Author Interview

In Truth: A Brief History of Lies, Deception and Total Bullsh*t, Tom Phillips, author and independent fact checker looks at the ingenious ways, throughout history, humans have managed to avoid telling… Audio

TV critic  James Poniewozik looks at how celebrity obsession helped propel Trump to the White House in his book,  Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America. Audio

Lee Murray is an award-winning writer of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. She's currently based in Tauranga and is our Bookmarks guest today. Audio

We usually accept old age and ill-health as inevitably intertwined, but in the future that may not be the case, according to a geneticist based at Harvard Medical School. Dr David Sinclair attempts to… Audio

Complex legal manoeuvrings and bankruptcy proceedings are underway as some large US pharmaceutical companies attempt to settle huge lawsuits arising out of the opioid epidemic. Drug maker Johnson and… Audio

Journalist Ben Westhoff, prompted by a spike in deaths at raves looked into the cause,  which led him to write his book, Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Are Creating The Deadliest Wave Of The… Audio

Author Stacy Gregg has just released her latest young adult fictional novel. Prince of Ponies, a hybrid of Berlin during World War II and modern times. Audio

Andrew Ramsey's delved into the partnership of New Zealand's Ernest Rutherford and Australia's Mark Oliphant in his new book, The Basis of Everything: Rutherford, Oliphant and the Coming of the Atomic… Audio

Kathryn talks with chef and restaurateur Nino Zoccali about the cuisine of the Venetian Republic, Adriatic Croatia and the Greek Islands and shares recipes for Venetian Prosecco and Snapper risotto… Audio

Canadian climate change journalist of over 30 years Alanna Mitchell is not a scientist or a trained actor. But her one-woman show has been one of the most talked-about performances at the Edinburgh… Audio

Travel writer Mary Jane Walker says people should always travel to the places they tell you not to. She is the author of the 'Maverick Traveller' series of books.  Audio

Author, artist, poet Gregory O'Brien has always been enchanted by water, and in particular the role it plays in the lives and imaginations of New Zealanders. Hs new book Always Song In Water explores… Audio

Nature and travel writer Robert Macfarlane grew up in coal country, just next to limestone country. What was underground defined what was up above for him from a very young age. His new book Underland… Audio

Japan is a country of beauty, depth and surprises, says English-American writer Pico Iyer who has lived there for 32 years. Video, Audio

The media often goes to astounding lengths to remove the responsibility for violence from men, says Australian journalist Jane Gilmore. So, for the past three years, Gilmore has made it her mission to… Audio

It's time for Lately Book Club where we go exploring in the world of literature and invite you to come along. Tracey Slaughter's short fiction and poetry have been widely anthologized in New Zealand… Audio

In the early 90s, Jim Lynch dreamed about creating the world's first predator fenced community eco-sanctuary. And today the sanctuary, now known as Zealandia, is still going strong.  Audio

Melbourne comedian and writer Corey White has been through a lot, but it took writing a memoir, The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory, for him to realise just how much. He talks to Kathryn Ryan… Audio

Incentives rule the world. Throughout history dangling carrots to motivate us to innovate or change behaviour has resulted in spectacular success and spectacular failure.  Audio