Wallace Chapman
How positivity can be toxic
Don't worry be happy. Society is stuck in a cycle of toxic positivity, demanding that we make lemonade out of lemons all the time according to therapist Whitney Goodman. She says its exhausting and… Audio
Music feature: Live albums with Marty Jones
Today's music feature is all about the live album. They're something of a relic given the huge popularity of streaming services, but were once a prized part of any serious music lovers collection… Audio
Book Critic: Catherine Robertson
Author and bookshop co-owner Catherine Robertson is in to talk about the gap between how fiction is categorised, and the actual experience of reading novels. Audio
The Panel with Peter Field and Jenni Raynish (Part 2)
Panellists Peter Field and Jenni Raynish discuss how taking the train can help lower carbon emissions when travelling long distances, the comeback of wool carpet and trimming the fat from your power… Audio
The Pre-Panel with Peter Field and Jenni Raynish
Panellists Peter Field and Jenni Raynish respond to your feedback and tell us what they've been thinking. Audio
The Panel with Ben Thomas and Livia Esterhazy (Part 2)
Panellists Ben Thomas and Livia Esterhazy discuss Christopher Luxon's comments on subsidised public transport, the strain that an exodus of travellers leaving the country could put on our workforce… Audio
The Panel with Ben Thomas and Livia Esterhazy (Part 1)
Panellists Ben Thomas and Livia Esterhazy discuss today's traffic light announcement and changing the voting age to 16. Audio
The Panel with Liam Hehir and Amy Carter (Part 2)
Panellists Liam Hehir and Amy Carter discuss rich-list political donors, whether cats should be considered pests in our predator free goal, and the Christchurch tram's search for new drivers. Audio
The Panel with Liam Hehir and Amy Carter (Part 1)
Panellists Liam Hehir and Amy Carter discuss the impact cutting meat from your diet could have on the environment, the Greens and student unions inquiry into student wellbeing and a strange case of… Audio
The Pre-Panel with Liam Hehir and Amy Carter
Panellists Liam Hehir and Amy Carter discuss the recent craze in Crown Lynn swans and tell us what they've been thinking. Audio
The Panel with Moata Tamaira and Peter Dunne (Part 2)
Panellists Moata Tamaira and Peter Dunne meet the Nelson local who found an innovative way to stop racers speeding down her street, discuss co-governance and the plans to expand a miniature train… Audio
The Panel with Moata Tamaira and Peter Dunne (Part 1)
Panellists Moata Tamaira and Peter Dunne discuss how the events of the past couple of years have left many of us with a short fuse and today's review into the "culture and environment" surrounding the… Audio
The Pre-Panel with Moata Tamaira and Peter Dunne
Panellists Moata Tamaira and Peter Dunne talk to a family who decided to move into a bus to swerve rising living costs and tell us what they've been thinking. Audio
The Panel with Sam Johnson and Anna Dean (Part 2)
Panellists Sam Johnson and Anna Dean discuss overlooked and marginalised hospitality workers and what it's like to be a nun in 2022. Audio
The Panel with Sam Johnson and Anna Dean (Part 1)
Panellists Sam Johnson and Anna Dean discuss the New Zealanders blacklisted by Russia, the cooling housing market, and choosing between car parks and bus lanes. Audio
The Pre-Panel with Sam Johnson and Anna Dean
Panellists Sam Johnson and Anna Dean tell us what they've been thinking. Audio
The Panel with Georgie Stylianou and Peter Fa'afiu (Part 2)
Panellists Georgie Stylianou and Peter Fa'afiu discuss the gender gap in retirement, calls for rent controls, and why a tweet about old electric cables when viral. Audio
The Panel with Georgie Stylianou and Peter Fa'afiu (Part 1)
Panellists Georgie Stylianou and Peter Fa'afiu discuss removing sugary drinks from schools, how the Fair Pay Agreement bill might impact bus drivers, and who they would borrow from a human library. Audio
The Pre-Panel with Georgie Stylianou & Peter Fa'fiu
Panellists Georgie Stylianou and Peter Fa'afiu talk about resurfaced footage of Prince as a child and tell us what they've been thinking. Audio
The Panel with Verity Johnson and David Farrar (Pt 2)
Panellists Verity Johnson and David Farrar discuss the bleak future of our glaciers, who will pick our kiwifruit, being ghosted during a job hunt, and what New Zealand things tourists and immigrants… Audio