All episodes
Saturday, 9 January 2021
- 8:10 NIWA scientists en route to Antarctica
- 9:06 At the Museum: Hawera's Elvis Museum
- 9:20 DIY: How to write a haiku
- 10:04 Democrats make moves to impeach Trump
- 10:10 Twenty years on: How Wikipedia changed the world
- 10:40 What makes a good fish and chip shop?
- 11:00 The Through Line #3
Sunday, 3 January 2021
- 8:10 Sue Chetwin: Consumer rights champion honoured
- 8:21 Our World Record Holders: Blair Williamson
- 9:06 Cottagecore: The design trend born under lockdown
- 10:04 Chef Marcus Poa: Serving NZ seafood to Australia
- 10:20 Looking after your gut health in the silly season
- 10:39 ReliefAid: Helping Syrians amid a global pandemic
- 11:04 The Through Line #2
Saturday, 2 January 2021
- 8:10 How to run 5km
- 9:10 Sir Dobbo: Dave Dobbyn reflects on knighthood
- 10:04 DIY: Make your own tea blends
- 10:18 At the Museum: Dunedin Museum of Natural Mystery
- 10:33 Could the Ancient Greeks really not see blue?
- 11:05 The Through Line #1
Sunday, 19 January 2020
- 8:10 Saving the smells of our history
- 8:25 The threats facing our kea - Tamsin Orr-Walker
- 8:40 Lifesavers - Neville Blackmore
- 8:50 The Toroa Albatross breeding season begins
- 9:06 Kiwi journalist Thomas Heaton about life in Kathmandu
- 9:30 Preserving historical Maori sites in the Hauraki Gulf
- 9:45 Blooming with history: bringing back NZ's heritage roses
- 10:06 The art of summer beaches
- 10:30 The National Library shares its musical collection
- 11:06 Mooting with Victoria University law students
- 11:15 The Dunedin children protecting the city's town belt
- 11:35 Meet the booksellers - Kit from Scorpio Books
- 11:40 Making a radio documentary in Nepal
Saturday, 18 January 2020
- 8:09 Cyclone Tino hits Fiji, heads toward Tonga
- 8:15 Journalist Kirsty Johnston: making big issues about real people
- 8:30 Rural firefighter Myles Taylor
- 8:45 Saving wild birds at The South Island Wildlife Hospital
- 9:06 Frank Jansen: gardening for mental health
- 9:06 Dave Bryden - moving kokako to a safer home
- 9:45 Dog agility training with Dog Agility Wellington Group (DAWG)
- 10:06 Olympic hopeful, boxer Troy Garton
- 10:25 Music feature, protest songs with Matariki Williams
- 11:06 Elizabeth of Tawa: teen environmentalist takes on predators
- 11:15 Joshua Henry - marking a mark on Broadway
- 11:35 Meet the bookseller - Renee Rowland, Twizel Bookshop
- 11:48 Travelling in Nepal - where to stay
Sunday, 12 January 2020
- 8:09 Kiwi volunteers helping fire-affected Australian animals
- 8:15 Claire Concannon - aboard the JOIDES Resolution
- 8:35 Identifying unmarked graves in Otago
- 9:07 Paula Penfold - Investigative journalist
- 9:30 St John ambulance Lakes Territory Manager Leisa Tocknell
- 9:45 Protecting wildlife on the Ashley-Rakahuri river
- 10:05 Samantha Hughes - creating an easier way to take urine sample from babies
- 10:15 Wally Maloney and Sally Ford from the Melbourne Ska Orchestra
- 11:04 Making Miniatures with the Lower Hutt makers club
- 11:20 Olympic hopeful Andrea Anacan - kata fighter
- 11:40 Meet the booksellers - Stella Chrystostomou
- 11:45 Doris de Pont on the 2010s - the decade of leggings
Saturday, 11 January 2020
- 8:09 Preserving our history with the National Library's digital archive
- 8:30 Mt Maunganui surf lifesavers Kent Jarman and Adriana Bird
