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Professor Al Gillespie: Iran attack on Israel escalates
April 13, 2024 23:45 - 10 minutes - 9.23 MBIran has launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel, in an attack that may trigger a major escalation between the regional archenemies. Iran's Revolutionary Guard confirmed it has targeted specific places in Israel. Iran had vowed retaliation for what it called an Israeli strike on its Damascus consulate on April 1 that killed seven Revolutionary Guards officers including two senior commanders. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for the attack. The United States...
Australia correspondent: Bondi mall attack
April 13, 2024 23:40 - 4 minutes - 4.55 MBSix people are confirmed dead after a knife attack on Saturday at Sydney's Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre. We speak to ABC correspondent Joe Hathaway-Wilson.
Dr Stephen Best: Restoring sight for all
April 13, 2024 23:30 - 10 minutes - 9.82 MBOphthalmologist Stephen Best can work modern-day miracles. For the past 25 years, the glaucoma specialist has removed cataracts, prevented blindness, and restored sight to hundreds, if not thousands of people.
Boris Heifets: Hope as a powerful placebo
April 13, 2024 23:06 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBKetamine - an anaesthetic drug primarily developed as a horse tranquiliser - is also known to be a powerful psychedelic.
David Robson: How to lead a life of no regrets
April 13, 2024 22:40 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MB'Should I Stay or Should I Go?' is not confined to The Clash's back catalogue, it's a dilemma we face constantly.
The headlines we didn’t read
April 13, 2024 22:30 - 7 minutes - 6.76 MBRNZ producer, Mary Argue, has been reading all the headlines - so you don't have to. She'll discuss everything from the expansion of the universe, the usefulness of beta-blockers, and the debate about AI robot butlers - should they be bipedal?
Calling Home: Maia Ramsden in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
April 13, 2024 22:10 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBNew Zealand athlete Maia Ramsden is calling home from Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA where she studies at Harvard University.
Kate Sylvester talks exclusively about the end of an era
April 13, 2024 21:40 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBIn a shock move after 31 years in the industry, fashion designer Kate Sylvester is walking away from the eponymous brand.
Mediawatch for 14 April 2024
April 13, 2024 21:08 - 37 minutes - 68.4 MBEnd of TV news as we know it? TVNZ cuts back and Newshub closes down. Newshub's news boss responds; the minister plays for time; a former minister fights back
Hauser: Rebel with a cause
April 13, 2024 20:40 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBA cellist is not the first person that springs to mind when you think: Rebel. But Hauser, the classical world's answer to Cher, is just that.
Jack Whaley-Cohen: The Sunday Quiz
April 13, 2024 20:35 - 6 minutes - 6.14 MBQuiz master Jack Waley-Cohen joins us once again as our Sunday Morning question master.
Sam McAlister: The BBC producer behind Prince Andrew’s infamous interview
April 13, 2024 20:10 - 25 minutes - 23 MBIn 2019, under extreme scrutiny for his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and facing allegations about his own conduct, Prince Andrew sat down for the infamous interview with BBC's Newsnight.
The "Unpolitician" pipped to be the next UK PM
April 06, 2024 23:19 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBBritish journalist and former Labour party senior advisor Tom Baldwin is the author of a new biography Sir Kier Starmer: The Unexpected Rise.
Calling Home: Volcanologist Chris Conway is too tall for Japan
April 06, 2024 23:06 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBChris Conway is a volcanologist based in Tsukuba City. He joins Jim for Calling Home.
The headlines we didn’t read
April 06, 2024 22:52 - 5 minutes - 4.82 MBRNZ producer, Ayana Piper-Healion, has been reading all the headlines - so you don’t have to.
Succession: Love, Ethics, and the Power of Pills
April 06, 2024 22:05 - 37 minutes - 34 MBLucy Prebble, the BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Emmy award-winning writer behind HBO's drama Succession, talks about her play, The Effect.
Mediawatch for 7 April 2024
April 06, 2024 21:08 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBWe talk to an editor keeping an eye on where public money for public services ends up and the government’s new political action plan gets the media’s attention.
