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World champion axeman Adam Lowe
8:45 AM.Fourteen times world woodchopping champion, Adam Lowe manages the South Island Wood Chopping team, bound for New South Wales for a big grudge match. He joins Susie for which blade, what wood, how fast… Read more Audio
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EVs: can the voltage keep up with the mileage?
8:35 AM.Line company Vector's recently created electric vehicle trends tracker shows EV ownership in Auckland is up almost 200% in two years. This growth begs the question: is the city's infrastructure… Read more Audio
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Koala conservationist Rebecca Johnson
8:10 AM.Chief Scientist at the world's biggest museum, wildlife forensic scientist and conservation geneticist Rebecca Johnson is a leading researcher in koala conservation. The iconic Aussie marsupial is… Read more Audio
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Saturday morning listener feedback for 27 of January 2024
11:50 AM.Listener feedback for 27th January 2024 saturday morning with Susie Ferguson. Audio
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Dr Katie Mack: life, the universe and everything
11:05 AM.Astrophysicist Katie Mack discusses the possibility of time travel, how time will end, gravitational waves and the power of antimatter. Dr Mack is the Hawking Chair in Cosmology and Science… Read more Audio
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Scott Silven and the wonders of magic
10:35 AM.Mentalist, illusionist and performance artist Scott Silven's marvelous magical career is inspired by the mists and mysticism of his Scottish homeland. Silven studied hypnosis age 15. At 19 he… Read more Audio
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Aubrey Gordon: what life's like for 'Your Fat Friend'
10:05 AM.The assumption that people actually mean 'unlovable' or 'unworthy' when they describe themselves as 'fat' reveals the harsh bias we have against bigger bodies, says writer and podcaster Aubrey… Read more Video, Audio
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The BIG U - defending Manhattan from future floods
9:35 AM.When Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast of the U.S. in 2012 New York city was particularly badly hit, suffering major flooding and 20 billion dollars in damage. Part of the Government's response was… Read more Audio
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Anne Michaels on her new novel Held
9:05 AM.Best known for Fugitive Pieces, Canadian novelist and poet Anne Michaels talks to Susie about her new novel Held. With a cast of characters spanning over a century, in Held Michaels explores favourite… Read more Audio
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Alanna Smith: facial recognition to track turtles
8:45 AM.A project led by Cook Islands environmentalist Alanna Smith, is taking advantage of an anatomical quirk to track turtles' movements around her home country of Rarotonga. The director of NGO Ipukarea… Read more Audio
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New Zealand photo archive up for auction
8:10 AM.An online auction of historic photographs is taking place, with the aim of returning them to New Zealand hands. Australian media company Fairfax sent 1.4 million images from its photographic archive… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Graham Leonard: The faultlines that shape and shake New Zealand
4:15 PM.What drives New Zealand's faultlines and earthquakes, and what does it mean for us? Read more Audio
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Talking turkey with Josh Emett
11:45 AM.Chef Josh Emett spent a decade working with notoriously hot-tempered and foul-mouthed Gordan Ramsey. Read more Audio
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Best books with Kate De Goldi and Elizabeth Knox
11:05 AM.Prodigious readers Kate De Goldi and Elizabeth Knox are in to share their favourite books. Read more Audio
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Playing Favourites with Anika Moa
10:05 AM.Multitalented wahine Anika Moa joins us for this year's final Playing Favourites. Read more Video, Audio
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'Eighty-percent of people's problems with their tomatoes is they're just watering too much'
9:45 AM.Tomatoes are a favourite backyard crop but can be tricky to grow. Organic gardener Kath Irvine shares her tips. Read more Audio
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Takács Quartet violinist Edward Dusinberre
9:20 AM.Musician and author Edward Dusinberre is first violinist in the renowned Takács Quartet - one of the world's greatest string quartets. Read more Audio
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Ruth Shaw: Wee bookshops and huge love for dogs
9:05 AM.Septuagenarian Ruth Shaw's plans for a quiet retirement were derailed last year when her memoir The Bookseller at the End of the World, became an international bestseller. Read more Audio
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Michael Cunningham on time, triangles and his new novel Day
8:10 AM.Although Michael Cunningham began writing Day, A Novel during the Covid pandemic, his new book is not a "plague novel". "I want to read about people and their relationships and how they survived… Read more Audio
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Raising a glass to Sauvignon Blanc: Bill Spence
11:45 AM.The first Sauvignon Blanc vines were planted in New Zealand fifty years ago. Taking the lead from California, in the early seventies when wine was either red or white, and liqueurs and sherries were… Read more Audio
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Tusiata Avia's Big Fat Brown Bitch: 'I was bloody rarked up'
11:05 AM.Earlier this year, Samoan-NZ writer Tusiata Avia became the target of harassment and death threats after her poem 250th anniversary of James Cook's arrival in New Zealand was labelled 'racist' by the… Read more Audio
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Simon Denny: Optimism and the race to space
10:35 AM.Berlin-based New Zealand artist Simon Denny likes to explore and play with the intersections of art, power and new technology. He represented New Zealand at the 2015 Venice Biennale with "Secret… Read more Audio
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Kera Sherwood-O'Regan: top woman
10:06 AM.Not far down the BBC's list of 100 Women for 2023 is 31 year old Christchurch-based indigenous rights and disability advocate Kera Sherwood-O'Regan (Kai Tahu). Kera is the co-founder of Activate, a… Read more Audio
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Unsupported and isolated: living and dying with ME/CFS
9:29 AM.An inquest hearing in the UK has heard how 27 year old Maeve Boothby-O'Neill died from complications relating to ME, following years of inadequate care from the National Health Service. At least… Read more Audio
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Leo Vardiashvili - Hard by a Great Forest
9:05 AM.Leo Vardiashvili arrived in London as a 13 year old refugee from Georgia. His family was forced to flee after their country descended into civil war after breaking away from the Soviet Union. Hard by… Read more Audio