Sunday Morning for Sunday 9 April 2023
8:10 Luciane Buchanan: At the top of her game
Netflix’s latest political thriller series, The Night Agent has been at the top of the charts on the service lately. Local talent, Luciane Buchanan plays the role of a cybersecurity expert who gets caught up in White House skulduggery and international espionage.
For Luciane, who has previously starred in Netflix's The New Legends of Monkey, in Apple TV's series Mr Corman and in local drama like TV2's Filthy Rich the big part in the Night Agent really takes things up a notch. She joins us for a catch-up.
8:40 Mark Reason: The Masters golf
With the 87th Masters Golf Tournament taking place in Augusta, Georgia, we talk to Stuff's Senior Sports Columnist, Mark Reason.
9:06 Mediawatch
This week Mediawatch looks at New Zealanders trust in news - and the trust- worthiness of our news outlets.
9:30 Patrick Brammall: Colin from Accounts
On of the surprise streaming hits of the last few months is a show called Colin From Accounts. Our own Colin from RNZ spoke to co-creator and actor Patrick Brammall.
10:05 Kate Breach: NASA’s Artemis II crew announced
On Monday, NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission in more than 50 years. The space agency hopes to establish the first long-term presence on the moon and, using knowledge gleaned from those efforts, send the first humans to Mars.
Joining us to discuss the new is the chair of Women in Space Aotearoa, Space sector consultant and Aerospace Engineer, Kate Breach.
10:20 Tom ter Bogt: Did music move us more in our teenage years?
Do you sometimes get the feeling that music just isn’t as good as it used to be? You might not be alone. Tom ter Bogt, a cultural psychologist and professor of pop music at the University of Utrecht might be able to explain.
10:35 Calling Home: Julian Kirwan in Amsterdam
Calling home this week is Julian Kirwan, a former flight attendant from Christchurch who has established a successful café chain and is well and truly settled in the Dutch metropolis of Amsterdam
11:03 Steven Rainey: 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement
25 years ago the Good Friday Agreement was signed in Northern Ireland. It effectively ending armed hostilities between Republicans (or Nationalists) who wanted a united Ireland and Loyalists who wanted to remain part of the UK.
A whole generation has now grown of age in this new era. Among them with the man who hosts BBC Ulster’s Sunday Morning show, Steven Rainey.
11:30 Mema Wilda: My Latest Track
A new single from Wilda 'Going Wild' is released this weekend and the band will be the opening for Larkin Poe at Auckland's Powerstation next Thursday.
WILDA are Shellita Goldsmith, Kent Mori Mitch French, Hariata Makiha, and out front on guitar and vocals Mema Wilda who joins us to tell us all about it