Chris Laidlaw

English Playwrite Bryony Lavery talks about her upcoming play, Beautiful Burnout, on soon at the International Arts Festival Audio

Professor of the History of Science at Stanford University Robert Proctor has studied thousands of formerly secret documents from the cigarette industry to explore how cigarettes became the most… Audio

What the listeners have to say on today's programme. Audio

Chris Laidlaw talks to Gareth Morgan - economist, author, philanthropist, adventurer, Phoenix Football Club co-owner, and father of Sam 'TradeMe' Morgan. From the Ideas collection: Influential Kiwis… Audio

Scientist, explorer and environmentalist, Tim Flannery was Australian of the Year in 2007, and chairs the Copenhagen Climate Council. He talks to Chris about climate change, energy options and his… Audio

Chris reads some of the haiku sent in by listeners. Audio

Paul Warren discusses why it's important to preserve languages, and if giving a language official status guarantees its survival. Audio

Joris de Bres, Race Relations Commissioner, considers how most of us mark Waitangi Day away from the Treaty ground, how we express our national identity, and the future of race relations. Audio

The massive Freeport Mine in Indonesia’s Papua province has been brought to a standstill with 8000 of its workers on strike; a US federal appeals court in San Francisco recently ruled Bouganvillians… Audio

Peter Wells has written a new biography on William Colenso, an ill-starred printer who stood up in the tent at Waitangi and told the promoters of the treaty that they were on the wrong track. Audio

Professor of International Relations at the University of London, Stephen Chan on the commonwealth. Is it a worn out relic or is there life in it yet? Audio

Neville Peat on perhaps the most significant figure in the understanding and protection of NZ's seabirds, Lance Richdale, who was described by Time magazine as the Dr Kinsey of the penguin world. Audio

What you, the listeners, say on the ideas and issues that have appeared in the programme. Audio

In memory of Roger Kerr we're replaying a 2009 interview with him where he reflects on his life, his ideas and the individuals and thinkers who influenced him. Audio

Pioneering restaurateur Fleur Sullivan changed the world of dining out for many when she opened Oliver's in Clyde in the 1970s, and now runs two restaurants in North Otago. She talks to Chris about… Audio

Janet Holmes is Professor of Linguistics at Victoria University. She discusses the pitfalls and possibilities of cross-cultural communication in the workplace, and how we can learn from each other. Audio

Vicky Duncan talks about the history of Otiwhiti Station in the rugged Rangitikei hill-country that's been home to the pioneering farming family, the Duncans, since the 1880s. Audio

What you, the listeners, say on the ideas and issues that have appeared in the programme. Audio

What you, the listeners, say on the ideas and issues that appeared in the programme. Audio