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 Sund

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 3 - 16/12/18

Dec 16th, 2018 46m 51s

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

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 2 - 16/12/18

Dec 16th, 2018 46m 11s

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 Saturd

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 1 - 16/12/18

Dec 16th, 2018 46m 45s

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

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 4 - 15/12/18

Dec 15th, 2018 47m 18s

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

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 3 - 15/12/18

Dec 15th, 2018 46m 20s

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

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 2 - 15/12/18

Dec 15th, 2018 46m 10s

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 Varie

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 1 - 15/12/18

Dec 15th, 2018 46m 7s

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 Meg

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 4 - 09/12/18

Dec 9th, 2018 46m 16s

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 t

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 3 - 09/12/18

Dec 9th, 2018 47m 28s

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 D

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 2 - 09/12/18

Dec 9th, 2018 46m 8s

This hour, Skeptical Thoughts with Siouxsie Wiles. Woo scams & hoaxes exposed.Then, Ayaan Hirsi Ali. An apostate from Islam she must travel with a security detail. This interview was conducted ahead of a scheduled appearance in Auckland which

Weekend Variety Wireless - 09/12/18

Dec 9th, 2018 45m 59s

This hour, Media Stick with Tamar Munch. The weeks media guff & gaffes for lols. Then, Truth Or Consequences! The greatest game show ever devised for radio. Answer the statements True or False and maybe win something. Weekend Variety Wireless w

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 4 - 08/12/18

Dec 8th, 2018 47m 7s

This hour, Bizzare Lyrics. Graeme & Grant Smithies trawl through songs about yellow things, palaeontology, pot cleaners, map-making and the glorious virtues of copper over other metals.Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 3 - 08/12/18

Dec 8th, 2018 46m 19s

This hour, Pearl Harbour 77 years on. Eyewitness testimony from a sailor aboard the West Virginia which was attacked and sunk on December 7, 1941. James Patterson rarely spoke of the event but in 1988 he committed his memories to tape and his g

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 2 - 08/12/18

Dec 8th, 2018 46m 16s

This hour, Cinema with James Croot. The life & works of Geoff Murphy who died this week and the Trumpology of Michael Moores Farenheit 11/9. Then its time for Words with Max Cryer. Santa Claus and Coca Cola, point-blank, cotton on and what do

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 1 - 08/12/18

Dec 8th, 2018 47m 3s

First up,Spirit & Opportunity Mars Rovers have been the most over-achieving of all planetary exploration programmes. Designed to rove the Martian surface for 6 months they have been functional for more than a decade. It now seems likely the la

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 4 - 02/12/18

Dec 4th, 2018 46m 55s

This hour, Spoken Word in the music world. From The Velvet Underground to the amazing works by King Missile and Tim Minchin. Hear King Missiles beautiful paranoid short story here. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Satur

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 3 - 02/12/18

Dec 4th, 2018 44m 53s

This hour, John Dybvigs Letter From America. US politics and culture dissected. Then, Read Me A Poem. Songwriting living legend George Henderson of The Puddle, Spinoff book reviewer and rather literary soul reads

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 2 - 02/12/18

Dec 4th, 2018 44m 16s

Skeptical Thoughts with Mark Honeychurch. The weeks woo and scams exposed. Was Alex Jones RIGHT about the gay frogs?! Also, Robert Bartholomew is a sociologist who looks into moral panics and public hysteria. His latest book, American Intoleran

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 1 - 02/12/18

Dec 4th, 2018 45m 39s

First up, Media Stick with youtube sensation and cutting TV critic James Mustapic. See him in action here. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Andr

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 4 - 01/12/18

Dec 4th, 2018 45m 51s

This hour, Great Lyrics Part 2, with music critic Grant Smithies. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 3 - 01/12/18

Dec 4th, 2018 47m 27s

This hour, Human Statistics with Ipsos research director Jonathan Dodd. Polls and opinions from here and around the world. Entrepreneurial spirit gauged globally.Then, Environews. The era of the great battles to save our native forests. A huge

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 2 - 01/12/18

Dec 2nd, 2018 46m 12s

This hour, Movies with James Croot. The life and works of Bernardo Bertolluci who died this week. Then, Words with Max Cryer. Doppelganger, whipper-snapper, skerrick and dyke, as in lesbian. Why? Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm -

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 2 - 01/12/18

Dec 2nd, 2018 46m 12s

Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 1 - 01/12/18

Dec 2nd, 2018 45m 46s

First up, this hour Science Report with Shaun Hendry. Then its Astronomy with Grant Christie. Another stunning success for a NASA led Mars mission. How it was done and what its going to do here.A strange African meteorite from the distant past