Sunday Morning for Sunday 4 December 2022

8:10 Rasmus Tandholt: Denmark’s worst world cup

When we last spoke to Rasmus Tandholt, a senior correspondent for TV2 in Denmark, he had just received an apology from the Qatar Supreme Committee for an incident where he was prevented from broadcasting a non-controversial live cross.

Rasmus was in the thick of it when trouble broke out after the Iran-America game this past week, and this time he was detained.

8:30 Dr Jack Watling: Winter and the War in Ukraine

Dr Jack Watling is the senior research fellow for land warfare at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the world's oldest and the UK's leading defence and security think tank. He's won international media awards for his analysis and spent time with military intelligence in Ukraine.

As winter starts to bite in Ukraine, Jack joins us once again with the latest analysis from the region.

9:00 Mediawatch

Mediawatch looks at what programme-makers make of the planned public media merger.

Also: why Stuff journalists walked off the job this week and picketed their own premises - and how the media handled some awkward questions in the news about the controversy over a life-and-death decision and a sick child - and the visit of the PM from Finland.

9:30 Catherine De Lange: Spending time near water is beneficial to our mental health

A 2016 study in Wellington found that residents with ocean views had lower levels of psychological distress. For every 10% increase in how much blue water people could see, the researchers found a one-third point reduction on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (used to predict anxiety and mood disorders).

Catherine de Lange is a science author, specialising in bioscience. Her latest book is Brain Power: Everything you need to know for a healthy, happy brain. Catherine's also the magazine editor for New Scientist, and her work's also seen in The Observer, The Telegraph, the journal Nature and the BBC.

10:05 Coen Lammers: World Cup Qatar Update

We catch up Live with Sports Journalist Coen Lammers on the ground at the World Cup in Qatar.

10:15 Devoney Looser: the Porter sisters, forgotten literary revolutionaries

Emily, about novelist Emily Bronte, is in cinemas. With the film’s accent on a romance that Emily may well not have had in real life, we talk to an expert on the famous women writers of the 19th century.

University of Arizona English professor Devoney Looser is the author of The Making Of Jane Austen, and Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës.

10:39 Simon Gault: Your guide to being a barbecue boss

The well-known master chef and now food importer Simon Gault joins the show to share top tips for throwing things on the BBQ.

11:05 Calling Home: Alexi O’Brien in Qatar

Alexi O'Brien is calling home this morning from Qatar. Alexi's from Christchurch, a former TVNZ journalist she now works for Al Jazeera. What's it like to live in Doha, not just visit there?

11:33 Linn Lorkin: The Redhead Gets The Gig

Singer and pianist Linn Lorkin book The Redhead Gets The Gig has just been released.

In our entertainment world, Linn Lorkin has been a fabulous part of the furniture for a long time, to considerable acclaim.  "Hey Piano Bar Lady", the show looking back at her eight years in New York playing piano bars won a Best Cabaret award in New York. She’s been a star of the Edinburgh fringe, performing with her own trio at the famed Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London. It's all in the book.