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Dr Zazie Todd: How pets benefit our brains
February 10, 2024 19:35 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBDr Zazie Todd, Sunday Morning's go-to expert on both cats and dogs joins us once again with more scientific, pragmatic and joyful ways to lead happy lives with our pets. She's the award-winning author of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy and Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy. She's the creator of the popular blog, Companion Animal Psychology, and she's currently putting the finishing touches to a book on fear and anxiety in dogs, due out this year.
Jack Whaley-Cohen: The Sunday Quiz
February 10, 2024 19:30 - 6 minutes - 6.23 MBQuiz master Jack Waley-Cohen joins us once again as our Sunday Morning question master. Jack is the mind behind the questions on BBC quiz show Only Connect which is known for being both difficult to crack and totally obvious. It's Sunday morning, so wake up your brain and have a go!
Good reasons you’re feeling so tired after the holidays
February 10, 2024 19:10 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBMost of us who took some time off over the holidays will be getting back into the swing of things by now. But why are we feeling so tired? Professor Ian Hickie, Co-Director of Health and Policy at The University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Centre says that it is not just Kiwis and Australians that are feeling burnt out.
Ali Harper: Songstress on new Circa Theatre show The Supper
February 03, 2024 22:35 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBSongstress Ali Harper is currently starring in production The Supper Club at Circa Theatre in Wellington - which is taking audiences back in time to the glitz of the 1920s. The production, directed by Ian Harman and soundtracked by bandleader Tom McLeod, features songs from the glamorous twenties through to the present day The star of the show Ali Harper joins Jim on Sunday Morning to tell us all about the production which runs until 17 February.
Will Stone: Can the keto diet improve our mental health?
February 03, 2024 22:10 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBThe ketogenic (aka keto) diet gets hyped for weight loss, but scientists are now discovering it may also help alleviate the symptoms of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Will Stone – a health and science reporter at NPR – chats to Jim Mora about what we know so far.
Karen Kasler: The latest from the US primaries
February 03, 2024 21:45 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBOur U.S. correspondent Karen Kasler has the latest from the ongoing election campaign.
Lisa Cam: On her favourite Chinese New Year customs
February 03, 2024 21:30 - 9 minutes - 8.94 MBSouth China Morning Post journalist Lisa Cam joins Jim to discuss some unique Chinese New Year traditions.
Jack Whaley-Cohen: The Sunday Quiz
February 03, 2024 21:25 - 6 minutes - 6.23 MBOnly Connect quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen was such a hit over the summer that we've invited him back as our resident Sunday Morning question master.
Daniel O’Donnell: My favourite Irish song
February 03, 2024 21:10 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBDaniel O'Donnell joins Jim to discuss his first New Zealand tour since 2017.
Calling Home: Sarah and Gavin Steiner (currently) in Morocco
February 03, 2024 20:35 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBThe Steiner family call home from Morocco and talk to Jim about their non-stop travels and the people they have met along the way.
Mediawatch for 4 February 2024
February 03, 2024 20:08 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBThis week on Mediawatch, does bad news about the economy trump good news? The end of the line for goneburger?
Charlotte Ryan: Is music journalism dead?
February 03, 2024 19:45 - 8 minutes - 8.21 MBMusic 101 host Charlotte Ryan spoke to Jim about music journalism's shifting sands.
Russell Howard: 'British people look like dropped pies'
February 03, 2024 19:10 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBBritish stand-up comedian Russell Howard is currently on a nine-date Aotearoa tour and dropped into the RNZ Auckland studio to talk to Jim.
Jamie Tahana: UK Correspondent in London
January 27, 2024 22:50 - 10 minutes - 9.49 MBFormer RNZ Maori news editor Jamie Tahana joins us with the latest headlines from London.
Brian Merchant: Blood in the Machine
January 27, 2024 22:10 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBTechnology journalist for the LA Times, Brian Merchant joins us to talk about his book Blood in the Machine and his thinking around how we respond to the current moment of AI job automation.
Crystal Hefner: Behind closed doors at the Playboy mansion
January 27, 2024 21:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBCrystal Hefner, widow of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner opens up about life with the late tycoon in her new memoir, "Only Say Good Things: Surviving 'Playboy' and Finding Myself." The sex, the drugs, the misogyny, Crystal offers a vulnerable and clear-eyed look at her experience with arguably, one of the most influential men of the 20th century.
Calling Home: Jaime Kruijer in Revelstoke, British Columbia
January 27, 2024 20:35 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBCalling Home this Sunday is Queenstown native Jaime Kruijer from the Winter sports destination of Revelstoke in British Columbia.
Mediawatch for 28 January 2024
January 27, 2024 20:08 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBWhat you missed over summer: harmless sharks, woke worries, sewage smells and water woes flood the holiday news drought; media cop flak for coverage of Golriz Ghahraman's downfall.
Jasmin Fox-Skelly: Balancing your oral microbiome
January 27, 2024 19:35 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBFor many of us oral health is a matter of shiny teeth and a nice smile, but science journalist, Jasmin Fox-Skelly has been drilling into the topic and it turns out there's vast array of viruses, fungi and bacteria living in our mouths - which, if kept in balance can prevent conditions from Alzheimer's disease to cancer.
