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Friend of the show, writer and all-round thinker, Danyl McLauchlan, joins us to explore some of the best political novels of the 21st century.

We all know comic books are places to find great stories, masked superheroes and captivating illustrations. Well, our guest tonight is harnessing the art form and pairing it with important messages, particularly in the health and science space.

He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.

The dominant force in English football for the past decade has been found guilty of serious breaches of Premiere League rules. 

This weekend is looking pretty good for all the literary lovers out there, with Bookshop Day back tomorrow for its eleventh year.

Scientists have now invented a clock, that uses the nucleus of an atom to measure time, which could be even more accurate than anything we have today.

A new Netflix series filmed right here in New Zealand has become a global hit. So, what does Oamaru make of its latest moment in the spotlight, and what could it mean for the town?

Remember when the landline really was THE phone? Then mobile phones came along and completely changed the world as we know it.

Nights' resident screen critic joins to review: The Social Reckoning (In Cinemas), Dead Man's Wire (ArovVision) The Last Lighthouse (YouTube). 

Tonight, she’s looking at why we still campaign like we’re under First Past the Post, only to govern under MMP.

Why do we give more weight to some reviews than others? That’s the question behind new research from the University of Auckland.

A new report, For the Long Run, says political parties need to stop seeing older New Zealanders simply as a financial burden and start recognising the contribution they can continue to make.

Can you trademark any word you like? A surname? A suburb? Your dog's name?

From Caramilk to Ginger Coca-cola, Kiwis are often among the first people in the world asked to give something a go. But why is that?

Tonight: protests in France, a mysterious plague case in Russia, accusations against Germany’s former spy chief, and whiskey in space

More than 50 institutions are involved in the project, including a team from the University of Canterbury, led by Professor Jenni Adams.

Several parties have proposed creating an independent agency to analyse policies and cost election promises. But would it improve the quality of election debate, or simply create another institution for parties to fight over?

It's time for Shower Thoughts, our weekly segment where we answer unshakeable questions...

A new survey by a music licensing initiative found nearly 40 percent of people will walk out of a store because of bad music.

Its new mascot, an animated sheep called Buck, has attracted plenty of attention online - though probably not the kind they hoped for.

Tonight: more than 20,000 sets of salt and pepper shakers at the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains.

Journalist and commentator Ben Strang joins the show with the latest sports news.

The Greens want to bring back an overnight passenger train between the two cities. On paper, it sounds simple enough. But is it?

Peter Hamill first put together a field guide to Marlborough’s freshwater plants and animals more than twenty years ago. 

Extra seats being added to Parliament because a party has one more electorate seat than its share of the party vote would normally give it is nothing new. But this year, the possibility of parties and their supporters, deliberately trying to engineer an overhang to skew the proportionality of Parliament in their favour has put the issue firmly in the spotlight.