All episodes
Sunday, 30 December 2018
- 8:12 Augusto Lopez-Claros: Wellbeing is a better measure than GDP
- 8:35 Reuben Steff: Artificial intelligence in the security sphere
- 9:10 Jes Baker: 'Bodies do not and never will all look the same'
- 9:30 Insight: Foetal alcohol - damaging babies' brains
- 10:10 Jasper Fforde: Surrealist humour and writer's block
- 10:40 Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith: Righting misconceptions about sex work
- 11:05 Musical Obsessions: Chris Tse on Bjƶrk
- 11:35 Kitchen Stories: Ishna Iftikar cooks Sri Lankan food
Saturday, 29 December 2018
- 8:12 Aftermath of the Indonesian tsunami
- 8:35 Thomas Curran: Vanquishing perfectionism
- 9:05 Bari Weiss: #MeToo and free speech
- 9:35 Nicc Moeono: Power to Samoa
- 10:05 Daniel Mallory Ortberg: Other people's problems
- 10:35 Judy Bowen: The future of wearable tech
- 11:05 Musical Obsessions: Jacky Smith on Queen
- 11:35 Tongan food with Freddy Tu'akalau
Sunday, 22 January 2017
- 8:12 The Women's March on Washington
- 8:13 Weather watch - batten down the hatches
- 8:25 Commissioned: Retirement Commissioner Diane Maxwell
- 8:50 Regional Snapshot - Golden Bay
- 9:07 Media: 2017 election year
- 9:30 Shoes from trash
- 9:40 Joint Jukebox - Wet Wings
- 10:08 Sport: Retirement
- 10:25 How To Be A Family: parenting around the world
- 10:45 Ventriloquist Nina Conti - In Your Face
- 11:06 Older entrepreneurs
- 11:30 Would you eat steak grown in a lab?
- 11:45 Jesse Sheehan and Ny Oh in session
- 12:00 Live The Dream - Henry Boyle & Russell Golding
Saturday, 21 January 2017
- 8:13 Trump inauguration update
- 8:30 Commissioned: Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner Jackie Blue
- 8:50 Regional Snapshot - Whanganui
- 9:07 Growing orchids
- 9:20 The Great Outdoors - Mountaineering
- 9:43 Folk Tui nominee Luke Thompson
- 10:07 Update from Simon Marks in Washington
- 10:20 Animals (and pet breeders) behaving badly
- 10:40 The Rights of the New Zealand Child
- 11:06 On safari in India
- 11:30 Food with Anne Else
- 11:50 Wellington Pasifika Festival
Sunday, 15 January 2017
- 8:13 Commissioned: Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright
- 8:35 Commissioned: Commerce Commissioner Anna Rawlings
- 8:50 Regional Snapshot - Westport
- 9:07 Media: North & South, and Listener scribe Donna Chisholm
- 9:30 Bringing comfort to the fight against sexism
- 9:40 Joint Jukebox - Karl Puschmann and Matt Riot
- 10:06 Footballers' lives: nasty, brutish and short
- 10:30 Recycling: Tim McGurk
- 10:45 All spun out: spinoffs - the good, the bad and the blah
- 11:06 A new generationās entrepreneurial spirit
- 11:30 Learning the lingo: migrants in NZ
- 11:50 MÄori Side Steps creator Jamie McCaskill
Saturday, 14 January 2017
- 8:13 Anthony Hill: 'Always ask the question'
- 8:40 Cheerleading in the Olympics
- 8:50 Regional Snapshot - Whakatane
- 9:06 Getting the best out of your soil
- 9:25 The Great Outdoors - Peter Langlands
- 9:45 Nicotine and Religion: Abigail Knudson in session
- 10:07 Summer pet hazards
- 10:30 Baroness Ditzy von Karbon
- 10:40 Play it Strange - Ianetta Solomon-Brown
- 10:46 Mysteries at the New Zealand Cricket Museum
- 11:06 Leh and Ladarkh, Northern India
- 11:30 Good Bitches Baking
- 11:45 Strongman Mighty Mike
Sunday, 8 January 2017
- 8:10 Commissioned: Local Government Commission Chair Sir Wira Gardiner
- 8:40 Live The Dream - Irene Wakefield
- 8:50 Regional Snapshot - Geraldine
- 9:07 Media: NZ Herald Chief Photographer Brett Phibbs
- 9:30 BookTube and the industry of YouTube authors
- 9:40 Joint Jukebox - Ross McHenry & Myele Manzanza
- 10:07 Sport: Managing Disappointment
- 10:20 Recycling: Sew Love
- 10:45 Lashings of satire
- 11:06 Making an entrepreneurial dream a reality
- 11:25 Supporting 'at risk' school students
- 11:45 āLoveās always fun to write aboutā
Saturday, 7 January 2017
- 8:12 Commissioned: Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft
- 8:44 To the Chathams!
