All episodes
Friday, 12 December 2025
- 1:10 Meet New Zealand Rugby's Referee of the Year
- 1:15 Why some NZ apple growers are ditching the US
- 1:25 The Tongan film going for Oscar glory
- 1:40 Feesh and Cheeps? We look at the evolution of the Kiwi accent
- 1:50 Freaky Friday
- 2:10 Films: Kate Rodger on what to watch this summer
- 2:25 NZ Live: Paige!
- 3:10 Food: Turkey Burgers for the win!
- 3:15 Music 101: Tony Stamp is in the studio
- 3:15 Weekend Stuff: Getting your home clean for Christmas
- 3:32 Critter of the Week: Turbott’s Weevil (Anagotus turbotti)
Thursday, 11 December 2025
- 1:10 Search for the yellow legged hornet widens
- 1:15 Why the US wants to crack down on your social media
- 1:25 What's going on at Auckland's Sanctuary Mahi Whenua Gardens?
- 1:35 What are nicotine pouches and should we be worried?
- 2:05 Relationships
- 2:30 NZ Sporting History: The Legend that is Mark Graham
- 3:15 Solving the World's Problems: Deliberate democracy
- 3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris
- 3:35 The community project getting Critter of the Week merch funding
Wednesday, 10 December 2025
- 1:10 On the up! Reaction to the latest tourism numbers
- 1:15 Game On! What is going on with NZ sport and governance?
- 1:25 This "everyday Kiwi" was awarded NDF's Civilian of the Year.
- 1:35 Making the Tank Farm in AKL's Wynyard Quarter a public space.
- 1:35 Stories from Our Changing World
- 1:45 Heading Off to The Great Wall of China
- 2:12 Music Critic: Ladi6 with Nightmares on Wax
- 2:20 BBQ courgette and sweetcorn salad with basil yoghurt dressing
- 2:30 Bookmarks with Cameron Rhodes
- 3:10 Feature: Why doing less could be the answer to better parenting
Tuesday, 9 December 2025
- 1:10 Explainer: What the Resource Management Act should do
- 1:20 Crime against food: A deep dive into NZ's worst recipes
- 1:32 Should we care that NZ is falling in Global GDP Ranking?
- 1:49 What exactly is going on with the WBD acquisition?
- 2:08 Book Critic: Some top picks for the holidays
- 2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster
- 2:32 Music feature: Geneva AM on Waiata Anthems
- 3:08 Is laser eye surgery really all it's cracked up to be?
Monday, 8 December 2025
- 1:08 It's hot! So hot! Is this the new normal?
- 1:15 Ring your bell! What is electric bike etiquette
- 1:25 What does globalisation mean in 2025?
- 1:35 Quirky collectibles: Find out about a 10-million-year-old crab
- 2:10 Television Critic: What's good on the small screen
- 2:20 Jesse Goes Clubbing!
- 2:30 Expert Feature: Everything you need to know about space
- 3:10 Feature: A guide to good food - and why you need it
Friday, 5 December 2025
- 1:15 What's going on with property prices in Auckland?
- 1:25 How can we ensure our kids are safe playing sport?
- 1:35 Why makes a successful company stand out from the rest?
- 1:52 Freaky Friday
- 2:10 Film Review: Zooptopia 2 and Nuremberg
- 2:20 NZ Live: Jorydn with a Why is in Studio A
- 3:08 Food: Caramelised Onion Sausage Roll Wreath
Thursday, 4 December 2025
- 1:15 What is the Emissions Trading Scheme Auction?
- 1:25 Rating the very best of NZ TV and Film from the 2010s.
- 1:35 Sri Lanka is dealing with a disaster - how can we help?
- 2:10 Group Chat: Chat GPT fails and weighing into Wicked
- 2:10 A-Z of Aotearoa: M for Māori Battalion
- 3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm
- 3:35 Bringing Pixie Williams' voice back to vinyl
Wednesday, 3 December 2025
- 1:15 Find out why school principals are leaving the role.
- 1:20 Why are so many of us driving without a WoF or Rego?
- 1:25 Inside out: The best way to get the benefits of Vitamin C
- 1:35 Game On: The Kiwi game developers smashing it
- 1:45 Heading Off: Anna Thomas on living in Timor Leste
- 2:12 Music Critic: New music from FOAP
- 2:20 Easy Eats: Rotisserie chicken panzanella
- 2:30 Bookmarks with American singer songwriter Santigold
- 3:10 Feature interview: A Jeffrey Epstein survivor shares her story
- 3:35 Stories from Our Changing World
Tuesday, 2 December 2025
- 1:10 Explainer: Open Banking is here - so what is it exactly?
- 1:15 What is 'ragebait' and how does it compare to other 'words of the year'?
