Anneka Carlson Matthews first ran for the New Plymouth District Council in 2019 as a 29-year old former police officer and small business owner. She joins Emile Donovan to encourage people to give local government a go.

Faye Skelton is an associate professor in forensic cognition and miscarriages of justice at Edinburgh Napier University. She has been interviewing men who have lived through being wrongfully convicted.

Professor Richard Easther from the University of Auckland joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the news that New Zealand's methane-tracking satellite, launched in March 2024, has lost contact with the ground.

After Qantas' customer data was breached, cybersecurity analyst Adam Boileau joins Emile Donovan to discuss how common cyberattacks like this are and how worried Qantas customers should be.

The newly-appointed Chief Librarian of our National Library joins Emile Donovan to reflect on a life in books and the strategic future of the Alexander Turnbull and its new bedfellows, Archives New Zealand.

Wellington composer Michael Williams joins Emile Donovan to explain - and to test his own perfect pitch.

Christian Smith beams in to share news from the other side of the globe, including Irish rap group Kneecap's controversial set at Glastonbury, a bad fortnight for British prime minister Keir Starmer, and Wimbledon opening during a heat wave.

With another 'prominent New Zealander' in the headlines over unnamed charges, Wellington media lawyer Steven Price joins Emile Donovan to discuss how name suppression works.

Through exploiting a distribution loop, AI-generated songs were being uploaded against Australian bassist Paul Bender's will, and it remains foggy who's behind the ghost songs. He joins Emile Donovan.

BBC World Service journalist Pete Ross joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the BRICS summit taking place in Brazil, a forthcoming Polish Supreme Court ruling on the validity of its presidential election, and a smoking ban comes into effect in France.