All episodes
Friday, 18 July 2025
- 1:15 North and South is back in print!
- 1:21 The hunt is on for the best mousse in Aotearoa
- 1:32 The Christchurch bar named best in Australasia
- 1:40 Canned corned beef: How do you like it?
- 1:50 Freaky Friday: The Sistine Chapel puzzle piece
- 2:07 Universal Language and Jaws @ 50 The Definitive Story
- 2:24 NZ Live: Borderline
- 3:08 A twist on a French classic: Poires Belle Helene
- 3:19 Music 101: New host Kara Rickard!
- 3:25 Find out how to get your washing done in a wet winter
- 3:33 Critter of the Week: Alicella Gigantea
Thursday, 17 July 2025
- 1:09 Find out how seaweed could prevent global famine
- 1:17 The Auckland tattoo artist featuring in Lorde's music video
- 1:37 Move over football and hockey, here comes Hungerball
- 2:11 What is the "Gen Z stare" and why should you care?
- 2:32 A-Z of Aotearoa: The Evolution of Dairies
- 3:15 Find out why your KiwiSaver Statement is a must read
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
- 1:15 Find out how drone chainsaws could actually improve health and safety
- 1:25 Protecting the Pukunui (the Southern NZ Dotterel)
- 1:35 The volunteers trying to save the historic ferry SS Toroa
- 1:45 Heading Off: Taking a trip into the unknown
- 2:12 Music Critic: Void Waves and Damien Jurado
- 2:20 Easy Eats: Spanish-inspired meatballs w/ chilli, chickpea and spinach sauce
- 2:30 Bookmarks with Milly Mitchell-Anyon
- 3:10 If this is the Golden Age, how do we make the most of it?
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
- 1:10 Keeping kids warm: Are they actually okay without a coat?
- 1:20 Weather reporting and why climate change hasn't been mentioned
- 1:35 Headgear actually helping rugby players
- 1:36 A new way to identify pathogens
- 1:53 Podcast "The Worst Idea Of All Time" actually the best idea?
- 2:10 Bringing magic to life through books
- 2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster: An Amazing Story of Survival
- 2:30 Music Feature: The legendary Mavis Staples.
- 3:10 Bringing back extinct animals: Why, how and why again?
Monday, 14 July 2025
- 1:15 The 11 year old country singer from Lyttleton going places
- 1:25 The Black Sox fight to reclaim the world title
- 1:35 The Kerikeri couple proving that age really is just a number.
- 2:10 Absolute escapism: The Waterfront and the Slow TV movement
- 2:20 Information Cold Call - Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland
- 2:30 The pros and cons of weight loss drugs
- 3:10 Does violence on the screen really lead to violence off them?
Friday, 11 July 2025
- 1:15 Rob Campbell on sleeping rough
- 1:25 Scientists find evidence that women may have ruled Ancient Turkish city
- 1:35 From watching a colleague drown, to promoting water safety
- 1:45 Freaky Friday: Tom in Marahau
- 2:10 Film Review: Superman & Bride Hard and 28 Years Later.
- 2:20 NZ Live: Emily C. Browning
- 3:10 Food: Buckwheat Flour Galette recipe
- 3:25 Weekend Stuff: DIY with Stan Scott
- 3:25 Critter of the Week: Scorpionfly
Thursday, 10 July 2025
- 1:15 What made Outrageous Fortune so outrageous?
- 1:31 Taking a shot: Is this a game changer for netball?
- 1:41 Should you lie to your children about pain?
- 2:12 The Salt Path Controversy: whose truth should we believe?
- 2:31 NZ Sporting History: Ric Salizzo, on playing the long game
- 3:13 Solving World's Problems with Ali Jones
- 3:24 History with Dr Grant Morris
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
- 1:09 The Bay of Plenty man solving two problems
- 1:21 Want to stop vaping but don't know how? We've got you
- 1:34 Designing Piha's Eye-Catching Bunker House
- 1:49 Heading Off: All the Places!
- 2:06 Music Critic: Ladi 6 and Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- 2:20 Easy Eats: Salt and Pepper Tofu
- 2:34 Bookmarks with Kate Evans
- 3:10 What Michael Douglas' films say about the crisis of masculinity
- 3:35 Our Changing World: Sea pods
- 3:45 The Pre-Panel for 9 July 2025
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
- 1:10 Why are our university bookshops closing?
- 1:20 What you need to do to be considered "cool".
