RNZ: Saturday Morning Podcast
1) Kim reads listener feedback
Kim reads listener feedback on the show.
2) Mary Kisler: The Art of Artemisia Gentileschi
Art historian and curator Mary Kisler is back to discuss the Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition currently on at the National Gallery in London. Gentileschi (1593 - c.1656) was an Italian Baroque artist,...Show More
3) Poet Mohamed Hassan: Islamophobia, Aotearoa and me
Mohamed Hassan is an award-winning journalist and poet based in Auckland. Public Enemy, his 2016 podcast series about the rise of Islamophobia post 9/11, won Gold at the 2017 New York Festival Radio A...Show More
4) Sarah Kessans: proteins in space
Sarah Kessans started her academic career studying plants; now the self-confessed 'space geek' is a synthetic biologist trying to build New Zealand's role in the global space economy. Her research tak...Show More
5) Feminist philosopher Judith Butler: why gender still causes trouble
Professor Judith Butler is an activist, philosopher, and critical theorist who has spent decades writing about gender. She's authored several books, but is best known for her widely influential 1990 w...Show More
6) Binnie O'Dwyer: lawyer fighting for Aboriginal rights
Lawyer Belinda (Binnie) O'Dwyer was born in Hastings, and now lives in New South Wales where she works for the Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS). A former environmental activist, she's trying to combat t...Show More
7) Nobel Prize winning auction expert Paul Milgrom
Stanford University Professor and Auctionomics co-founder Paul Milgrom has just been awarded a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences alongside his former academic supervisor Professor Robert Wilson. You mi...Show More
8) Esther Woolfson: loving our pets to death
Is the way we breed and keep pet animals essentially cruel and unethical? Esther Woolfson is an Scottish author and animal lover. Her latest book Between Light and Storm: How We Live With Other Specie...Show More
9) The week in US politics: Nicholas Fandos
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's likely replacement on the Supreme Court, has been grilled about her stance on abortion rights during her confirmation hearing this week. Facebook and Twi...Show More
10) Norman Swan: How Australia is coping with Covid-19
Dr Norman Swan is an investigative journalist, broadcaster, and producer based in Sydney. He's the host of the ABC's Health Report, and Coronacast, a podcast dedicated to informing Australians on the...Show More