- 1:20 What exactly is the Queen's Chain and how can you use it?
- 1:35 Why are we so bad at discerning sounds?
- 1:45 Podcast Critic: The Wonder of Stevie
- 2:10 Book Critic: Claire Mabey shares her picks
- 2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster
- 2:30 Music feature: An insight into Emmylou Harris
- 3:10 Feature: Ruby Tandoh digests food culture in 2025
Monday, 1 December 2025
- 1:10 Supply versus Demand: Finding housing for our elderly
- 1:15 Drug Driving Tests: How can you test for impairment?
- 1:25 How an Auckland professor is tackling anaesthetic gas emissions
- 1:35 What makes Melissa Stokes nervous? Not breaking news!
- 1:45 One long song: Crosby Still and Nash
- 2:10 Television Critic: Beast in Me and All Her Fault
- 2:20 Jesse Goes Clubbing: Hawkes Bay Racing Lawnmower Club
- 2:30 Expert Feature: We put the spotlight on wool
- 3:10 Director James Vanderbilt on why 'Nuremberg' had to be made
Friday, 28 November 2025
- 1:15 Kiwi driver Liam Lawson's future
- 1:20 Tips on how to cool down
- 1:25 90-year-old attempts to break world record
- 1:25 Weekend Stuff: Gardening
- 1:35 NZ researcher dubbed the "Indiana Jones of microbiology"
- 1:45 Freaky Friday
- 2:10 Film Review
- 2:20 NZ Live: Troy Kingi
- 3:08 Food: Mussels with Fennel, Crème fraiche and Saffron
- 3:35 Critter of the Week: Olearia Owlet Moth
Thursday, 27 November 2025
- 1:10 Are Australians becoming more progressive as they age?
- 1:20 National Erebus Memorial Location Revealed
- 1:32 From cooking on the Rainbow Warrior to becoming a Buddhist Nun
- 2:12 Relationships: Advice for those tricky moments in life
- 2:32 NZ Sporting History: Gilbert Enoka
- 3:10 Solving the World's Problems with Dave Armstrong
- 3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris
- 3:35 Soul Funk Gospel singer Romi Wrights is in studio
- 3:50 The pre-panel for 27 November 2025
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- 1:11 Being a fussy eater might not be as straightforward as it seems
- 1:25 NZ is full of paper roads - but what are they exactly?
- 1:35 Author Fleur Beale, why local stories are crucial for kids
- 1:45 Heading Off: Autonomous Region of Bougainville
- 2:12 Music Critic: New music from Mavis Staples
- 2:20 Easy Eats: Vietnamese inspired turmeric and dill fried fish
- 2:30 Bookmarks with Clare Bowden from Mandatory Menswear
- 3:10 Why creativity is an important as health and exercise
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
- 1:11 What are regional councils actually for?
- 1:11 Tech Tuesday with Tim Batt 25 November 2025
- 1:11 Music feature: We put the spotlight on Bjork
- 1:20 Is an A grade still impressive? We get a student's perspective
- 1:35 Taking a look at artist Fred Graham's legacy
- 1:40 Is prison really the answer to cracking down on crime?
- 2:10 Book Critic: A self-help book for brainboxes
- 2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster
- 3:10 Feature interview: The one and only Warren Ellis
- 3:45 The pre-Panel for 25 November 2025
Monday, 24 November 2025
- 1:15 What proposed changes to the Building Act could mean to you
- 1:25 How to make a blockbuster movie in ten days for ten grand
- 1:45 One long song: "All My Friends" by LCD Soundsystem
- 1:45 What is forensic toxicology?
- 2:10 Television Critic: Happiness and the Celebrity Traitors effect
- 2:20 Jesse Goes Clubbing
- 2:30 Expert Feature: Everything you need to know about wedding planning
- 3:10 Could encouraging boys to read help lift their mental health
Friday, 21 November 2025
- 1:10 Meet the best hockey goalkeeper in the world!
- 1:15 Are Black Friday sales really sales?
- 1:25 A Dog Show like you've never seen it before!
- 1:35 Up in smoke? How worried should we be about tobacco
- 1:45 Freaky Friday
- 2:10 Film Review with Kate Rodger
- 2:20 NZ Live: Michaela Tempers
- 3:08 Food with Gretchen Lowe
- 3:16 What's on the Weekend?
- 3:25 Weekend Stuff: Getting organised ahead of Christmas
- 3:35 Critter of the Week: The giant mole weta
Thursday, 20 November 2025
- 1:10 Butter prices falling at global auction - why not in shops too?
- 1:15 Ultra Processed Food - what should we be eating instead?
- 1:25 What exactly is a water crematorium?
