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Tony Woods - Off the Grid in Afghanistan
New Zealander Tony Woods works alongside local people to build small-scale electricity projects in remote areas around Afghanistan. It can be a risky business but the pay-off is worth it. His wind and… Audio
Jim O'Brien - Cleaning the Cement
The cement industry is a big, dirty business, responsible for five percent of the world's carbon emissions - and there's a lot of work being done for a cleaner product. Jim O'Brien, the President of… Audio
Stevan Riley - Fire in Babylon
Fire in Babylon is the story of the glory days of West Indian cricket - back in the 1970s and '80s when the team, lead by the inspirational captain Clive Lloyd, blitzed all opposition. Set against the… Audio
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Ideas for 26 June 2011: Professor James Belich
Professor James Belich was known for his revisionist histories of the New Zealand wars and his two-volume history of New Zealand. But his 2011 work, Replenishing the Earth, took on a much larger… Audio
Ray Columbus - Modfather
Chris talks to Kiwi prince of pop, Ray Columbus. Ray is about to release his tell-all biography, 'The Modfather - The Life and Times of a Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer'. Audio
Vaughan Turekian - Science Diplomacy
Vaughan Turekian is director of the US Center for Science Diplomacy, and is in New Zealand for the University of Otago's annual Foreign Policy School. He speaks about science diplomacy's role in… Audio
Sharan Burrow - World Union Boss
Sharan Burrow is General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation. She talks to Chris about the challenges facing workers in the global economic crisis, issues around the Arab Spring… Audio
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Giles Milton - Surviving Hitler's Germany
Wolfram Aichele was nine years old when Hitler came to power. He was drafted in to fight for the regime and survived to tell the extraordinary tale to his son-in-law Giles Milton. Giles has now… Audio
Jenny Hayward-Jones - Relations with Fiji
Jenny Hayward-Jones is head of the Myer Foundation Melanesian programme at the prestigious Lowy Institute. She tells Chris Laidlaw that she accepts the tough love approach hasn't worked with Fiji, and… Audio
Bishop Victoria Matthews - Hope and Thanksgiving
After more major earthquakes in Christchurch this week, Bishop Victoria Matthews fears her clergy, and the people, are facing 'exaustion of the spirit'. She says it's important to keep alive hope, and… Audio
Ideas for 29 May 2011 - Psychoanalysis
This week Ideas puts psychoanalysis on the couch. Audio
Ideas for 22 May 2011 - Future of The NZ Defence Forces
Last year the government released it's first defence white paper in more than a decade. It's a comprehensive document that outlines the challenges and potential responses in a rapidly changing… Audio
Tadesse Meskela and Justin Purser - Cost of Coffee
Tadesse Meskela is the manager of the Oromia Coffee Farmers Co-operative Union of Ethiopia. He represents 74,000 coffee farmers as he travels the world meeting coffee buyers who will pay his farmers a… Audio
Bob Harvey - Surf Heroes
Bob Harvey has edited a book celebrating 100 years of Surf Life Saving New Zealand. He talks to former surf life saver Chris Laidlaw about the dramas and triumphs of those who volunteer their spare… Audio
Jay Winter - A Study of Silence
Jay Winter is a professor of history at Yale University, and a specialist on World War I and its impact on the 20th century. He talks to Chris about aspects of silence - how it can be coerced, lethal… Audio