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Alp Kantarci on mouth health

March 23, 2024 22:30 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MB

Professor Alp Kantarci helps people understand mouth health and lead healthy lives. He speaks to Jim. 

Derek Guy: Twitter “Menswear Guy” on fashion as a social language

March 23, 2024 22:05 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB

California-based Derek Guy has made a name for himself via his X, formerly Twitter, account where he comments on menswear and popular culture. 

Ali Hill: The Nutrition Edition

March 23, 2024 21:46 - 8 minutes - 7.92 MB

Dr Ali Hill from Otago University's Department of Human Nutrition is back on Sunday Morning again. This week she speaks to Jim about heart health and whether intermittent fasting is worth it.

April Phillips on her passion for Frank Sinatra

March 23, 2024 21:26 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MB

April Phillips joins Jim to discuss the life and music of Frank Sinatra and to hear some of his most iconic work. 

Rula Lenska previews upcoming New Zealand shows

March 23, 2024 21:06 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MB

Coronation Street star Rula Lenksa is coming to New Zealand to star in the stage version of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. 

Lucy Corry: Autumnal brunch ideas

March 23, 2024 20:40 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MB

Award winning author and food blogger Lucy Corry discusses some tasty meal and snack ideas for when the shorter nights draw in.

Mediawatch for 24 March 2024

March 23, 2024 20:05 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB

Mediawatch looks at the fallout from Winston Peters' criticism of the media in his State of The Nation speech.

Calling Home: Tony Brook from leafy West London

March 23, 2024 19:30 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB

Former Olympic rower Tony Brook was a member of the gold medal-winning eight-seater team at the 1982 World Rowing Championships in Switzerland. 

Jack Whaley Cohen: The Sunday Quiz

March 23, 2024 19:22 - 7 minutes - 7.13 MB

Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen joins us once again as our Sunday Morning question master. 

Rich Preston: The latest on the Princess of Wales

March 23, 2024 19:13 - 9 minutes - 8.85 MB

The Princess of Wales is receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for a cancerous condition that emerged after her abdominal operation.

David McAlpine: Your noise and hearing questions answered

March 16, 2024 22:25 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MB

Following Professor David McAlpine's chat with Jim last week, so many of you got in touch with questions we've asked him back.

Is television news dead?

March 16, 2024 22:05 - 8 minutes - 8.22 MB

Research NZ have been asking New Zealanders about the importance of having a choice of television channels for news and current affairs and how important it was to have news on television compared with online and other digital platforms.

Skindred's new reggae album

March 16, 2024 21:40 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB

The band Skindred have just won Best Alternative Act at the 2024 MOBO Awards - MOBO standing for Music Of Black Origin.

Calling Home: Zara DuCrôs in New York City

March 16, 2024 21:35 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB

Aucklander, Zara DuCrôs, has been living and studying acting in New York for the last three years. When she's not busy auditioning, she works as a children's birthday party entertainer. From gorgeous penthouses on the Upper East Side, to secret Naval bases, she's entertained kids around New York as everything from a Disney princess to a clown.

The real-life cousins of Dune’s magnificent sandworms

March 16, 2024 21:20 - 9 minutes - 8.28 MB

With the second part of Denis Villeneuve's film franchise of Frank Herbert's fantasy novel, Dune, currently in cinemas, we ask if the fictional worms in the movie share anything in common with real worms.

Add three years to your life by walking just 15,000 steps a week

March 16, 2024 21:06 - 6 minutes - 6.37 MB

There has been such a lot of talk about steps in the last decade… but how many should we take for health?

James Taylor returns to NZ for two shows

March 16, 2024 20:30 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MB

Six-time grammy award winner, James Taylor, speaks with Jim Mora about his life and career ahead of his one-off New Zealand show 'An Evening with James Taylor and His All-Star Band' set for April.

Mediawatch for 17 March 2024

March 16, 2024 20:08 - 33 minutes - 31 MB

What will government do about the great TV news meltdown?; Stuff deploys AI for DIY news.

Eliezer Yudkowsky: The AI academic warning

March 16, 2024 19:30 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MB

Eliezer Yudkowsky, artificial intelligence researcher, decision theorist and co-founder of Machine Intelligence Research Institute, has a stark warning that we're moving too fast in the field of AI.