- 1:35 Find out why the GM debate isn't just about food or labels
- 2:10 Group Chat: the issues filling up your feeds
- 2:30 NZ Sporting History: The one and only Barry Magee
- 3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm
- 3:45 The pre-Panel 20 November 2025
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- 1:15 Why ultra processed foods are even worse for us than we thought
- 1:25 The Epstein Files are to be released - so what happens now?
- 1:35 Honouring Douglas Wright
- 1:45 Heading Off: "Welcome to my Garden"
- 2:10 Music Critic:WITCH and The New Existentialists
- 2:20 Easy Eats: Black pepper beef stir fry
- 2:30 Bookmarks with Gaurav Sharma
- 3:10 Feature interview: Unapologetic rock star Joan Jett
- 3:35 Stories from Our Changing World
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
- 1:10 Scam Alert! What can we do to stop losing money to scammers?
- 1:18 The Hawkes Bay bridge that has people talking
- 1:25 The talented Invercargill student shooting for the stars
- 1:35 Find out about an award-winning community project in Taranaki.
- 1:45 Podcast Critic: AI - how worried should we be really?
- 2:10 Book Critic: Christmas present suggestions
- 2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster
- 2:30 Music feature: Get ready to rock with Metallica!
- 3:10 Feature interview: Re-examining Christian values
- 3:30 You're the Judge: Give us your reckons!
- 3:30 Spoken Feature: Thrift
Monday, 17 November 2025
- 1:10 Horse instead of beef? How your diet can affect climate change
- 1:22 Asbestos sand: How worried should you be?
- 1:32 Find out how AI is helping identify bird song
- 1:39 Putting traditional building techniques into modern use
- 2:08 Television Critic: Actor Michelle Langstone shares her picks
- 2:19 Jesse Goes Clubbing!
- 2:34 Feature Interview: What exactly is "workslop?"
- 3:08 Expert Feature: How do you navigate a divorce or separation?
Friday, 14 November 2025
- 1:13 Explainer: What actually is the Regulatory Standards Bill?
- 1:18 How will drug driving testing work?
- 1:25 Why the Coromandel is more than beautiful beaches
- 1:35 Bus Driver Appreciation Day
- 1:45 Freaky Friday
- 2:10 Film Review: Does The Running Man stack up to the original?
- 2:20 NZ Live: L.A Mitchell is in our Christchurch studio!
- 3:08 Food with Julie Biuso
- 3:25 A Decade of Critter of the Week! (Part one)
- 3:35 A Decade of Critter of the Week! (Part two)
Thursday, 13 November 2025
- 1:15 Prescription changes - but will it be good for our health?
- 1:25 What happens when we run out of cemetery space?
- 1:35 Making their mark in Abel Tasman National Park
- 1:45 Great album: Unknown Mortal Orchestra 'Curse'
- 2:10 Relationships: How do you build back trust?
- 2:30 A-Z of Aotearoa: L for Lamb
- 3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Ali Jones
- 3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris
- 3:35 A new initiative bringing check-ups into the office
- 3:45 The Pre-Panel for 13 November 2025
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
- 1:10 Explainer: The ins and outs of the McSkimming case
- 1:15 Congestion Charging: What does it mean for you?
- 1:25 Trippin out on Push Push: The 90s band is back!
- 1:35 Why does music cross borders and boundaries?
- 1:45 Heading Off: When a short escape becomes a long adventure
- 2:12 Music Critic: Troy Kingi's latest song
- 2:20 Easy Eats: Savoury French toast with Kelly Gibney
- 2:30 Bookmarks with Richard Chen See
- 3:10 Feature: Why common knowledge is key to a functioning society
- 3:35 Stories from Our Changing World
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
- 1:10 Safety First: The reality of running a shop in South Auckland
- 1:15 How much ecological damage has the Tongariro fire done?
- 1:20 Capturing Shackelton's Trans-Antarctica Expedition
- 1:35 Singer Songwriter Babe Martin back in studio
- 1:45 Tech Tuesday with Tim Batt
- 2:10 Book Critic: Book things related to 'Hoods Landing'
- 2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster
- 2:30 Music feature: Ry Cooder
- 3:10 Feature interview: Why you shouldn't be yourself
- 3:30 You're the Judge: Children at parties - yes or no?
- 3:35 Spoken Feature: Thrift is Back!
Monday, 10 November 2025
- 1:15 The West Bank through a New Zealand man's eyes
- 1:25 Cover your ears: Bagpipers join for largest world record attempt
- 1:45 One family's mission to repopulate our pāua
- 2:10 TV Critic: 'The Twelve' and 'The Diplomat'
- 2:20 Cold Call: Pest Controller
- 2:30 Expert: Solving cold cases
- 3:10 Feature: 3D facial technology changes a man's life
- 3:30 'The Convert' star Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne tributes Lee Tamahori
- 3:35 Here Now
