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Robyn Davidson: an Unfinished Woman
11:08 AM.Internationally bestselling Australian author Robyn Davidson's new memoir Unfinished Woman delves into her past to investigate time and memory, asking how can we learn to be 'at home everywhere'? A… Read more Audio
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Smiling about his boys: Kevin Barrett
10:45 AM.Veteran Taranaki rugby player Kevin 'Smiley' Barrett has three sons playing in the Rugby World Cup final against the Springboks tomorrow. So how is he, and mum Robyn feeling ahead of Jordie, Beauden… Read more Audio
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Chuck D rapping lyrical
10:06 AM.2023 marks the 50th anniversary of hip hop, a cultural and political movement that started in the Bronx and went global. As a founding member and main MC for Public Enemy, Chuck D was a pioneer of the… Read more Video, Audio
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Jesmyn Ward: the hell of American slavery
9:29 AM.Two-time US National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward's latest novel Let Us Descend tackles the hellish reality of life as a chattel slave. Modelled on Dante's Inferno, and based on extensive historical… Read more Audio
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Misophonia: when small noises are a big problem
9:07 AM.Does the sound of ticking clocks, noisy eating, or loud breathing cause you physical distress? If so, you may be one of every five people who suffer from misophonia. The condition can trigger… Read more Audio
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The Final countdown: Jeff Wilson
8:48 AM.Considered one of New Zealand's most gifted sports people of his generation, Jeff 'Goldie' Wilson lined up with the All Blacks the last time they faced the Springboks in a Rugby World Cup final, in… Read more Audio
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Bottled water, everywhere: Daniel Jaffee
8:12 AM.Bottled water is now a $300-billion global industry and the most consumed packaged drink. So why are we drinking so much of it and what's the environmental cost? Sociologist Daniel Jaffee explores… Read more Audio
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Toby Manhire: Election aftermath
11:40 AM.A week on from the General Election, editor-at-large at the Spinoff Toby Manhire reflects on lessons learned during the times of previous National and Labour opposition, with cautionary tales for… Read more Audio
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Lisa Simone: celebrating Nina
11:05 AM.Emmy award-winning singer and composer Lisa Simone is touring Australia with a tribute show to her legendary singer-songwriter and pianist mother Nina Simone with her tour 'Keeper Of The Flame' A… Read more Audio
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Danyl McLauchlan: the rise of Bronze Age Pervert
10:40 AM.Writer Danyl McLauchlan joins Kim to tackle life's big questions, ideas and thinkers. This week he looks at Bronze Age Pervert (BAP), an until-recently anonymous internet personality and influential… Read more Audio
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Kate Mulgrew: where no woman has gone before
10:05 AM.Before her Emmy nominated role as flawed but lovable Galina 'Red' Reznikov in Orange is the New Black actor Kate Mulgrew was perhaps best known for playing Captain Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek… Read more Audio
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Simon Tisdall: Israel-Gaza going global?
9:35 AM.Could the Israel-Gaza war ignite a wider conflict, between the US and Iran? In his latest writing for The Guardian, foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall explains why this is a possibility. Read more Audio
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Paul Lynch on his Booker shortlisted novel Prophet Song
9:05 AM.Irish novelist Paul Lynch's latest book Prophet Song was shortlisted last month for this year's Booker Prize. The novel is set is a dystopian version of Dublin, after an unspecified crisis has tipped… Read more Audio
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Rugby with Rarere
8:55 AM.The All Blacks are playing Argentina for a place in the Rugby World Cup final. After beating Ireland in a nail-biting quarterfinal, NZ is expected to beat Argentina to play either England or the… Read more Audio
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'We have to make a huge shift': climate activist and actor Fehinti Balogun
8:25 AM.British actor Fehinti Balogun isn't just angry about climate inaction – he's furious. Read more Video, Audio
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Climate activist and actor Fehinti Balogun
8:25 AM.Accomplished Nigerian-born UK actor and climate activist Fehinti Balogun isn't angry about climate change. He's furious. The Dune and I May Destroy You actor has presented at the UN COP26 climate… Read more Audio
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Gregg Carlstrom: Israel-Gaza latest
8:10 AM.Egypt has agreed to open the Rafah crossing to allow trucks carrying aid into Gaza, in a conflict that is escalating two weeks on. Gregg Carlstrom is a Middle East correspondent for The Economist… Read more Audio
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Saturday morning listener feedback
8:00 AM.Kim Hills listener feedback for saturday morning 21st October 2023 Audio
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Rebecca Priestley: navigating end times
11:38 AM.Rebecca Priestley's new memoir End Times moves between recollections of teen punk nihilism and a flirtation with born again Christianity, to a modern day climate anxiety-fuelled South Island road… Read more Audio
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Cristina Rivera Garza: grief demanding justice
11:06 AM.It took Mexican scholar, novelist, and poet Cristina Rivera Garza 30 years to be able to write about what happened to her younger sister. Liliana Rivera Garza was murdered by her abusive boyfriend in… Read more Audio
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Frank Gardner on Israel's lack of preparedness
10:45 AM.BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner on Israel's failure of intelligence, "and imagination", not to anticipate the Hamas attacks. Audio
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David & Conor Kershaw: 150 years of Martinborough's P&K store
10:35 AM.This month marks 150 years of business for a Wairarapa store that's been in the hands of one family for four generations. Martinborough's Pain and Kershaw traces its origins to the late 19th century… Read more Audio
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Reggae maestro Dennis Bovell headed downunder
10:05 AM.One of the UK's foundational black music producers Barbados-born Dennis Bovell was an instigator of the slow-reggae love song genre Lovers Rock, producing songs such as Janet Kaye's 1979 hit Silly… Read more Audio
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Reporting from Israel: Lyse Doucet
9:35 AM.The BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet is reporting in Southern Isreal, close to the Gaza-Israeli border in Ashkelon, which is coming under fire from Hamas. Doucet says the Israel… Read more Audio
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Ian Urbina: slavery on the high seas
9:07 AM.Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ian Urbina's latest investigations into the Chinese distant-water fishing fleet has uncovered human rights and labour abuses. The Chinese foreign fishing fleet is an… Read more Audio