- 8:40 Photographer Stuart Macdonald discovers a different side of New Zealand
- 9:05 Charlotte Yates - putting Katherine Mansfield's words to music
- 9:30 Sarah O'Neil on how to help your brassicas grow
- 9:45 Gillian Candler's Nature Heroes - conservation for kids
- 10:05 Hammer time: Julia Ratcliffe aims for the Olympics
- 10:30 Summer music from around the world
- 11:04 Restoring native plants with the Kaipatiki Project
- 11:20 Meet the booksellers - Kim Pittar from Muir's Bookshop
- 11:30 Travel - Nepal Safari in the Chitwan and Bardia National Parks
Sunday, 5 January 2020
- 8:09 Death of Qassem Soleimani
- 8:30 Waikato Pā
- 8:45 Rory Sweetman - Anzacs and the Irish Easter Rising
- 9:05 Australia Fires
- 9:10 Kerryanne Evans on Country Calendar and television journalism
- 9:45 David Ellacott and Chris Whitehouse - cave rescues
- 10:05 Music Feature - Ariana Tikao and taonga puoro
- 10:45 Vicki Farslow - volunteering in Nepal
- 11:05 Offering fire-affected farmers free accommodation
- 11:25 Debbie Mair - Conservation
- 11:30 The Rainbow Machine
- 11:50 Booksellers
Saturday, 4 January 2020
- 8:09 Australia fires update
- 8:25 MetService - Weekend weather
- 8:30 Bill Morris - Wildlife filmmaker
- 8:45 Haydn Jack - Designer
- 9:09 Stuart Farquhar - rescue helicopter pilot
- 9:25 Hamish Coney - Collector
- 9:45 Heather Hapeta - Gardening in the city
- 10:07 Jessie Smith - Tokyo Olympics hopeful
- 10:30 Music Feature - Gordie Tentrees
- 11:04 Lynn Freeman - Bear spotting in Finland
- 11:30 High school students harness the power of the sun
- 11:40 Paul Forrest - Creating a kaleidoscope of butterflies
- 11:50 Booksellers
Sunday, 29 December 2019
- 8:09 Tropical Cyclone Sarai - Fiji
- 8:12 RNZ Pacific's Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor
- 8:25 MetService - the week ahead
- 8:30 Dr Jonathan West - The History of Lakes
- 8:45 Malcolm McClurg and Toni Cranko - surf lifesavers
- 9:06 Peter Newport - Media
- 9:30 Rob Waddell - Olympic Chef De Mission
- 9:45 Billy Stairmand - Olympic hopeful
- 10:05 Music Feature - Mike Chunn, Play it Strange
- 10:50 Theo Papouis - Chef
- 11:06 Rebecca Ramsay - Coastal erosion in the Hauraki Gulf
- 11:20 Josephine Fitness and Elise Smith - CatMapping
- 11:50 Deborah Coddington - Booksellers
Saturday, 28 December 2019
- 8:09 Robert Lewis - SharkSpy Otago
- 8:20 James Tayler - Rescue helicopter pilot
- 8:30 MetService - the weekend's weather
- 8:40 Jim Robinson - Restoring the Opotiki Dunes Trail
- 9:06 Jesse Teat - Youth Winter Olympics
- 9:20 The history of the suit
- 9:35 Athol McCredie - The Muesli Review
- 10:04 Jane Wrigglesworth - growing herbs
- 10:20 Simon Sweetman - Music Feature
- 11:04 Tom Roa - Translating classics into te reo
- 11:30 Travel - Lynn Freeman in Helsinki
- 11:50 Booksellers
Sunday, 20 January 2019
- 8:12 Violence in Zimbabwe during major crackdown on fuel protests
- 8:43 Are corporates taking responsibility for plastic waste?
- 9:06 Scaachi Koul: Covering the culture wars
- 10:06 Eve Simmons: Getting rid of hang-ups about food
- 10:26 Donald Trump offers "compromise" to end US government shutdown
- 10:39 Eric Asimov: How to enjoy wine
- 11:06 Musical Obsessions: Chelsea Jade on Feist
- 11:48 Kitchen Stories: Maine Andrews prepares Cook Islands food
Saturday, 19 January 2019
- 8:12 Brexit: Anarchy in the UK?
