Podcasts

The homegrown comedy 'Melody Rules' that came out on TV3 in the 1990s has been panned as one of the worst sitcoms ever made. The critics called it cringeworthy, atrocious, awful, and a disaster in… Audio

In 'No Feeling is Final ' from the ABC the writer and podcaster Honor Eastly presents a highly personal account of her experiences of living with anxiety and suicidal thoughts. The show weaves… Audio

Katy Atkin reviews the best podcasts of the year, including Serial, The Teacher's Pet, Slow Burn and Brains On! Audio

We play an extract from a Canadian contribution to the burgeoning daily news podcast scene. CBC's 'Front Burner' looks at Google's plans to turn an area of Toronto into a hi tech testing lab for our… Audio

Katy reviews El Chapo from Vice News and Gladiator: The Aaron Hernandez story by the Boston Globe's Spotlight team. Audio

Mediawatch Midweek is our weekly catch-up with Lately's Karyn Hay. This week: Colin and Karyn chat about expats' takes on the US Supreme Court scrap, non-stop 'property porn' on TV, another major… Audio

Our podcast critic Katy Atkin reviews Dr Death - the story of a charming neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch, who received a prison sentence for malpractice after some of his patients died or were… Audio

A new documentary series launched today on rnz.co.nz, profiling a range of New Zealand women working in minimum wage jobs.  Audio

Have you ever wondered how whole-body cryotherapy works? Or how Braille works? Or how the sun works? These are just a handful of the many and varied topics that Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant have… Audio

Podcast fan Katy Atkin recommends two new podcasts, Wrong Skin from the Melbourne Age, and I, Survivor from Wondery. Audio

It's a perennial question - particularly on this programme - "How to balance the need to make a living with the desire to be creative?" It's also one of the questions that photographer Jason Naylor is… Audio

Helen Zaltzman is a British broadcaster, podcaster and writer. She started podcasting in 2007 with collaborator Olly Man, the pair producing Answer Me This! in Zaltzman's living room in her south… Audio