Hines on the lives of those who sailed on the Titanic, Playing Favourites with architect David Mitchell, filmmakers Maramena Roderick & Julian Arahanga on their series about songwriting in prison, Gardening with Kath Irvine: fruit trees.
Gary Mulgrew on fraud and prison, Dr Craig Rodger on solar flares, Leonard Bell on the history of Jews in NZ, Mary Kisler on the Degas to Dali exhibition, Playing Favourites with director and producer Simon Bennett, actor Blythe Duff on beauty and boxing, “slipstream” writer Kelly Link.
Jess Hill on Saudi Arabia, Norman Harris on jogging and other sports, punk poet John Cooper Clarke, Jen Hay on filled pauses, Playing Favourites with musician Gerry Paul, Appalachian writer Ron Rash, Maureen Woodhams on maths and children.
Susan Orlean on Rin Tin Tin, Christopher Kennedy Lawford on drug addiction, Mike Shepherd of the Kneehigh theatre company, Playing Favourites with Daniel Beban, Chris Stringer on the origins of species, Richie Meyer on silent movies
Derek Handley on changing capitalism, Yvonne Shawon death with dignity, Bella Bathurst on bicycles, Mary Kisler on Renaissance paintings, Playing Favourites with jewellery artist Lisa Walker, choreographer Hofesh Schecter on politics and dance, Kath Irvine on preparing the garden for autumn.
Robert Glennon on water, novelist Alan Hollinghurst, Playing Favourites with engineer Bob Norman, Sam Hunt and Dick Frizzell on words and pictures, Patrick and Patsy McGrath on Bali Aid.
Wael Ghonim on revolution in Egypt, Fredrik Heffermehl on the Nobel Peace Prize, Anthony McCarten on absent heroes, Richie Meyer on silent movies, Playing Favourites with Megan Salole, Ted Noten on jewellery, Kate de Goldi on the New York Review Children's Collection.
Kate Camp in Berlin,, Marcus Chown on tweeting the universe, Dr Sharad Paul on skin cancer and books, Playing Favourites with translator John Jamieson, Pacific artist Michel Tuffery.
Suzy van de Kwast on early cafe culture, John Waters on shock value, Playing Trombones with BonaNZa
Rob Hamill on his brother's murder, John Kendrick on birds, Playing Favourites with Mary-Annette Hay
Atul Gawande on medicine and the checklist, painter Robert McLeod, taxi driver David Ifill, Playing Favourites with Will and Annie Crummer.
Platon on photographing the powerful, Dr Caldwell Esselstyn on a plant-based diet, Playing Favourites with Joyce Fleming
Journalist and writer Christopher Hitchens, nightlife pioneer Carmen, saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins, Kate De Goldi and Laura Kroetsch discuss the year in books, Joe Schwarcz: on chemistry, food, sex and ageing.
Luke Harding on Russia, Future Scientist prizewinner Nina Huang, Julian Priest on time and wireless networks, Art with Mary Kisler: Palladio, Scarpa, Canova, Harry Christophers of The Sixteen on: period music, playwright Gary Henderson, Kath Irvine on summer gardening.
Iain Overton on exposing lobbyists, actor Sara Wiseman on her stellar screen career, Oren Gershtein on incubating innovation in Israel, Grant Sheehan on photographing ghosts in the landscape, Playing Favourites with troubadour Delaney Davidson, Jennifer McLagan on eating odd bits, Kate De Goldi on three children’s books.
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