Jack Waley-Cohen: The Sunday Quiz
January 27, 2024 19:25 - 10 minutes - 9.8 MBQuiz master Jack Waley-Cohen was such a hit over the summer that we've invited him back as a regular Sunday Morning guest. Jack is the mind behind the questions on BBC's infamous quiz show 'Only Connect', known for being both really hard - and at the same time totally obvious. Wake up your brain and have a go!
Andrew Read: How worrying is the JN1 Variant?
January 27, 2024 19:10 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBNew Zealander Dr Andrew Read is the director of its Institutes of Life Sciences at Pennsylvania State University. He works at the forefront of international research on Covid and specialises in the ways infectious diseases work, He joins us to explore the emergence of the JN1 variant, its worrying ability to target lung cells and what this means in a world of semi-immune populations.
US journalist George Packer on Trump, Biden, and an America in crisis
December 10, 2023 05:05 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBUS journalist, novelist and playwright George Packer may be best known for his work in the New Yorker and The Atlantic regarding U.S. foreign policy, and for his book The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, also won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. In his latest book, Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal, George considers diagnoses America's slide into a failed state, and envisions a path toward overcoming injustices, para...
Dr Al Gillespie: A global murder mystery
December 09, 2023 22:45 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBDozens of elite Russians have died in suspicious circumstances over the past few years in what the Sydney Morning Herald has called "a global murder mystery." Waikato University's International Law professor Alexander Gillespie is the author of the multi-volume series The Causes Of War and A History Of The Laws Of War. He speaks to Jim.
Jeffrey Halley: New government, new year, but same old economy?
December 09, 2023 22:35 - 8 minutes - 7.39 MBJeffrey Halley is a Kiwi in Jakarta and Singapore who until recently was the senior market analyst for Asia Pacific for the OANDA corporation, with his analysis regularly sought by Bloomberg, the BBC, Reuters, CNBC, MSN, and the New York Times.
George Packer: America In Crisis
December 09, 2023 22:05 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBUS journalist, novelist and playwright George Packer may be best known for his work in the New Yorker and The Atlantic regarding U.S. foreign policy, and for his book The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, also won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. In his latest book, Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal, George considers diagnoses America's slide into a failed state, and envisions a path toward overcoming injustices, para...
Simone and Malcolm Collins: the pro-birthers trying to grow populations
December 09, 2023 21:25 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBLast year, billionaire Elon Musk tweeted that population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming. It is a trend occurring in many countries and although fertility remains high in some regions. Today, close to half of the world's population lives in a country where lifetime fertility rates are below replacement levels - with New Zealand's fertility rate declining by about 25% per decade. Musk's view is shared by others who describe themsel...
Lisa Sanders: How many people end up with Long Covid?
December 09, 2023 20:40 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBThe international consensus is that one in ten people who get Covid will feel long-lasting effects. That would mean that of the 900 or so cases being reported every day in this resurgence we're experiencing, 100 people will not get over this virus anytime soon. Yale University's Dr Lisa Sanders is working hard to unravel the mysteries of Long Covid.
Mediawatch for 10 December 2023
December 09, 2023 20:08 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBParliamentary pomp and ceremony - but no honeymoon; 'From Paper to Platform'- media's online dependence; Todd Niall - local matters really matter
Michelle Wong: Under the skin of the beauty industry
December 09, 2023 19:30 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBFewer wrinkles, a fresher complexion and younger skin are sought by many, but what’s behind beauty industry hype? Dr Michelle Wong is a science communicator who runs the popular Lab Muffin Beauty Science blog where she tests skin products – turning her into a global beauty influencer. Michelle is a cosmetic chemist and science educator with a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry.
Calling Home: Sarah Davison in Barcelona
December 09, 2023 19:10 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBCalling Home this morning is Sarah Davison in Barcelona. People with long memories may remember her as Fiona Dalgleish who once starred in the popular TV show Country GP. Sarah went to Rangi Ruru Girls' School in Christchurch, then Canterbury University. At age 23 she set off to live in Europe. She was in London for 18 years, worked as a children's presenter on the BBC, acted, sang, narrated documentaries, and made language learning recordings for Oxford University Press. ah went to Rang...
Martyn Craddock: Why retirement homes must be better
December 02, 2023 22:30 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBMartyn Craddock is the chief executive of United St Saviour's, the charity behind Appleby Blue, a new block of social housing for over-65s in Southwark, South London that's hoping to re-shape how we view housing for older people.
Gilbert Enoka: Mental skills for sport and life
December 02, 2023 22:10 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBAll Blacks Mental Skills Coach Gilbert Enoka, is moving on to on new pastures.
Peter & Josh Solorzano: The brothers making planespotting cool
December 02, 2023 21:40 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBSibling planespotters Peter and Joshua Solorzano of hit YouTube channel L.A Flights happen to do their thing at the fourth-busiest airport in the world, LAX.