- 1:45 Podcast Tuesday: Stories from big game safaris
- 1:45 New insights into the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
- 2:10 Diving into the new sub-genre of Cosy Fantasy books
- 2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster - the latest on the Mushroom Murder Trial
- 2:30 Music feature: Nick Cave
- 3:10 Why spirituality shouldn't be dismissed as unscientific.
- 3:45 The Pre-Panel for 8 July 2025
Monday, 7 July 2025
- 1:15 Looking for a more humane option: the professor with a possible alternative to 1080
- 1:25 That emoji means what?! Is a thumbs up actually passive aggressive?
- 1:35 Getting insight into how women with rheumatoid arthritis experience perimenopause
- 2:10 The Best on the Box: The Bear, Rivals and Smoke
- 2:20 Information Centre Cold Call: Reefton
- 2:30 Diffusing tension, how to turn the anger dial down a notch
- 3:10 Dishing the dirt on restaurant life
Friday, 4 July 2025
- 1:15 St John's Baby Magnet - the paramedic who's delivered 19 babies
- 1:25 The growing trend of fantasy dates
- 1:35 An intimate look at resilience, connection and enduring love
- 1:45 Freaky Friday: An unexpected visitor in Karori
- 2:10 Can Jurassic World: Rebirth save the franchise from extinction?
- 2:25 NZ Live: There's a Tuesday
- 3:08 Hearty and Wholesome food: Peking Braised Lamb
- 3:25 Weekend Stuff: Gardening with Emma Sage
- 3:35 Critter of the Week: The impressive Golden Hunter Wasp
Thursday, 3 July 2025
- 1:10 Find out how we can protect our smallest insects
- 1:25 Ice Ice Baby! How one man built an ice rink from scratch.
- 1:30 A-Z of Aotearoa: C is for Charles Upham
- 1:37 A tribute to Don McGlashan
- 2:10 Podcast Critic - Conspirituality, City Arts & Lectures
- 3:10 Your Money with Mary Holm - Helping or Hindering Kiwisaver
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
- 1:15 Listening without hearing: What concerts are like for deaf people
- 1:25 Creating space in Rodney for cycle trails
- 1:35 Measuring human progress in a positive way
- 1:45 Heading Off: Africa on a motorbike
- 2:12 Music Critic: Putting the spotlight on
- 2:20 Easy Eats: Delicious soup for chilly days
- 2:30 Bookmarks: Food historian and critic David Burton
- 3:10 The decades-long international hunt for a rare orchid
- 3:10 The decades-long international hunt for a rare orchid
- 3:35 Our Changing World: Our rarest freshwater fish
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
- 1:10 Who decides who succeeds at entrepreneurship?
- 1:20 Lego Legends - the Christchurch mums taking on the world.
- 1:35 The cautionary tale that goes to the wellness industry
- 1:45 Why Mark Zuckerberg is offering millions to work for him.
- 2:10 Star Gazers and Without Fear or Favour: A Life in Law
- 2:20 NSW bracing for wild weather
- 2:30 Music feature: Youssou N' Dour
- 3:10 Move over introverts and extroverts - are you an otrovert?
- 3:45 The Pre Panel for 1 July 2025
Monday, 30 June 2025
- 1:10 New hope for healing spinal cord injuries
- 1:24 Keeping the winter bugs away with kadha
- 1:32 Leaving his mark: a tribute to Andrew Withington
- 1:37 The movies you must see!
- 2:10 TV Review: 'Ocean' and 'The Mirror and the Light'
- 2:20 Information Cold Call - Westport in the Spotlight
- 2:35 Expert Feature: Tiny Gardens
- 3:10 How positive psychology can transform relationships
- 3:40 Here Now - Iran War
Friday, 27 June 2025
- 1:15 The surprising demand for animal x-rays
- 1:25 Fast-paced thriller adaptation of Romeo & Juliet hits Auckland
- 1:35 Celebrating the stories of legendary West Coasters
- 1:40 How to take an award-winning photo
- 1:45 Freaky Friday: A mystery in the Maldives
- 2:10 Film review: 'F1' and 'Kōkā'
- 2:20 NZ Live - Jazmine Mary
- 3:08 A perfect winter meal - homemade pork and sage sausages
- 3:16 Music 101: Lorde opens up about her "existential crises"
- 3:25 How to help our four-legged friends in stormy weather.
