Warning: John Dybvig does try to contain himself, but there are a few swear-words used in his piece, so listen to this week's Letter from America at your own risk.

First up, John Dybvig joins RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to take a look at the latest news from America. John takes a look at this week for Kavanaugh and whatever else has gotten under his skin from the USA.Then, Countdown to Armistice, part one. Glyn Harper is New Zealands foremost WW1 military historian. Hes Massey Project Manager of the Centenary History of New Zealand and the First World War and author of more than 20 books. Each Sunday he describes what was happening in the conflict exactly 100 years ago, counting down to Armistice on November 11, a moment which profoundly affects global politics right up to today. 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 Skeptic Mark Honeychurch joins RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to expose this weeks woos and scams. Mark looks at this week's plain rubbish, exposing it for the garbage it is. Then its time for a brief return of this marvellous feature - because RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill just visited Dunedins lesser-known jewel, The Museum Of Natural Mystery. Lots and lots of skeletons and some really weird stuff on top of all that. Graeme speaks with its curator Bruce Mahalski.

First up, This week the former outspoken enfant terrible of Radio Sport, Mark Watson joins RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to wave the Media Stick. Mark gets a few things off his chest about sport media and more besides. Then, Rock Royalty Harry Lyon (Hello Sailor, Pink Flamingos) joins RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill. Harry explores absent friends and his new album To The Sea produced by Delaney Davidson. 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 week the luxury Soviet cruise liner Mikhail Lermontov which to this day is at the bottom of the sea in our Marlborough Sounds.

How did an experienced NZ pilot make such a big mistake?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, Whos the gloomiest? Ipsos' Jonathan Dodd joins RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to take a look at global optimism and pessimism.Then Break Glass-Pull Switch! One of the last areas in NZ to be infected with possums is now in big trouble. Forest & Birds Northland person Dean Baigent-Mercer joins Graeme to take a look at the state fo Northland's Russel Forest. Dean has a plea for action and a few things to say about 1080 and environmental sabotage. And, the annual Bird of the Year competition is set to get underway Monday October 1. We review past winners, Russians meddling, Fake Bird News and vote rigging. 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 McCrystal, marine historian, archaeologist and host of the amazing series Shipwreck Tales joins RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to take a look at Captain Cook's ship.

John explains what exactly happened to this tiny but remarkable vessel after its astounding voyage around the world - which founded European contact with New Zealand. Then Max Cryer joins Graeme Hill to banter over words, their origin and their meaning. Why is our tenth month October? Max also explores Hoi Polloi, cats and their proverbial nine lives and just who is Joe Bloggs? 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, What do whales drink? Do fish drink? Dr Rochelle Constantine joins RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to take a look at the plight of the Northern hemisphere Orca that are facing extinction around Scotland. Rochelle also looks at whats really going on with that Octopus Slap from the Kaikoura Seal? Astronomer Dr Grant Christie joins RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to talk about the latest in astronomy news. Grant explores the astronomy SOUND of the month. Huh? He also gives us a progress report on the Ryugu Asteroid landers, and looks at why our sun is missing some colours. 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, Shipwreck tales with John McCrystal. This week John and Graeme explore the tragic tale of the Rose-Noelle shipwreck. 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, Warning: John Dybvig does try to contain himself, but there are a few swear-words used in his piece, so listen to this week's Letter from America at your own risk.

John Dybvig joins Ryan Bradley to take a look at the latest news from America. First up they take a look at Judge Brett Kavanaugh , and the allegations of sexual assault that have come to light prior to his Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing. Dybvig reckons that “you know its bullshit folks, it’s a bullshit hearing” There will be no witnesses and simply the woman, making claims and the judge. This mean’s it’ll come down to “he said , she said” The women making claims wants an FBI investigation, whereas Judge Kavanaugh has not called for one. Then they take a look at Rod Rosenstein- who had a meeting in May of 2017 in which he said maybe he should wear a wire when he speaks with Trump, in order to invoke the 25th amendment. The memorandum stating Rosenstein’s allegations was leaked this week. “We’re firing people like it’s the apprentice”The 25th amendment is when the cabinet and congress agree that the president has gone off his rocker. As Ryan puts it “if they haven’t done it yet then they’re not gonna” And finally Ryan and Dybvig revisit ‘Lock her up” and how Trump continues to push the idea of incarcerating Hillary Clinton. Then, Auckland Art week is coming up, and in light of this Penny Howard joins Ryan Bradley to take a look at her new exhibition. Titled Mana Muse, the exhibition opens at Whitespace in Grey Lynn from September 30th until the 26th October. The artworks focus on identity, and many of her pieces focus on Wahine from her family and their individual stories. A red thread runs through all her paintings which comes from I ngā wā o mua – which is the Maori ideal that we take the past with us into the future. The exhibition focuses largely on four important women from Ms Howard’s life, such as Marama Davidson and Anika Moa. She discusses her influences, her artistic choices and how she doesn’t like being “confined by squares’. Weekend Variety Wireless with Ryan Bradley in for Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

This hour, Skeptic Siouxsie Wiles joins Ryan Bradley in for RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to expose this weeks woos and scams. First up Siouxsie and Ryan take a look at some Crowdfunding quackery. The BMJ have just published a report on the amounts of money being crowd funded by people in the UK for cancer treatments. There are worries that huge sums of money are being raised for treatments that are not backed by evidence and which, in some cases, may even do patients harm. Then Siouxsie gives us a look at what she has coined grief vampires. The family of a Northland woman who has been missing since February have been contacted by a psychic who says she has information on what happened. The psychic apparently claims the woman was picked up in a white, double-cab, flat-deck truck and taken somewhere way up north with a red barn where she was punched in the head, had her jaw broken, stabbed under the left rib, raped and killed, and her body dumped there. The psychic has apparently even given a description of the perpetrator rough with a beard, wearing camouflage gear, and a ring on his left third finger that has a greenstone on it. Apparently the missing womans son has called it a load of s**t and reported it to the police. Ryan and Siouxsie explore the massive increase in advertising spending on vitamins and supplements. And finally the pair explore how the people behind Baa Baa amber teething beads are trying to open up the market to pets. They are selling them as a way of controlling fleas on your pets and theyll cost you between $45 and $120. According to their website they act as a flea repellent in two different ways. Because Baltic amber contains resinous aromatic terpenes, when the beads are worn on, the friction from your pets fur absorbs this resinous smell which repels the ticks and fleas. That friction also generates a mild static electrical charge, this is also said to deter ticks and fleas. Then, Ryan Bradley explores the winner of the Westpac Champion Supreme Award for the medium/large enterprise category. Seequent, who took out the award, is the Global leader in the development of visual data science software and collaborative technologies. Graham Grant, the chief operating officer of Seequent joins Ryan Bradley to discuss exactly who they are, and what they do. Mr Grant describes the company as New Zealand best technology export secret that is relatively unknown even in their own home of Canterbury. Seequent is essentially a very high tech software company thats building software that models the sub-surface. This effectively means they help companies see underground to make very critical business decisions. Their focus is to innovate the grounds sub-surface and own it from a software perspective. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.