All episodes
Saturday, 28 November 2020
- 8:10 Alex Burns: Is Trump preparing to leave the White House?
- 9:05 Sir Michael and Mike Parkinson: Like Father, Like Son
- 9:40 Dr Chris Smith: Finish line in sight for COVID-19 vaccine race
- 10:05 Iris Eichenberg: medals for healthcare workers on the pandemic front line
- 10:30 Ben Lowings: unsung Pacific explorer David Lewis
- 11:05 Semicolons; the most misunderstood punctuation mark
- 11:40 Cory Newman: Sit Down in Front(man)
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback
- 12:55 Francesca Goodman-Smith: tackling supermarket food waste
Saturday, 21 November 2020
- 8:42 A World History of Bluff: Dr Michael Stevens
- 9:42 Doug Wilson: Learning to live older
- 10:06 Kirsten Johnson: Dick Johnson is Dead
- 10:45 Colin Maclaren: The Man On The Island
- 11:05 Hirini Kaa: Te Hahi Mihinare
- 11:43 Diane Stoppard: Whangarei's giant pinhole camera
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 21 November 2020
- 3:03 Dolly Parton: 'I’m proud to be an example for a strong woman'
- 5:10 Can dogs learn language?
Saturday, 14 November 2020
- 8:11 Chris Smith: how exciting is Pfizer's vaccine news?
- 8:38 Tim Harford: How to Make the World Add Up
- 9:05 Marlon Williams: 'A very blessed time to be able to share with family'
- 10:16 James McIntyre: singing dogs and intersex pigs
- 11:06 Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje: how a Black British kid ended up in a skin-head gang
- 11:45 Kathy Baughman McLeod: naming heat waves like hurricanes
- 11:55 Listener feedback from 14 November 2020
- 9:38 Golriz Ghahraman: finding her place in Aotearoa
Saturday, 7 November 2020
- 8:12 Evan Osnos: can Joe Biden unite a divided America?
- 8:35 Virologist Chris Smith: UK lockdown latest and Q+A
- 9:06 Sports broadcaster whose lockdown canine commentary went viral
- 9:30 Midnight Oil returns to champion indigenous rights
- 10:07 Scottish poet laureate Jackie Kay
- 10:42 Populism and the pandemic: law expert Campbell McLachlan
- 11:08 Remaining erratic: Martin Edmond's Red Mole theatre days
- 11:46 Presidential pets: Andrew Hager
- 11:55 Listener feedback 7 November 2020
Saturday, 31 October 2020
- 8:10 Legal scholar Kim Wehle: the path to a US election result
- 10:05 Unjoo Moon: director of Helen Reddy biopic
- 11:05 Emmy winning cinematographer Baz Idoine
- 11:30 Max Quinn: The life and times of a polar film maker
- 12:00 Feedback from Saturday 31 October
- 2:30 Neil Finn: Crowded House to tour NZ and release new album
- 5:25 Dr Fran Priddy: 'Transformational nine months' as scientists race to find Covid-19 vaccines
- 7:05 Bill Bailey's secrets to happiness
Saturday, 24 October 2020
- 8:13 The week in US politics: April Ryan
- 8:40 Kristie Amadio: improving treatment for eating disorders
- 9:10 Masha Gessen: Surviving Autocracy
- 11:05 Ben Harper: "just me and my lap steel guitar"
- 11:36 Archaeologist Mary O'Keeffe: digging our past
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 24 October 2020
- 4:55 Matthew McConaughey: Searching for green lights
- 5:10 The right to whakapapa: Jade Morgan
Saturday, 17 October 2020
- 8:10 The week in US politics: Nicholas Fandos
- 8:35 Esther Woolfson: loving our pets to death
- 9:05 Nobel Prize winning auction expert Paul Milgrom
- 9:35 Binnie O'Dwyer: lawyer fighting for Aboriginal rights
- 10:05 Feminist philosopher Judith Butler: why gender still causes trouble
- 10:35 Sarah Kessans: proteins in space
- 11:05 Poet Mohamed Hassan: Islamophobia, Aotearoa and me
- 11:35 Mary Kisler: The Art of Artemisia Gentileschi
- 12:00 Kim reads listener feedback
Saturday, 10 October 2020
- 8:40 Petra Straight: Pharmacist on the frontline
- 10:06 Being green to the extreme: Activist Rob Greenfield
- 10:35 Nathan and Kevin Haines: father and son on their love for jazz
- 11:09 Boy Swallows Universe author Trent Dalton on his new novel
- 11:40 Doug Wilson: Keeping your brain healthy as you age
- 4:06 Graham Norton - his new book, dogs, and wine
- 4:50 Norman Swan: How Australia is coping with Covid-19
Saturday, 3 October 2020
- 8:12 Donald Trump has Covid-19 - What next for America?
- 8:20 Virologist Dr Chris Smith: Covid-19 latest, and your questions
- 9:05 Alastair Campbell: How I learned to survive depression
- 10:05 Wind of Change: Did the CIA write a power ballad to bring down the USSR?
