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The Saturday Spring with Karyn Hay

Join Karyn Hay every Saturday Morning for two hours of fantastic tunes, chats & features! 

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: Rāhoroi 14 September, 2024

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: Rāhoroi 14 September, 2024 The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: Rāhoroi 14 September, 2024, 328.59 MB
Sat 14 Sep 2024

Shukthika Rajaguru joins Karyn for Lecture Me to talk about how sustainability policy is enacted in Government, thanks to Blue Hills Books. Stella chats about Doritos on Implausible Deniability, and Dear Finn answers all your queries.

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: Rāhoroi 7 September, 2024

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: Rāhoroi 7 September, 2024 The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: Rāhoroi 7 September, 2024, 333.74 MB
Mon 9 Sep 2024

Listen back to The Saturday Spring! Karyn discusses film with AUT student Liam, specifically cinematography and colours in Wong Kar-wai's film In 'The Mood For Love' on Lecture Me – thanks to Blue Hill Books. Stella joins Karyn for Implausible Deniability to discuss pheremones, and Finn hops on the mic to help answer your queries for Dear Finn.

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: August 31, 2024

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: August 31, 2024 The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: August 31, 2024, 335.44 MB
Sat 31 Aug 2024

Listen back to The Saturday Spring! Karyn talks to Sociology student Lily about Artificial Reproductive Technologies on Lecture Me, thanks to Blue Hill Books. Stella joins Karyn for Implausible Deniability to discuss sleep debt and whether it can be recouperated! Finn hops on the mic to help answer your queries for Dear Finn.

Lecture Me w/ Jesper: August 24, 2024

Lecture Me w/ Jesper: August 24, 2024 Lecture Me w/ Jesper: August 24, 2024, 23.37 MB
Sat 24 Aug 2024

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: August 24, 2024

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: August 24, 2024 The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: August 24, 2024, 333.45 MB
Sat 24 Aug 2024

Listen back to The Saturday Spring! Karyn talks to student Jesper about Game Theory on Lecture Me, thanks to Blue Hill Books. Riwan hops Implausible Deniability on for a discussion about marine preservation, particularly in the Hauraki Gulf. Finn phones in from Pōneke to help answer your queries for Dear Finn.

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: August 17, 2024

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: August 17, 2024 The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: August 17, 2024, 339.49 MB
Sat 17 Aug 2024

Listen back to hear Karyn talk to Beth Torrance-Hetherington about folktales on Lecture Me - thanks to Blue Hills Second Hand Books. Stella Huggins joins us for Strictly Science to discuss lab grown meat; and Finn hops on the air to answer your prayers!

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: August 10, 2024

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: August 10, 2024 The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: August 10, 2024, 331.05 MB
Sat 10 Aug 2024

Manny joins us for LectureMe! Stella brings us Implausible Deniability (on her bday no less!) and our Dearest Finn answers all our queries!

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: August 3, 2024

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: August 3, 2024 The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: August 3, 2024, 338.89 MB
Sat 3 Aug 2024

The Saturday Spring!! Abi joins us to talk health equity for LectureMe! And Finn once again kindly helps us with all our problems! 

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: July 27, 2024

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: July 27, 2024 The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: July 27, 2024, 347.9 MB
Sat 27 Jul 2024

Here comes the latest edition of The Saturday Spring! Caeden is in for LectureMe, Stella debunks our science myths and Finn kindly answers all our burning queries! 

Lecture Me w/ Caeden: 27 July, 2024

Lecture Me w/ Caeden: 27 July, 2024 Lecture Me w/ Caeden: 27 July, 2024, 28.49 MB
Sat 27 Jul 2024

Karyn Hay chats to Caeden about their recent lecture on early encounters between Māori and Pākehā.

A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson: March 21, 2026

A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson: March 21, 2026 A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson: March 21, 2026, 11.87 MB
Sat 21 Mar 2026

George D. Henderson with another A Song From Insane Times. This week George discusses Jockstrap and Hayley.

