Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill on RadioLIVE

John Douglas Stark was a hero of WWI but his feats seemed as much like madness.

A near uncontrollable soul he could have easily been court-martialled and awarded a VC.

Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

This hour, John Dybvigs final Letter From America. Strap yourselves in! Then, Read Me A Poem. Michelle Leggott, former NZ Poet Laureate and literary academic reads us a favourite and tells us why. Heres a clue; Theres a strong connection with this weeks Outsider Tale, below. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

First up, Skeptical Thoughts with Siouxsie Wiles and NZ Skeptics Mark Honeychurch. The weeks woo scams and hoaxes exposed for what they arent. Then, we visit the Museum of Regret. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

This hour, Media Stick with Paul Casserly AND Tamar Munch to mourn the loss of one of the longest running radio shows.. Leighton Smith! Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

This hour, Graeme's all-time favourite interview. John Cooper Clarke promised to come to the studio and spin some of his favourite discs as well as discuss his own life and work.He was good to his word but Graeme got only 15 minutes' notice and had to bring doughnuts.

Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

First up, Lead with Professor Thomas Lumley, Chair in Biostatistics at Auckland University. Then , Buzz Aldrin. Graeme replays one of his favourite interviews of all time. He sits down for a yarn with space hero Buzz Aldrin. Finally, Back Stage Passes. Joanna Mathers new book on the untold story of NZ live music venues from the 1960s to 1990s. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

This hour, Cinema with James Croot. The best of 2018 and a flashback to when The Bounty came to New Zealand with its megastar cast. Then, Words with Max Cryer. Christmas, hare-brained, turncoat and the weird origin of get my goat. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

This hour, Science report with physicist and author of Silencing Science, Shaun Hendy. Then, Astronomy with Grant Christie. Voyager 2 now in interstellar space. Nice little video here.

Did a supernova kill off large oceanic animals like the Megalodon? The Fermi Paradox. Why havent we heard anything from other intelligent life? Grant lines up the amazing discoveries in astronomy in the 13 years hes been doing this awesome segment. Asteroid Bennu's clearest image yet. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

Spoken Word in music Part 2 with Graeme & Grant Smithies. From the Front Lawn and Bill Direen to The Fall and Wynton Marsalis.

Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

First up, John Dybvigs Letter From America. US politics & culture.

Then its time for Read Me A Poem. Headless Chickens Chris Matthews released an album with lyrics entirely by Dylan Thomas. Quite a feat. He reads us a favourite but will it be Dylan Thomas? Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.