Bryan Crump

Bryan Crump takes us on a short walk from the heart of Auckland's K-Road to a chorus of crickets in a nearby park. Audio

Cheeseburger Hill, a choir of young voices from Thailand, are in New Zealand to take part in the World Choir Games. They perform live in the RNZ Auckland studio. Video, Audio

Kate Bell and Steven Rapana, co-conductors of All Together Now, talk with Bryan Crump about their recent experience of taking part in the World Choir Games, and the kaupapa behind All Together Now. Audio

Project director of the World Choir Games, Jelena Dannhauer, talks with Bryan Crump about how the Games came about and what the event involves.

Spoilt for choice: Hamilton based Matthew Chanwai is about to become an organ scholar at Cambridge University, but he's already principal cellist with the NZSO National Youth Orchestra. Audio

Claims that a tinfoil hat will protect the wearer from electromagnetic fields and mind control have been around for many years but do they actually work? Justin Hodgkiss joins Bryan Crump to answer… Audio

Composer and Tauranga choral conductor Nigel Williams talks to Bryan Crump about setting some of New Zealand's finest poets to music for Matariki. Audio

Listen to the reassuring sounds of breakfast on the make. Audio

Kryptonite is a green crystal-like material found on Superman's home planet - Krypton. The radiation from the rock weakens Superman. Professor Bill Williams tells us if there are any real life… Audio

For the first time in 27 years, RNZ Concert has a new sound desk in its Wellington studio. Bryan Crump thanks the people who made it possible. Audio

New Zealand conductor Tianyi Lu is back in Aotearoa to direct the National Youth Orchestra, ahead of making her BBC Proms debut next month. Audio

Scarlett Johansson's character in Black Widow has to fight pheromones in order to beat the evil villain. Anindita Sen explains how pheromones work and whether they could control humans. Audio

MacGyver was an 80s icon, with his mullet and ability to turn anything into a tool to save the day. Karen Thorn looks at one episode where the action hero turns some historical artifacts into a laser.

Young Auckland flute player, Alina Chen, talks to Bryan Crump about the hoops she had to jump through to win a scholarship to study at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Audio

Gabriella Uphof is a Year 11 student who is part of the musical joy-machine that is The Panimals; Bream Bay College's very own steel pan band. Audio

The Philosopher's Stone in the Harry Potter books can change metal into gold and create an elixir of life. Erin Leitao tells Bryan Crump whether either ability is within our reach. Audio

Tony Ryan talks to Bryan Crump about a 'constellation of New Zealand compositions' he's conducting in Christchurch this Matariki weekend with the Resonance Ensemble. Audio

Two years after winning the Anthony Ritchie Composition Prize for young composers, Georgina Palmer talks to Bryan Crump about her blossoming career. Video, Audio

Dunedin composer, Anthony Ritchie, announces the 2024 winner of the prize that takes his name, recognising talented young composers based in Otago and Southland. Audio

In Total Recall Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a construction worker who recovers memories as life as secret agent trying to stop the mining of Turbinium on the planet Mars. Audio