Kim Hill Wants To Know

Mar 03 2025 9 ep. 55 mins 122
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Kim Hill is back asking questions in her inimitable style. She has conversations with guests from around the world about topics that spark her interest and will do the same for you.

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What Anatoly Liberman Thinks of The English Language

Mar 03 2025 64 mins  
Kim Hill sits down with linguist and etymologist Anatoly Liberman to talk about words – their meaning, their history and how languages evolve. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Why Nick Wallis Continues Covering the UK's Post Office Scandal

Feb 24 2025 66 mins  
Kim Hill speaks with journalist Nick Wallis about his time covering the UK’s Great Post Office scandal - described as England's worst miscarriage of justice - and discovers the story is far from over.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

When Caroline Crampton Realised She Was a Hypochondriac

Feb 17 2025 54 mins  
Caroline Crampton resisted the idea that she was a hypochondriac, but now she's written an entire book on the history of the condition.Is this normal Doctor?The more we know about things, the more there is to worry about. This is especially true of our bodies, where it seems impossible that something isn’t going wrong all the time.Caroline Crampton is a hypochondriac and has writ

About William Dalrymple's History

Dec 16 2024 71 mins  
Historian, author and podcaster William Dalrymple believes it was India's Golden Road - not China's Silk Road - that transformed the world. He tells Kim Hill about his latest book and his own family history in the Empire.Scottish historian and journalist William Dalrymple is renown for his books, television series and podcast Empire - mostly about India, a country he’s been in lo

Whether Boris Johnson is Attempting to Salvage His Political Career

Dec 09 2024 66 mins  
If you put Kim Hill and former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a room together - this is what you get. A fiery yet invigorating conversation about Johnson's political career and his new book Unleashed.Watch the video version of the episode here.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Why Ingrid Robeyns Wants To Get Rid of Billionaires

Dec 02 2024 58 mins  
How much money is too much? Belgian-Dutch philosopher and economist Professor Ingrid Robeyns has written a book called Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth and she tells Kim Hill why the uber rich should be forced to give up their cash.Belgian-Dutch philosopher and economist Professor Ingrid Robeyns believes there is such a thing as too much money.Professor Robeyns, who h

What Drives Jon Lee Anderson

Nov 25 2024 68 mins  
Jon Lee Anderson’s life of adventure began when he was a young boy. The veteran New Yorker journalist tells Kim Hill about covering conflicts, doing jail time and his fascination with rebels which led to discovering Che Guevara's body in Bolivia.Jon Lee Anderson’s life of adventure began when he was a young boy. The veteran New Yorker journalist has covered some of the most int

What's Changed For Malcolm Gladwell

Nov 18 2024 51 mins  
Best-selling author, journalist and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell sits down with Kim Hill to explain his latest book and how his perspective has changed last 25 years. He delivers insights into the power in numbers and his surprising interests.Twenty-five years on from the publication of his best-selling book The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. Canadian jou

Introducing: Kim Hill Wants To Know

Nov 10 2024 1 mins  
Kim Hill is back asking questions in her inimitable style. She has conversations with guests from around the world about topics that spark her interest and will do the same for you. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details