All episodes
Saturday, 16 March 2024
- 8:10 Freebirth: Why women are choosing to birth alone
- 8:45 Is there a good way to tell someone they're losing their job?
- 9:05 Gretchen Daily: the cost of not valuing nature
- 9:40 Lulu Wang examines the cultural class divide in her TV series Expats
- 10:05 Liam Dann: How money works and why it matters
- 10:40 Kath Irvine: how to prep your garden to feed you through winter
- 11:05 Ann Patchett: Tom Lake
- 11:45 Australian jazz legend James Morrison
- 12:00 Saturday morning listener feedback
Saturday, 9 March 2024
- 8:10 Aliya Danzeisen: becoming Muslim
- 9:05 Lee Tamahori and Robin Scholes: The Convert
- 9:25 Rolling out big ideas: Sir Geoff Mulgan and James Plunkett
- 10:05 Angélique Kidjo: genre-defying music superstar
- 10:40 Volcanologist Graham Leonard: all about ash
- 11:05 Playing favourites with James Shaw
- 12:00 Saturday morning Listener feed back
Saturday, 2 March 2024
- 8:10 Dr Judith Mackay: Tobacco industry critic on NZ's fight for control
- 8:45 John Sharp: Why IVF is at risk in post-Roe America
- 9:07 Colum McCann and Diane Foley: 'American Mother'
- 9:35 Photographer Fiona Amundsen: Nuclear (in)visibility
- 10:05 AC Grayling: Who owns the Moon?
- 10:40 Kowtow founder Gosia Piatek
- 11:05 Playing Favourites with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
- 12:00 Feedback for Saturday Morning March 2nd 2024
- 12:10 Aotearoa's long history with wool and blankets
Saturday, 24 February 2024
- 8:10 Oleksandra Matviichuk: Fighting for peace in Ukraine
- 8:45 Tuning out tinnitus with Dr Fabrice Bardy
- 9:05 Emily Nagoski: how couples create a lasting sexual connection
- 9:45 Documentary filmmaker Benoit Lalande: surfing in Africa
- 10:05 Sue Egersdorff: the benefits of intergenerational care
- 10:40 Alexander James Holloway: making fake fighting look real
- 11:05 Death by talons - did an owl frame a husband for murder?
- 11:40 Kate De Goldi: reading for pleasure
- 12:00 Listener feedback for 24 February 2024
Saturday, 17 February 2024
- 8:10 Paris Marx: tech won't save us
- 8:40 Iceland volcano - research: magma's mammoth flow before eruptions
- 9:05 Michaeleen Doucleff: why kids need less 'parenting'
- 9:05 Europe correspondent Thomas Sparrow on reports of Russian dissident's death
- 9:40 Danyl McLauchlan explores Judith Butler's philosophy on gender
- 10:05 Gary J. Bass: Japan's WW2 crimes on trial
- 10:35 Finding the funny side of cancer: Emma Lange
- 11:05 Putting insomnia to bed: Dr Alexander Sweetman
- 11:35 Not pie in the sky: Tanemahuta Gray
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Listener feedback
Saturday, 10 February 2024
- 8:10 Chris Packham: fighting for the wild
- 9:05 South Korean beauty culture and the costs of perfection
- 9:35 Arturo Bejar: Meta whistleblower
- 10:05 Bee Wilson: The Secret of Cooking
- 10:40 Organic gardener Kath Irvine: all you need is compost
- 11:05 Playing favourites with Sir Collin Tukuitonga
Saturday, 3 February 2024
- 8:10 Koala conservationist Rebecca Johnson
- 8:35 EVs: can the voltage keep up with the mileage?