- 8:50 Regional Snapshot - Hawkes Bay
- 9:06 Policy speak poem
- 9:09 Annabel Langbein: companion planting
- 9:30 Charles Dickens' great great great granddaughter
- 9:45 James Taylor: A life on the road
- 10:07 Aquahounds!
- 10:25 The Great Outdoors - Tramping
- 10:50 The Catch
- 11:06 Whale watching in pre-quake Kaikoura
- 11:30 Your food resolutions will fail
- 11:40 South Taranaki ice sculpting
Sunday, 1 January 2017
- 8:15 Commisioned: Privacy Commissioner
- 8:30 Smoking ephemera
- 8:50 Regional Snapshot - Te Anau
- 9:07 Media: New Zealand Doctor's Barbara Fountain
- 9:25 Kaikora's Banded Dotterels
- 9:35 Joint Jukebox - Jess Locke and Tess Stewart-Moore
- 10:10 Sport: Starting Out
- 10:33 Recycling: Upcycling furniture with Jay Blades
- 10:45 Latin Lolitas
- 11:06 Taiwan: rebuilding democracy with tech
- 11:20 X-Features - James Pinker
- 11:33 The stories of Papers Past
- 11:45 Sing Sing Sing
Saturday, 31 December 2016
- 8:13 New Year Honours - Dame Valerie Adams
- 8:24 New Year Honours - Sir Richard Faull
- 8:39 Remembering Michele Amas
- 8:46 Regional Snapshot - Coromandel Peninsula
- 9:07 Rebecca Lees - Incredible Edibles
- 9:25 Commisioned: The Law Commission
- 9:45 Octophonic/Ambisonic - Thomas Voyce
- 10:07 New Year Honours - Barrie Osborne ONZM
- 10:26 The Great Outdoors - Everyone's Adventure
- 10:43 Healthy Skin
- 11:06 Japan By Rail
- 11:38 What to do with the leftovers?
- 11:45 The National Anthem and Auld Lang Syne - singer Luke Bird
Sunday, 17 January 2016
- 8:13 Getting your money's worth at the shops
- 8:30 Cyberbullying
- 8:45 Regional Snapshot: Northland
- 9:06 Media roundtable
- 9:30 Citizen Science: Kiwi conservation
- 9:40 Musical Siblings - Mara TK and Billy TK Jnr.
- 10:07 Health: At what age can you decide your medical treatment?
