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A magazine programme with long-form, in-depth feature interviews on current affairs, science, modern life, history, the arts and more. Hosted by Susie Ferguson.

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Auckland, New Zealand

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A magazine programme with long-form, in-depth feature interviews on current affairs, science, modern life, history, the arts and more. Hosted by Susie Ferguson.

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English


Episodes
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Saturday morning listener feedback

8/23/2024
Saturday morning listener feedback

Duration:00:03:07

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Playing Favourites with Jan Hellriegel

8/23/2024
West Auckland singer-songwriter Jan Hellriegel talks her upcoming tour 'If Not Now, When?' and plays favourites.

Duration:00:53:24

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Danyl McLauchlan: Why internet searches are serving up "AI slop"

8/23/2024
Many of us are concerned about the harm that might result from AI being too smart, but Danyl McLauchlan thinks it's worth considering the damage caused by AI being not smart enough.

Duration:00:11:37

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Olympics photographer David Levene

8/23/2024
More than 1500 photographers covered the Olympic games. One of them was award-winning photographer David Levene.

Duration:00:16:53

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Playwright Dennis Kelly

8/23/2024
Award-winning British playwright Dennis Kelly's work is both funny and confronting. His play Girls and Boys is being performed by the Auckland Theatre Company and opens next month.

Duration:00:26:55

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Surviving and thriving after a break-up

8/23/2024
Journalist Sarah Catherall has written the book she wishes she had when her own long-term relationship imploded.

Duration:00:15:17

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Can music policy transform cities?

8/23/2024
Does music have the power to make a cities economy, tourism, and quality of life better? Shain Shapiro is a leading music and cultural policy thinker. In his book This Must Be The Place he examines the impact music can have on how cities are developed, built, managed and governed.

Duration:00:36:15

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Mpox 101 with Dr Chris Smith

8/23/2024
A severe outbreak of a new variant of mpox with a death rate of 10% triggered the WHO to declare a global health emergency last week. Cambridge University clinical virologist and naked scientist Dr Chris Smith - who was our go-to guy as the Covid pandemic unfolded.

Duration:00:16:05

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Eggs, Evolution, and Life on Earth

8/23/2024
Zoological correspondent and author Jules Howard on the revolutionary story of eggs.

Duration:00:30:34

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Īhaka Martyn: Am I Māori enough?

8/16/2024
When playwright and performer Ihaka Martyn (Ngati Tuwharetoa, Te Arawa) took an Introduction to Maori Culture course at University he was a pakeha identifying young man named Isaac who was "respectfully learning about the indigenous culture". Despite some knowledge of his whakapapa he felt "not Maori enough". His autobiographical one man show He Maori? weaves together stand-up comedy, waiata and theatrical performance to explore the evolution of his identity.

Duration:00:15:13

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Can you eat your way to beauty?

8/16/2024
Lonneke Botello Hernandez is touring New Zealand with her book The Food Fountain of Youth, which offers advice about 'nutrients with science-based benefits for anti-aging beauty'. Lonneke and Colin discuss whether there is such a thing as anti-aging, and if you can really look more beautiful from the inside out.

Duration:00:32:49

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Kath Irvine: August garden tasks

8/16/2024
With Spring on the horizon, there's plenty to be getting on with in the garden. Kath Irvine joins Colin to share her August to-do list. Kath is the author of The Edible Backyard, a practical guide to growing organic fruit and vegetables all year round.

Duration:00:11:03

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Veteran darts caller 'The Voice' at NZ Darts Masters

8/16/2024
Hamilton is playing host to an outstanding lineup of darts talent this weekend as the NZ Darts Masters takes place at Globox Arena. Refereeing the special event. Russ Bray, who is otherwise known as 'The Voice', due to his unique style of calling. Bray, who hails from the UK.

Duration:00:13:39

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Amy Neff: Writing her success story

8/16/2024
The dream of writers the world over is a debut novel turning into a worldwide publishing sensation - and that's exactly what's happened for Amy Neff, a first-time author from Connecticut.

Duration:00:26:46

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Elspeth Sandys: The Body Politic

8/16/2024
You won't find any of Elspeth Sandys' neighbours depicted in her play The Body Politic. However belonging to a body corporate inspired her to write it.

Duration:00:12:53

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Anti-methane vaccine could reduce impact of cow burps

8/16/2024
For decades, scientists have been working on a methane-reducing vaccine for cows with little success, until now. A prototype vaccine by US-based start-up Arkeabio is showing promise following a trial with 10 cows that saw emissions drop by nearly 13 percent.

Duration:00:13:00

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How oral insulin could revolutionise diabetes treatment

8/16/2024
Approximately 75 million people with diabetes need to inject themselves daily with insulin. Research led by Dr Nick Hunt of the University of Sydney has developed a new type of oral insulin tablet based on nanotechnology.

Duration:00:19:35

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Kate De Goldi: Reading for pleasure

8/9/2024
Kate De Goldi is one of New Zealand's most celebrated authors, an Arts Foundation Laureate, and a voracious reader. She joins Susie to share some great books: two time travel novels The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard, plus the Cetin Ikmen books by Barbara Nadela, a detective series set in Turkey.

Duration:00:10:29

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Fintan O'Toole: We've been reading Shakespeare all wrong

8/9/2024
The works of William Shakespeare have been taught in classrooms all over the globe for countless years, but have we been reading them the right way? Irish journalist, author and former theatre critic Fintan O'Toole reckons we've been getting it all wrong. In his book Shakespeare is Hard, but so is Life, O'Toole suggests we are too concerned with the idea of the 'tragic flaw', a concept dating back to Aristotle to describe the innate quality that leads a protagonist towards their own downfall. Instead of searching for meaning in the character's actions, O'Toole says we should look at Shakespeare's works in the social context of the time.

Duration:00:40:28

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Katie Wolfe: The Haka Party Incident

8/9/2024
In 1979, group of young Maori and Pasifika activists tried to stop Pakeha students at the University of Auckland performing a parody of haka each capping week. Unfortunately, the consequences for those activists were severe - many were convicted. Three years ago actor, writer and director Katie Wolfe's play The Haka Party Incident opened in Auckland. Now, she's made a documentary intertwining views from both sides of the confrontation. It will have its world premiere at the New Zealand International Film Festival.

Duration:00:18:40