RNZ: Saturday Morning show

RNZ: Saturday Morning

Summary: A magazine programme hosted by Kim Hill, with long-form, in-depth feature interviews on current affairs, science, modern life, history, the arts and more.

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Podcasts:

 David Magee: Life of Pi | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:32

American scriptwriter whose adaptation of Life of Pi, based upon the bestselling book by Yann Martel, is directed by Ang Lee.

 Playing Favourites with Mike Dooley | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:39:30

Drummer for seminal New Zealand bands The Enemy and Toy Love, who is now a career consultant.

 Shaun Preston: entertainment | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:43

That's entertainment Singer, pianist and entertainer who divides his performing year between New Zealand and the UK.

 Paul Wah: teaching and China | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:35:57

Fourth generation Chinese New Zealander and first Chinese to be appointed as principal of a state secondary school in New Zealand; his memoir is Wooden Man, Stone Heart.

 Gregory Johnsen: Yemen and Al-Quaeda | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:48:52

Yemen and Al-Quaeda Member of the USAID's conflict assessment team for Yemen, and author of the Waq al-waq blog and new book The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and America's War in Arabia

 Listener Feedback | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:02:42

Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme.

 Children's Books with Kate De Goldi | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:18:27

Kate discusses Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village, by Laura Amy Schlitz, illustrated by Robert Byrd, and a novel and two poetry books by Paul Fleishman: Bull Run, Big Talk: Poems for Four Voices, and I Am Phoenix: Poems for Two Voices.

 Brianna Fruean: youth and power | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:14

One of the main coordinators of 350.org in Samoa who has represented her country as a youth environment ambassador in Korea, Japan, and at the Rio Earth Summit.

 Rebecca Watson: girls and shopping | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:54

Leader of a team of female activists at Skepchick, who travels around the world delivering talks on science, feminism, and scepticism.

 Playing Bluegrass with the Pipi Pickers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:43:28

Barry Torkington, Nathan Torkington, Garry Bigwood and Jenine Abarbanel Torkington are the Leigh-based bluegrass band, The Pipi Pickers. (Some songs removed for copyright reasons)

 Art with Mary Kisler: patron's gifts | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:19:23

Mary discusses a new exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery, Partner Dance: Gifts from the Patrons of the Gallery, which celebrates 25 years of patrons' gifts.

 Kathleen Sharp: blood medicine | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:32:28

Journalist and author of Blood Medicine: Blowing the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever.

 Richie McCaw: rugby and leadership | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:17:39

Richie McCaw is the captain of the All Blacks, and tells his story, with Greg McGee, in Richie McCaw: The Open Side.

 Michael Nugent: blasphemy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:29

Writer from Dublin who chairs the advocacy group Atheist Ireland, and has written on blasphemy law in Ireland.

 Listener Feedback | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:02:49

Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme.

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