- 10:43 Catherine Chidgey's new book Remote Sympathy
- 11:35 President Trump heads to hospital
- 11:50 Kate's Klassics: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 3 October 2020
- 1:15 Aigagalefili Fepulea'i-Tapua'i: Speaking up for South Auckland students
- 4:26 Kinetic artist Theo Janssen: the evolution of Strandbeests
Saturday, 26 September 2020
- 8:10 A volatile week in the US: April Ryan
- 8:40 First Nations' taxman Manny Jules
- 9:10 Whakapapa through portraiture: Taaniko Nordstrom
- 9:30 Priming the primary sector: Rachel Taulelei
- 10:30 Arts Laureate Ariana Tikao: the power of pūoro
- 11:35 NZ-born officer Matiu Ratana fatally shot in England
- 11:40 Craig Silvey: "Jasper Jones" author on his new book "Honeybee"
- 4:10 Life inside the NBA Bubble: Ben Golliver
- 5:05 Victor Steffensen: How burning could heal Australia
Saturday, 19 September 2020
- 8:13 How better building design can fight the spread of Covid-19
- 9:07 Representing the reprehensible: Australian criminal lawyer Andrew Boe
- 9:37 Protest and professional sport: Douglas Hartmann
- 10:07 Patrick Skene: Pacific and Maori influences on the NRL
- 11:06 Flying with swans: Conservationist Sacha Dench
- 11:46 A silver bullet against bacteria? nanotech anti-microbial coatings
- 4:31 Death, mana and Peter Ellis: lawyer Natalie Coates
- 5:40 Revitalising te reo a three-generation process: Prof Rawinia Higgins
Saturday, 12 September 2020
- 9:35 The voice of Criminal: podcaster Phoebe Judge
- 10:08 Merlin Sheldrake: the mind-bending majesty of the fungal kingdom
- 11:06 Barbara Sumner: opening up about the pain of 'closed' adoption
- 11:35 Dame Anne Salmond: artefacts at the heart of history
- 11:59 Listener Feedback for Saturday Morning for 4 September 2020
- 2:46 The urgent need for mass climate change action: Jane Fonda
- 4:35 Chris Smith: Covid-19 vaccine trial pause shows it's no 'rush job'
- 5:09 Resurrecting North & South magazine: Rachel Morris
Saturday, 5 September 2020
- 8:10 Caitlin Moran: More Than A Woman
- 9:07 Trauma Cleaner Sandra Pankhurst
- 9:45 Boosting crops using UV light: Jason Wargent
- 10:07 Troy Kingi goes on a musical ghost hunt
- 11:06 Chris Fitch on the wonderful places beneath us
- 11:25 The shared genetics of cancer and placenta growth
- 11:40 Curator Mary Kisler: tiny art inspired by Frances Hodgkins
- 11:55 Listener Feedback for 4 September 2020
Saturday, 29 August 2020
- 8:30 David R Williams: The health impacts of racism
- 9:05 Cancer, evolution and genetics: Kat Arney
- 10:30 Ghazaleh Golbakhsh: The Girl from Revolution Road
- 11:05 Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh plays favourites
- 11:05 Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh plays favourites PODCAST
- 12:00 Saturday Morning Feedback for 29 August 2020
- 5:05 Jail saved me from being a 'drop-out no-hoper' - Greg Newbold
- 5:10 Geneticist James Hadfield: Mapping and tracking Covid-19 in NZ
Saturday, 22 August 2020
- 8:43 Virologist Dr Chris Smith: latest Covid-19 science
- 9:08 Sara Seager: searching for planets beyond our solar system
- 9:45 The Unraveling of America: Wade Davis
- 10:06 Playing favourites with XL Recordings' boss Richard Russell
- 11:05 "Love on the Spectrum" dating coach Jodi Rodgers
- 11:43 Doug Wilson: Ageism: Does it matter?
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 21 August 2020
- 5:10 Buying a media business for $1: Stuff's Sinead Boucher
Saturday, 15 August 2020
- 8:10 Health Minister Chris Hipkins
- 8:15 Auckland Mayor Phil Goff relieved
- 8:20 Auckland business owners on Level 3 extension
- 8:25 President of Auckland Secondary Principals Association
- 8:30 Epidemiologist Sir David Skegg - how to avoid future lockdowns
- 8:41 ANZ New Zealand chief economist Sharon Zollner
- 8:50 Mangere Budgeting Services Trust chief Executive Darryl Evans
- 8:55 Limits continue for weddings, funerals and tangihanga in AK
- 8:57 How is Tokoroa doing?
- 8:58 Crusaders vs Blues Super Rugby match cancelled
- 9:07 Choreographer Twyla Tharp
- 9:40 Brannavan Gnanalingam: new novel tackles toxic masculinity
- 10:06 Tom Scott: In pursuit of the real Charles Upham
- 10:35 Shining a light on child labour: Simon Lister
- 11:06 Truth-finding using public information
- 11:47 Poet Kate Camp: How to Be Happy Though Human
- 11:55 Listener Feedback 15 August 2020
Saturday, 8 August 2020
- 8:10 TikTok: is time up for the app in the US?