Your Gig Is Showing w/ Amamelia: March 21, 2026

Your Gig Is Showing w/ Amamelia: March 21, 2026 Your Gig Is Showing w/ Amamelia: March 21, 2026, 50.88 MB
Sat 21 Mar 2026

Amamelia aka Amelia Berry beams in from Naarm (Melbourne) to get us in the mood for her joyously joyful The Joy Of Living Album Release Show, Friday 17th April at Whammy Bar. 

Demo Gods Pt. I Club Ruby March 21, 2026

Demo Gods Pt. I Club Ruby March 21, 2026 I Club Ruby March 21, 2026, 45.31 MB
Sat 21 Mar 2026

Finn Johansson with the rundown on his latest Demo Gods. He’s rounded up a couple of members of Tamaki pop-punksters Club Ruby: lead singer, Jade Lewis and bassist Hon Manawangphiphat, who will be back in the studio next week with their creation.

Demo Gods Pt. II Maebh McCurdy: March 14, 2026

Demo Gods Pt. II Maebh McCurdy: March 14, 2026 II Maebh McCurdy: March 14, 2026, 39.23 MB
Sat 14 Mar 2026

Finn Johansson comes into the studio with his latest Demo God – Maebh McCurdy (formerly LEIGH) for an entertaining chat and the unveiling of the song that takes you to places you didn’t even know you wanted to go. 

The prompt was “The Great Spectacle of Music” and the resulting demo is titled Traipsing Through the Swamp (Every Little Froggy Gotta Love).

Your Gig Is Showing w/ Otis Mace: March 14, 2026

Your Gig Is Showing w/ Otis Mace: March 14, 2026 Your Gig Is Showing w/ Otis Mace: March 14, 2026, 24.21 MB
Sat 14 Mar 2026

Otis Mace comes into the studio with his guitar to talk up his Planet New Tron Star gig at the Audio Foundation March 27th billed as "a sci-fi song saga of trans-dimensional alien life”.

A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson: March 14, 2026

A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson: March 14, 2026 A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson: March 14, 2026, 8.09 MB
Sat 14 Mar 2026

George D. Henderson with another A Song From Insane Times. This week George discusses the song by Ängie, Harrison First – See through

Demo Gods Pt. I Maebh McCurdy: March 7, 2026

Demo Gods Pt. I Maebh McCurdy: March 7, 2026 I Maebh McCurdy: March 7, 2026, 39.47 MB
Sat 7 Mar 2026

Finn Johansson introduces his latest Demo God – Maebh McCurdy (formerly LEIGH) who has chosen the prompt ’The Great Spectacle of Music”. Maebh will be joining Finn in the studio next week to unveil their musical extravaganza!

A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson: March 7, 2026

A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson: March 7, 2026 A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson: March 7, 2026, 7.49 MB
Sat 7 Mar 2026

George D. Henderson with another A Song From Insane Times. This week George has chosen his "favourite record by a New Zealand band” – from 1991, Stepford 5 and Little Sisters of Satan

Your Gig Is Showing w/ Alina Kuzma and Daniel Rosenberg: March 7, 2026

Your Gig Is Showing w/ Alina Kuzma and Daniel Rosenberg: March 7, 2026 Your Gig Is Showing w/ Alina Kuzma and Daniel Rosenberg: March 7, 2026, 51.86 MB
Sat 7 Mar 2026
We’re in Adelaide to talk with Alina Kuzma who sings and plays the bandura (a traditional stringed Ukrainian instrument) in the all-female ensemble Daughters of Donbas who are playing WomAdelaide on their way to Auckland for a concert at the St Heliers Church and Community Centre Thursday March 12th.
 
Daughters of Donbas are a music and human rights project highlighting the plight of “at least 20,000 Ukranian children abducted from occupied Ukraine and taken to Russia”. Alina is joined by Canadian journalist and record producer Daniel Rosenberg.

Demo Gods Pt. II Josh Hunter: February 28, 2026

Demo Gods Pt. II Josh Hunter: February 28, 2026 II Josh Hunter: February 28, 2026, 48.95 MB
Sat 28 Feb 2026

Our Demo God this week has tripped into Americana with Finn Johansson on the back of the horse. Lead singer and vocalist for Soft Bait Josh Hunter took up the challenge, twisted the prompts and surprised us all with his (as yet) untitled demo. Hear it here!