Failure
Commuter chaos in Wellington after KiwiRail equipment failure
Commuter chaos, passengers left on the platform, a please explain from the Beehive, and a "rapid review" announced.
The train schedule in Wellington has been slashed in half and the services that are… Video, Audio
Elizabeth Day: why things going wrong can be so right
Best-selling author and award-winning writer Elizabeth Day speaks with Kathryn Ryan about her latest novel Magpie, a psychological thriller about motherhood. Elizabeth has been praised for… Audio
Joe Moran: 'Failure is what unites us'
Do you ever feel like a failure? Enter widely acclaimed observer of daily life Professor Joe Moran, not to tell you that everything will be OK in the end, but to reassure you that failure is an… Audio
Three Minutes Max: Catherine Robertson
Author Catherine Robertson has been thinking about the merits of feeling good about not being good at things. Audio
The Worst Sitcom Ever Made Ep 1: 'I think of it like a cult'
Kiwi TV show 'Melody Rules' came out in the 90s and is widely regarded as one of worst sitcoms ever made. But just how bad was it? Geoff Houtman – one of the show's original writers – embarks on a… Audio
The mess, the 25 year old monkey and me - Geoff Houtman explains
It's been a monkey on his back for 25 years. It's time to try to understand what happened to bring about such a monstrous failure Audio
Maximising our children's potential
What sorts of hopes and dreams do parents have for their children, and do all Kiwi kids have the same opportunities to maximise their potential. Audio
Stuart Firestein: ignorance, failure, and how we smell
Kim Hill talks to neuroscientist Dr Stuart Firestein, Chair of Columbia University's Department of Biological Sciences, whose lab studies the vertebrate olfactory system, seeking answers to the… Audio
The actor's F Word
Failure is part and parcel of an actor's life - at auditions, at the hands of reviewers, when a TV series or a movie bombs with the audience. Audio
Equipping children to deal with disappointment and failure
Jessica Lahey is an American teacher and author. She writes a bi-weekly column titled The Parent Teacher Conference for the New York Times. She says we are the generation that invented over parenting… Audio
You Call this Art 2014 Part 2
The actor Cliff Curtis, composer Phil Dadson and authors Damien Wilkins and Georgina White discuss the importance of discovery in the process of creating new performances or writing. Justin Gregory is… Audio
Twang!!
Lionel Bart shot an arrow into the air with his 1965 musical Twang!! The show was based on the story of Robin Hood and has gone down in history as one of the greatest flops ever. Elric Hooper and Des… Audio
Boldly going where your ancestors have already been - what the rediscovery of traditional navigation means
Explorer Kevin Biggar, astrophysicist Prof. Richard Easther, designer Kate Sylvester and celestial navigator Jack Thatcher talk with Jesse Mulligan. Audio
More Heroic Failures
Stephen Pile and his latest celebration of human inadequacy as featured in The Not Terribly Good Book of Heroic Failures. Audio