- 8:30 Concern for merchant sailors stranded in NZ waters
- 9:05 Paint-maker David Coles: the colourful history of pigments
- 10:05 Tim Saunders: This Farming Life
- 11:05 Dixon Chibanda on his revolutionary mental health intervention
- 11:40 Portraits of pregnancy: Mary Kisler
- 11:59 Listener feedback for 8 August 2020
- 4:40 Ross and Janette Campbell: escape from Owlcatraz
Saturday, 1 August 2020
- 8:12 Should we be worried about the rise of QAnon?
- 8:44 Hong Kong democracy activist in exile: Nathan Law
- 9:05 Director Oliver Stone on his rocky road to "Platoon"
- 10:05 Culum Brown: Fish are way smarter than you think
- 10:35 Lauren Greenfield on her revealing portrait of Imelda Marcos
- 11:05 Pablo Larraín: Chilean director on Ema
- 11:45 Kate's Klassics: Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 1 August 2020
Saturday, 25 July 2020
- 8:41 Sophie Leguil: More than Weeds
- 9:06 Samantha Power: top US diplomat's life and career
- 10:06 "Athlete A" - exposing the dark side of top level gymnastics
- 10:40 Playing rugby with pride - Eammon Ashton-Atkinson
- 3:12 New ventilator 'very simple and cheap to make' - NZ-born designer Jason Bates
- 4:30 Saudi's first female feature film director: Haifaa al-Mansour
- 5:07 Emma Espiner: Witnessing a health system that fails Māori
Saturday, 18 July 2020
- 8:10 Brazil's coronavirus catastrophe 'little flu' kills 75,000
- 9:05 "Into The Wild" author Jon Krakauer on adventure and risk
- 10:05 Suicide and survival: doco director Leanne Pooley
- 10:35 Justin Kurzel:True History of the Kelly Gang
- 11:05 NZer working to protect Lebanon's migrant maids
- 11:40 Doug Wilson: protecting our elderly if Covid-19 returns to NZ
- 11:59 Listener Feedback for Saturday Morning 18 July 2020
- 5:30 Alice Procter: getting real about 'colonial loot' in museums
Saturday, 11 July 2020
- 9:35 Celebrating trans experiences: Rurangi director Max Currie
- 10:05 Novelist David Mitchell on his new book Utopia Avenue
- 10:35 Kathy Sullivan: from outer space to deep under the sea
- 11:05 Playing Favourites with Dennis O'Brien from Slow Boat Records
- 11:59 Listener Feedback for Saturday 11th July
- 3:10 Anand Giridharadas: Beware of billionaire 'do-gooders'
- 5:05 The unknowns behind a Covid-19 vaccine: 'It's an unwritten book' - Dr Chris Smith
Saturday, 4 July 2020
- 8:10 Tracking down the Golden State Killer: Paige St John
- 8:30 Epidemiologist Adam Kucharski: the rules of contagion
- 9:05 Before Everest: exploring Hillary's rocky relationship with Earle Riddiford
- 9:35 New Arts Icon Sandy Adsett
- 10:05 The history and mystery of the brain: Matthew Cobb
- 11:00 Underwater sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor
- 11:40 Wrap artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude
- 12:00 Listener Feedback from Saturday July 4
Saturday, 27 June 2020
- 8:10 Vincent Gaffney: Stonehenge's hidden landscapes
- 8:30 Mark O'Connell: Notes From An Apocalypse
- 9:05 Jess Hill: power, control and domestic abuse
- 10:05 Dr Alexy Karenowska: the smell of history
- 11:05 Roger Michel: Waka versus Anglo-Saxon longboat
- 11:40 Indigenous film-maker Bird Runningwater
- 11:59 Listener Feedback for Saturday 27th June
- 4:40 Aotearoa needs to debate colonisation, racism - new commissioner
- 5:20 Great to meet ewe: Introducing sheep via Zoom to fans worldwide
Saturday, 20 June 2020
- 8:30 Lotta Dann: how the alcohol industry targets women
- 9:05 Jesca Hoop: American-born singer/songwriter
- 9:40 Andrew Wilson: what can you do with the fifth state of matter?
- 10:05 C.K. Stead on his second memoir You Have a Lot to Lose
- 10:40 Peter McComb: studying the giant waves of the Southern Ocean
- 11:05 Tiffany Field: the power of touch in a socially distant world
- 11:40 Human Hand: Fiona Amundsen and Tim Corballis
- 11:59 Saturday Morning Feedback
- 3:12 How police reform changed one of US’s most violent cities
Saturday, 13 June 2020
- 8:12 Will US protests prompt NZ police reform?
- 8:35 Historian Charlotte Lydia Riley: Is it OK to topple statues?
- 9:07 Economist Robert Frank: The positive power of social pressure
- 9:36 Jesse Eisenberg on playing mime artist Marceau in "Resistance"
- 10:06 Pip Adam on her new novel "Nothing to See"
- 10:36 Sophie Ballagh: adventuring through Antarctica
- 11:06 Caroline Criado Perez: Invisible Women
- 11:46 Kate's Klassics: Defoe's "A Journal of The Plague Year"
