Ranked #1
Listener feedback for August 12 2023
Listener feedback for August 12 2023
Kim Hill's listener feedback for Saturday 12th August 2023
12 Aug 2023
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3mins
Ranked #2
Prof John Plotz: finding new meaning in old books
Prof John Plotz: finding new meaning in old books
Among his varied interests, leading Victorian literature scholar and prison educator Professor John Plotz revisits forgo... Read more
11 Aug 2023
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27mins
Ranked #3
Jared Davidson: how prison labour built New Zealand
Jared Davidson: how prison labour built New Zealand
Some of New Zealand's most important roads, buildings, botanic gardens and great walks were constructed by forced labour... Read more
11 Aug 2023
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27mins
Ranked #4
Megan Dunn: worshipping art
Megan Dunn: worshipping art
Art writer and author Megan Dunn is taking us to church. A surprising amount of art can be found on the walls and window... Read more
11 Aug 2023
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10mins
Ranked #5
Gabriel Krauze: raw writing from the streets of London
Gabriel Krauze: raw writing from the streets of London
Gabriel Krauze's extra curricular activities were a little different from the average English literature student. While ... Read more
11 Aug 2023
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42mins
Ranked #6
Dr Ratu Mataira: Kiwi physicist joins the nuclear fusion race
Dr Ratu Mataira: Kiwi physicist joins the nuclear fusion race
Physicist Dr Ratu Mataira is on a mission to harness the power of the sun. The 31 year old leads OpenStar Technologies, ... Read more
11 Aug 2023
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44mins
Ranked #7
Emojis expert tells all: Characters and their alternative meanings
Emojis expert tells all: Characters and their alternative meanings
Face with Tears of Joy, Skull, Melting Face, Eyes. Emoji have been called the first language born of the digital world, ... Read more
5 Aug 2023
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11mins
Ranked #8
Listener feedback for 5 August 2023
Listener feedback for 5 August 2023
Listener feedback for 5 August 2023.
4 Aug 2023
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5mins
Ranked #9
Anna Funder: how George Orwell wrote his wife out of his story
Anna Funder: how George Orwell wrote his wife out of his story
All That I Am and Stasiland author Anna Funder's new book Wifedom rewrites the life of her literary hero George Orwell t... Read more
4 Aug 2023
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52mins
Ranked #10
Dr Cady Coleman: the loneliness of life in space
Dr Cady Coleman: the loneliness of life in space
Beyond our romanticized vision of space exploration is a day-to-day life of physical and social isolation and confinemen... Read more
4 Aug 2023
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21mins