Labour Day Podcast Options

10:45 AM.When did emotional labour become a 'thing' and who does it? Gemma Hartley asked for her bathroom to be deep cleaned for Mother's Day. It wasn't about the cleaning; it was about the process of finding… Read more Audio

10:38 AM.New Plymouth writer Steph Matuku has done something pretty special - she has published not one but two debut novels for young readers: Flight of the Fantail, and Whetu Toa and the Magician. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Nick has been writing features for the New Yorker for 18 years. He tells Megan Whelan how he manages to keep readers engaged in long form writing and his approach to some of his recent work, a kayak… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.What's on the seafloor in Wellington harbour? Project Baseline is part of an international network of divers who monitor sites around the world for rubbish and restore them to their original state to… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:10 AM.How will artificial intelligence and the gig economy change work as we know it? Megan Whelan talks to demographer Professor Tahu Kukutai from Waikato University, Tech Futures Lab and The Mind Lab… Read more Video, Audio

8:40 AM.Unconscious bias has been a buzzword for a few years now, and many employers claim they are aware of their biases and simply want to employ people based on merit, not gender, team fit or ethnicity… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Cultural historian Kate Hannah has made it her mission to find out what role New Zealand's women scientists have played, and what's kept them from scaling the same lofty heights as their better-known… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.People who usually take the bus to work in three main centres will need to find another way to work tomorrow. Jared Abbott of First Union explains why action is being taken. Audio

8:15 AM.A war of information is stepping up, as pressure increases on Saudi Arabia to prove exactly what led to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul three weeks… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Canadian photographer Chris Herwig's books, Soviet Bus Stops 1 & 2, reveal the stunning and unexpected architecture of the bus stops peppering the Soviet landscape from Latvia to Russia. A snap… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:20 AM.Dozens of tribute bands make a living playing Pink Floyd's top-selling tunes, but only one is dedicated to the music of the man who founded the band - but then floundered when drugs and mental illness… Read more Video, Audio

11:05 AM.The long weekend is a great opportunity to get out in the garden and tidy up ahead of warmer days spent in the outdoors. The talented garden expert, Lynda Hallinan takes us through how to approach… Read more Audio

10:38 AM.Colin talks to Debbie Teale and her daughter Waveney about the experience of raising an introverted child and their triumph through the struggles of mental health. The pair left New Zealand behind and… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Nikki McDonald and Mike White took over Featured.org.nz from Nelson-based freelance writer, Naomi Arnold. They find outstanding feature articles from New Zealand and around the world and email them to… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.James Nokise is a giant of New Zealand comedy. Colin and James look at the response to the Harvey Weinstein story, a year of Twitter craziness from the US President, day one of the new Government and… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The former US platoon commander who resigned his commission and took himself back to school to set up a non-profit to end extreme poverty in war-torn countries. Jake Harriman set up Nuru International… Read more Audio, Gallery

8:40 AM.Economics journalist Paul Mason says globalisation has created a whole new class of working people and the world is on the verge of a post-capitalism where work is being reinvented. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The face of British business, former UK Minister for Trade - Lord Digby Jones, explains how business and capitalism needs to be fixed to benefit everyone. Audio

11:05 AM.Just back from a European tour, musician James Milne plays his favourite Lawrence Arabia tunes from the new album Absolute Truth, and shares stories of his latest adventures. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Rather than using plant or animal materials, fashion designer and bio-materials engineer Suzanne Lee formulated a method of growing clothes in a laboratory vat, using bacterial cellulose. Her high… Read more Audio, Gallery