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PA Radio: Remembering Sydney Pollack
Craig Ranapia farewells the late director, and contends that Pollack "did something even more valuable than being a genius". He made films that treated his…
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:07AM, 4 Jun 2008 -
PA Radio: After the Hoodie
Damian Christie talks to Sarah Helm, the organiser of Youth Week and Hoodie Day about the ideas behind the promotion -- and the media response.
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:47AM, 3 Jun 2008 -
PA radio: Up on The Wire
Ben King and Adam Bryce talk about The Wire, their new group blog site by and about creative New Zealanders, from Bic Runga and Liam…
Last post by Russell Brown at 11:41AM, 30 May 2008 -
PA Radio: Nick Making Tracks
How would an Israeli ska band do 'She Speeds'? Nick Dwyer talks about his new show, Making Tracks, which debuts tonight on C4 and sees…
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:45AM, 28 May 2008 -
PA Radio: Samuel Flynn Scott
Sam Scott talks about his second solo album, Straight Answer Machine, why it's a pop record and what he really thinks about John Key.
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:30AM, 27 May 2008 -
The Winter of Our Discontent
Craig Ranapia muses on The Tragical Farce of Phil Goff and That Interview" and concludes that "solid reporting takes time, effort and often just isn’t…
Last post by Craig Ranapia at 06:28PM, 26 May 2008 -
More than Hot Air
Visiting Afghanistan, Damian Christie finds a New Zealander -- renewable energy expert Tony Woods -- working on the ground.
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:34AM, 23 May 2008 -
PA Radio: Resisting the Resistance
Craig Ranapia declares himself a conscientious objector when it comes to Kiwibank's war-themed ad campaign.
Last post by Craig Ranapia at 06:06AM, 22 May 2008 -
PA Radio: Stuff and nonsense
Craig Ranapia finds Fairfax's web showpiece getting itself scammed in the rush to run another delinquent youth story.
Last post by Russell Brown at 12:04PM, 21 May 2008 -
PA Radio: New Zealand Music Month
Damian Christie went along to the Auckland launch of New Zealand Music Month -- the grown-up version with the cocktails, not the rock 'n' roll…
Last post by Russell Brown at 11:37AM, 16 May 2008 -
Groucho Marixism and the rest
Craig Ranapia traverses Myanmar, the memoirs of Alan Greenspan and the "strategic vagueness" of the Labour government's announcement of its rail buy-back.
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:41AM, 15 May 2008 -
PA Radio: Tessa Duder
David Slack talks to Tessa Duder about her first foray into fiction for adults: a new collection of short stories called Is She Still Alive?…
Last post by Russell Brown at 11:18AM, 6 May 2008 -
PA Radio: Sticking with Joss
Another birthday brings Craig Ranapia closer to "the ultimate punchline", and he takes recourse to the rich cultural universe of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:29AM, 5 May 2008 -
PA Radio: Josie Long
Award-winning British comedian Josie Long, appearing this week in Wellington, talks to Russell Brown about making it nice for the punters.
Last post by Stephen Judd at 12:33PM, 4 May 2008 -
PA Radio: Christie in Pakistan
In the first of his radio features from his journey to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Damian Christie discovers a lively blogging scene, one often openly critical…
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:44AM, 30 Apr 2008 -
PA Radio: Doing the Timewarp with Winston
Craig Ranapia wonders why, after 30 years, anyone is still prepared to dance with Winston Peters.
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:42AM, 16 Apr 2008 -
PA Radio: New Telepathics
A chat with Europe-based but New Zealand-inspired Darryn Harkness about New Telepathics and his various other musical projects.
Last post by Russell Brown at 11:15AM, 11 Apr 2008 -
PA Radio: Thought for Food
What hurts you at the supermarket hurts developing countries more. Paul Deady talks to Raj Patel, a visiting scholar at the Centre for African Studies…
Last post by Russell Brown at 08:43AM, 8 Apr 2008 -
PA Radio: Green Day
Damian Christie negotiates the decolletage to join IT playboy Seeby Woodhouse and John Key at the launch of Woodhouse's new carbon-offset company, Green Carbon.
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:37AM, 25 Mar 2008 -
PA Radio: Old Untruths
Craig Ranapia reaches out across the political divide in support of the Greens' Locke after the Green MP's past was questioned by Michael Cullen.
Last post by Russell Brown at 01:07PM, 24 Mar 2008 -
PA Radio: Culture war? Not so much
Politics is not a secular religion, says Craig Ranapia, who doesn't think the "doctrinal knife-fight" has to dominate election year.
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:02AM, 18 Mar 2008 -
PA Radio: Ukelele Orchestration
Schoolteacher Kevin Fogerty -- who you may know from such great bands as The Knobz -- talks about the Play it Strange plan to bring…
Last post by Russell Brown at 06:56AM, 5 Mar 2008 -
PA Radio: Mavis Staples
David Slack interviews the woman Rolling Stone called "the most underrated diva of the century," in advance of her appearance at the WOMAD festival in…
Last post by Russell Brown at 11:30AM, 3 Mar 2008 -
PA Radio: Easterbrook on the ads
Public Address reader Mark Easterbrook of Colenso 99 discuses the state of the advertising industry and how to get people to give you 30 seconds…
Last post by Russell Brown at 11:04AM, 26 Feb 2008 -
PA Radio: Down with SJD
Sean James Donnelly talks about being the music behind two big ad campaigns, playing the summer festival circuit and his planned blitz of genre albums.
Last post by Heather Gaye at 10:27PM, 11 Feb 2008