Better off Read
By Pip Adam
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Episodes: 100
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My name is pip adam and in this podcast I speak with writers, musicians and artists about an ‘object’ as a way into talking about their work – what it is, how it works and what inspires it. Each year I choose a topic for our series. In 2021 it was elements of literary craft, in 2020 it was music, in our 2022 series Beyond a Joke the object I ask guests to offer is something that has made them laugh.
One of the things I’m really interested in is what we can learn from talking to each other about our own practice and the things we make. Read more about me at my website
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Ep 160: Joseph Trinidad and pip adam talk about Lucky Creatures
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May 27, 2026 |
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Ep 159: Shana Chandra and pip adam talk about Banjara at Unity Books Te Whanganui-a-Tara
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May 05, 2026 |
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Ep 158: Eva Wyles and pip adam talk about Deliverywoman at Unity Books Te Whanganui-a-Tara
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Ep 157: Jordy Rosenberg and pip adam talk about Night Night Fawn at The Open Book
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Ep 156: Ray Shipley and pip adam talk about a tarot deck and 'My Body is a Horror Film'
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Ep 155: Jo Randerson, Sarah Maxey and pip adam talk about Secret Art Powers: How Creative Thinking Can Achieve Radical Change
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Ep 154: liz breslin and Pip chat about a pair of scissors
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Ep 153: Erik Kennedy and Pip chat about a pair of slippers
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Ep 152: poupeh missaghi پوپه میثاقی and Pip chat
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Ep 151: Zeke Caligiuri and Pip chat about a section from The Hours by Michael Cunningham
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Ep 150: Danielle Dutton and Pip chat about Marine Object by Eileen Agar
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Ep 149: Saraid de Silva and Pip chat live at Featherston Booktown
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May 30, 2025 |
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Ep 148: Erin Harrington and Pip chat
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Ep 147: Isabelle McNeur and Pip chat
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Ep 146: Olive Nuttall and Pip chat at Verb 2024 LitCrawl
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Ep 145: Una Cruickshank and Pip chat
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Ep 144: Claudia Jardine and Pip chat
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Ep 144: I'm Working on a Building by Pip Adam
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Ep 143: Kerry Donovan Brown and Pip chat
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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Ep 142: Shilo Kino and Pip chat
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Ep 141: Rose Lu chats with Pip
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Ep 140: Budget Day Back from the Read Encore: Ep 126: Beyond a Joke 14: James Nokise talks with Pip Adam about Verb After Hours
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May 29, 2024 |
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Ep 139: romesh dissanayake chats with Pip
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Ep 138: Sylvan Spring chats with Pip
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Ep 137: Rachel O'Neill chats with Pip
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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Ep 136: Whiti Hereaka chats with Pip
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Ep 135: Kerry Donovan Brown chats with Pip
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Ep 134: Aaron Lister and Joan Fleming read response to Angela Lane's Phosphene
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Ep 133: Jared Davidson: Blood & Dirt at Verb Festival 2023
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Ep 132: Whiti Hereaka talks to Pip Adam about imagined (at the moment) art work in the project she is working on.
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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New series announcement
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Ep 131: Zero Hours - A short story by Pip Adam
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Ep 130: Annaleese Jochems and Pip Adam talk about Audition at Book Hound
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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Ep 129: Beyond a Joke 16 - Murdoch Stephens talks with Pip Adam about a photo of a Kastrati oil sign.
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Ep 128: Beyond a Joke 15 - Joy Holley talks with Pip Adam about Bodies Bodies Bodies
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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Ep 127: Sasha and Achille from 5ever talks with Pip Adam
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Ep 126: Beyond a Joke 14 - James Nokise talks with Pip Adam about Verb After-Hours
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Ep 125: Beyond a Joke 13 - Eamonn Marra talk with Pip Adam about Verb After-Hours
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Ep 124: Beyond a Joke 12 - Gabby Anderson talk with Pip Adam about Verb After-Hours
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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Ep 123: A Talk about Janet Frame by Pip Adam
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Ep 122: Appetites Talk about Reality TV by Pip Adam
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Dec 31, 2022 |
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Ep 121: Please Unlock to Ride by Pip Adam
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Ep 120: Beyond a Joke 11 - Anna Pendergrast & Kelly Pendergrast talk with Pip Adam about The Laughter Lift from Kermode & Mayo’s Take
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Ep 119: Beyond a Joke 10 - Marolyn Krasner talks with Pip Adam about Hudson Valley Ballers: Lovers
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Ep 118: Beyond a Joke 9 - Rijula Das, author of Small Deaths, talks to Pip Adam about a New Yorker cartoon
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Oct 08, 2022 |
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Ep 117: Beyond a Joke 8 - Dominic Hoey tells Pip Adam a funny story and they talk about Poor People With Money
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Ep 116: Beyond a Joke 7 - Sarah Jane Barnett talks with Pip Adam about Michael Schur’s The Good Place
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Ep 115: Beyond a Joke 6 - Brannavan Gnanalingam talks with Pip Adam about Kira Muratova’s film The Asthenic Syndrome
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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Ep 114: Beyond a Joke 5 - Rachel O’Neill talks with Pip Adam about Pockets and Everything Everywhere All At Once by the Daniels
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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Ep 113: Beyond a Joke 4 - Anthony Lapwood talks to Pip Adam about ’Goethe in the Roman Campagna’ by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Ep 112: Beyond a Joke 3 - Jordan Hamel talks to Pip Adam about his poem ’Death Coach’
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May 13, 2022 |
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Ep 111: Beyond a Joke 2 - Jonny Potts talks to Pip Adam about Nikolai Gogol’s story ’The Nose’
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Ep 110: Beyond a Joke 1 - Anna Jackson talks to Pip Adam about Anna’s book ’Actions & Travels: How poetry works’.
