Emile Donovan speaks to constitutional lawyer Graeme Edgeler about why former ministers weren't compelled to attend the Royal Commission of Inquiry.

Arohanui: My Aotearoa New Zealand compiles the perspectives of one hundred New Zealanders, including names like Beauden Barrett, Miriama Kamo, and Winston Peters.

University of Canterbury Professor of Marketing Ekant Veer joins Mark Leishman to explain why free things tickle our brain.

130 years ago today, Minnie Dean became the first (and only) woman to be executed for murder in New Zealand. Found guilty by the Supreme Court in Invercargill in 1895 for the murder of one-year-old Dorothy Carter, Dean was hanged just two months later. But what does New Zealand think now? Was Minnie Dean really guilty? Did she deserve the fate she got? Emile Donovan consults the experts: he is joined by Grant Morris, a legal historian at Victoria University of Wellington, to explore these questions and more.

Property photographer joins Emile Donovan to discuss the art of real estate photography.

How do drugs get their names? Emile is joined by Dr Krishan Thiru, Medical Director for Pfizer Australia and New Zealand, to delve into the details.

Te Papa's colossal squid turns one hundred this year. Te Papa curator and resident squid expert Kerry Walton joins Emile Donovan to mull it over.

Dr Martin Kear joins Emile Donovan to discuss increasing calls for a two-state solution in the Middle East.

Emile Donovan speaks to Dr Rachael Sumner, senior research fellow at the University of Auckland, about the poorly-understood role that hormones play in women's health, from epilepsy to premenstrual dysphoric disorder and beyond.

Emile speaks to Jonathan Frewin from the BBC World Service to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally.