Megan Whelan

Are New Zealanders' attitudes towards offensive language changing? A recent survey by the Broadcasting Standards Authority seems to suggest they might be. Audio

Panellists Verity Johnson and Mark Knoff-Thomas talk about the best pop culture moments of 2021 and share what they have been thinking. Audio

RNZ’s previous plan to reach younger people collapsed in early 2020 after opposition to RNZ Concert cuts - and pushback from commercial broadcasters. This week RNZ fired up Tahi - a more modest effort… Audio

The media are playing an important role conveying essential information during the COVID -19 crisis, even as their people work at a distance from each other and the economic upheaval clouds their… Audio

Jesse received an email asking how men can take the perfect selfie - RNZ's Digital Editor Megan Whelan is just the person to answer that question! Audio

Coral reefs are one of the most vulnerable parts of the planet to show the effects of global warming. Across the globe bleaching events have become more common in recent years and scientists are… Audio

Chocolate took over Elle Coco's life in 2010. She was teaching chocolate workshops and guiding chocolate themed walking tours around London when she started working for one of Britain's best… Audio

New Zealand's alt-country songstress heads out with the Proclaimers, touring her new album Glass Heart. The album was recorded in Los Angeles with celebrated US producer Mitchell Froom. Mel talks to… Audio

Our last poet of the show is Kate Spencer - she's a wordsmith, a show-off and a shutter bug - she's co-producer of Poetry In Motion, the Wellington Feminist Poetry Club, an alumni of Naked Girls… Audio

Privacy issues aren't just a feature of the digital age; a new book by labour historian, Jared Davidson, hows how pervasive military censorship was in the wartime years from 1914 to 1920. Dead… Audio

Debbie Munro is a mechanical and biomedical engineer who says the future of biomimicry is vast. It's design inspired by how nature solves problems and Dr Munro says it won't be long before we are… Audio

Sharn Maree is of Ngapuhi and Ngati Porou descent. Her poetry is woven with Maori whakapapa and her pono - her truth, advocating for greater awareness on mental health, political wrongdoings and… Audio

What is burnout and what does the patriachy have to do with the way women experience it? Audio

The Guerilla Girls have been creating protest posters for 30 years - calling out the art world,using fact, statistics, shame and irony to call for then end to all forms of gender and racial inequality… Audio, Gallery

In just over a month, hot chilli lovers from all over the country will gather in an Auckland bar to witness an event you might describe as sheer lunacy - the chilli eating champs. Audio

Tarns Hood is a Wellington performance poet who describes ordinary things with witty, rhythmic quick verse. She's the 2017 national slam poetry champ. Her style is raw and linguistically twisted and… Audio

The Moon and space travel are magical for Bucharest-born Hari Mogosanu, who loves them so much she has an asteroid named after her. She explains why Easter is the only public holiday that revolves… Audio, Gallery