- 10:35 Live The Dream - Keefe Robinson-Gore
- 10:50 Buskers: Miss Behave
- 11:06 Travel: Punakaiki
- 11:30 Tumblr's Meme Librarian: viral media
- 11:45 Fighting Tokelau's tobacco crisis
Saturday, 16 January 2016
- 8:12 New Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier
- 8:35 Men of the Year: Guy Ryan and Peter Beck
- 8:50 Regional Snapshot - North Otago
- 9:12 Gardening: birds and worms
- 9:30 Citizen Science: going batty
- 9:40 Musical Siblings - Bic, Boh, and Pearl Runga
- 10:12 Making the transition
- 10:25 Young Scientists: Alexandrea Whyte
- 10:40 Road to Rio (Part 2): BMX, Judo and Trampolining
- 11:06 Collectibles: Maori and New Zealand historical artefacts
- 11:20 Shannon Weaver - Collectors Anonymous
- 11:30 A biography of skin
- 11:50 Buskers: Graeme James
Sunday, 10 January 2016
- 8:12 Law: Community Justice Panels
- 8:28 Science in New Zealand
- 8:50 Regional snapshot: Nelson
- 9:06 Mike White - crime journalism
- 9:20 Young Scientist: Alec Yates - White Island Eruptions
- 9:30 Citizen Science: Monarch Butterfly Trust
- 9:40 Musical Siblings - Like A Storm
- 10:08 2016 ASB Classic
- 10:12 Health ethics - designer babies
- 10:30 Television: 1970s vs 2010s
- 10:50 Buskers - David Ladderman and Lizzie Tollemache
- 11:06 The Western Isles (Part 2)
- 11:40 Food: Lorne Sausage
- 11:49 Future of Shopping
Saturday, 9 January 2016
- 8:10 Choosing Clean Water
- 8:25 How to age well
- 8:45 Andrew Bonallack - Wairarapa Correspondent
- 9:06 Gardening: Organic gardening
- 9:28 Citizen Science - Spotlight on moths
- 9:40 Musical Dynasties - Don and Tony Wilson
- 10:07 Animal welfare
- 10:30 Live The Dream - Jessikha Leatham-Vlasic
- 10:45 The Road to Rio (Part 1): rowing and running
- 11:06 Collectibles (Part 1): Furniture, toys and art
- 11:30 Te Papa: penguins and petrels
- 11:45 The Secrets of RNZ: Audio Oddities (Part 3)
- 11:50 Buskers - John Arden
Sunday, 3 January 2016
- 8:10 Designing New Zealand
- 8:35 Employment law
- 8:45 Regional Snapshot: Southland
- 9:06 Investigative journalist David Lomas
- 9:30 Citizen Science: Waitara Alive!
- 9:40 Musical Siblings - Koile
- 10:07 What is a disease?
- 10:30 Jessica Weller: living with cancer
- 10:45 Buskers - Elisabeth Auchinvole
- 11:08 The Western Isles (Part 1)
- 11:35 Food: Scottish porridge
- 11:45 Refugee and migrant festival MiXit Ten
Saturday, 2 January 2016
- 8:12 Future homes: monitoring you and projecting false realities
- 8:35 The Secrets of RNZ: Audio Oddities (Part 2)
- 8:42 New Years Honours: Girl Guides
- 8:48 Regional Snapshot: Central North Island
- 9:07 Gardening: heritage fruit trees
- 9:20 Citizen Science: Naturewatch
- 9:40 Musical Siblings - The Sami Sisters
- 10:07 Who does medical trials?
- 10:30 New Years Honours: genealogy
- 10:47 Sport: NZ sports women
- 11:06 Developing damaged buildings
- 11:20 Upholstery tips
- 11:38 Te Papa: The joy of spiders
- 11:50 Buskers - Mimi Gilbert
Sunday, 27 December 2015
- 8:12 The World in 2016
- 8:30 Legal issues for refugees
- 8:45 Regional Panel - Ruatoria
- 9:06 Media: Photographer Jane Ussher
- 9:30 Citizen Science: Marine Metre Squared
- 9:40 Musical Siblings - Athuzela Brown/Womb/A Hum Of Voices
- 10:07 Eating Insects
- 10:30 Young Scientist: Jessica Russell
- 10:45 Buskers - Coral Pitcher
- 11:07 Travel - Venice
- 11:20 Italian food with Giulio Ricatti
