Author Interview

Georgina Landemare, was so important during the war years that she was one of only 11 people deemed crucial to Prime Minister Winston Churchill if he were evacuated from London in the event of… Audio, Gallery

Julie Woods was 31 when she was diagnosed with the condition that would cause her to go legally blind. Born with perfect eye-sight, she was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration when she was 18. Audio

After telling her coming-out story numerous times to high schoolers Lil O'Brien decided to write the full and often painful story in a memoir. The Auckland freelance copywriter felt the time was right… Audio

Dr. David Abulafia's new book The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans is global history of humankind told through our relationship with the world's oceans. He joins the show to discuss… Audio

Matthew Cobb is Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester where his research focuses on the sense of smell, insect behaviour, and the history of science (also, maggots!). His new book The… Audio

Mia Walsch was 19 when she began work in the sex industry. She'd just been fired from a job at an insurance company and saw an ad in the newspaper offering good money for erotic massage - no sex. Audio

Journalist James Borrowdale looks at the long and sometimes troubled relationship between Kiwis and cannabis. Audio

Wellington-based author Kara Douglas tells Lynn Freeman about her personal link to what has been dubbed one of Australia's worst industrial disasters. Audio

When she was ten, author and blogger Glennon Doyle says the world sat her down and told her to be quiet. Audio

Wildlife photographer and conservationist, Tui de Roy's latest book A Lifetime in Galapagos is an anthology of 50 years of Galapagos photography. It not only intimately captures spectacular natural… Audio, Gallery

Australia has a 'national emergency' of domestic abuse, says investigative journalist Jess Hill. Her six-year investigation is the subject of the award-winning book See What You Made Me Do. Audio

Author and 'veteran worrier' Mark O'Connell has criss-crossed the globe to meet people preparing for the end of the world.  Audio

British doctor, best-selling author and television presenter Dr Michael Mosley talks to Kathryn Ryan about staying well during a pandemic, and how best to recover from infection, as discussed in his… Audio

Physical distancing, pandemic politics and a looming financial crash. It sounds contemporary, but it is also the world that novelist and poet Edith Wharton found herself in writing and living through… Audio

Jenny Gillam and Raewyn Ormsby-Rihari are preserving the skills of generations using North Island brown kiwi feathers for weaving. The work of the wāhine of Ngāti Torehina ki Matakā, carrying out the… Audio, Gallery

Choie Sew Hoy was a visionary merchant, Chinese leader and gold dredger in Dunedin and Otago in the late 1800s. Kathryn talks with his great-great grand-daughter Jenny Sew Hoy Agnew and her historian… Audio

Dr Deidre Barrett from Harvard Medical School is a dream expert and has been collecting people's pandemic dreams to put in her new book called Pandemic Dreams. Jesse spoke to Dr Barrett in May and… Audio

A young woman joins the Land Service to fill the shoes of her twin brother who's off to the Second World War. But she finds more than she bargained for when she arrives at the North Otago farm… Audio

Every day of lockdown, award winning illustrator Anna Crichton documented this unprecedented period in our history through the antics of Mr and Mrs Dear. Her affectionate cartoons became daily… Audio

C.K. Stead chats about his second memoir You Have a Lot to Lose, his relationships with foes and friends including Janet Frame and his infidelity. Audio