Author Interview

"He endured his ever-multiplying illnesses with patience and good humour, knowing until the last moment that he had experienced more than his fair share of this 'great, good world'." (United Artists)… Audio

How much power does the individual have in preventing climate change when just 100 companies are responsible for more than 70 percent of emissions? More than we think, American author Jonathan Safran… Audio

'Face, accept, float, let time pass' – that's the six-word prescription for anxiety devised by Australian doctor and self-help pioneer Claire Weekes (1903 - 1990). Yet despite her international… Video, Audio

Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism is a book with a seductive title but contains a serious argument. Audio

Robyn Annear is the author of five books on history and her latest work  is titled Nothing New - a history of second hand.  

An avid Op shopper, she'll discuss what buying things second hand means to… Audio

The crypto-currency One Coin promised to be the next BitCoin. Even Kiwis got on board with the hype. The problem is, it never really existed and now its founder has disappeared. Audio

Sociologist Anthony Elliott - AI is not so much the future as a revolution already well underway, albeit one which is unfolding in complex and uneven ways across the globe. Audio

11:20 Worth a detour: The travel guide to hidden Kiwi gems

Author Peter Janssen has spent years travelling around New Zealand, finding all the out-of-the-way places that are worth a look. And… Audio

Goodbye face masks and bubble baths, hello genuine methods to take care of yourself. Anna Borges, senior Health editor for Self Magazine, gives tips on everything from sleeping to setting boundaries… Audio

In an age where companies' reputations can hang on their environmental record ... where does this leave the humble sneaker heading into the future? Emily Brayshaw is a lecturer in fashion and design… Audio

We think of those in the world of fitness as exceptionally healthy people, but my next guest is helping to shine a light on an unhealthier aspect of the industry. Nats Levi was working as a fitness… Audio

Margaret Atwood, who wrote The Handmaid's Tale, is coming to New Zealand with its sequelThe Testaments. She discusses how evil flourishes and how it eventually dies. Audio

If you've ever dreamed of abandoning your life in the city and fleeing to some quiet corner of the coast - Deborah Hide-Bayne can tell you exactly how to do it. She 'escaped' to the Coromandel from… Audio

Professor Tyler Cowen is a big supporter of immigration -- when it's done right -- but warns the New Zealand government needs to continue with its policy of not allowing China to get too much… Audio

Doug Wilson is a medical academic, former pharmaceutical executive, writer and the author of Ageing For Beginners. He takes an active interest in how we age, and what people are doing about it. He… Audio

Wendy S. Walters' early career majored on poetry but as her writing career continued she found herself getting drawn more and more towards non-fiction. Her 2015 collection Multiply/Divide: On the… Audio

We don't remember their names, sometimes we don't even know they existed, but whistleblowers have exposed some of the biggest scandals in history.  Audio

Isa Pearl Ritchie drew on her own childhood experiences and got some help from her daughter to write Awa and the Dreamrealm – a book  about a 13-year-old girl who doesn't know that what she's… Audio

British journalist Jonathan Rugman details what happened to Jamal Khashoggi and what it reveals about the regime of crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.  Audio