The real Alan Bates tells his story
April 06, 2024 20:10 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBNearly 1000 British sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted or convicted of theft, false accounting and fraud, due to a faulty computer system. The story of the scandal is told in the TV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office. Alan Bates joins Jim.
Tali Sharot: The benefits of seeing our lives in a new light
March 30, 2024 22:30 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBHabituation is a neurological process which helps us to adapt to new environments keeping ready to reap any benefits or negate any hazards. Tali Sharot is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London and the co-author of Look Again: The power of noticing what was always there. She believes there are benefits to seeing the things we are used to in a fresh light
Robert J. Koester: The Science of search and rescue
March 30, 2024 22:05 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBWhether an individual is stuck under rubble or has just wandered off the beaten track, it's more than likely the search and rescue team will be using the work of Robert J.Koester to locate the missing person. He's a world leading search and rescue expert and the author of numerous books, including the seminal 'Lost Person Behavior' which has become the go-to guide for planning search and rescue missions around the world. Robert J.Koester joins Jim Mora to discuss his life's work.
Search and rescue: the science of how lost people behave in the wild
March 30, 2024 22:05 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBWith steep mountains, wild rivers, and swift weather changes, Aotearoa is a place where people can easily get lost. Although Kiwis are fortunate to have NZ Search and Rescue, these skilled and brave volunteers can't always perform miracles. To better predict what people tend to do when lost on land – and improve chances of a successful rescue – search-and-rescue scientist Dr Robert J Koester has studied thousands of cases. He talks to Jim Mora about his life's work.
Stacy Gregg’s: The Easter Bunny Hunt
March 30, 2024 21:30 - 10 minutes - 10 MBInternational best-selling author Stacy Gregg has just released two new books for children and pre-teens. 'The Easter Bunny Hunt' is inspired by the adventures of her own cat and dog. And for pre-teens 'Nine Girls' is based on Gregg's own upbringing in Ngaruawahia, set in the political tumult of the 1980's. Stacy chats with Jim about the inspiration behind her new works and what she has planned for her Easter Sunday.
Dan Weijers: Life inside the Matrix
March 30, 2024 20:40 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBWhile there's no denying our lives have become better in many ways thanks to the internet and smartphones - genuine human interaction has dropped drastically, leaving society at large in an epidemic of loneliness. Dystopian sci-fi classic 'The Matrix' came out 25 years ago, yet Dan Weijers argues its themes are more relevant now than ever before. Dan Weijers is a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Waikato.
Mediawatch for 31 March 2024
March 30, 2024 20:08 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBGabrielle review lessons for media; Dolphin drama fires up media.
The headlines we didn't read
March 30, 2024 19:45 - 6 minutes - 5.54 MBRNZ producer, Mary Argue, has been reading all the headlines - so you don't have to. She'll discuss everything from how useful a degree is in the modern world to what to eat before a colonoscopy.
Mary Argue’s “Headlines we didn’t read”
March 30, 2024 19:45 - 6 minutes - 5.54 MBRNZ producer, Mary Argue, has been reading all the headlines - so you don't have to. She'll discuss everything from how useful a degree is in the modern world to what to eat before a colonoscopy.
Calling Home: Juleigh Parker and Peter Gray from the Great Loop, USA
March 30, 2024 19:06 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBMaungaturoto locals, Juleigh Parker and Peter Gray are calling home from the USA. They're taking on the Great Loop in their vessel, Plenty. The Great Loop is a system of waterways that encompasses the eastern portion of the United States and part of Canada. The entire loop stretches almost 10,000 km covering the Atlantic Ocean, the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
Alp Kantarci on mouth health
March 23, 2024 22:30 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBProfessor 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 MBCalifornia-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 MBDr 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 MBApril 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 MBCoronation 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 MBAward 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 MBMediawatch 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 MBFormer 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 MBQuiz 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 MBThe 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 MBFollowing 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 MBResearch 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 MBThe 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 MBAucklander, 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 MBWith 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 MBThere 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 MBSix-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 MBWhat 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 MBEliezer 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 MBBBC 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 MBEntertainment 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 MBVictoria 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 MBNoise 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.