New Zealand and New South Wales are the only places in the world where sex work is fully decriminalised. John Oh, a heterosexual male escort, talks with Kim Hill in 2019 about his life as a sex worker, and how straight men like himself are a "tiny minority" in the sex industry.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Bill Bailey has been described as Britain's biggest alternative act, regarded there as a national treasure. Best known for his film and television work on 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks', 'QI', he was also host of the first season of NZ comedy panel show 'Patriot Brains'. He speaks with Kim Hill in 2023 ahead of his visit to New Zealand for his comedy tour 'Thoughtifier.'Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Award-winning writer, Dr Emma Espiner (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Porou) talked to Kim Hill earlier in 2023 about her unconventional upbringing, ditching her recruitment job for med school and how New Zealand can improve healthcare for Māori.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

One of Kim Hill's most popular interviews in 2020, she chats with Irish entertainer Graham Norton to discuss his novel 'Home Stretch'. Well known as the host of the eponymous BBC chat show, he has become one of the UK's best loved figures. He's won 9 BAFTAs, has recently taken over as Britain's tongue-in-cheek commentator of the 'Eurovision Song Contest' and has become an author, releasing his third novel.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

After a lengthy career in NZ politics, in 2016 Don Brash became the spokesperson for a new lobby group called Hobson's Pledge, a group formed to oppose what Brash has described as Māori favoritism. In 2017, he began weighing into the debate about the use of te reo Māori, saying he was "utterly sick" of the use of the language by RNZ reporters and presenters. He joined Kim hill to explain his perspective.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

In 2020, Kim hill spoke with legendary singer, songwriter, actor, author, and humanitarian - Dolly Parton. She's happy to be seen as a feminist icon - at the same time she's considering posing for Playboy magazine. The famous American country singer's image might be bottle-blonde with augmented breasts, but underneath Parton says she's utterly authentic. Listen to Kim Hill's 2020 interview with Dolly PartonFollow Kim Hill Collection on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart or wherever you get your podcasts.In 2020, Kim hill spoke with legendary singer, songwriter, actor, author, and humanitarian - Dolly Parton. She's happy to be seen as a feminist icon - at the same time she's considering posing for Playboy magazine. The famous American country singer's image might be bottle-blonde with augmented breasts, but underneath Parton says she's utterly authentic.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Poet and literature critic, Kate Camp talks with Kim Hill about Katherine Mansfield - perhaps New Zealand's most famous literary daughter. Camp won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry at the 1999 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. She has published a further six collections, establishing her at the vanguard of New Zealand poetry. Listen to Kim Hill's 2004 interview with Kate Camp on MansfieldFollow Kim Hill Collection on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart or wherever you get your podcasts.Poet and literature critic, Kate Camp talks with Kim Hill about Katherine Mansfield - perhaps New Zealand's most famous literary daughter. Camp won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry at the 1999 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. She has published a further six collections, establishing her at the vanguard of New Zealand poetry.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Siân Davey is a photographer with a background in fine art and social policy. Her book 'Looking for Alice', which documents the childhood of her daughter with Down Syndrome, was shortlisted for the Aperture Best Book Award at Paris Photo in 2016. Davey joins Kim Hill to discuss her book 'Martha' in 2018, which sees her turn the camera again on her adolescent stepdaughter as a response to the girl's question: 'why don't you photograph me anymore?'Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

A Kim Hill interview with Professor Emeritus of Māori Studies at Auckland University, Dr Ranginui Walker, who had recently updated his book 'Ka Whawhai Tonu Mātou: Struggle Without End'. An educator and historian, Dr Walker was a biographer of Sir Apirana Ngata and of the master carver Paki Harrison. He was also a commentator and his columns in the Listener magazine ran for 20 years.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Canadian author Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel 'The Handmaid's Tale' was, in 2017, enjoying a resurgence of interest. The dystopian totalitarian United States that it depicts came to life in a TV series of the same name. It was likened to living under Donald Trump's presidency. Kim Hill talks with Atwood during this time about how the series had begun to hit a modern nerve, and whether it was good news or bad for the series to have a fresh lease of life.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details