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Jack Watling: The Future of Warfare
November 18, 2023 19:10 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBAs conflicts erupt around the world, the technology of war and warfare is evolving. Dr. Jack Watling is no stranger to Sunday Morning on RNZ. Senior Research Fellow for Land Warfare at the Royal United Services Institute, he has regularly provided his expert analysis on the war in Ukraine both from an academic perspective and as someone who has also been to the frontline. In his new book, The Arms of the Future, he examines the ways modern technology is reshaping the weapons of warfare.
Julian Paton: Blood pressure and links to dementia
November 11, 2023 22:32 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBHigh blood pressure has become a focus of attention in many quarters. The condition affects one-third of adult New Zealanders and disproportionately more Maori and Pacific people. It's the biggest risk factor for cardiovascular disease - the leading cause of death here and globally - and researchers are now studying its links to dementia in later life. Professor Julian Paton from the University of Auckland's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences says it's clear we don't yet know everyth...
Margaret Lovell-Smith: A radical history of Christchurch
November 11, 2023 22:18 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBWith Armistice Day being marked across Europe and the World, we head to Christchurch where the period before, during and after New Zealand's involvement in World War I the city became a flashpoint for pro- and anti-war sentiment. In her book 'I Don't Believe in Murder': Standing up for peace in World War I Canterbury, local writer and historian Margaret Lovell-Smith tells the stories of the people who made Christchurch the leading city in the peace movement, and of the men who refused to...
Mike Seawright: Aid team on the ground in the Gaza
November 11, 2023 22:05 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBMike Seawright is the Aucklander who was once an investment banker with a yacht. Then Mike discovered a new purpose in life - he founded the NZ charity ReliefAid, run by hard working volunteers on the ground here, and ReliefAid has also been on the ground in most of the major conflict and natural disaster situations we can think of over the past few years. Now Mike's team are on the ground in Gaza.
Robinson: My Latest Track
November 11, 2023 21:43 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBLondon based New Zealander Robinson introduces us to her sparkling new EP Chasing Nirvana. She chats to Jim about her songwriting, the approaching London winter, and finding her creative groove. She shares her newest. prettiest song yet with Sunday Morning, 'It's All Over You'.
Calling Home: Liam McEwan in Los Angeles
November 11, 2023 21:10 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBEx-Rangitoto College student Liam McEwan is calling home from Los Angeles, California. After humble beginnings at Flea FM in Devonport, he's now made a name for himself interviewing the stars. Elton, Ringo, Miley, and Ariana are among the A-Listers he's interviewed and is working on getting on a first name basis with. He shares his journey to the red carpet, his most memorable celebrity smiles and snubs, and the stars he'd most like to interview.
George Lockyer: Kiwis on Harley-Davidsons
November 11, 2023 20:40 - 20 minutes - 19 MBThe Harley-Davidson motorcycle, the most polarising motorbike in the world and also the most legendary, made so by movies like Easy Rider in 1969. One of our most peripatetic writers has just put out a book about them. George Lockyer has already penned Long and Winding Aotearoa, Kiwi Garages, Tales and Trails Down Under and Living The Dream. Now comes Kiwis on Harleys, with stories of 27 New Zealanders who own, collect and sometimes race these noisy, misfiring but mighty machines
Mediawatch for 12 November 2023
November 11, 2023 20:08 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBThis week Mediawatch looks at how the media have followed the formation of the next government going on behind closed doors. Also: a push to persuade policymakers to emulate Ireland’s economy - and local media people lamenting the decline of what was the media’s favourite social media platform, Twitter. [picture id="4KZR3WE_Bury_the_Bird_ad_jpg" crop="original" layout="full"]
Barbara Sahakian: New research into avoiding depression
November 11, 2023 19:46 - 10 minutes - 9.87 MBCambridge University neuropsychologist Professor Barbara Sahakian talks about new research from her team using data from the UK biobank to reach conclusions about mental health. The study used neuroimaging to see the differences in the brain, changing volumes of areas like the hippocampus, vital for memory and learning, and the amygdala, for emotional regulation. At last count more than 12% of New Zealanders were on antidepressants, 16% of females, 9% of males, 22% of women over age 65...
Anne-Sophie Mutter: Violin virtuoso visits New Zealand
November 11, 2023 19:21 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBFor the very first time in Aotearoa New Zealand, world-renowned violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter joins forces with the NZSO.
