Easter Monday Podcast Options

8:15 AM.We know a lot less than we think about the deep oceans of the world. It's been a source of fascination for humans since we first saw the ocean, and understanding it properly is now more important than… Read more Audio

11:42 AM.New Zealand’s current Poet Laureate, performance poet, reviewer and non-fiction writer, David Eggleton, talks about his role as a composer of poems for the nation.  Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Kate Marinkovich ran Tomboy Cafe, cakery and eatery in central Wellington until the order came to go into lockdown.  She joins Karyn to answer all your culinary lockdown questions. Read more Audio, Gallery

11:21 AM.Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand, is a new anthology, born in the aftermath of the Christchurch mosque attacks and asks, what is New Zealand now; who are we? Paula Morris has edited the… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.The Dean of Christchurch Cathedral, Dean Lawrence Kimberley, tells Karyn Hay how he began conducting services online to reach many parishioners as possible. Read more Audio

10:42 AM.Now that WFH (working from home) has become a thing and even a new term in the Oxford dictionary, we check in with Paul Spain, Chief Executive and Futurist, Gorilla Technology, to see what tech he’s… Read more Audio

10:23 AM.Karyn asks the question of writer and columnist, Jane Bowron, “If you were going to write a column this week, what would you write it on?” Jane shares her wit and insight with us on the times we’re… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Sam Hunt is holed up in the far north listening to Bob Dylan and German composer Ernest Bloch but mostly listening to silence. He talks to Karyn Hay and reads a couple of poems. Read more Video, Audio

9:46 AM.There's never been a better time to get into reading so the new online campaign Blokes vs Books had a very timely launch last week. In a series of short, light-hearted interviews, playwright Victor… Read more Video, Audio

9:16 AM.Physicist, professor Shaun Hendy, heads Te Pūnaha Matatini, one of at least three teams crunching the data on Covid19. Shaun explains explains what it's going to take to beat the virus. Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Both the incoming and the outgoing Poets Laureate join us this morning for some poetic inspiration on Easter Monday. Selina Tusitala Marsh, who has recently handed over the baton to David Eggleton… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Heading into the third week of lockdown, New Zealanders are really doing the hard yards, says psychologist and disaster mental health specialist Sarb Johal. To normalise what many people are… Read more Video, Audio

8:31 AM.The Wonky Donkey Man’s been busier than ever during lockdown, keeping the kids amused with live Facebook streams and guitar performances of his bestselling children’s books. Craig Smith joins Karyn… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Tevita Finau is a minister with the Tongan Methodist Church in Northcote in Auckland. He tells how the Church managed to take the sacred service into the homes of its worldwide congregation Read more Audio

8:21 AM.There are about 21,000 black cabs in London and many of them are also being used to provide free transport for patients. Karyn talks to Black Cab driver and muso, Geoff Hayden, about the situation for… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.Going into lockdown with a violent partner is possibly the worst thing imaginable. Women's Refuge chief executive, Ang Jury is hoping to reach those who can't speak out. Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Staying at home, online, watching TV, cooking more than we normally do... the powers bills are on the rise...and they need to be paid whether we've still got a job or not. Many older people are… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Coral reefs are one of the most vulnerable parts of the planet to show the effects of global warming. Across the globe bleaching events have become more common in recent years and scientists are… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Chocolate took over Elle Coco's life in 2010. She was teaching chocolate workshops and guiding chocolate themed walking tours around London when she started working for one of Britain's best… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.New Zealand's alt-country songstress heads out with the Proclaimers, touring her new album Glass Heart. The album was recorded in Los Angeles with celebrated US producer Mitchell Froom. Mel talks to… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Our last poet of the show is Kate Spencer - she's a wordsmith, a show-off and a shutter bug - she's co-producer of Poetry In Motion, the Wellington Feminist Poetry Club, an alumni of Naked Girls… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Privacy issues aren't just a feature of the digital age; a new book by labour historian, Jared Davidson, hows how pervasive military censorship was in the wartime years from 1914 to 1920. Dead… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Debbie Munro is a mechanical and biomedical engineer who says the future of biomimicry is vast. It's design inspired by how nature solves problems and Dr Munro says it won't be long before we are… Read more Audio

10:20 AM.Sharn Maree is of Ngapuhi and Ngati Porou descent. Her poetry is woven with Maori whakapapa and her pono - her truth, advocating for greater awareness on mental health, political wrongdoings and… Read more Audio