Listener feedback 28 September 2019.

Author, artist, poet Gregory O'Brien has always been enchanted by water, and in particular the role it plays in the lives and imaginations of New Zealanders. Hs new book Always Song In Water explores the way our artists and writers have approached the reality of living on a series of small islands, completely surrounded by the big blue.

Elliot Higgins is the founder of investigative journalism website Bellingcat which specializes in fact-checking and open-source intelligence gathered from social media. The site has grown from a 2012 one-man blog written under the pseudonym Brown Moses to an investigative powerhouse best known for its macro coverage of the Syrian civil war and the crash of Flight MH17, which is also the subject of a podcast.

From the slums of Havana to the world's greatest stages, acclaimed ballet dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta has led an extraordinary life. He has danced with the English National Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba, The Royal Ballet, and in January will become the artistic director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Yuli, a film based on his autobiography No Way Home sold out screenings during this year's International Film Festival and will open on general release around New Zealand next Thursday 3 Oct.

When female led and focused film Thelma & Louise came out in 1991, actress Geena Davis hoped that it marked a shift towards gender equality in Hollywood. But by 2004 the Academy award winner had become so frustrated by the lack of progress she founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media to conduct research and advocacy.

Nature and travel writer Robert Macfarlane grew up in coal country, just next to limestone country. What was underground defined what was up above for him from a very young age. His new book Underland is the culmination of seven years exploring underground all over the globe.

For most of us, device overuse does not meet all of the above conditions so does not qualify as an addiction, according to behavioural sociologist Nir Eyal. He tells Kim Hil the myth that we're all now addicted to technology teaches 'learned helplessness' when the real problem – distraction – is something we can actually work on.

An impeachment inquiry is underway in the United States after ongoing concerns were raised about a potential "coverup" of alleged interaction between President Trump and the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Nicholas Fandos is a reporter in the Washington bureau of The New York Times, covering Congress.

Listener feedback to Saturday Morning, 21 September 2019.

Like many young New Zealanders, aspiring architect Pete Bossley jumped on a plane and headed off for a year or two of travel.