- 8:45 World champion axeman Adam Lowe
- 9:05 Patricia Grace: Bird Child
- 9:30 Ros Atkins: The Art of Explanation
- 10:05 Australian of the Year: Melanoma researcher Georgina Long
- 10:40 Boot Scootin' Boogie
- 11:00 Playing Favourites with Kiran Parbhu
Saturday, 27 January 2024
- 8:10 New Zealand photo archive up for auction
- 8:45 Alanna Smith: facial recognition to track turtles
- 9:05 Anne Michaels on her new novel Held
- 9:35 The BIG U - defending Manhattan from future floods
- 10:05 Aubrey Gordon: what life's like for 'Your Fat Friend'
- 10:35 Scott Silven and the wonders of magic
- 11:05 Dr Katie Mack: life, the universe and everything
- 11:50 Saturday morning listener feedback for 27 of January 2024
Saturday, 16 December 2023
- 8:10 Michael Cunningham on time, triangles and his new novel Day
- 9:05 Ruth Shaw: Wee bookshops and huge love for dogs
- 9:20 Takács Quartet violinist Edward Dusinberre
- 9:45 Organic gardener Kath Irvine: How to grow tomatoes
- 10:05 Playing Favourites with Anika Moa
- 11:05 Best books with Kate De Goldi and Elizabeth Knox
- 11:45 Talking turkey with Josh Emett
- 4:15 Graham Leonard: The faultlines that shape and shake New Zealand
Saturday, 9 December 2023
- 8:10 Ranulph Fiennes: Lawrence of Arabia
- 9:05 Leo Vardiashvili - Hard by a Great Forest
- 9:29 Unsupported and isolated: living and dying with ME/CFS
- 10:06 Kera Sherwood-O'Regan: top woman
- 10:35 Simon Denny: Optimism and the race to space
- 11:05 Tusiata Avia's Big Fat Brown Bitch: 'I was bloody rarked up'
- 11:45 Raising a glass to Sauvignon Blanc: Bill Spence
Saturday, 2 December 2023
- 8:12 Andy Mitchell: an insider's guide to psychedelics
- 9:08 Linda Bryder: the best country to give birth?
- 9:50 Danyl McLauchlan: an argument for eco-terrorism
- 10:09 Greg Sestero on friendship, creativity and why The Room is so fun to watch
- 10:50 Richard Jackson: Does NZ really need its defence force?
- 11:08 Elinor Karlsson: Darwin’s Dogs and DNA
- 11:40 Sam and Ellie Studd: How to love cheese
Saturday, 25 November 2023
- 8:10 Michael Rosen: Getting over it, and getting through it
- 8:50 The coalition government and the Treaty
- 9:05 Adrian Edmondson: 'The more you hurt yourself, the more people laugh'
- 9:30 Richard Flanagan: chain reactions
- 10:05 Tim Minchin: Seriously funny
- 10:30 Gary McCormick: Karaoke, Kim and me
- 11:05 Playing Favourites with Kim Hill
- 11:45 Kim and Hannah
- 11:55 Listener feedback 25 November 2023
Saturday, 18 November 2023
- 8:10 Who killed the Crewes? Opening the book on a cold case
- 8:50 Gregory De Pascale: Iceland on edge, waiting for eruption
- 9:05 Kashmir Hill: facial recognition software and the end of privacy
- 9:35 Amanda Smith Barusch: embracing the rage that comes with age
- 10:00 Richard O'Rawe: In the Name of the Son
- 10:30 Dr Max Berry: the huge job of looking after tiny babies
- 11:00 Playing Favourites with Oscar Kightley
- 11:59 Saturday listener feedback
Saturday, 11 November 2023
- 8:10 Naomi Klein and the other Naomi
- 9:08 Bradley Walsh: Chasing his dreams
- 9:43 Isaac Heron: from foster care to Oxford University
- 10:06 Clementine Ford: 'I want to prevent marriages'
- 10:45 The natural hazards in your neighbourhood
- 11:06 Mary Beard: ruling the Roman Empire
- 11:50 Once bittern twice shy: backing an under-bird
- 11:59 Saturday listener feedback
Saturday, 4 November 2023
- 8:10 Spencer Ackerman: are America's 9/11 mistakes being repeated?
- 8:45 Ana Swanson: can container ships ever be green?
- 9:05 Engineering immune cells to kill cancer
- 10:40 Anna Smaill on her new novel Bird Life
- 10:40 Filmmaker Rosie Morris on the reality of deepfake porn
- 11:05 Nonnita Rees: Robert Lord's Diaries
- 11:35 Organic gardener Kath Irvine: summer fruit tips
Saturday, 28 October 2023
- 8:12 Bottled water, everywhere: Daniel Jaffee
- 8:48 The Final countdown: Jeff Wilson
- 9:07 Misophonia: when small noises are a big problem
- 9:29 Jesmyn Ward: the hell of American slavery
- 10:06 Chuck D rapping lyrical
- 10:45 Smiling about his boys: Kevin Barrett
- 11:08 Robyn Davidson: an Unfinished Woman
- 11:47 Megan Dunn: the private life of public sculpture
- 11:55 Feedback for 28 October 2023
Saturday, 21 October 2023
- 8:00 Saturday morning listener feedback
- 8:10 Gregg Carlstrom: Israel-Gaza latest
- 8:25 'We have to make a huge shift': climate activist and actor Fehinti Balogun
- 8:25 Climate activist and actor Fehinti Balogun
- 8:55 Rugby with Rarere
- 9:05 Paul Lynch on his Booker shortlisted novel Prophet Song
- 9:35 Simon Tisdall: Israel-Gaza going global?