- 8:35 Tension between Canada and Beijing ratchets up
- 9:05 Sarah Masters: The curious history of the periodic table
- 9:35 Dr Paul Morland: How population shifts change world history
- 10:05 Tomi Adeyemi: Seeing yourself in fantasy
- 10:35 Bernadette Vine: Just, like, actually how we talk
- 11:05 Musical Obsessions: James Nokise and D'Angelo
- 11:40 Kitchen Stories: Noha Ibrahim cooks food from Egypt
Sunday, 13 January 2019
- 8:10 Theresa May at odds with Parliament as Brexit vote approaches
- 8:41 Raqi Syed: Filmmaking that plays with reality
- 9:07 Craig Richard: Whisper therapy with ASMR
- 9:30 Insight: Should NZ Schools Ban Mobile Phones? - Summer Jan 13th
- 10:07 Rukmini Callimachi: Chasing ISIS
- 11:06 Musical Obsessions: Simon Price on Manic Street Preachers
- 11:40 Ashleigh Young: creativity and self-consciousness
- 11:50 Kitchen Stories: Timena Apa cooks Samoan food
Saturday, 12 January 2019
- 8:12 Spotlight on Saudi Arabia's "guardianship" of women
- 8:40 Erin Rhoads: simple tips for reducing waste
- 9:10 Dov Alfon: Stories from inside Israel's military
- 10:07 Anthony Cabraal: Tackling a broken culture of work
- 10:35 John Cryan: How your gut affects your brain
- 11:06 Musical Obsessions: Eamonn Marra on The Renderers
- 11:45 Three certified low-FODMAP recipes from Elle Joy
Sunday, 6 January 2019
- 8:12 Trump warns of "years" long shutdown in fight with divided congress
- 8:45 Eddie Beetham: Predicting the future of Pacific atolls
- 9:05 Leta Hong Fincher: China threatened by feminist awakening
- 9:30 Insight: Loneliness - facing the void
- 10:05 Piers Steel: Why we procrastinate - and how to stop
- 10:35 Adrian Sutherland: Sustainable, organic gardening
- 11:05 Musical Obsessions: Angella Dravid on P. D. Q. Bach
- 11:40 Kitchen Stories: Hanifa and Nilufar cook Uzbek food
Saturday, 5 January 2019
- 8:12 Brazil's new far-right leader ignites abrupt change
- 8:35 Chris Anderson: Silicon Valley leaders wary of tech for kids
- 9:05 Mere Berryman: it's time we did better by Māori students
- 9:30 Olivia Pinnock: Unpicking ethical fashion
- 10:05 Ada Calhoun: Marriage under the microscope
- 10:40 Kim Choe picks the best movies of the holiday season
- 11:05 Musical Obsessions: Jon Toogood on David Bowie
- 11:45 Laura Vincent's easy vegan treats
Sunday, 30 December 2018
- 8:12 Augusto Lopez-Claros: Wellbeing is a better measure than GDP
- 8:35 Reuben Steff: Artificial intelligence in the security sphere
- 9:10 Jes Baker: 'Bodies do not and never will all look the same'
- 9:30 Insight: Foetal alcohol - damaging babies' brains
- 10:10 Jasper Fforde: Surrealist humour and writer's block
- 10:40 Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith: Righting misconceptions about sex work
- 11:05 Musical Obsessions: Chris Tse on Björk
- 11:35 Kitchen Stories: Ishna Iftikar cooks Sri Lankan food
Saturday, 29 December 2018
- 8:12 Aftermath of the Indonesian tsunami
- 8:35 Thomas Curran: Vanquishing perfectionism
- 9:05 Bari Weiss: #MeToo and free speech
- 9:35 Nicc Moeono: Power to Samoa
- 10:05 Daniel Mallory Ortberg: Other people's problems
- 10:35 Judy Bowen: The future of wearable tech
- 11:05 Musical Obsessions: Jacky Smith on Queen
- 11:35 Tongan food with Freddy Tu'akalau
Sunday, 22 January 2017
- 8:12 The Women's March on Washington
- 8:13 Weather watch - batten down the hatches
- 8:25 Commissioned: Retirement Commissioner Diane Maxwell
- 8:50 Regional Snapshot - Golden Bay
- 9:07 Media: 2017 election year
- 9:30 Shoes from trash
- 9:40 Joint Jukebox - Wet Wings
- 10:08 Sport: Retirement
- 10:25 How To Be A Family: parenting around the world
- 10:45 Ventriloquist Nina Conti - In Your Face
- 11:06 Older entrepreneurs
- 11:30 Would you eat steak grown in a lab?
