Media
Podcast Critic: The Wedding Planners Podcast and Into The Mix
Elliott Childs accepts a listener's recommendation and gives a podcast hosted by two marriage celebrants a hoon. Audio
Hikoi hits the road, news cuts, foreign football flashpoint
Midweek - Hikoi hits the road; Seymour vs TVNZ; TV news cuts latest and how sketchy reports of a foreign football flashpoint sparked a diplomatic incident. Audio
Fair news bargaining bill in limbo as minister says it is not ready
The government has pushed out the second reading of the Fair News Digital Bargaining Bill, because the minister responsible says it is not ready.
Bookmarks with Mitchell Pham
Mitchell was born in Vietnam and fled that country at the age of 12. He joins Jesse to tell that story and share his bookmarks. Audio
The Pre-Panel for the 12th November
Today on the pre-panel producer Olivia Wilson joins Wallace Chapman & Jesse Mulligan to preview tonight's show. Audio
Feature interview: The secret to happiness
Dr Elizabeth Dunn and PhD student Dunigan Folk from the University of British Columbia decided to study the studies that claim to understand what makes us happy and found some surprisingly results. Audio
Book Critic: Catherine Robertson
Afternoons book reviewer Catherine Robertson offers her latest literary recommendations. Audio
Tech Tuesday: Australia's new approach to social media
Comedian and podcast titan Tim Batt delivers the latest in the world of tech. Today Tim and Jesse discuss Australian's new social media ban. Audio
Vigil: A Kiwi classic turns 40
Released in 1984, Vigil was a watershed moment for the New Zealand film industry. Audio
A teenage social media star on Australia's plan to ban social media for under-16s
Leo Puglisi started his online news channel 6 News at the age of 11, and now has an online audience in the tens of thousands, interviewing juggernauts like Australian prime ministers Scott Morrison… Audio
Expert Feature: how to make TV
Rachel Antony is the CEO of Greenstone TV and is ready to answer your questions about TV and how to make it. Audio
Critic: Dune: Prophecy and The Simpsons Halloween Special
Our TV critic Dominic Corry reviews the spinoff Dune: Prophecy and checks in on The Simpsons. Audio
Comedy and satire could get new boundaries with new Bill
A proposed law change would give comedians some leeway when using other works of art to make their point, but it's not a free pass, a professor says.
Australia and Malaysia step up social media accountability
Mediawatch - Scams, spam, and disinformation and defamation still circulate on social media platforms that make little effort to counteract them. Will new laws help?
Media messages from Trump's triumph
Mediawatch - "It's their media world now. We just live in it." What can the news media take away from Donald Trump's election victory?
Trump’s triumph, making social media accountable
"It's their media world now. We just live in it" - what news media are taking away from the Trump triumph; how Australia and Malaysia are making social media accountable for the content they carry Audio
Memoir of a Snail
Academy Award winning writer/director Adam Elliot is an Australian animator and filmmaker based in Melbourne. His new film Memoir of a Snail is out now. Audio
Film Review: Saturday Night and My Old Ass
Hotshot producer and film review Sam Hollis reviews Jason Reitman's Saturday Night Live and Aubrey Plaza's latest: My Old Ass. Audio
TVNZ plans to cut 50 jobs
Broadcaster TVNZ says it's consulting with staff around proposed changes. RNZ Mediawatch presenter Colin Peacock spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
TVNZ plans to axe 50 jobs
E tū union confirmed staff are being invited to individual and small group meetings.