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The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Professor Adrian North has spent his life studying the psychology of music and how people interact with it in different spaces. He's with us to discuss the psychological cues that music offers up and… Audio

Hidden entrances and covert click and collect hand overs - a secret world is operating inside Auckland's malls.

At many, staff are onsite and customers can come inside to pick them up.

Reporter… Video, Audio

The chance to step out of the living room and get a dose of retail therapy was snapped up by Wellingtonians today, who emerged into the freedom of alert level 2.

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It is Tuesday afternoon and people are already flocking to supermarkets to stock up.

There have been queues forming outside several of them. Nick Truebridge is outside a Mt Eden supermarket.

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Sarah Griffiths has called the Jing'An District in Shanghai home for the past two years, having taken up her role with theatre company Punchdrunk International after lengthy stints with the Australia… Audio

You'd think online sites like Trade Me and Facebook Marketplace would have marked the end of interest in op shops and dealers in all things retro. But it's not so. Rose Jackson and her partner Matt… Audio, Gallery

Third generation Great Barrier Island resident Tom Daly is living off-the-grid with his wife Beth and three children under six -- Beau (6), Finn (4), Hucks (2). He talks to Jim about how they are all… Audio

3 Minutes Max, New Zealand commentators with succinct opinions. Vanessa Baxter from The Fearless Kitchen shares some thoughts on essential items for your larder to help through social distancing or… Audio

Australian supermarkets have special hours for the elderly and vulnerable to make sure they get their supplies amidst hoarding and bad behaviour in the aisles. We speak to Grey Power's Mac Welsh about… Audio

If you are the sort of person who keeps a $100 note in your wallet, you might be saving money without even trying.  Professor Priya Raghubir from the NYU Stern School of Business joins the show to… Audio

For the whole of 2019, Finland-based Australian teacher Elln Heytin tried not to buy anything apart from vital supplies such as food and toiletries. In the 12 months, she bought just four things – a… Audio

Major shopping events like Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Singles' Day could be changing the shopping habits of consumers who're increasingly choosing to shop earlier instead of waiting for the… Audio

It's Christmastime and that means the large majority of us will receive gifts we neither wanted nor needed. Writer Livia Gershon has been looking at the history of giving Christmas gifts and what… Audio

People who claim hearing Christmas music - especially well in advance of December - does their head in mightn't be that far off the mark. Dr. Linda Blair joins the show to explain why these tunes… Audio