Russia

Alexei Navalny has been outspoken in his criticism of the Russian government for years. The former real estate lawyer became a shareholder activist and anti-corruption campaigner before running for… Audio

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to look at Europe's reaction to the inauguration of Joe Biden, the growing anger and threats of legal action over delays to the Covid-19 vaccines and… Audio

We may not have community Covid in Aotearoa, but our safety continues to depend on a vaccine. And we have been given a likely date of March for a vaccine here. But how good will it be? Joining us… Audio

In 1820 Russian captain Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen and his expedition sailed into Queen Charlotte Sound.  Audio

Joe Biden has accepted his big challenge to defeat Donald Trump in this year's presidential election and bring the United States out of the darkness and towards the light. US correspondent Karen… Audio

Taiwan appears to be at risk of being caught up in the power struggle between China and the US. Richard McGregor is the author of Xi Jinping: The Backlash. He joins us to discuss Taiwan issue and the… Audio

Kiwis are getting used to wearing masks to protect against Covid-19, but there continues to be strong minority opinion against masks and their effectiveness. New Zealand doctor Gary McLean joins the… Audio

Russian interference in 2016 US elections is old news, says foreign policy analyst David Shimer. Audio

Professor Johan Giesecke is one of the world's most senior epidemiologists. He believes lockdowns like the one we've just had in New Zealand are just a way of delaying the inevitable. Professor… Audio

New Zealand journalist Anna Fifield is the Beijing bureau chief for the Washington Post and last year she wrote the book on controversial North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. She joins the show to discuss… Audio

Video emerged this week of a foreigner being held down with a pole by three officials in Beijing for not wearing a mask in public. Nathan van der Klippe is The Globe and Mail's Beijing correspondent… Audio

Spoon-bending celebrity psychic Uri Geller is a mystifier and probably the most investigated paranormalist of all time. He is also distantly related to Sigmund Freud and originated spoonbending. And… Audio

Research from MSU has identified common attributes of cybercrime networks, revealing how these groups function and work together to cause an estimated $445-600 billion of harm globally per… Audio

Rutgers University history professor James Goodman explains why Donald Trump is the only person who could have done what he has done -- and got away with it --  as US president. Audio

How can we build up a more truthful picture of the world in the era of fake news, trolls, Trump and Putin? This is the question at the heart of Peter Pomerantsev's new book This is Not Propaganda… Audio

Chris Eden was diagnosed with incurable lymphatic cancer in 2005. Then he came up with a simple(ish) plan: ride a motorcycle solo across, round or through every continent in the world. So far he's… Audio, Gallery

Russia has been banned from competing hosting or bidding to host major global events for four years. The suspension was announced by The World Anti-Doping Agency earlier this week after finding Russia… Audio