All episodes
Monday, 14 July 2025
- 8:10 What's behind the surge in support for our minor parties?
- 8:20 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:40 Could a 'breed to eat' programme save the Kererū?
- 8:50 World news from the BBC
- 9:25 Wokeness and symbolic capitalism
Friday, 11 July 2025
- 8:10 Tasman flooding: Mayor Tim King
- 8:15 Tasman flooding: Metservice meteorologist Karl Loots
- 8:20 The Weekend: Open Water Ice Swimming Championships
- 8:30 The Quiz Appendix: Twins, tenants, and Hollywood stars
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:05 Tasman flooding: Civil defence controller Alec Louverdis
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
- 10:17 Tasman flooding: RNZ reporter Mary Argue
Thursday, 10 July 2025
- 8:10 Buyouts to end in 20 years, panel recommends
- 8:20 Metservice update on heavy rain
- 8:25 Dunedin is fast becoming a star on the LGBTQ+ map
- 8:35 How often should you be washing your bedding?
- 8:45 When non-fiction becomes fiction
- 9:25 The lost pubs of London
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
- 8:10 40th anniversary of the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
- 8:20 Albania is having a moment and why you should book a trip
- 9:25 Are claims of de-extincting the moa more hype than science?
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
- 8:10 Government launches new AI strategy
- 8:20 Does Elon Musk's new 'America Party' stand a chance?
- 8:30 High-tech systems garner low opinions at Wimbledon
- 8:45 Shower Thoughts: Why does New Zealand use '.co.nz'?
- 9:25 Hippathy Valentine: Building up to be burnt down
Monday, 7 July 2025
- 8:10 Peter Dunne: Why being an MP shouldn't be treated like any other job
- 8:25 The day I met the Dalai Lama
- 8:30 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:40 BBC World Service with Jonathan Frewin
- 9:25 The price of immortality
Friday, 4 July 2025
- 8:10 Iconic Cardrona Hotel up for sale
- 8:20 This Weekend: Dunedin celebrates Dalai Lama's 90th
- 8:30 The Quiz Appendix: Beanstalks, Ballantynes, and the River Styx
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 3 July 2025
- 8:10 Nominations open tomorrow: Should you run for your local council?
- 8:20 Wild weather update with Metservice
- 8:25 Are we a group of Kiwi, or Kiwis?
- 8:30 Philosophy Now: Should we want to live forever?
- 8:45 Public lighting designer Tim Hunt
- 9:25 Can 'biological age' tell us how well our bodies are functioning?
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
- 8:10 How common are data breaches?
- 8:20 Multi-million-dollar MethaneSAT 'likely not recoverable'
- 9:25 Life after guilt: How wrongful conviction affects the brain
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
- 8:10 Are our name suppression laws fit-for-purpose?
- 8:20 UK correspondent Christian Smith
- 8:40 Shower Thoughts: What is perfect pitch?
- 9:25 Jessica Moran, Chief Librarian
Monday, 30 June 2025
- 8:10 Wegovy makes its NZ debut
- 8:20 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:40 Hitting the pie trail
- 8:45 BBC World Service with Pete Ross
- 9:25 Ghosts in the machine: Fighting the presence of AI on Spotify
Friday, 27 June 2025
- 8:07 The latest on the severe weather
- 8:10 What happens at an economists' conference?
- 8:20 This Weekend: Nelson Tasman 'Battle of the Burgers'
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 26 June 2025
- 8:10 Ben O'Keeffe on referee abuse and 'Love Their Game' campaign
- 8:20 Myth Takes with Ben Jackson
- 8:40 The Reread: Rachel Paris and 'Owls Do Cry'
- 9:25 State of Science with Nicola Gaston
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
- 8:10 ADHD prescription changes 'long overdue'
- 9:25 From goddesses of stage and film to contemporary global superstars, the history of Divas
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
- 8:10 Major fundraiser to upgrade Hato Hone St John ambulance stations
- 8:30 Retired working dogs face uncertain future as adoptions slow
- 8:40 Shower Thoughts: How do keys work?
- 9:25 Finnish-Kiwi poet Mikaela Nyman on her new poetry collection
Monday, 23 June 2025
- 8:10 Helen Clark on US involvement in Israel-Iran conflict
- 8:20 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:40 BBC World Service with Rob Hugh-Jones
- 9:25 A riddle two thousand years in the making
Thursday, 19 June 2025
- 8:10 Scanning your groceries - and you!
- 8:30 The business of making up words
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
- 8:10 Chris Bishop on why Gordon Wilson flats' heritage protection is "goneburger"
- 8:25 UK correspondent Christian Smith
- 8:40 Shower Thoughts: Can you be sarcastic through sign language?
- 9:25 Poto: Spinning New Zealand microfiction in te reo Māori
Monday, 16 June 2025
- 8:10 Is this the end of the Iranian regime?
- 8:20 Sports with Jamie Wall
- 8:30 West Coast's Regent Theatre saved by Council
- 8:45 BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin
- 9:25 Maurice Gee remembered
Friday, 13 June 2025
- 8:10 Inclusive Performance Academy goes viral
- 8:20 This Weekend: New Zealand Latte Art Championships
- 8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
- 9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Thursday, 12 June 2025
- 8:10 Can California become independent from the United States?
- 8:20 New Zealand's Filipino community celebrate Independence Day from afar
- 8:30 What looking at art does to your brain
- 8:50 New literary voices honoured
- 9:25 Australian comedian turns scamming experience into cabaret
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- 8:10 North Island's loss, Christchurch's gain?
- 8:20 Men: Schedule a 'Wednesday Waffle' for your friends
- 9:24 Fred Award-winner Angella Dravid
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