Will Flockton: Live in London after pro-Palestinian protests
November 11, 2023 19:13 - 8 minutes - 7.64 MBIt's the evening of Remembrance Day, Armistice Day, in the UK. Pro-Palestinian marchers have rallied in London in large numbers, and former defence force generals there have defended their right to do so, in the face of opposition from Home Secretary Suella Braverman. She described the rallies in advance as "hate marches" and accused the police of favouring left-wing groups over right. BBC producer Will Flockton, formally RNZ Morning Report, was there.
Amiria Grenell: My Latest Track
November 04, 2023 22:30 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBAward-winning, Otautahi based folk singer and songwriter Amiria Grenell introduces us to her latest single, the gentle track 'Lanterns'. Daughter of legendary country musician John Grenell and known for her crystalline voice Amiria has followed her heritage into a colourful and long-standing career as a touring artist and respected songwriter.
Calling Home: Honor Harger in Singapore
November 04, 2023 22:10 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBOriginally from Dunedin, Honor Hagar's career has taken her around the world - London, Newcastle, Brighton, Amsterdam, Zagreb, Berlin, and Riga - before she landed in Singapore where she now works in one of the city's most distinctive buildings, the lotus-shaped ArtScience Museum.
Dr Erica Brozovsky: The surprising origin of gossip
November 04, 2023 21:30 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBYou may have heard the saying 'Gossip is the Devil's radio', but does gossip actually deserve the bad rap it gets? Dr Erica Brozovsky is a sociolinguist, and the host and writer of popular PBS Youtube series 'Otherwords', an educational series about language and linguistics. Erica's videos explore the weird and whacky lesser-known history behind words and language, they've garnered hundreds of thousands of views. She argues that gossip is not only a part of our human nature, a tool that'...
Adam Grant: The Science of Success
November 04, 2023 21:10 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again has a new book about what it takes to improve and succeed. Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist, Wharton's top-rated professor for seven straight years, and the New York Times bestselling author of three books that have sold over a million copies and been translated into 35 languages His New Book Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things digs into how we can all rise to achieve greater things.
Lucy Corry: Homemade Goody Goody Gum Drops Ice Cream
November 04, 2023 20:35 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBToday marks the start of NZ Ice Cream & Gelato Week. Lucy Corry joins us with her DIY recipe for a Kiwi favourite.
Mediawatch for 5 November 2023
November 04, 2023 20:08 - 35 minutes - 64.5 MBRugby in recovery as a media spectacle; keeping it confidential to protect sources; Musk trashing Twitter.
Toni Childs: ‘It’s all a beautiful noise’
November 04, 2023 19:30 - 10 minutes - 9.99 MBEmmy Award Winner, 3-time Grammy nominated recording artist, installation artist, and environmental activist Toni Childs joins us ahead of her gig with the Corrs next week. She talks about recovering her voice and her upcoming underwater gig on the Great Barrier Reef.
Robert Brander: The Science of Surf, Sand and Rips
November 04, 2023 19:10 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBAs the weather warms and summer approaches, many of us are looking forward to getting into the ocean. Professor Rob Brander, aka 'Dr Rip', is a coastal scientist, beach safety researcher and science communicator in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at UNSW Sydney in Sydney. His book Dr Rip's Essential Beach Book: Everything you need to know about surf, sand and rips dives into the science of waves and currents, how beaches form and behave, how they respond to sto...
Jeffrey Halley: An economic temperature check post-election
October 28, 2023 22:45 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBJeffrey Halley is Sunday Morning's man on the money. Jeffrey's a kiwi in Jakarta and Singapore who until recently was the Senior Market Analyst for Asia Pacific for the OANDA corporation, with his analysis is regularly sought by Bloomberg, the BBC, Reuters, CNBC, MSN and the New York Times.
Clare Wilson: How ‘free’ is free will?
October 28, 2023 22:15 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBAre your choices ever really yours to make? It's an age-old philosophical question, but one that regularly rears its head with advances in our understanding of genetics and neuroscience. Recent publications from two leading neuroscientists have lent wight to the argument that free will is an illusion and that our choices are pre-determined by the make-up of our brain. The theory has thorny implications for moral dilemmas and ideas about crime and punishment. If our choices are not our ow...
