Salient Podcasts

Salient Podcasts, the love child of Salient Magazine and the late Salient FM, was born in 2020. We’re like a student radio station, only better—you can decide when you want to listen. Pop us on when you want a break from assignments or it’s your turn to clean the flat!

Above Standard

Miss your long-distance bestie? Want to go out for coffee with your biggest friend-crush? Or, let's be real, maybe your mates are just shit with advice? Welcome to Above Standard. A place where you can become our best friends via the internet.

Alice Chrisp and Ella Hoogerbrug started off as best friends, became flatmates, and are now co-hosts of one of Salient's original podcast series. From guests such as Sachi, Stella Clarie, Club 121, Jessie Wong (Yu Mei), and the creator of Nest Fest (Harry Pettit), we regularly create a space that feels like your best friend's bedroom floor.

This year, we aim to continue growing our guest list and getting more and more interactive with our audience.

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Zeitgeist

Hello! We are Zeitgeist—a podcast co-hosted by Jess Ye and Kate Schellekens.

Zeitgeist is about how it feels to be a young person today, who is often disillusioned, but also hopeful that things will get better. We can promise group crying, honesty, and hopefully some insight, but don’t come expecting solutions.

We get through every day by keeping our scope small, but if you step back there’s some fucked up shit, and things like voting or chosing what eggs to buy are never as simple as they seem. Zeitgeist tries to unpack what the world is, what it could be, and, if we can’t change anything, how we can cope.

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The Dusty Sunday Session

Whether it’s telling tales about the frivolous nature of Thai massages, being on tour with bands, how to get into the Willy the Waiter Club (trust us, you don’t want to be in that one), or special celebrity guests, The Dusty Sunday Session is the podcast for everyone.

Norm, Levi, and Tom record every second week and cover a plethora of special topics in an effort to brng some joy and laughter into an otherwise stressful world. If you’re looking for deep insight into the meaning of the universe, relationships, and how to best cook a beef roast, boy do we not have the podcast for you!

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SheCess

The SheCess podcast is based on exploring the feminine experience and listening to women in our community share stories based on their background, life experience, successes, and losses. A beautiful part of femininity is the generosity and openness of conversation, which is the essence of SheCess. A recorded conversation, SheCess is where I get to ask questions to women about their projects, lives, and accomplishments.

I believe that a good story can change the world. SheCess provides a storytelling platform for stories that need to be listened to as well as a balanced and rich image of the feminine experience.

I think it would be a great idea if you joined me on my journey of unpacking and exploring femininity.

Zola xx

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Stranger At Home

What does ‘being Kiwi’ mean? Who gets to call themselves that? Where is Alex’s accent from? And why is Gil always hungover?

Tune in to Stranger At Home, hosted by audio expert Alex Marinkovich-Josey and English nerd Gil Ostini. Each fortnight, we get together with a guest—an expert in a specific field or a mate with a niche passion—to yarn about Aotearoa, national identity, and what culture means. There’s a particular focus on people who fall outside the bounds of conventional Kiwi-ness, and this year, we’re going ham, with more expert guests and more creative audio editing from Alex. Get in touch on Insta (@AmIAKiwi) or via email (strangerathomepod@gmail.com). Kia ora!

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