Rich Preston: The latest from the UK

March 16, 2024 19:12 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MB

BBC senior reporter, Rich Preston, joins Jim to discuss the Royal families' photo doctoring blunder and the latest on Andrew Tate's extradition to the UK.

Liam McEwan looks ahead to the Oscars

March 09, 2024 22:50 - 7 minutes - 7.29 MB

Entertainment journalist, New Zealander Liam McEwan will be reporting from the Vanity Fair Oscar party this weekend. He joins us from his home in Los Angeles ahead of the big event.

Marc Wilson: When is our mental health good enough?

March 09, 2024 21:40 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

Victoria University of Wellington Professor of Psychology, Dr Marc Wilson joins us once again looking at how we decide if life is "good enough" without resorting to therapy, medication or drugs & alcohol to improve it.

David McAlpine: Is noise cancelling technology safe?

March 09, 2024 21:06 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MB

Noise cancelling devices are big business, and it's no surprise with excess noise exposure linked not only to hearing loss but even increased risk of cardiovascular disease and depressive symptoms. But it turns out too much noise reduction comes with its own warnings.

Peter Antonucci: Life aboard "The World"

March 09, 2024 20:40 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MB

Six years spent on board the exclusive private residential ship for millionaires, 'The World', served as the real-life inspiration for former resident turned author, Peter Antonucci.

Mediawatch for 10 March 2024

March 09, 2024 20:08 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MB

TVNZ has proposed big cuts to news that could leave the country with only one daily TV news bulletin and almost no current affairs on TV within weeks.

Eileen Merriman's new novel 'The Night She Fell'

March 09, 2024 19:40 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

Doctor turned young adult writer and now adult fiction writer, Eileen Merriman, has a new book out, 'The Night She Fell'.

Jack Whaley-Cohen: The Sunday Quiz

March 09, 2024 19:35 - 6 minutes - 6.38 MB

Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen joins us once again.

Legendary Scottish Formula 1 Driver Jackie Stewart’s crucial latest race

March 09, 2024 19:10 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MB

Jackie Stewart is widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time. Following his wife, Helen's diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, Sir Jackie founded the global charity Race Against Dementia, to fund pioneering research into the prevention and cure of dementia.

Timothy Heath: Are we entering a 'neomedieval era'

March 02, 2024 22:30 - 30 minutes - 28 MB

Timothy Heath is a senior international defense researcher at the RAND Corporation. In a recent paper, argued that to understand the risks involved in superpower competition between the US and China, we must understand that we now live in what the authors describe as a "neomedieval era."

Jenny Lynch: Former NZ Woman’s Weekly editor pens debut novel

March 02, 2024 22:10 - 17 minutes - 16 MB

The Secrets They Kept is the debut novel by 85-year-old former editor of the NZ Woman's Weekly, Jenny Lynch. The story of a young woman's quest to discover the truth about her mother's unexplained death - and her own identity.

Catch up on the US presidential race ahead of “Super Tuesday”

March 02, 2024 21:40 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MB

Statehouse News Bureau chief Karen Kasler joins us ahead of Super Tuesday, the day when the largest number of US States hold their Presidential Primary elections. Former president Donald Trump is once again the leading republican candidate. His only challenger, former Govenor of South Carolina Nikki Haley currently trails him by almost 100 delegates. This is even though according to Ms Haley's spokeswomen "There are 70% of Americans who don't want another Biden-Trump rematch and 60% of A...

Royal correspondent Ingrid Seward’s new book explores King

March 02, 2024 21:10 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MB

Royal biographer Ingrid Seward joins us to unpick the relationship between King Charles III and his mother the late Queen Elizabeth II. With her unparalleled access and deep understanding of the monarchy, Seward delves into the intricate dynamics of this pivotal relationship within the royal family offering unprecedented insights into the bond between mother and child. Her latest book "My Mother & I" is out now via Simon & Schuster.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke pick their best sailing song

March 02, 2024 20:40 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

On the weekend of March 23rd of SailGP returns to Whakaraupo, Lyttleton Harbour. With the New Zealand team currently in second place just behind Australia, a home win could see them sail to the top of the leaderboard. Legendary sailing duo, best mates Peter Burling (Co-CEO and Driver) and Blair Tuke (Co-CEO and Wing Trimmer) join Jim to talk about life on the waves, and to pick their best sailing song of all time.

