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Is Covid-19 raising a generation of children afraid of human contact?
7:06 AM.Guyon Espiner talks with Emily St John Mandel, Clementine Ford and Merepeka Raukawa-Tait Read more
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If the economy can get back to normal, should it?
7:06 AM.Guyon Espiner talks with John Key, Philippe Legrain and Simon Mair Read more
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Will there be a vaccine or will we have to learn to live with the virus?
7:05 AM.Guyon Espiner talks with David Nabarro, Helen Clark, and Prof. Papaarangi Reid about the implications for the world's health once the Covid-19 pandemic has passed Read more
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How has the pandemic changed the world of work?
7:05 AM.Guyon Espiner talks with Robert Reich (a former USA Secretary of Labor), Anna Curzon (Xero), Prof. Douglas A. Irwin (Dartmouth College) Read more
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'The more a heart operation is likely to kill you, the better it is for you'
4:06 PM.Cardiac surgeon Samer Nashef talks with Carl Shuker about risk, mistakes and how heart surgery has changed in this highlight from the 2020 New Zealand Festival writers' programme. Read more Audio
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If unpaid women’s work really counts, why is it not counted by our economists?
4:06 PM.Kristen Ghodsee and Marilyn Waring talk to Kathryn Ryan about the fight for valuing women's economic contribution to society - at the 2020 New Zealand Festival writers' programme. Read more Audio
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Chernobyl’s culture of secrecy trumped safety and hastened the end of the Soviet Union
4:06 PM.Serhii Plokhy argues that the catastrophe at Chernobyl was a nuclear disaster waiting to happen. He talks to Toby Manhire. Read more Audio
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A Jewish girl in the Netherlands survives the Holocaust, but the damage to her, and those who hid her, lives on
4:06 PM.Bart van Es discusses The Cut Out Girl, his remarkable true story of how a Jewish girl in the Netherlands was hidden by his family from the Nazis during World War II. Read more Audio
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Women’s lives in Oman celebrated and explored in Booker prizewinning novel
4:06 PM.Jokha Alharthi, the Omani author of Celestial Bodies, talks about her literary world and what winning the Man Booker International prize has meant for Arabic literature and for herself. Read more Audio
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Scent is powerful – it can help transform times of grief and loss
4:06 PM.Two very different books celebrate the importance of scent and sensory experience in coming to terms with loss. The authors Laurence Fearnley and Long Litt Woon talk with Jessie Bray-Sharpin. Read more Audio
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Do women really have better sex under socialism? Dr Kristen Ghodsee thinks so
4:06 PM.Kim Hill speaks with Dr Kristen Ghodsee about her book Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism in this highlight from the 2020 New Zealand Arts Festival writers' programme. Read more Audio
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Relax – the robots are not coming for your job. At least, not necessarily...
4:06 PM.Kinley Salmon, the New Zealand economist and author of Jobs, Robots & Us, talks about the future of work in a time of rapidly-developing automation. A 2020 New Zealand Arts Festival highlight. Read more Audio
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An icy obsession – Antarctica looms large in the career and imagination of science writer Rebecca Priestley
4:06 PM.At the NZ Arts Festival 2020, Rebecca Priestley talks about Antarctica with the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor Juliet Gerrard. Read more Audio
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A fantastical story with three female superheroes has a lot to say about identity politics, populism and religious intolerance in today’s real-life India
4:06 PM.At the NZ Arts Festival 2020, RNZ's Lynn Freeman talks to Rajorshi Chakraborti about his novel Shakti, a fantastical story which has insights into the real-life world of India today. Read more Audio
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The unwritten history of LGBTQ+ life in New Zealand should be remembered and celebrated, say long-time activists
4:06 PM.Thomas Sainsbury talks with Louisa Wall MP, Prof. Welby Ings, Professor Emeritus Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, and award winning artist and filmmaker Tanu Gago. Read more Audio
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Why one kind of happiness is better than another, for ourselves, our economy, and our environment
4:30 PM.The history and current trends in economics, and Bhutan's alternative to GNP, is discussed by Dr Ross McDonald from the University of Auckland during the 2019 Raising the Bar night. Read more Audio
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Robots do some things exceptionally well – but they aren’t the solution to healthcare and education
4:06 PM.The current and future uses of robots in health care and education is discussed by Dr Craig Sutherland from the University of Auckland during the 2019 Raising the Bar night. Read more Audio
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Big data’s use of digital surveillance lays our lives bare and distorts our understanding of the world, just as propaganda did in the past
4:30 PM.The interrelationship between the history of propaganda and our world of digital surveillance is discussed by Dr Ethan Plaut from the University of Auckland during the 2019 Raising the Bar night. Read more Audio
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Legalising cannabis is a much better option than decriminalising its use - expert analysis
4:06 PM.The pros and cons of legalising cannabis is explored by Professor Benedikt Fischer from the University of Auckland during the 2019 Raising the Bar night. Read more Audio
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“Legal” corrruption and inequality – two intertwined issues corroding our sense of nationhood
4:30 PM.Corruption at government level and within society is discussed by Assoc. Prof. Tim Kuhner from the University of Auckland during the 2019 Raising the Bar night. Read more Audio
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The success of the movie Moana tells us a lot about the increasing influence and power of Pacific cultures
4:06 PM.The increasingly Pacific nature of New Zealand society is explored by Assoc. Prof. Damon Salesa from the University of Auckland during the 2019 Raising the Bar night. Read more Audio
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Many Renaissance beauty regimes seem very familiar today
4:30 PM.Beauty treatments for women during the Renaissance are discussed by Dr Erin Griffey from the University of Auckland during the 2019 Raising the Bar night. Read more Audio
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Gut bugs may be affecting more aspects of your life than you realise
4:06 PM.The role of gut bugs in health is explored by Dr Wayne Cutfield from the University of Auckland during the 2019 Raising the Bar night. Read more Audio
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In a digital age, human relationships are still the key to learning
4:06 PM.Mohamed Alansari explores what he has learnt from his research on learning in a digital world. Recorded at the Raising the Bar night in partnership with the University of Auckland. Read more Audio
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3D printing technology has other much more exciting things to offer than guns
4:06 PM.The current and future impact of 3D printing is discussed by Prof Olaf Diegel from the University of Auckland during the 2019 Raising the Bar night. Read more Audio