Love
Dan Reed: 'Leaving Neverland' should not stop Jackson's music
Dan Reed is the director and producer of one of this year's most talked about documentary, Leaving Neverland. He tells Jim Mora he doesn't believe the film should stop Michael Jackson's music… Audio
'Ladies, We Need To Talk': is it OK to settle for average?
'Ladies, We Need To Talk' is a podcast from the ABC in Australia that tackles potentially delicate topics head on. Recent episodes have covered mean girls, menopause, cosmetic surgery, and anxiety… Audio
Nights' Pundit - Philosophy
Love, love love. Philosopher at large Ann Kerwin turns her head to the role of the heart, examining Oxford University Press title: LOVE A Very Short Introduction by Ronald de Sousa. Audio
What's the best free gift you can give someone for Christmas?
Not every present has to be purchased. We took to the streets to hear what free gifts people are giving this year. Audio
Why we can't not love
Love is rooted so deeply in the brain it resides next to our primal urges thirst and hunger. And we might as well face it, we humans are hopelessly addicted to it. Video, Audio
Panel Says
What the Panelists Julia Hartley-Moore and Tony Doe have been thinking about. Audio
Love and romance
Is love never having to say you're sorry - as the character in the film Love Story says? Audio
How to fall in love: Dr. Arthur Aron
Stony Brook University Psychology Professor Arthur Aron has been a scientist of love for almost 50 years. He specialises in human closeness, the overlap between other and self, and relationship… Audio
Majical Cloudz
Majical Cloudz have just release their second album 'Are You Alone?', Zac Arnold talks to Devon Welsh about the inspiration for the album. Audio
Boycrush
Boycrush cracked the art of a pop song with tracks like Secrets on his 2012 debut. Zac Arnold reckons Alistair Deverick has done it again with the five tracks on the new Girls On Top EP. Audio
Introducing: Womb
Charlotte Forrester presents 'Airplane #1', from Womb's debut EP. Audio
Poetry
VUW Modern Letters Creative Writing workshop convener Cliff Fell recites the influence of the "classic" poems and poets; more on Russian Anna Akhmatova, who was a great love poet. Audio
Introducing: Instant Fantasy
Gemma Syme introduces her solo project Instant Fantasy. Audio
The Loss Of Love Literaturally
If romance fiction is still popular with readers, why does it struggle to attract serious literary acclaim - with Vassiliki Veros, part-time librarian and PhD student at the University of Technology… Audio
Hannah Fry - Love and Mathematics
Just in time for Valentine's Day weekend - Dr Hannah Fry tells Wallace the mathematical equation for love. Her new book The Mathematics of Love offers a unique perspective on matters of the heart. As… Audio
The Secret Life of Love Songs
Why are good love songs so difficult to write? Is there such a thing as a pure, untainted love song that won't leave some cringing? Or is Nick Cave right when he says, "A love song is never truly… Audio
Why humans fall in love
A team of scientists have delved into psychology, evolutionary biology and neuroscience to try to answer that question of why humans fall in love. Audio
Professor Sinead Murphy
19th century writer Jane Austen's understanding of the human heart is laid bare in classic novels like Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. They may have been written 200 years ago, but… Audio