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10:07 AM.Positivity, consistency and vulnerability are key to having more fulfilling friendships, according to founder and CEO of American friend matching agency Girlfriend Circles.com Shasta Nelson, whose… Read more Audio

9:53 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about how Australian ministers are still grumbling about Jacinda Ardern's blast at Scott Morrison over Kiwi deportees, Australia's Reserve… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.After an overwhelming response to Professor Maurice Curtis' last appearance on the programme, he joins Kathryn Ryan again to talk about all the difficult questions about leaving your body to science… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Pressure's mounting on the New Zealand government to give tax cuts and for the reserve bank to cut interest rates because of the economic risks posed by the new coronavirus. As the numbers and spread… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.New research has found climate change and the expected increase in extreme weather events will mean higher damages - and an additional liability for EQC. 8000 claims lodged to the EQC between 2000 and… Read more Audio

11:27 AM.Do you zone out in conversations? Wake at 3am worrying about things? Find yourself addicted to your phone? Kerene Strochnetter has written a book entitled Crazy Busy - in which she argues that if busy… Read more Audio

11:11 AM.Economic uncertainty related to the spread of Covid-19 and 12 years into Kiwisaver and we're getting less conservative. Stuff business editor, Rebecca Stevenson Audio

11:07 AM.Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop, Dunedin, reviews The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry. This book is published by Hachette. Audio

10:07 AM.Dr Anita Sands hails from the east coast of Ireland, but has cemented herself on America's west coast in the heart of Silicon Valley. She's served, or is serving, on the boards of several software and… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Ron talks to Kathryn about the South Carolina primary results, the arrival of Super Tuesday and the US President's response to Covid-19. Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Overly onerous visa applications are hammering international bulk shipping, for which the New Zealand economy relies upon for trade within the world, say leaders in the sea freight industry. They are… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Sai Yoganathan learnt the fundamentals of cooking from her mother during her childhood in Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. Since then she has adopted many countries as home living in Africa, New Zealand… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Matthew, Neale and Kathryn talk about the deepening economic risks around Covid 19, gun laws and the Australasian Prime Ministers' news conference. Matthew Hooton is an Auckland based consultant and… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.'Cold Blood' is the latest delightfully absurd offering from partners in art and life choreographer Michèle Anne De Mey and filmmaker Jaco Van Dormael. Featuring tiny props, cinema projection, and a… Read more Video, Audio

9:45 AM.Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney looks at how European nations have toughened their public health measures in response to the outbreaks of coronavirus cases, with Italy and France the first… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Kathryn talks to the Department of Corrections Deputy Chief Executive - Maori, Topia Rameka about the five-year strategy called Hokai Rangi, which aims to reduce the disproportionate number of Maori… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.As Canadian midwives celebrate a landmark legal decision to end a gender pay gap, the New Zealand College of Midwives are stopping short of a threat to revive their High Court claim here. Meanwhile a… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Our comedians Te Radar and Melanie Bracewell with a feast of funnies, including why the World Taekwondo Federation is changing its name because of the negative connotations of its initials. Audio

11:33 AM.Sports commentator Sam Ackerman looks at growing speculation the Tokyo Olympics may have to be moved due to COVID-19 - but is it really safer anywhere else? He'll also talk to Kathryn about a big… Read more Audio

11:11 AM.Music reviewer Grant Smithies joins Kathryn to sample some key tracks from Tame Impala's generously trippy fourth album The Slow Rush. He'll also have gems from Chicago soul act The Impressions and… Read more Audio

10:38 AM.Louise O'Brien reviews Shakti by Rajorshi Chakraborti, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio