Sunday Morning for Sunday 11 September 2022

 

8:10 Royal News - Rich Preston 

Rich Preston, Senior Reporter and Presenter for BBC World TV and the BBC World Service joins Jim to look ahead at the plans for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and the accession of King Charles III. 

8:30 Brown Noise - Dr Gemma Paech 

Most of us will probably know abour white noise which is claimed to help 40% of people find sleep. Some may even swear by pink noise to help them nod off. Dr Gemma Paech, a senior lecturer in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle, talks about the benefits of brown noise in the quest for a better night's slumber. 

8:40 Blood Types - Professor Braxton Mitchell 

We may not think much about what blood type we have, except to know that some types are more in demand that others when we give blood. And the importance, medically and scientifically, of blood type has been clouded a bit by a kind of blood type astrology, which has become fashionable. This is the concept of ketsueki-gata, which posits that blood type shapes temperament.

But what can it shape? To what extent can it shape your health outcomes? 

New research from the University of Maryland's medical schoolaims to shed more light on this. The lead author is an internationally prominent genetic epidemiologist,  Professor Braxton Mitchell.

9:06 Mediawatch

This week Colin Peacock begins by looking at how media here and overseas reacted to the death of Queen Elizabeth the Second.  He also looks at the reaction to a new government plan for Maori media - and Lotto coming under scrutiny. 

9:37 Calling Home - Max Thomas Edmond

This week Calling Home comes from Japan. Max Thomas Edmond, is originally from Mt. Vic, Wellington and now lives in the rural town of KIKUCHI, on the southern island of Kyushu, the most southerly of the four big Japanese islands.

10:06 Cooking for the Queen - Peter Gordon

Peter Gordon, one of the founders of Homeland restaurant in Auckland, joins us this morning to remember the time he cooked for the Queen.  

10.20 Love your Career - Caroline Sandford 

Caroline Sandford is CEO of the organisation Love Your Career. She has previously written the book Love Your Career, and now comes a new one, Love Your Career Forever.  

10:40 The Fantasy of the Middle Ages - Anne Wallentine 

Two new, hugely-expensive series: House of The Dragon and The Rings of Power have recently been fighting it out in the online streaming market.

Both original authors, George R.R. Martin and J.R.R Tolkien, planted their works in the middle ages. Tolkien was attracted to medieval literature and ideas and Martin was fascinated by the Wars of the Roses, and both men envisage fantasy versions of mediaeval times, adding dragons and magic.

But how mediaeval really are these creations, and the re-imaginings of these past times, especially in the great piles of lesser books that have followed Martin and Tolkien.

An exhibition at the Getty Center in Los Angeles called The Fantasy of the Middle Ages depicts how people have reimagined the medieval period in the centuries since.

Anne Wallentine is a writer and art historian based in LA. She's written for The Economist, Hyperallergic, Art UK and Slate, among a number of other outlets.

11:05 Tech Talk - Helen Baxter 

Helen Baxter from Mohawk Media is our technology correspondent. 

11:35 Effects of 9/11 - Dr Rachel Yehuda 

Dr Rachel Yehuda, professor of psychiatry and neuroscience and director of the Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and also the director of mental health at New York's James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center joins us on the 21st anniversary of 9/11 to talk about the psychological effects of 9/11 on those caught up in it.