- 3:35 Critter of the Week - Spotlight on the stars in our forests
- 3:45 The Pre-Panel for 27 June 2025
Thursday, 26 June 2025
- 1:08 The Australian writer denied entry to the USA
- 1:25 Fans react to Lorde's new album
- 1:33 NZ scientists hoping to crack issue produce going to landfill
- 1:45 She Is Not Your Rehab - Children's Edition
- 2:10 Podcast Critic - Conspiracyland and Rabbit Hole
- 2:30 Sporting History - Steve Williams, NZ's most famous golf caddy
- 2:35 History with Dr Grant Morris - NZ, Iran and the meat trade
- 3:10 Solving the World's Problems - the limit of speed limit chat
- 3:45 The Pre-Panel for 26 June 2025
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
- 1:09 Auckland City FC draws with Boca Juniors
- 1:17 Child to Parent Violence and Abuse - Breaking the stigma
- 1:24 A fear of urinating in public. Yes, it's a thing!
- 1:37 Dracula's Cabaret : A feast for audiences
- 1:50 Heading Off: Sinai Desert
- 2:07 Music Critic: Zac Arnold on The Beths and Frances Grass
- 2:25 Easy Eats with Kelly Gibney - Weeknight friendly lasagne
- 2:35 Bookmarks with composer John Psathas
- 3:10 Surely it's safe to go back in the water now?! JAWS turns 50
- 3:35 Our Changing World: Training our immune systems
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
- 1:10 The Pacific Music Award nominees are out!
- 1:20 Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The search for a town crier
- 1:35 The New Zealand born singing teacher on America's Got Talent.
- 1:40 Miss Universe New Zealand Evolves
- 1:45 Tech Tuesday with Tim Batt
- 2:10 Book Critic - Historical Fiction for Tweens and Teens
- 2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster
- 2:30 Music feature - Billy Strings
- 3:10 Feature interview - Did Yoko Ono break up The Beatles?
- 3:45 The Pre-Panel
Monday, 23 June 2025
- 1:15 Guy Montgomery is back with his stand-up show
- 1:25 Winner of the National Flash Fiction Day 2025
- 1:35 Panic at the Pump
- 2:10 Critic Caitlin Cherry (High Potential And Just Like That)
- 2:30 Information Centre Cold Call
- 2:30 Expert Feature: Horses
- 3:10 Feature Interview – The Have and the Have Yachts
- 3:45 The Pre-Panel for 23 June 2025
Thursday, 19 June 2025
- 1:15 A new concrete alternative made of pumice and seashells
- 1:25 Underwater musical experience
- 2:10 Podcast Critic - Missing in the Amazon & Heavyweight
- 2:30 A-Z of Aotearoa: Billy T James
- 3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
- 1:09 The story behind Te Tai Tokerau trust's Ahuwhenua Trophy win
- 1:25 Role of volunteers recognised
- 1:45 Heading Off: Cuba
- 2:12 Music Critic: Rachel Ashby
- 2:23 Speedy cracked pepper roast chicken w/ super greens stuffing
- 2:30 Bookmarks with Chris Parker
- 3:10 "Don't worry, this won't hurt"
- 3:35 Our Changing World: Black-eyed gannets and H5N1 bird flu
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
- 1:10 Decision looms on seabed mining
- 1:20 The popularity of indoor bowls among young New Zealanders
- 1:45 Tech Tuesday
- 1:50 Retired Working Dogs
- 2:10 Book Critic: Claire Mabey
- 2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster
- 2:30 Music feature - 'Jagged Little Pill' with Vera Ellen
- 3:10 Feature Interview: Herman Pontzer
Monday, 16 June 2025
- 1:10 Study highlights need to manage the growth of space exploration
- 1:20 A mid winter feast 10,000 years in the making
- 2:10 TV Critic Dom Corry
- 2:20 Info Center Cold Call
- 2:30 Expert Feature: Architecture with Jessica Halliday
- 3:10 Helen Lewis - Genius
Friday, 13 June 2025
- 1:09 Hawke's Bay teenage firefighter tackling blazes
- 1:22 Daniel Rankin A.K.A Man Can Cook
- 1:35 The world's only artificial gut manufacturer
- 1:53 Freaky Friday
- 2:06 Film Review: Dom Corry
- 2:20 NZ Live: Jude Kelly
- 3:08 Food with Alice Taylor
- 3:14 Music 101: Kara Rickard
- 3:20 Weekend Stuff: Lynda Hallinan
- 3:35 Critter of the Week