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Beyond a Joke! Better of Read’s New Home at Substack.
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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Ep 109: Andy Southall : Time, Love, Memory session from Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Ep 108: Bridget van der Zijpp: Time, Love, Memory session from Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Ep 107: Elements 21 – Character. Tatyana Kulida talks to Pip Adam about Henry Miller’s ‘To Paint is to Love Again’.
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Ep 106: Elements 20 - Character. Tara Black talks to Pip Adam about René Magritte‘s ‘The Treachery of Images‘.
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Ep 105: Elements 19 - Character. Rachel O‘Neill talks to Pip Adam about Andrea Arnold‘s film Milk.
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Ep 104: Elements 18 – Point. Kirsten McDougall talks to Pip Adam about first-person perspective.
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Ep 103: Elements 17 - Point. Ebony Lamb talks to Pip Adam about a self-portrait photographed by Ebony Lamb.
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Ep 102: Elements 16 - Point. Cassie Hart talks to Pip Adam about Butcherbird by Cassie Hart.
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Ep 101: Elements 15 - Point. Emma Hislop talks to Pip Adam about Daisy Johnson's short story 'The Hunt'.
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Ep 100: Elements 14 – Point. Cassandra Barnett talks to Pip Adam about a Wooden Croaking Frog Percussion Instrument.
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Ep 99: Elements 13 – Plot. Ash Davida Jane talks to Pip Adam about ‘Kiss of the Sun’ by Mary Ruefle and ‘pool party’ by Ash Davida Jane.
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Ep 98: Elements 12 - Place. Richard Larsen talks to Pip Adam about the first Glass Vaults' album 'Glass'
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Ep 97: Elements 11 - Plot. Doug Dillaman talks to Pip Adam about Formula 1: Drive To Survive S3E9
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May 31, 2021 |
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Ep 96: Elements 10 - Plot. Laura Vincent talks to Pip Adam about her poems 'ACTIVITIES' and 'Anecdotal happiness'
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May 17, 2021 |
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Ep 95: Elements 9 - Plot M. Darusha Wehm talks to Pip Adam (Special Live-streamed Episode for Wellington Rape Crisis Annual Appeal Week)
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May 03, 2021 |
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Ep 94: Elements 8 - Plot. Dan Kois talks to Pip Adam about a sound mixing board.
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Ep 93: Elements 7 - Plot. Ingrid Horrocks talks to Pip Adam about water and her work Where We Swim.
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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Ep 92: Elements 6 – Place. Ann Shelton talks to Pip Adam about her work The Witch, Pennyroyal (Mentha sp.), 2020
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Ep 91: Elements 5 - Place. Kerry Donovan Brown talks to Pip Adam about Beatrix Potter's 'The Tale of Samuel Whiskers' or 'The Roly-Poly Pudding'.
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Ep 90: Elements 4 – Place. Charlie Pearson, Helen Lehndorf and Marolyn Krasner talk to Pip Adam about the postcodes 4410 to 4412.
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Ep 89: Elements 3 – Place. Rose Lu talks to Pip Adam about a cleaver.
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Ep 88: Elements 2 – Place. Victor Rodger talks to Pip Adam about Club Paradiso.
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Ep 87: Elements 1 – Place. Michaela Keeble talks to Pip Adam about a set of juvenile pāua shell from the beach where she lives.
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Announcing the Elements Series
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Ep 86: Dan Kois talks to Pip Adam about 'Train Dreams' by Denis Johnson
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Ep 85: Caitlin Smith talks to Pip Adam about ‘Shoulder Charge’ by Jesca Hoop and ‘Another Goodbye’ by Caitlin Smith
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Ep 84: Renter Writes - Eamonn Marra and Murdoch Stephens talk to Dr Elinor Chisholm at Unity Books Wellington
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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Ep 83: Brannavan Gnanalingam and Pip Adam talk to Kirsten McDougall at Unity Books Wellington
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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Ep 82: Sound Series 10 - Showcase with Sudha Rao
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Ep 81: Sound Series 9 - Cassandra Barnett and Luke Buda
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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Ep 80: Sound Series 8 - Anna Smaill and David Long
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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Sounds Series - The Exercises
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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Ep 79: Sound Series 7 - Kerry Ann Lee and Jackson Nieuwland
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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Ep 78: Sound Series 6 - Carl Shuker and Simon Sweetman
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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Ep 77: Sound Series 5 - Brannavan Gnanalingam and Tokerau Wilson
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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Ep 76: Sound Series 4 - Sinead Overbye and Charlotte Forrester
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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Ep 75: Sounds Series 3 - Eamonn Marra and Cooki Aimee M
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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Ep 74: Sound Series 2 - Ruby Solly and Chris Tse
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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Ep 73 Sound Series 1 James Woods and Nick Ascroft
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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COMING SOON Better off Read: Sound Series
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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Ep 71 Sinead Overbye talks to Pip Adam about Bernadine Evaristo's novel 'Girl, Woman, Other'
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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Short Red: Exercise 26
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May 07, 2020 |
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Short Red: Exercises 25
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May 06, 2020 |
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Short Red: Exercises 24
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May 05, 2020 |
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Ep 71 Jackson Nieuwland talks to Pip Adam about Crispin Best's 'gently' and Jackson Nieuwland's 'I am a photographer.'
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May 03, 2020 |
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Short Red: Exercises 23
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Apr 30, 2020 |