Sunday Morning Podcast Options

5:37 PM.Anna Fifield, the new editor of the Dominion Post, says readers can expect to see a lot of emphasis on transparency telling them why the publication has chosen to write stories. After three periods of… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.Twenty years ago, Ronni Abergel created a pop-up 'human library' at a local music festival in Denmark where festival-goers could borrow someone for a chat just like a book off the shelf. The idea is… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Geneticist Neil Gemmell is calling for a wastewater monitoring system to find hidden Covid-19 clusters and people who could be asymptomatic carriers of the disease. Professor Gemmell is part of a… Read more Audio

11:22 AM.A seven-year-old begins a list when their mum hurts herself as she battles depression. It's a list on Post-it notes. A list of every brilliant thing in the world. Years pass, decades disappear, and… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.A recent article in the New York Times pointed to Covid-induced stress as a potential factor for bruxism - clenching or grinding of the jaw - which can cause side effects such as pain, sensitivity… Read more Audio

10:42 AM.In 2018 photographer Guy Needham lived among the semi-nomadic Samburu people of northern Kenya, under the sacred mountain O'Lolokwe. While there, the Auckland-based photographer shot a series of… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.When America Stopped Being Great is the latest book from BBC New York correspondent Nick Bryant, which follows on the heels of his 2014 title The Rise and Fall of Australia. In his new book, Nick… Read more Audio

9:43 AM.Wellington-based singer Deva Mahal recently released her stunning single 'Stand In', a track deeply rooted in her upbringing between Hawaii and New Zealand. She joins the show to discuss penning the… Read more Video, Audio

9:32 AM.Whare Hauroa is an organisation that measures the healthiness of homes by using sensors to record temperature, humidity and dew point index. Kaiwhakahaere (CEO) of Whare Hauora Hiria Te Rangi was… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Our weekend panellists Jane Clifton and Richard Harman offer their thoughts on the past week's news from Aotearoa and abroad. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The unflinching new book When Darkness Stays by historian Paul Moon is based on the time he spent capturing the oral history of late Tuhoe tohunga, H ¯hepa Kereopa. Dr Moon thought he was "the last… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.For the last few years travel vlogger Nick Fisher has based himself in Hungary and travelled the globe, shooting videos for his YouTube channel Indigo Traveller. The channel documents Nick's travels… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.He was one of the first recipients of NZ On Air New Music Pasifika Funding for his song 'Alo I Ou Faiva'. Now, Dunedin-based gospel singer Lani Alo has taken out two major trophies at the 2020 Pacific… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.American president Donald Trump is in hospital after he, his wife Melania, and one of their top aides contracted Covid-19. The fallout has already seen US stock futures plummet, and with the country's… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.In the US, data shows that for the first time ever, the majority of 18-34 year olds live at home with their parents. Dr Kate Prickett joins the show to discuss what her lockdown data says about Kiwi… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.Miriam Lancewood's first book, Woman in the Wilderness, told her story of living for seven years in the NZ bush with her husband. Her gripping sequel to the international bestseller, Wild at Heart… Read more Audio

11:34 AM.The next major pandemic could be inflicted by terrorists unleashing a bio-engineered virus on to the world, according to distinguished fellow at Harvard Law School, Vivek Wadwha. He joins the show to… Read more Audio

11:22 AM.New Zealander Thomas Scovell lives and works in London and has recently had his first child, a daughter named Sadie, whose birth has sparked his new music venture -- 4xLife. And they're inviting you… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Covid-19 has been brutal in Peru, with the country having the highest death rate per population in the world. But it's not all doom and gloom. Patrick Emanuel is part of a team who have invented a new… Read more Audio

10:48 AM.President Trump said he would name a woman to succeed Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died eight days ago, and with lightning speed he has. Karen Kasler analyses his decision to… Read more Audio

10:43 AM.The weather is expected to get worse across New Zealand this morning in this one-in-every-five years sort of storm. Along with the weather itself come all the other sorts of safety considerations… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Jan Preston used her time during lockdown to get into the studio and lay down tracks for her new album, Piano Boogie Woman. Now, on this side of the Tasman, Jan is ready to hit the road for a 20-date… Read more Audio

9:38 AM.For more than 50 years the presence of wild puma-like cats in the South Island has been a keenly debated topic. Two sightings of "monstrous" cats earlier this month in North Canterbury have again… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Panellists Jane Clifton and Richard Harman cover off the political week. Among the topics today, they'll be looking at the first leaders debate - and subsequent fallout - and whether we need to be… Read more Audio