Author Interview

Talk isn't cheap, it's powerful. The right conversation can build trust, foster belonging, and show people they matter. But as Harvard's Dr. Alison Wood Brooks has found, sometimes we're just not that… Audio

German life coach Karin Kuschik explains why sometimes speaking bluntly could make us all happier. Audio

Breakthrough drugs are changing medicine, offering new hope in pill form. But the system meant to protect patients is under strain. The U.S. develops over 40% of new medications, and the FDA plays a… Audio

Time for Bookmarks now and Jesse's guest today is author Damien Wilkins, who is this year's winner of the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at this year's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Damien… Audio

Award-winning author Michelle Rahurahu (Ngāti Rahurahu, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa) joined Emile Donovan to discuss her writing, upbringing and share her whakataukī this week. Audio

In his latest book I Dream of Joni, author and journalist Henry Alford traverses Mitchell's life in 53 essays. Audio

Award-winning author Graci Kim on her canceled U.S. book tour amid Trump-era bans—and how Korean resilience and Kiwi optimism made her a New York Times bestseller Video, Audio

In her latest book Autocracy, Inc, Pulitzer-prize winning historian Anne Applebaum examines the power structures currently running the world.  Audio

Catherine Chidgey is one of New Zealand's best known and internationally critically acclaimed novelists. She has won pretty much every prize going. Her ninth novel The Book of Guilt is just out.  Audio

Illustrator, best-selling author and mental health advocate Campbell Walker, better known as Struthless, has amassed over 50 million video views where he discusses mental health and creativity - and… Audio

Elin Anna Labba's nonfiction book The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow, the forced displacement of the Northern Sámi blends history, memoir, poetry and images to depict a hard life and give voice to… Audio

From the cradle to the cane, muscles are the invisible engine behind everything we do. They shape our health, our identity, and our independence and yet we take them for granted says author… Audio

During the Cold War the CIA managed to smuggle ten million books across the Iron Curtain. The banned titles included Hannah Arendt, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, George Orwell, and Agatha Christie.  Audio

Yael Van der Wouden's first novel The Safekeep is a twisted tale of desire, obsession and loss set in the post-war Netherlands. It was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, and now the 2025 Women's… Audio

Stag Dance, the latest novel from trans writer Torrey Peters, is made up of three short stories and the provocative titular tale of male loggers exploring their sexualities together.  Audio

A global effort to make communication clearer, kinder, and more meaningful for everyone started in the front seat of Jefferson Fisher's car. He's a Texas trial lawyer who started recording videos from… Audio