- 11:35 Voices From The Surf
Saturday, 26 December 2015
- 8:12 50 years of Country Calendar
- 8:43 The Secrets of RNZ: Audio Oddities (Part 1)
- 8:45 Regional Panel - Waikato
- 9:06 Gardening: Roses
- 9:28 Antartica: A Year On Ice
- 9:40 Musical Siblings - The Clevedonaires/The Cleves/Bitch
- 10:07 Astronomy panel: Stargazing in New Zealand
- 10:25 Live The Dream - Siobhan Patia
- 10:45 Sport: Yips, chokes, slumps
- 11:06 Archaeology in Dunedin
- 11:20 Around The House: Painting
- 11:40 Te Papa: The Fishes of New Zealand
- 11:50 Buskers - Looking For Alaska
Sunday, 18 January 2015
- 8:12 Online lives - The Wireless
- 8:32 Regional Panel - Southland & Queenstown
- 9:06 Media and politics in 2015
- 9:33 Sport: growing grass root talent
- 10:06 Home ownership - extending or building
- 10:30 Musical Dynasties - Ruban, Kody and Chris Nielson
- 10:50 Boomerang scientists
- 11:06 Animal Behaviour - pet bereavement
- 11:25 Pecha Kucha - Melissa Moon
- 11:30 Malaysia: MYCAT
- 11:49 Living Wills
Saturday, 17 January 2015
- 8:13 Startups: beyond the beginning
- 8:33 Regional Panel - Hawkes Bay & Gisborne
- 9:06 Hay fever and environmental allergies
- 9:30 Future techs
- 10:06 Gardening - foraging
- 10:30 Musical Dynasties - The Grenell family
- 10:50 Ecuador: tapirs
- 11:06 Airbnb
- 11:35 Malaysia: tiger conservation
- 11:50 Rugby World Cup
Sunday, 11 January 2015
- 8:10 Youth drug use - The Wireless
- 8:35 Regional Panel - Nelson
- 9:06 Media: byting back
- 9:33 Sport: leadership
- 10:07 Home ownership
- 10:25 Musical Dynasties - Tami Neilson and the Neilson Family
- 10:47 Weta
- 11:06 Galapagos: Ecotourism
- 11:26 Animal Behaviour - pet adoptions
- 11:48 Entrepreneurial spirit
Saturday, 10 January 2015
- 8:11 France rocked by double siege
- 8:18 Radical cleric jailed for life in US
- 8:25 Predator Free New Zealand
- 8:50 Parent/teacher interview software
- 9:06 Food allergies
- 9:33 Consumer tips - neighbours (part 2)
- 10:08 Gardening - planting native flora
- 10:26 Musical Dynasties - The Haines Family
- 10:48 Red zone cats
- 11:06 Travel writing
- 11:27 Regional Panel - New Plymouth
- 11:47 The music of World War I
Sunday, 4 January 2015
- 8:13 Women in science - The Wireless
- 8:35 Regional Panel - Tauranga
- 9:07 Media: documentary makers
- 9:35 Sport: Umpires and referees
- 10:07 Home ownership - building consents
- 10:30 Musical Dynasties - Sam & Myele Manzanza
- 10:52 New Year Honours
- 11:07 Animal Behaviour - separation anxiety
- 11:30 Ecuador: Cloud Forest
- 11:45 Pecha Kucha - Regan Stokes
Saturday, 3 January 2015
- 8:13 The World in 2015 and 2050
- 8:35 Regional Panel - Northland
- 9:10 Health: coeliac disease
- 9:35 Consumer tips - neighbours (part 1)
- 10:07 Community gardening (part 2)
- 10:25 Musical Dynasties - Andy and Suzanne Lynch
- 11:07 Walking holidays
- 11:35 Ecuador: Parque Condor (part 1)
- 11:47 What podcasts are you missing out on?
- 11:48 Roadwork archaeology
Sunday, 28 December 2014
- 8:12 Christchurch Youth Council - The Wireless
- 8:37 Regional panel - Waikato
- 9:08 Media: NZ's film industry - the way forward
- 9:35 Sport: support staff
- 10:07 Building on the past - Brigid Gallagher
- 10:20 Musical Dynasties - Cornerstone Roots
- 10:36 On-demand comedy
- 11:07 Animal Behaviour - Fostering animals for the SPCA
- 11:35 Ecuador: Merazonia monkeys and volunteers
