Sonia Sly
Our Changing World for 15 August 2019
Why playing pokie machines can easily lead to a gambling addiction, and the chemical element nickel is in more than just five cent coins. Audio
Challenging gender norms & the threat of female sexuality
Professor Ciara Cremin explores the politics of cross-dressing and gender identity in both her personal and her professional life. Audio
Our Changing World for 1 August 2019
The politics of cross-dressing and gender identity, and the chemical element molybdenum. Audio
Our Changing World for 11 July 2019
What insights can children's drawings give us, and deadly tales from the chemical element lead. Audio
Rise of the Y-Front
Jockey launched the Y-Front in the U.S. in 1935 and five years later the product landed on our shores, and it's been a favourite for Kiwi men ever since. In this final episode of RNZ podcast My Heels… Audio
Ahead of her time
From a pair of hand-knitted baby booties to a fully-blown business two-decades on selling not one, but two lifestyle brands, seems a far cry from Peri Drysdale's days as a nurse. In this episode of… Audio
A share of wardrobe
In this episode of My Heels are Killing Me, Belinda Watt Head of Fashion at Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, shoe designer Kathryn Wilson and Murray Bevan - the founder of fashion PR agency… Audio
Championing change in a volatile marketplace
It might be hard to imagine life without the internet and the ease that technology has brought to our lives.
In this episode of My Heels are Killing Me, Sonia Sly talks to three fashion designers… Audio
Fush 'n' chups and the Kiwi accent
The distinctive New Zealand accent and why young women lead the way in the evolution of a uniquely Kiwi way of talking. Audio
Our Changing World for 14 February 2019
The evolution of the Kiwi accent, and many more kakapo eggs and chicks. Audio
The good side of pain
An accidental encounter with the tree nettle, ongaonga, and some self experimentation may lead to a new pain treatment. Audio
Our Changing World for 20 December 2018
Salps are a little known but important part of the ocean's plankton, and self-experimenting with the painful stinging nettle, ongaonga. Audio
Fighting the Same Fight
Feminised or gendered roles in the workforce were carved out in our past and still impact on the lives of women in the workplace today. Find out more in Episode 8 of Beyond Kate. Audio
Sure to Rise
Mathematics, science and English might be what we consider the core elements of a good education today, but back when women won the right to vote, learning to bake the perfect scone was considered an… Audio
Women Should Be Seen and Heard
Is the arts a place where women have equal opportunity? And if not, why not? That's the big question at hand in Episode Six of RNZ podcast, Beyond Kate. Audio
Women Caught Between Two Worlds
Being a woman of colour in a predominantly white society brings with it a complex set of rules and expectations that are often not spoken about. Episode Four of Beyond Kate looks at some of the Maori… Audio
Rights and Ownership Over the Female Body
From crotch-less bloomers and women’s fashion in the late 19th century to contraception, menstruation and abortion. Episode Four of Beyond Kate explores the politics and double standards around the… Audio
Standing their ground
Episode Three of Beyond Kate explores property and divorce rights for women, the age of consent, and even the right for women to wear what they want... early social reforms still being debated today.
…Patriarchy is the Black Sheep
Black Sheep will be returning on October 29th! In the meantime RNZ producer Sonia Sly is slipping into your feed with the latest episode of her excellent podcast Beyond Kate Audio
The Useful Woman
Episode Two of Beyond Kate explores politics, the reality of women at the polling booths, and Victorian attitudes that kept women in the home. Audio