Kadambari Raghukumar

New Zealand

Producer and Presenter at Radio New Zealand (RNZ)

Host at Voices

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Articles

Health span versus life span - Dr Sharad Paul on 'biohacking our genes'

1 month ago | radionz.co.nz | Kadambari Raghukumar

Dr Sharad Paul has spent most of his life trying to understand how our evolutionary past, expressed through our genes, affects our performance, appearance, and what we can do to navigate genetics and our well-being. Put simply - how can we biohack that system. In this Here Now podcast Dr Sharad talks about his latest book . The latest in a long list of books he's authored will soon be out in New Zealand.
'Accidental Comics' - Annie Guo and Summer Xia

2 months ago | radionz.co.nz | Kadambari Raghukumar

When Summer Xia and Annie Guo came to New Zealand, performing in front of a crowd was certainly nowhere in their 'model minority' dreams, but not taking themselves too seriously helped with their Kiwi orientation experience. Roasting friends, family and their new immigrant selves eventually led them to the world of standup comedy.
'Accidental Comics' series: Edd Rivera shares his immigration story

2 months ago | radionz.co.nz | Kadambari Raghukumar

Through all the hoops we jump through making lives in a new country, finding the funny side of things really can be art or an accident. In this four-part series Kadambari Raghukumar talks to folks with jokes and stories about their immigration. Edd Rivera was born and raised in Tonala, Jalisco, in Mexico. The signs were always there. Edd was always the funny guy, even his grandma spotted that in him as a child, he says. She'd get him to narrate stories, tell jokes and at family gatherings.
'We need a solution soon' - diaspora on the conflict in DRC

2 months ago | rnz.co.nz | Kadambari Raghukumar

Congoloese diaspora in Auckland gathered at a rally last month to bring attention to ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where since January this year alone, nearly 7000 people have been killed. About the size of Western Europe, Democratic Republic of Congo - the DRC - has almost 72 percent of the world's coltan resources and a wealth of other mineral resources from gold to zinc. Vying for control over the east's vast mineral reserves are more than 100 armed groups.
Jamaica's Proteje - Keeping an even keel

2 months ago | rnz.co.nz | Kadambari Raghukumar

The world’s awash with so many mixed messages about Jamaica but what makes the intrigue endure is this incessant stream of positivity, upfulness and the calibre of music that the country puts out. One of Jamaica's reigning reggae icons Proteje performed at The Bowl stage at this year's WOMAD Aotearoa and Kadambari Raghukumar got to chat with him, pre-show.
Trinidad to Taranaki - Queen Omega's humble heights

Mar 28, 2025 | rnz.co.nz | Kadambari Raghukumar

FOLLOW Here Now on [Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/here-now/id807777804], [Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6riQa0R5RQc2WZ4UVEDqJN], iHeart Radio or wherever you listen to your podcasts. One of the hottest female reggae artists on the scene right now, Queen Omega, born Jenelle Osbourne, chats to Kadambari Raghukumar in this Here Now episode at WOMAD Aotearoa.
How Indian thinking influences contemporary Western philosophy

Jan 16, 2025 | rnz.co.nz | Kadambari Raghukumar |Gaurav Sharma

Philosophy as a discipline has always dealt with existential questions of life, society and the sciences. Interestingly, modern philosophical thought has come to be dominated by Western thinkers, with ancient Asian schools of the discipline, including Indian and Chinese, taking a back seat. This has been attributed to the past few centuries of colonialism through which European powers have dominated most aspects of human life.
Here Now: Vallé on Papua New Guinea, barbering and lyrics

Dec 1, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Kadambari Raghukumar

FOLLOW Here Now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Christchurch-based artist Vallé talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about rediscovering his connection to Papua New Guinea, his music and running his barbershop alongside everything else. After a brief hiatus since his EP, , was released in 2022, he is back with a single, 'Not 4 Sale'.
Here Now: 'Plants don't know borders' - a tropical obsession in Canterbury

Sep 15, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Kadambari Raghukumar

Follow Here Now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Canterbury-based botanists Dr Julie Barcelona and Dr Pieter Pelser met in the US in the mid-2000s. It was a love - or obsession - for plants of tropical jungles that really brought them together. What ensued has been years of shared discoveries and adventures, and some peculiar romantic gestures. Barcelona and Pelser are renowned for their work on the large and unusual flower rafflesia.
Here Now: Taking the art of capoeira beyond Brazil

Sep 8, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Kadambari Raghukumar

At a stadium in Auckland, close to 100 people - including a large number from the Brazilian community - have gathered to celebrate a batizado. The ceremony is a graduation, of sorts, of new capoeiristas. Maestros and instructors from Australia are here too, and coloured belts are being awarded to visibly excited capoeiristas. For Rio de Janeiro-born Leandro Vasquez, this is the big day he has been helping to organise for his capoeira school, Abada Capoeira.