Up Again With James Dann

Arthur Meek, actor, writer, director, funny man, is in the studio to talk about the world premiere of his show "Erewhon Revisited", as part of the Christchurch Arts Festival.

We talk to James Shaw about life on the edge, and what he has planned for the last two weeks of the campaign.

Jay has been working on the railroad, inspired by this morning's Sink or Swim tune.

Gen Toop from Greenpeace calls in from Sheffield, where a group of activists have occupied a construction site that is part of the Central Plains Water scheme.

We're welcoming Tamsin from Scorpio Books on the show, for the first of many reviews. This morning it's "Stranger in the Woods" by Michael Finkel.

Actor Chris Parker is down in Christchurch for a run of Hudson and Halls at the Court Theatre as part of the Christchurch Arts Festival. James chats to him about getting in character, cooking on stage, and being back home in Christchurch.

We're talking to Alex from Gatherings about "the hunger gap", the time of year when we're running out of our root vegetables, but we haven't yet got any fresh spring veggies.

We're talking to Jacinda Ardern about $11.7b holes, whether we've had our "post-truth" moment, debate prep, and how affordable an affordable house really is.

We're talking to Reb Fountain about her new album Little Arrows, working with Neil Finn, and her show on Friday.

Talking about LOGAN LUCKY and TERMINATOR 2:3D with Andrew.

Nick Paris is back in the studio to talk movies, including some of his picks for the "worst ever", plus one of his recent favourites, MOONLIGHT.

James talks to Dr Chris Wynne from the CCST (Christchurch Clinical Studies Trust) about what they do, why they do it here, what sort of research has come out of the CCST, and how you can get involved.

It's time to wind up our old mate Jay from Sadhana for another episode of Sink or Swim ... will it sink ... or will it .... swim.

After yet another blockbuster poll, James talks to TVNZ's political editor Corin Dann about the latest result, the debate, and whether Bill English can jumpstart the National campaign.

We're talking to Daniel Nielsen from the NZ Broadcasting School at ARA about the election, polls, FairFax no more, and anything else we can think of.

We've got Jamie and Bruce in the studio to talk about the new show at the Physics Room, called "Share / Cheat / Unite".

Glenn Colquhoun is a doctor and a poet who will be in Christchurch this weekend for two events as past of the Shifting Points of View theme of the Christchurch Arts Festival.

We're talking to Devin aka Pacific Heights about his upcoming show, which will be the last with his band for its current iteration.

Fresh from her performance as part of "Play On", Ria Hall is in the studio ahead of her "Rules Of Engagement" show at the Piano tonight.

Dave is in for the Scorpio Book review, talking about "My Absolute Darling" by Gabriel Tallent.