The celebrated Kiwi muso on using crowdfunding to produce a new album -- the aptly named Singles Club -- and the subsequent New Zealand tour he is now on.

Comedian, screenwriter and bestselling author, Ben Elton on his new book, Identity Crisis, and a return to stand-up

The uber-talented cartoonist/illustrator/ writer/animator Toby Morris joins Noelle to look at his new web series, Two Sketches

Hamilton-based Christian Minister Frank Ritchie offers his thoughts on why Easter Sunday is a time to reflect on spirituality in both ourselves and our country, and on the behaviour of some people of faith in the public space.

Sitting on a sensational story for safety's sake; accounting for carbon in the age of climate change; in thrall to Thrones.

Filipina-American author Elaine Castillo is on her way to New Zealand for the Auckland Writers’ Festival. She speaks to Noelle McCarthy about her new book, America is Not the Heart

Professor Peter Lineham on why - given his Brethren heritage - he has a degree of understanding about the latest controversial comments Wallaby rugby star Israel Folau has made online

This week our Calling Home guest is former Southlander, Don Payne, who has made his new home in the Estonian capital,Tallinn, where he's working at an international school along with his partner, Aniva.

Some MPs have superpowers. They really do. 'Is it a plane? Is it a bird? No, it’s a member of the Regulations Review Committee.' Needs a better superhero name though.

In the final episode of the Good Ancestors podcast, Noelle McCarthy speaks to student activist Raven Maeder and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about school strikes in New Zealand and the search for a political solution to climate change.