Spiritual Practices

Kim Hill talks to Gregory O'Brien about two new collections of poetry: Fale Aitu Spirit House by Tusiata Avia, and The Lives of Coat Hangers by Sudesh Mishra. Audio

Kim Hill talks to Michel Faber, award-winning author of a range of writing, including the novels Under My Skin and The Book of Strange New Things, who is a guest at the Auckland Writers Festival. Audio

Kim Hill talks to veterinarian, lawyer and passionate naturalist Charles Foster, who took on the neuro-scientific and literary challenge of living like a fox, badger, otter, deer and swift to write… Audio

A Canadian survey's found 20% of Canadians pray everyday. Audio

Formerly of RNZ's Morning Report team, breakfast producer at BBC Radio Brighton Will Flockton reports from England, which is (the greater) part of the United Kingdom, pop. 53,012,456 (est. 2011)... Audio

Is Pastafarianism any different that Scientology? We ask Dr Peter Lineham of Massey University. Audio

The world's first legal wedding by the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster will take place in Akaroa tomorrow. Audio

Palmerston North raised journalist Motoko Kakubayashi now resides in Tokyo and works for University of Tokyo's Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe. Audio

University of York Department of History Anniversary Prof. David Moon on getting to grips with another cultural point of view, in this case, how Russians and Soviets have managed the impact of human… Audio

The rationales of individual freedom and personal responsibility with Eric Crampton, head of research at The New Zealand Initiative. This week he tackles the sticky topic of sugar tax. Audio

Shading in the heroes and villains of an animated realm is cartoonist, writer, illustrator Adrian Kinnaird... why readers of superhero comics love to see their favourite characters go head to head...

Al Gillespie looks at what the secondment of Egyptian imams to New Zealand mosques means. Audio

Christchurch playwright Carl Nixon's new comedy Matthew, Mark, Luke and Joanne explores the tendency to listen to people who tell us how to think. Matthew's wife and best friend struggle to deal with… Audio

Colin Peacock interviews one of New Zealand's most celebrated photographers whose new book, A Beautiful Hesitation, is published in tandem with the largest exhibition of her work to date, currently… Audio, Gallery

Recordings of performing animals this week - and a mad cat-lady recording! Audio