Sebastian Faulks: On being Homo sapiens
December 02, 2023 21:10 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBSebastian Faulks, worldwide bestselling author of Birdsong, is back with a new thriller, inspired, he tells us by a tweet from Richard Dawkins.
Marc Wilson: Do pets actually make us happier?
December 02, 2023 20:40 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBVictoria University of Wellington Professor of Psychology, Dr Marc Wilson, joins us once again.
Mediawatch for 3 December 2023
December 02, 2023 20:08 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBClaims of media 'bribery' derail new government on day one; politics shows off air just as politics hots up; mayor under pressure after rumour-based reports.
Lisa Kaltenegger: The search for life on other planets
December 02, 2023 19:10 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBIf there was life on other planets, what might it look like, and would they even bother coming to Earth?
Terry Hayes on The Year of the Locust
November 25, 2023 22:13 - 40 minutes - 37 MB'I am Pilgrim' was a worldwide bestseller in 2013 and THE Christmas present of the year. Nine years later Terry Hayes, now 72, is gifting his readers a follow up: 'The Year of the Locust'. He returns to the world of intelligence with another spy novel, but this time with completely new characters. Hayes is a former journalist whose investigative work has led him to knock on the doors of the criminal underworld. His writing was noticed by the Mad Max film director in 1979, which led to a ...
Daniel Oppenheimer: Can hand writing survive the digital age?
November 25, 2023 21:40 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBPerhaps this year's letter to Santa will reap more benefit than just what's under the tree on Christmas morning. Daniel M. Oppenheimer is a professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences. He discusses if the pen is indeed mightier than the laptop.
Anna Ptaszynski: The strange and interesting world of sport
November 25, 2023 21:05 - 33 minutes - 31 MBAnna Ptaszynsk joins Sunday Morning to tackle sport's weirdest rules, its most unlikely heroes, and promises to cover everything from pole-vaulting priests to professional pillow-fighting.
Catherine de Lange: The best exercise for the mind
November 25, 2023 20:40 - 17 minutes - 16 MBMost of us feel better once we get the blood pumping a bit, but are there exercises that work better for our mental health than others? Catherine de Lange is a science author, specialising in bioscience. She has written the book Brain Power: Everything you need to know for a healthy, happy brain. She digs into the science behind exercise and our mental health.
Mediawatch for 26 November 2023
November 25, 2023 20:08 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBParties seal the coalition deal to end long limbo for media; watchdog warns media laws need urgent upgrade; media tuning out of music journalism; Covid response reckons ramp up in inquiry season.
Kim Hill: The Jim Mora interview
November 25, 2023 19:11 - 31 minutes - 29 MBOn Saturday, Kim Hill brought the curtain down on a 38-year career at RNZ. After making her name as an unparalleled interviewer, she switched places and let Sunday Morning's Jim Mora ask her questions.
Rachel McAlpine: Is life worth living after 90?
November 19, 2023 04:45 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBIs life worth living after 90? Ask the experts! Writer Rachel McAlpine was shocked to the core when her GP predicted she would live to 99. Like most people, she had opinions about very old age but no experience. She asked local people in their 90s about their lives and found their revelations broke all the stereotypes. She also walked the footpaths of Wellington asking people how they see their life unfolding at 90. Her new play The Secret Lives of Extremely Old People erupted from those...
George Harrison: The reluctant Beatle
November 19, 2023 04:10 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBAuthor Phillip Norman has written biographies of many musical greats including Mick Jagger, Elton John, and Eric Clapton. His books on the Beatles are considered by some as definitive. After biographies on John Lennon and Paul McCartney, he now tackles "the quiet one", George Harrison.
Ben Campbell: What I’m Listening To
November 18, 2023 22:45 - 10 minutes - 9.53 MBWe find out what's in the headphones of New Zealand Golfer, Ben Campbell, after his win at the Hong Kong Open.
Russell Foster: Circadian rhythm and the science of our body
November 18, 2023 21:30 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBOnce considered a fringe science, circadian rhythms have gone mainstream. Professor Russell Foster is the Director of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at the University of Oxford. His book Life Time: The New Science of the Body Clock, and How It Can Revolutionize Your Sleep and Health, has been a surprise best seller. Jim Mora finds out why.
Calling Home: Sue McGregor in Zambia
November 18, 2023 21:10 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBOriginally from Green Island, Dunedin, Sue McGregor speaks to us from Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Sue (or Sister Sue as she's often known) initially thought she'd be there for a year. That was in 2004. She lives in the Presentation Sisters convent and works with people in the city affected by substance misuse.
Benjamin Rogers: Becoming your own hero
November 18, 2023 20:40 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBIf you want to make your life feel more meaningful, try seeing it as a hero's journey. Researchers have found that the hero's journey is not just for legends and superheroes, but that individuals can achieve greater well-being and resilience by 'restorying' their lives. Lead researcher Benjamin Rogers is an assistant professor in the Management and Organization department at Boston College's Carroll School of Management.
Mediawatch for 19 November 2023
November 18, 2023 20:08 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBMedia campaign of the century; producers push for tax on streamers; the legacy of a 'true newspaperman'.