RNZ: The Weekend Podcast
1) Kitchen Stories: Maine Andrews prepares Cook Islands food
Maine Andrew was born on the island paradise of Aitutaki, Cook Islands, where recipes are handed down from generation to generation. She regularly hosts the Cook Islands health show on Auckland statio...Show More
2) Musical Obsessions: Chelsea Jade on Feist
Chelsea Jade is a New Zealand pop musician based in Los Angeles, whose first full-length album, Personal Best, was released last July. She is a Silver Scrolls finalist for her song Laugh it Off (inclu...Show More
3) Eric Asimov: How to enjoy wine
Eric Asimov is the chief wine critic for the New York Times. He began his career at The New York Times in 1984, first writing about food, and later becoming a wine critic. Eric wrote the book How to L...Show More
4) Donald Trump offers "compromise" to end US government shutdown
In a live televised address, the US President set out new plans on his Mexican wall project to try to end a partial government shutdown lasting more than four weeks. One of Donald Trump's "compromises...Show More
5) Eve Simmons: Getting rid of hang-ups about food
Eve Simmons is the deputy health editor for the Mail on Sunday, a survivor of anorexia, and co-founder of the website Not Plant Based, in which she and her co-writer, Laura Dennison, scathingly pick a...Show More
6) Scaachi Koul: Covering the culture wars
Scaachi Koul is a Canadian journalist whose first collection of essays, One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, observes the world in a wry, irreverent, moving, and laugh-out-loud funn...Show More
7) Are corporates taking responsibility for plastic waste?
Dr Elspeth McRae is chief innovation and science officer at the Crown Research Institute, Scion, which is working on alternatives to petroleum-based plastic. Dr McRae is on the board of the Packaging ...Show More
8) Violence in Zimbabwe during major crackdown on fuel protests
Police in Zimbabwe this week rounded up hundreds after violent protests over high fuel prices; human rights groups say 12 have been killed, and beatings widely reported. The demonstrations were trigge...Show More
9) Kitchen Stories: Noha Ibrahim cooks food from Egypt
Noha Ibrahim moved to New Zealand with her family from Egypt in 2016. She brings recipes for Sahlab, an Egyptian winter drink; Mediterranean Squid Tagine; and Qatayef, a Middle Eastern dessert.
10) Musical Obsessions: James Nokise and D'Angelo
Comedian James Nokise is a veteran performer in both New Zealand and overseas, and the host of Eating Fried Chicken In The Shower, an RNZ podcast in which he interviews people about their mental healt...Show More