Critic Ellie Jay reviews four titles - The Orange Tree, Changes, I Secretly Recorded My Boyfriend and The Baron of Botox.

Ellie Jay's podcast picks

News & Politics

Bryer Oden joins Emile Donovan to talk cheap eats and her dislike of the online diet culture.

‘Health Sensation’ food blogger shares cheap eats

Those Who Have The Courage is the first book to bring the story of New Zealand's mounted and armoured forces together.
Emile Donovan talks to author and researcher Matthew Wright.

New book details New Zealand's military and social history

Tim Groser is a former National Party minister and diplomat who served as the ambassador to the United States from 2016 to 2018. He speaks with Emile Donovan.

Pillar 2 of AUKUS - should we, or shouldn't we?

RNZ News at 10pm, April 18

Frances Loo is the owner and operator of Chapters Book & Tea Shop in Auckland's Mount Eden and hosts a romance readers club. She joins Emile Donovan.

Ellie Jay's podcast picks

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