Mark Reason: Rugby World Cup Final reaction
October 28, 2023 22:05 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBMark Reason, Stuff's senior sports columnist, gives us his post-match analysis of the Rugby World Cup Final between the All Blacks and Springboks.
Melissa Hogenboom: The brain that changes itself
October 28, 2023 21:35 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBThe first 1000 days are the most important of our lives - why? Because in those first three years of life our brain is rapidly changing and developing, our neuroplasticity is at its peak. It was once thought that this remarkable capacity to remodel ended with youth, but the brain's plasticity is a constant force in shaping who we are. Change can come about unconsciously and, interestingly, through conscious effort. Science journalist and BBC Future reporter Melissa Hogenboom, recently de...
Fiona Hugues: Wishing you a hairy Halloween
October 28, 2023 21:20 - 7 minutes - 7.27 MBNo cook likes to be told that their culinary creations look disgusting, but there’s no pretending otherwise with Fiona Hugues’ creepy Halloween cake. Here's how to make it - and some wriggly marzipan maggots.
Sir Bryan Williams: Rugby World Cup Final reaction
October 28, 2023 21:10 - 7 minutes - 6.54 MBSir Bryan Williams - former All Black and coach of the Samoan national rugby team - gives us his unbridled take post-Rugby World Cup showdown between the All Blacks and Springboks.
Christina Persico: Stade de France fulltime
October 28, 2023 20:50 - 1 minute - 1.4 MBWill it be jubilation or devastation for Kiwi All Blacks' fans? We soak in the atmosphere - whatever it may be - from Stade de France with Christina Persico. Christina is RNZ's Pacific Bulletin Editor.
Zazie Todd: Are we pathologising normal pooch behaviour?
October 28, 2023 20:40 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBIn the space of a few short years, discussions around 'anxiety' and 'feeling anxious' have entered the mainstream. While the rise in anxiety among humans is a well-documented phenomenon, the similarly rapid rise in our companion animals has flown under the radar. Yet, our pets, particularly pooches, are increasingly prescribed anti-anxiety medication. So, are our animals really more anxious? Or are we pathologising normal pet behaviour? The jury is out. Dr Zazie Todd is an animal behavio...
Mediawatch for 29 October 2023
October 28, 2023 20:08 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBCovering news from all over the country is a struggle for media companies dealing with rising costs and falling revenues. But some local outlets are surviving - and even thriving. Mediawatch's Hayden Donnel finds out who's doing the business in Whanganui - and how they're doing it.
Christina Persico: Halftime at Stade de France
October 28, 2023 19:55 - 4 minutes - 4.38 MBChristina Persico - RNZ's Pacific Bulletin Editor - is match-side at the Rugby World Cup Final. She joins us at halftime from the Stade France.
Calling home: Giles Cooper in Hanoi
October 28, 2023 19:30 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBCantabrian Giles Cooper has many strings to his bow - lawyer by day, bar owner by night. Arriving in the Vietnamese metropolis of Hanoi in 1999, he opened a New Zealand style café, Puku, and hasn't looked back since.
Duncan Paterson: Parisian publican
October 28, 2023 19:25 - 2 minutes - 2.58 MBDuncan Paterson is in the eye of the Rugby World Cup storm. He speaks to us from his packed Parisian pub - The Black Sheep Society - a slice of Kiwi paradise on Rue Daval.
Al Gillespie: Middle East update and China’s economic headwinds
October 28, 2023 19:10 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBWe speak to Al Gillespie about the latest from the conflict in the Middle East and China's 'fantastical' economic statistics. Al Gillespie is a professor of law, specialising in international law related to war, the environment and civil liberties, at the University of Waikato.
Michael Vlismas: behind Elon Musk's quarter-trillon fortune
September 30, 2023 22:40 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBMichael Vlismas' Risking It All sets out to say how Musk's childhood shaped him, and the other themes are perseverance, strategising skills and a remarkable ability to handle pressure.
Dr Lisa Sanders: Your questions on Long-COVID answered
September 30, 2023 22:20 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBAfter her chat on the show a couple of weeks ago, Dr Lisa Sanders from Yale University's Long-COVID clinic joins us once again to answer some of your questions.
Dr Maya Mathur: BMI and the gap between belief and reality
September 30, 2023 22:05 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBAssistant Professor at Stanford's Quantitative Sciences Unit has crunched the numbers around weight, BMI and health and found some surprising data.
