John Bishop
Midweek Mediawatch: Style v substance; service station sausage rolls scandal
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about style over substance in the coverage of Chris Luxon's first question time as leader, a Stuff column for the ages… Audio
Beef about sausage rolls
John Bishop has penned an opinion piece about wanting to get a sausage roll from a local petrol station. Chloe Ann King is a hospitality advocate, behind Raise the Bar, a hospitality industry union. Audio
Exploring the Confederate States of the USA.
Writer and traveller, John Bishop has an abiding love of the American South. He recently returned from another trip to the former Confederate States of the USA, and joins us to tell us all about it. Audio
Lessons from Denver
John Bishop spent some time in Denver, Colorado earlier this year looking at the operation of their marijuana law. Audio
Thanks given for RAMSI in the Solomons
Solomon Islanders are expressing their thanks to the departing regional security force that has been keeping the peace in the country for the better part of 14 years and that is leaving the country… Audio
Our Own Odysseys - Plantation History
John Bishop journeyed to Louisiana to visit old Plantations. He found the slave history notably absent from the tour info. Audio
Our Own Odysseys - The Blues Highway Pt 2
Journalist and writer John Bishop continues his tale of travelling through the lands of the Mississippi River, where he was enthralled by the music and the museums... Audio
Panel says
What the Panelists Penny Ashton and John Bishop have been thinking about. Audio
The Panel with John Bishop and Penny Ashton (Part 2)
Complaining about next to nothing is popular on social media. A Qantas jet clipped its tail on the runway because of wrong information inputted to an iPad. Aviation commentator Geoffrey Thomas… Audio
Xero boss could run for Auckland mayor
Business woman Victoria Crone is thinking about becoming a candidate for the Auckland mayoralty. Audio
The Panel with Penny Ashton and John Bishop (Part 1)
What the Panelists Penny Ashton and John Bishop have been up to. Iranian born former journalist Golnaz Bassam-Tabar talks about what attracts young Muslims to extremism. Business woman Victoria Crone… Audio
UK Comic - John Bishop
John Bishop is one of the UK's most successful comedians. Frustratingly for those of us who've chipped away at stand up for years, he started in 2000 and got very good at it very fast, winning all… Audio
Cycle lanes put drivers on a collision course
What were they thinking ? That's the question drivers and cyclist are asking of Land Transport deciding to put in cycle lanes along a popular training route in Waikato, sending motor vehicles on a… Audio
Our Own Odysseys: The Blues Highway
Journalist and long-time blues fan John Bishop has just returned from a well planned trip to the US where he travelled down what is known as the Blues Highway, a length of road that tracks the… Audio
Chess and feminism
Grandmaster chess player Nigel Short says women aren't made to play chess. Audio
America's Cup
Auckland is off the list of venues for the America's Cup qualifying series. Is it a big loss? Audio
The dark net and dangerous drugs
Websites on the dark net are being blamed for being the conduit for a new drug called N-bomb which causes violent reactions in users. Cyber crime expert Nigel Phair of the University of Canberra talks… Audio