Book Critic: travels in post-war Vietnam...

Katy Gosset meets a Christchurch woman who's teaching a new generation of New Zealanders how to pickle and preserve. 

Breaking up is hard to do in relationships but also breaking up with your job. Dr Tessa West is a social psychology professor at New York University who says our relationships with our careers and jobs can be a lot like relationships with people and sometimes it's best to break u ... Show More

DOC has updated its list of environmental weeds. 

Chef Ben Shewry grew up on a farm in New Zealand where his family grew or hunted most of their own food.Ben was 10 when he started working in restaurants and his discovery of a second hand Thai cookbook eventually led him to Australia.In 2015 Ben become the owner of Attica in Mel ... Show More

This episode is for all the haters out there! Nora and Jodi dive into Instagram politics by talking about Jodi’s extra-late Beyoncé photo dump (01:19) before getting into reader’s corner, where they get more info on J.Lo’s Leo-season birthday celebrations (08:38), learn about K-p ... Show More

As Andrew Dwyer ventured further into the desert, he fell in love with the people and the landscape. He battled sandstorms, floods and isolation to serve fine foods under the stars.When Andrew Dwyer was growing up in 1960s Melbourne, the city wasn't the foodie destination it is n ... Show More

Our favorite group of boss babes returned from space this week, and the internet had thoughts! Jodi and Nora start with some rapid-fire micro-obsessions, including pop culture anniversaries, a fun week in sports (shout-out to the WNBA draft and the Masters), and the shocking reve ... Show More

The stakes are low this week! Jodi and Nora first touch on some updates to developing stories, including Meghan Markle’s As Ever product launch finally arriving (1:18), Sydney Sweeney appearing at Glen Powell’s sister’s wedding (8:50), Ariana DeBose supposedly inadvertently enter ... Show More

Send us a message!Welcome back! This week is a hodgepodge of subjects as we talk haircare, nostalgia, Beyonce's new song, the Kelsey brothers and more pop culture origins! We also dish on some of our celeb interactions! Have a great week A-Listers 😘#shotoniphone Send us a v ... Show More

A three-part series from This American Life producer Nancy Updike. When Rachel McKibbens’s father and brother died suddenly last fall, two weeks apart, from Covid, she’d had no idea her father was sick, and no idea her brother was dying. They were unvaccinated, but the story of w ... Show More

Host Dylan Thuras brings us to a remote island off the coast of Nova Scotia. On Sable Island, we learn how – against all odds – a group of beloved feral horses have not only survived, but thrived. There’s only one problem: Some people want them gone. This week, we’re celebrating ... Show More

Here comes trouble! It's finally here - Sydney's big debut!      Courtney Thorne-Smith, Daphne Zuniga, Laura Leighton, and special guest Josie Bissett reunite to break down the debut of Jane's baby sister to Melrose Place. They all agree that, off the bat, Sydney was Sydney! Laur ... Show More