Allan Burne's life has been so varied, and he is such a natural storyteller, that we struggled to cover off the basic outline of his achievements in our half hour slot. Allan tells us how rescuing a man from a toilet got him a job with Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson, how a bad strategy to improve his modelmaking led to a PhD in Ecology and Biodiversity, and how he's fulfilling his childhood dream of being an actor.

Christine Langdon (in her first interview for B-Side Stories) interviews inspiring Wellingtonian Dee Glentworth, whose philosophy is "don't bin it, share it". Dee has created Free For All, which will rescue and re-home literally anything (for free)!

Want to start a business or have a great idea or just want a catalyst to change your life? Ruth croft talks with Tony Henderson Newport about his PopUp business school. A ten day accelerator that is free to participants.

Chris Tse, guest curator of Litcrawl 2018, talks to Perrine about mourning literary deaths and how great it feels when literature takes over the streets.

Laura jumps on her bicycle and rolls out for a visit with Catarina Gutierrez about the upcoming event taking over the streets in Wellington City. Hear about Te Ara Tapere ki Pōneke/Open Streets, learn about urbanists, hear about Onzo bikes, and generally get pumped to see our city in a new way! It's downtown on Sunday 28 October.

Visit http://bikethere.org.nz/te-ara-tapere/ for more info.

InsideOUT works to make Aotearoa a safer place for young people of minority genders and sexualities. Kate Aschoff talks to us about their work with rainbow diversity groups in schools and their other projects fostering inclusiveness and a sense of belonging for all young people.

Perrine goes to an Edit for Equity event run by Antistatic, with members of the public working alongside savvy guides to help correct the gender bias on wikipedia.

Image by Antistatic.

The Compassion Soup Kitchen on Tory St. hosted a community fun day. Laura went along to chat to some of the people and organisations there to learn more about homelessness in Wellington. You'll hear from: Regenerate Magazine, Wellington Night Shelter, Compassion Soup Kitchen, Kaibosh food rescue, and St Vincent de Paul's.

Carol Shortis talks to Ruth Croft about the service of The Whakaahuru Singers. Carol is their musical Director and they bring comfort to those approaching the end of life by singing at bedsides, using the gift of gentle singing to deliver moments of peace, comfort and support.

Ruth and Laura close the show by chatting about Forest & Bird's annual Bird of the Year competition! Kereru, kakapo, and kaki are in the lead this year. The last day to vote is Sunday! Visit www.birdoftheyear.org.nz to take part.