The Spinoff's Hayden Donnell chats with Emile Donovan on Wayne Brown's election strategy and his unexpected stance on issues you wouldn't usually associate with him - including support for cycle lanes and wetlands.

Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review the American fantasy comedy horror film Sketch and looks back at the work of the late Robert Redford and selects five titles that are currently available to stream in New Zealand.

Producer Bonnie Harrison joins Emile in the studio to review the week of quizzes.

Sarah Drewsbury is organising a watch party at Blues HQ in Auckland for the Black Ferns' 6:00am semifinal against Canada.

What if the insects that end up splattered on your car could actually help scientists study climate change? Dr Richard O'Rorke and Dr Aimee van der Reis join Emile Donovan to explain.

Four in five children born from donor assistance have been told about their origins. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Cindy Farquhar from the University of Auckland joins Emile Donovan.

To explain how we ended up with so many, and what rights the public have to use them, field adviser David Barnes from the Outdoor Access Commission joins Emile Donovan.

Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson takes Emile Donovan on a tour of ancient Rome's great satirists.

With 200 people leaving the country daily, mostly to Australia, Stuff.co.nz columnists Verity Johnson and Ben Kepes join Emile Donovan to discuss New Zealand's weak economic state, and whether young people should see it as worth sticking around for things to get better.

ABC South Asia bureau chief Meghna Bali joins Emile Donovan to explain the unfolding civil unrest in Nepal prompted by a ban on all forms of social media, which has seen people killed in riots, thousands of prisoners escaped from secure facilities, and hundreds of millions of dollars of damage caused.