- 10:05 Kate Mulgrew: where no woman has gone before
- 10:40 Danyl McLauchlan: the rise of Bronze Age Pervert
- 11:05 Lisa Simone: celebrating Nina
- 11:40 Toby Manhire: Election aftermath
Saturday, 14 October 2023
- 8:13 Robin Wright: Israel Gaza war explained
- 9:07 Ian Urbina: slavery on the high seas
- 9:35 Reporting from Israel: Lyse Doucet
- 10:05 Reggae maestro Dennis Bovell headed downunder
- 10:35 David & Conor Kershaw: 150 years of Martinborough's P&K store
- 10:45 Frank Gardner on Israel's lack of preparedness
- 11:06 Cristina Rivera Garza: grief demanding justice
- 11:38 Rebecca Priestley: navigating end times
Saturday, 7 October 2023
- 8:10 Kim Stanley Robinson: Imagining the future and finding hope
- 9:05 Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins in their own words
- 10:05 Can man-made ivory save the elephants?
- 10:35 Kiwi film-maker lifting the lid on California's pistachio wars
- 11:05 New Zealand Chamber Choir marks 25 years with national tour
- 11:35 New TV series flirts with what's 'unacceptable' for middle-aged women
Saturday, 30 September 2023
- 8:10 Trent Dalton on his new novel Lola in the Mirror
- 8:45 Nathan Rarere at half time
- 9:05 Prof Benjamin Oldroyd: Epigenetics and evolution
- 10:05 Jennifer Egan on homelessness
- 10:35 Nicola Joyce: empathy in song-writing
- 11:05 Akram Khan: Jungle Book reimagined
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Listener feedback
- 1:35 Tracking down stolen masterpieces: 'It's a dangerous game'
Saturday, 23 September 2023
- 9:08 David McAllister: Ballet Confidential
- 9:45 Supreme WOW Winner: Gill Saunders does it again
- 11:01 Playing Favourites with Kerry Ann Lee
- 11:05 Melanoma researcher experimenting on his own brain tumour
- 11:35 Olive Jones: anarchy and idealism at the Graham Downs commune
- 12:00 Saturday morning listener feedback
- 3:40 Prof Emma Teeling: bats may hold the secret to living longer
- 12:00 Prof Mark Blagrove: The stories dreams tell
Saturday, 16 September 2023
- 8:10 Former UK Prime Minister Theresa May her book, The Abuse of Power
- 8:55 Nathan Rarere: All Blacks vs Namibia
- 9:05 Julia Ebner: how extremist ideas are taking over
- 9:40 Graham Leonard: how prepared are we for a tsunami?
- 10:40 Ron Crosby: Te Kooti's Last Foray
- 11:00 One performer/ten Divas: Bernadette Robinson
- 11:40 Peter Butler: Night Tribe
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback
- 3:05 Prof Kevin Tracey: How vagus nerve stimulation will revolutionise medicine
Saturday, 9 September 2023
- 8:10 Nathan Rarere: All Blacks v France at half time
- 8:20 Bernie Taupin: Elton, music and me
- 9:05 Richard Ford: closing the book on Frank Bascombe
- 9:45 Reporting Rugby: Gavin Mairs - All Blacks vs France
- 10:00 Scam baiter Jim Browning
- 10:45 Dr Laura Domigan: from cells in the lab to steaks on a plate
- 11:00 The first social media babies have grown up - and they're angry
- 11:40 Organic gardener Kath Irvine: how to grow seedlings
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback
Saturday, 2 September 2023
- 8:10 An uninvited kiss - a pivotal moment in women's football?
- 9:05 The weird and wonderful worlds of Patrick deWitt
- 9:30 Liv McClymont and Aurora Garner-Randolph: standing up for consent
- 10:40 Pet detective Anne-Marie Curry
- 11:05 Triggered? Dr Jonathan Shedler on the overuse of therapy speak
- 11:55 Listener Feedback for 2 September 2023
- 3:00 Artist Ned Wenlock dives into a new medium with Tsunami graphic novel
- 4:40 The Beths: Why Kiwi artists struggle in Australian music scene
- 10:05 Brian Christian: how would we know if AI becomes conscious?
Saturday, 26 August 2023
- 8:10 City Shaper Roger Madelin
- 9:05 David Scheel: the mysteries of octopuses
- 9:40 Calling in the debt owed by slave-holding nations
- 10:05 Graphic designer Paula Scher: painting with words
- 10:40 Danyl McLauchlan: a Machiavellian view of politics
- 11:06 Polly Barton: an oral history of pornography
- 11:36 Colin Monteath: Erebus, ice and fire
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 26 August 2023