Summer Weekends Podcast Options

10:35 AM.Adrian Sutherland runs a Facebook page called One Minute Gardening, where he gives tips to readers from his home in Gisborne. He is also a talented artist. Send in your questions for Adrian to answer… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:05 AM.Piers Steel is one of the world's leading thinkers on the science of motivation and procrastination. His book, The Procrastination Equation lays out a toolkit for "how to stop putting things off and… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.With the UK having appointed a Minister for Loneliness in 2018, Insight investigates what can be done in New Zealand to address the problem, which will likely balloon as the population ages. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Chinese government sees the women's movement as a threat so it's a huge triumph that feminism is on the rise there, says academic Leta Hong Fincher. Her latest book is Betraying Big Brother: The… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Eddie Beetham is an Auckland University wave scientist who has co-designed a simple calculation that predicts when and where Pacific Islands will be inundated by the ocean. The calculation was… Read more Audio, Gallery

8:12 AM.As a Democratic majority took charge of the U.S. Congress this week, President Donald Trump dug in his heels over a partial federal government shutdown that has lasted a fortnight so far. While… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Wellington food writer Laura Vincent brings us recipes for toasted sunflower seed and garlic dip, black salted caramel ripple ice cream, and almond butter toffee. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Shihad frontman Jon Toogood <https://twitter.com/JonToogood>, who also leads The Adults… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Film aficionado and journalist Kim Choe reviews four new movies – including contenders for the big awards of 2019 – and previews some coming up. Read more Video, Audio

10:05 AM.Ada Calhoun <https://www.adacalhoun.com/> is a New York-based writer whose latest book Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give, an essay collection about her own marriage, attempts to answer the questions: why… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Olivia Pinnock <https://oliviapinnock.wordpress.com/> is a London-based fashion writer who also lectures on fashion communication at universities in London and in Norwich. As well as her fashion… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.New Zealand's education system is failing Māori students by continuing to marginalise their culture, says Waikato University professor Mere Berryman, a 2017 New Zealander of the Year finalist. Read more Video, Audio

8:35 AM.Chris Anderson is a British-American entrepreneur, the founder of Geekdad, chief executive of drone software platform 3DR, and a former Editor-in-Chief of Wired. His five kids, aged 10-21, all live by… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Brazil's newly sworn-in president, Jair Bolsonaro, was a political outsider who swept to power on promises to crack down on corruption and violence. But even before taking office this week, he had… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Ishna Iftikar's family moved from Sri Lanka to Canada when she was young, and she later came to New Zealand to study. She shares Sri Lankan Muslim cuisine, including an eggplant stirfry, Kaliya; a… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Chris Tse is a Wellington-based poet whose latest book is titled He's So MASC; his debut collection, How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes, won the Best First Book of Poetry prize at the Ockham New… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Dr. Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith completed a PhD thesis on representations of sex workers in the New Zealand news media, aiming to find out which sex workers were presented by journalists as acceptable and… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Jasper Fforde is a fantasy, science-fiction, comedy and crime (usually all at once!) novelist who lives in Wales. His latest book, Early Riser, is a dark, and very funny, tale of a world in which… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.It's thought there could be several thousand New Zealand babies born every year with brains damaged in the womb by alcohol after their mothers drank while pregnant. Insight investigates what is being… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Loving your body is an unattainable goal for most people, so work on simply accepting what you have without guilt or shame, says body liberation activist and writer Jes Baker. Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Dr. Reuben Steff lectures at the Institute of Security and Crime Science at Waikato University. He was a speaker and organiser for this year's Waikato Dialogue, a symposium of experts who examined the… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.New Zealand's government plans to make indicators of wellbeing - such as poverty and mental health - the centrepiece of its 2019 budget, as part of a move towards focusing on wellbeing-centred policy… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.If you live in Auckland and like eating Pasifika food chances are you've already eaten at the popular Eight Roses cafe and buffet in Otahūhū.​ Owner and chef Freddy Tu'akalau shares with us his… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Jacky Smith has run the Official International Queen Fan Club since 1982, and still coordinates the band's magazine, fan conventions, and ticket deals for members to see Queen in concert. As the band… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Dr Judy Bowen, a senior lecturer in computer studies at the University of Waikato, studies wearable technology and health trackers. Her research looks at the impact of personal data collection and its… Read more Audio