Mediawatch: Apocalypse now?

March 02, 2024 20:08 - 40 minutes - 37 MB

For years news media bosses warned the creaking business model backing journalism would fail at a major local outlet. It finally happened this week when Newshub’s owners proposed scrapping it. Then TVNZ posted losses prompting warnings of more cuts to come there. Can TV broadcasters pull a crowd without news? And what might the so-far ambivalent government do?

The most effective exercise to lower blood pressure

March 02, 2024 19:40 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB

A study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine suggests isometric exercises like wall sitting (or wall squats) help reduce blood pressure more effectively than other forms of exercise - including weight training, high-intensity intervals (HIIT), and simple aerobic movements. Dr Jim Wiles is principal lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University in the UK. He joins Jim on Sunday Morning to discuss the study and whether we should all be incorporating the wall sit into our routines.

Are we still safe in the skies?

March 02, 2024 19:10 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MB

Boeing 737 Maxes with loose bolts; on one plane a door plug blew out, leaving a hole in the side of the aircraft. Airbuses too with problems, one only remedied because a passenger noticed four missing screws on the plane's wing. Statistically we're told that being in a plane is 19 times safer than being in a car. Is that still true? Shawn Pruchnicki is a former airline pilot who's now a professor of aviation safety at Ohio State University .

Russia’s war in Ukraine – Two years on: The humanitarian

February 24, 2024 22:40 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

Mike Seawright founded the international humanitarian organisation ReliefAid whose work also continues in Gaza, Syria, and Afghanistan. He joins Jim. 

“Streets of London” singer, Ralph McTell returns to New Zealand

February 24, 2024 22:05 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MB

Ralph McTell joins Jim to talk about his six-decade-long career including his knack for songwriting, life on the road, and rubbing shoulders with Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone and Tom Waits. 

Music and my cochlear implants

February 24, 2024 21:30 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MB

Dr. Amanda Kvalsvig received her first cochlear implant in Christchurch. She joins us for a very special edition of "What I'm Listening To". 

Dancing is the best exercise for mental health

February 24, 2024 21:15 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

Dr Alycia Fong Yang joins Jim to explain why we should be hitting the dancefloor over the gym.

Jack Whaley-Cohen: The Sunday Quiz

February 24, 2024 21:06 - 7 minutes - 6.73 MB

Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen joins us once again as our Sunday Morning question master.

What would you buy if money was no object?

February 24, 2024 20:40 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MB

In a recent article for The Times, science editor Tom Whipple pondered what he'd spend his money on if he became infinitely wealthy. He joins Jim. 

Mediawatch for 25 February 2024

February 24, 2024 20:08 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB

Government 'resets' immigration and welfare; another way to make Google and Facebook to pay for journalism; media milk Kiwi Swifties' stadium FOMO.

Calling Home: Frank Cawkwell on the Caribbean Island of Grenada

February 24, 2024 19:40 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MB

This week's Calling Home guest is Frank Cawkwell who has swapped the Far North town of Maungaturoto for the tropical Caribbean.

Russia’s war in Ukraine – Two years on: The military response

February 24, 2024 19:10 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

Dr Jack Watling looks back at two years of brutal warfare and considers what any future opportunities for peace might look like.

Being symmetrical doesn’t make you more photogenic

February 17, 2024 22:10 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MB

 Award-winning science writer David Robson joins Jim to discuss the latest research into the "perfect face".

Craig Bond: Supermarket rat patrol

February 17, 2024 21:10 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

Goodnature co-founder and ethical pest control expert Craig Bond joins us on the show to share his top tips for keeping your home - or supermarket! - rat free.

Nick Fuller: Trends in weight loss

February 17, 2024 20:40 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MB

Dr Nick Fuller from the University of Sydney joins Jim to discuss weight loss trends. 

Mediawatch for 18 February 2024

February 17, 2024 20:08 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB

Auckland's transport turmoil reports lack full facts; publishers pitch to Parliament to make Google and Facebook pay for their news.

Lucy Corry: The simple delight of Salmagundi

February 17, 2024 19:40 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MB

Lucy Corry joins us to discuss Salamagundi - a type of "composed salad" which can include vegetables, meat, seafood, eggs, fruits and pickles. 

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