Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBringing the dance floor to the poetry book: Sylvan Spring’s Killer Rack
Poetry and music at their best share a trick: the ability to be both celestial and grounded; dealing with the particulars of our lives, yet moving in…
2 years, 3 months ago
From Christopher Walken to JLo: the best ads of Super Bowl 2024
Super Bowl 58 was held in Las Vegas this year with the Kansas City Chiefs facing off against the San Francisco 49ers. The event has become a cultural…
2 years, 3 months ago
Regional Wrap: Kaikoura with Te Awhina Rangimarie Arahanga
Every week Culture 101 speaks to a creative correspondent to gauge the cultural pulse of Aotearoa’s regions. This week, we’re in Kaikoura with writer…
2 years, 3 months ago
Kristen Ng: bridging Aotearoa and China’s musical undergrounds
Kristen Ng aka electronic artist Kaishandao has been touring Aotearoa this summer in support of her beat-filled album Homeland. She describes it as a…
2 years, 3 months ago
A shaky time for Aotearoa’s International Film Festival
It’s one of the great cultural events of Aotearoa New Zealand – certainly one of the longest established: Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Fil…
2 years, 3 months ago
Fast favourites: Billy T winner Abby Howells
2023 Billy T winner Abby Howells is taking her award winning show La Soupco to the Hamilton Arts Festival.
2 years, 3 months ago
An unlikely musical fusion: India Meets Ireland
It was love at first sight, or sound rather, for tabla master Basant Madhur, and Irish guitarist and bouzouki player Jon Sanders.
2 years, 3 months ago
Maureen Lander: weaving with string games and Te Rā our oldest sail
This weekend at Auckland Museum there is a rare overnight wananga to share matauranga Māori knowledge around an extraordinary object: Te Rā, the only…
2 years, 3 months ago
Regional Wrap: Winton with Deow of South Sea Spray Festival
Every week Culture 101 heads to a creative correspondent out around the motu to gauge the cultural pulse of Aotearoa’s regions. This week: Māori kno…
2 years, 3 months ago
Lunar New Year: celebrations with paediatrician, poet and playwright Renee Liang
In Aotearoa, families celebrate the Lunar New Year in a variety of ways, says paediatrician, poet and playwright Renee Liang. For her own family, Chi…
2 years, 3 months ago