Dr Alex Burgoyne: there's something about mindfulness
September 30, 2023 21:40 - 10 minutes - 9.22 MBDr Alex Burgoyne, a cognitive neuroscientist says there's something else to know about mindfulness.
Dr Lucy Foulkes: Why ‘therapy speak’ might be making us feel worse
September 30, 2023 21:10 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBMany of us grew up in a time when mental health just wasn't discussed. These days though mental wellness is being promoted in many aspects of daily life and the language of psychiatry has entered the vernacular.
Calling Home: Simon Butchard in Warsaw
September 30, 2023 20:30 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBCalling home this week is Simon Butchard, who grew up in Christchurch but now lives in Warsaw with his wife Ania and their twins.
Mediawatch for 1 October 2023
September 30, 2023 20:08 - 36 minutes - 66.3 MBThe undecided could decide the election; giving youth a voice in the election; ZB's 'straight talking' subscribers' service.
David Linklater: Is your car spying on you?
September 30, 2023 19:40 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBWhilst spying seems like a strong word, that's the accusation made in a study by the Mozilla Foundation. David Linklater is the Deputy editor of DRIVEN CARGUIDE at NZME. He joins us with the details.
Emily Guy Birken: How to buy happiness
September 30, 2023 19:20 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBHow we shop has a greater effect on our happiness than what we buy. Emily Guy Birken is an award-winning writer, author, money coach, and retirement expert. She tells us how to get more bliss for our buck.
Mark Reason: All Blacks win, cause for celebration?
September 30, 2023 19:10 - 6 minutes - 5.6 MBThe All Blacks thumped Italy in the RWC, a cause for celebration. Is there also a cause for caution? Sports writer Mark Reason joins Jim, Mark's a senior sports writer for Stuff and Mark's covered every Rugby World Cup since 1991.
Anna Kornadt: Why we rarely feel our age
September 24, 2023 05:10 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBThe quote attributed to American Baseball plater Satchel Paige, goes "How old would you be if you didn't know what age you were?" Most of us feel an age that bears no relation to our physical age. Anna Kornadt is a professor in psychology at the University of Luxembourg with a focus on aging and lifespan development and head of their Institute of Lifespan Development, Family and Culture.
Dr Sam Parnia: Life, death and in-between
September 23, 2023 22:40 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBWe may never solve the question of what happens when our hearts stop and electrical activity in our brain flatlines, but science is giving this a good go now. Dr Sam Parnia is a British associate professor of Medicine at New York University's Grossman School of Medicine, where he is also director of research into cardiopulmonary resuscitation, director of the Human Consciousness Project at the UK's University of Southampton and author of the book The Lazarus Effect: The Science That is R...
Lavina Good: The Asian Games
September 23, 2023 22:20 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBSports journalist, Lavina Good joins us from Hangzhou, China with the latest from the 19th Asian Games.
Arthur C Brooks: Understanding happiness
September 23, 2023 21:15 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBHow can we bring more happiness into our lives? How do we translate a yearning for happiness into the sort of action that will enable us to grasp it? How do we live, now, in a less-and-less happy world? Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at Harvard Business School and best-selling author, reckons he's got the answer.
Mark Reason: Rugby World Cup Update
September 23, 2023 21:05 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBAs two of the favourites for the Rugby World Cup - South Africa and Ireland - go head-to-head at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, we go live for the latest from Mark Reason, Stuff's senior sports columnist.
Calling Home: Brett Sargon in Calgary, Alberta
September 23, 2023 20:30 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBA curling team from New Zealand have been 'adopted' by a retirement home in Calgary, Alberta. In return for four months of accommodation, the team integrate with the residents; similar to an intergenerational scheme ran in the Dutch city of Deventer They're in Calgary to practice with their eyes on qualifying for the World Men's Curling Championship 2024 in Switzerland, and eventually the 2026 Olympics. Vice-skip Brett Sargon joins us.
Mediawatch for 24 September 2023
September 23, 2023 20:08 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBDebate statemates add to election frustration; the current and future state of Stuff; some good - but overdue - news for Dunedin.
Jack Chen: Do we still need to separate laundry?
September 23, 2023 19:50 - 6 minutes - 6.15 MBMost of us learned to do laundry from our parents, and at some point we were told the story of the red sock making the laundry pink. But according to some, we don't need to separate laundry anymore. Jack Chen, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at Auckland University of Technology joins us.