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Iceland volcano - research: magma's mammoth flow before eruptions
8:40 AM.In November 2023, a magma dike began to rapidly build below the Sundhnúkur crater chain in southwest Iceland. Read more Audio
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Paris Marx: tech won't save us
8:10 AM.Silicon Valley has long promoted a vision of a future tech utopia - be that on earth, or elsewhere. Read more Audio
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Playing favourites with Sir Collin Tukuitonga
11:05 AM.Niuean-born Sir Collin Tukuitonga is highly regarded for his work in Pacific peoples' health, both in NZ and internationally. His big health interests are heart disease, obesity and diabetes, and the… Read more Audio
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Heaps of good advice for the perfect compost
10:40 AM.Edible Backyard gardener Kath Irvine is evangelical about the benefits of homemade compost. It's tempting to just buy a bag, but she reckons making your own is the secret to a bountiful and healthy… Read more Audio
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Bee Wilson: The Secret of Cooking
10:05 AM.British food writer Bee Wilson's new book The Secret of Cooking also serves up secrets for stress-free living. Alongside recipes, there's encouragement to improvise, a very useful section on learning… Read more Audio
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Zuckerberg apology 'just not enough' - whistleblower
9:35 AM.It's twenty years this week since Facebook was launched. Last week its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was forced to apologise at a US Senate hearing, to parents whose children died following sexual… Read more Audio
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South Korean beauty culture and the costs of perfection
9:05 AM.What are the dangers for society when a perfect face and body - especially for women - are not just promoted, but also possible? Whether it's a 10 step skincare regime, cosmetic injections or plastic… Read more Audio
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Chris Packham: fighting for the wild
8:10 AM.British naturalist, broadcaster and environmental campaigner Chris Packham has been hailed as David Attenborough's successor. He began his broadcasting career on The Really Wild Show in the 1980s, and… Read more Audio
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Playing Favourites with Kiran Parbhu
11:00 AM.Something of an all-round Renaissance man, Kiran Parbhu joins Susie to share some favourite songs. A fourth generation Kiwi of Indian ancestry, Kiran came to fame when Maori language advocate Matai… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Boot Scootin' Boogie
10:40 AM.Acclaimed actor, comedian, director and writer and "Snapchat Dude" Tom Sainsbury has another lesser known talent. Along with Lara Fischel-Chisholm he's one half of comedy dance troupe, Dynamotion… Read more Audio
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Australian of the Year: Melanoma researcher Georgina Long
10:05 AM.Last Thursday melanoma researcher Professor Georgina Long was announced as Australian of the Year, along with colleague and friend Professor Richard Scolyer. As co-medical directors of the Melanoma… Read more Audio
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Ros Atkins: The Art of Explanation
9:30 AM.It ain't hard to tell when you don't communicate well so worth paying attention when you do, says English journalist Ros Atkins. Read more Video, Audio
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Patricia Grace: Bird Child
9:05 AM.Patricia Grace is one of Aotearoa's most celebrated Maori fiction authors. She won the New Zealand Book Award for Fiction for Potiki in 1987, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2001 with… Read more Audio
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World champion axeman Adam Lowe
8:45 AM.Fourteen times world woodchopping champion, Adam Lowe manages the South Island Wood Chopping team, bound for New South Wales for a big grudge match. He joins Susie for which blade, what wood, how fast… Read more Audio
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EVs: can the voltage keep up with the mileage?
8:35 AM.Line company Vector's recently created electric vehicle trends tracker shows EV ownership in Auckland is up almost 200% in two years. This growth begs the question: is the city's infrastructure… Read more Audio
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Koala conservationist Rebecca Johnson
8:10 AM.Chief Scientist at the world's biggest museum, wildlife forensic scientist and conservation geneticist Rebecca Johnson is a leading researcher in koala conservation. The iconic Aussie marsupial is… Read more Audio
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Saturday morning listener feedback for 27 of January 2024
11:50 AM.Listener feedback for 27th January 2024 saturday morning with Susie Ferguson. Audio
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Dr Katie Mack: life, the universe and everything
11:05 AM.Astrophysicist Katie Mack discusses the possibility of time travel, how time will end, gravitational waves and the power of antimatter. Dr Mack is the Hawking Chair in Cosmology and Science… Read more Audio
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Scott Silven and the wonders of magic
10:35 AM.Mentalist, illusionist and performance artist Scott Silven's marvelous magical career is inspired by the mists and mysticism of his Scottish homeland. Silven studied hypnosis age 15. At 19 he… Read more Audio
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Aubrey Gordon: what life's like for 'Your Fat Friend'
10:05 AM.The assumption that people actually mean 'unlovable' or 'unworthy' when they describe themselves as 'fat' reveals the harsh bias we have against bigger bodies, says writer and podcaster Aubrey… Read more Video, Audio
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The BIG U - defending Manhattan from future floods
9:35 AM.When Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast of the U.S. in 2012 New York city was particularly badly hit, suffering major flooding and 20 billion dollars in damage. Part of the Government's response was… Read more Audio
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Anne Michaels on her new novel Held
9:05 AM.Best known for Fugitive Pieces, Canadian novelist and poet Anne Michaels talks to Susie about her new novel Held. With a cast of characters spanning over a century, in Held Michaels explores favourite… Read more Audio
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Alanna Smith: facial recognition to track turtles
8:45 AM.A project led by Cook Islands environmentalist Alanna Smith, is taking advantage of an anatomical quirk to track turtles' movements around her home country of Rarotonga. The director of NGO Ipukarea… Read more Audio
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New Zealand photo archive up for auction
8:10 AM.An online auction of historic photographs is taking place, with the aim of returning them to New Zealand hands. Australian media company Fairfax sent 1.4 million images from its photographic archive… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Graham Leonard: The faultlines that shape and shake New Zealand
4:15 PM.What drives New Zealand's faultlines and earthquakes, and what does it mean for us? Read more Audio