Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDark patterns on the web
Episode 1485
Psychological tricks and traps using deceptive website design techniques are starting to overwhelm online shopping.
What's being termed 'dark patterns…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
One for the political tragics
Episode 1484
Two big political memoirs have hit the bookshops this year - but which high profile politicians are missing from the shelves
From memoirs to biographi…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump's backflip on beefed up tariffs
Episode 1483
A surprise reversal on high beef tariffs has been a welcome relief for farmers, but with Trump in the White House, celebrations are muted
U.S Presid…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The year of the kākāpō
Episode 1482
Kākāpō numbers are recovering at such a rate that we are running out of pest-free islands to put them on
2026 could be the year that the kākāpō breed…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Police face deepening crisis of trust
Episode 1481
Government pressed for action as scandal over police handling of McSkimming complaints sparks national reckoning
A week after a bombshell IPCA report …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The rising crisis of child sexual exploitation in NZ
Episode 1480
Sexual exploitation of children is seen as one of the worst crimes out there - but do the prison terms reflect the severity?
An advocacy organisation …
4 months, 4 weeks ago
How Kiwi kids are becoming the new face of 'adult' diabetes
Episode 1479
Type 1 diabetes used to be called 'juvenile diabetes', and Type 2 affected adults. But that's no longer the case, and the number of kids with Type 2 …
4 months, 4 weeks ago
The "inherently unsafe" brakes in some 70,000 vehicles
Episode 1478
For years, a father has been fighting for Waka Kotahi to do more about the dangers of a vehicle braking system involved in his son's death. Now a cor…
5 months ago
The BBC edit heard around the world
Episode 1477
Editing scandal at BBC sparks 'existential crisis' for public-service broadcaster and puts the spotlight on trust in journalism
From editing error to …
5 months ago
Earth's weakest link may be in space
Episode 1476
Space terrorism is no longer relegated to sci-fi movies: it's happening already, and one legal expert warns we're far from prepared
An attack on satel…
5 months ago