Richard Langston

Songwriter, Robert Scott, grew up close to Dunedin airport in Mosgiel. He left the town to go into Dunedin to go to art school when he was 17 or so. That led to his later meeting David Kilgour (The… Audio

Road of the day, it's Richard Langston, director of TVs country calendar who has gone to quite a remote part of the country for his choice. Audio

Mediaworks pulls the plug on John Campbell's crusading current affairs show. Mediawatch asks the TV3's news chief why, and if serious current affairs coverage can survive Audio

We salute this founding member of The Chills, The Clean and The Great Unwashed, and the founder and frontman of Snapper, with tributes from Peter Gutteridge's musical comrades including George D… Audio

China has expressed "extreme concern" over a report that Japan has resisted pressure to return to the US a large quantity of weapons-grade plutonium. Wayne looks at growing regional fears that Japan… Audio

Ainadamar, Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov's Grammy Award-winning tribute to the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca is playing as part of the New Zealand Festival. Richard talks to director Sara… Audio

Martin Phillipps of The Chills is one of our leading songwriters and a pioneer of what became known as the 'Dunedin Sound' - the sound that helped the Flying Nun label build an international… Audio

Dr Sarah Baker is a lecturer in Culture and Context at the School of Design, Victoria University, and the author of Retro Style - Class, Gender and Design in the Home. She talks about what's retro… Audio

Earlier this month Debbie Bayer wrote a blog about addiction and the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. It was called 'Phillip Seymour Hoffman did not have choice or free will and neither do you'… Audio

Wayne looks at the proliferation of slogans and strap-lines, many in traditional places for them while some have ventured into previously unnecessary and inappropriate places. Social critic and former… Audio

Zoe George talks: cricket and the Basin Reserve; Wellington 7s, on field and off; Jesse Ryder, booze culture in sport; Halberg Awards, awkward, and; tennis prize money disparity, the gender divide. Audio

It's 31-years since Billy Bragg released his first album, 'Life's a Riot - Spy v Spy', and Richard Langston speaks with him (again) prior to his latest New Zealand visit with his new album, 'Tooth and… Audio

Last Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of a movie that many critics believe to be one of the funniest ever made. Dr Strangelove nevertheless had a serious point to make about the high risks… Audio

David Augus is an American physician and a co-founder of Navigenics, a personal genetic testing company, and founder of an online He is a Professor of Medicine and Engineering at the University of… Audio

With the US poised to lead an attack on Syria, Wayne takes a critical look at the crisis, and the non-military options. Richard follows up with Andrew Levine, US author and former professor of… Audio

Peter Stanford says if we want to escape the taboo of acknowledging our mortality and to contemplate our own end, then graveyards offer a rare welcome. Peter talks to Richard about his book, How to… Audio

UAVs or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or drones as they’re commonly known, are suddenly everywhere. Conservationists and academics are using them to map our rivers; engineers surveyed the interior of the… Audio