- 11:45 Jesse Sheehan and Ny Oh in session
- 12:00 Live The Dream - Henry Boyle & Russell Golding
Saturday, 21 January 2017
- 8:13 Trump inauguration update
- 8:30 Commissioned: Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner Jackie Blue
- 8:50 Regional Snapshot - Whanganui
- 9:07 Growing orchids
- 9:20 The Great Outdoors - Mountaineering
- 9:43 Folk Tui nominee Luke Thompson
- 10:07 Update from Simon Marks in Washington
- 10:20 Animals (and pet breeders) behaving badly
- 10:40 The Rights of the New Zealand Child
- 11:06 On safari in India
- 11:30 Food with Anne Else
- 11:50 Wellington Pasifika Festival
Sunday, 15 January 2017
- 8:13 Commissioned: Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright
- 8:35 Commissioned: Commerce Commissioner Anna Rawlings
- 8:50 Regional Snapshot - Westport
- 9:07 Media: North & South, and Listener scribe Donna Chisholm
- 9:30 Bringing comfort to the fight against sexism
- 9:40 Joint Jukebox - Karl Puschmann and Matt Riot
- 10:06 Footballers' lives: nasty, brutish and short
- 10:30 Recycling: Tim McGurk
- 10:45 All spun out: spinoffs - the good, the bad and the blah
- 11:06 A new generation’s entrepreneurial spirit
- 11:30 Learning the lingo: migrants in NZ
- 11:50 Māori Side Steps creator Jamie McCaskill
Saturday, 14 January 2017
- 8:13 Anthony Hill: 'Always ask the question'
- 8:40 Cheerleading in the Olympics
- 8:50 Regional Snapshot - Whakatane
- 9:06 Getting the best out of your soil
- 9:25 The Great Outdoors - Peter Langlands
- 9:45 Nicotine and Religion: Abigail Knudson in session
- 10:07 Summer pet hazards
- 10:30 Baroness Ditzy von Karbon
- 10:40 Play it Strange - Ianetta Solomon-Brown
- 10:46 Mysteries at the New Zealand Cricket Museum
- 11:06 Leh and Ladarkh, Northern India
- 11:30 Good Bitches Baking
- 11:45 Strongman Mighty Mike
Sunday, 8 January 2017
- 8:10 Commissioned: Local Government Commission Chair Sir Wira Gardiner
- 8:40 Live The Dream - Irene Wakefield
- 8:50 Regional Snapshot - Geraldine
- 9:07 Media: NZ Herald Chief Photographer Brett Phibbs
- 9:30 BookTube and the industry of YouTube authors
- 9:40 Joint Jukebox - Ross McHenry & Myele Manzanza
- 10:07 Sport: Managing Disappointment
- 10:20 Recycling: Sew Love
- 10:45 Lashings of satire
- 11:06 Making an entrepreneurial dream a reality
- 11:25 Supporting 'at risk' school students
- 11:45 ‘Love’s always fun to write about’
Saturday, 7 January 2017
- 8:12 Commissioned: Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft
- 8:44 To the Chathams!
- 8:50 Regional Snapshot - Hawkes Bay
- 9:06 Policy speak poem
- 9:09 Annabel Langbein: companion planting
- 9:30 Charles Dickens' great great great granddaughter
- 9:45 James Taylor: A life on the road
- 10:07 Aquahounds!
- 10:25 The Great Outdoors - Tramping
- 10:50 The Catch
- 11:06 Whale watching in pre-quake Kaikoura
- 11:30 Your food resolutions will fail
- 11:40 South Taranaki ice sculpting
