Sunday Morning Podcast Options

8:14 AM.We cross to the UK for the latest political news with journalist and lawyer Christian Smith. Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Frances Cook is back with some advice on how to have that awkward, but often fruitful, conversation with your bank. Read more Audio

11:38 AM.Legendary kiwi musician Andrew Fagan has just announced a solo tour for later this year. Read more Audio

11:13 AM.Peptides are skincare's ingredient du jour, but what do they do? Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Wellingtonian Sophie McColl joins us from the Swiss city of Basel to talk about this year's Eurovision. Read more Video, Audio

10:25 AM.In his latest book I Dream of Joni, author and journalist Henry Alford traverses Mitchell's life in 53 essays. Read more Audio

10:10 AM. Michael Beel swapped working in his regular Lower Hutt salon for a stint with the creative team behind the scenes of the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland. J Read more Audio

9:38 AM.In 2021, Andrew Hamilton spent four months in prison for the supply of psychedelic drugs. Because of it, he's now a stand-up comic.  Read more Audio

8:33 AM.A study has linked emoji usage to key personality traits, including those in the so-called Dark Triad. Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back with his Sunday Morning quiz.  Read more Audio

8:14 AM.Waikato University's International Law professor Alexander Gillespie joins Jim to assess the prospect of another global conflict.  Read more Audio

11:50 AM.In the past 15 years, more than 150 papers have been written on the 'science of magic'. Read more Audio

11:39 AM.To coincide with Mother's Day, New Zealand's largest herd improvement organisation LIC has inducted a super-cow into its ‘Hall of Fame’.  Read more Audio

11:09 AM.Award-winning writer, journalist, and avid amateur climber Will Cockrell joins Jim to discuss his book Everest, Inc. The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World. Read more Audio

10:37 AM.In her latest book Autocracy, Inc, Pulitzer-prize winning historian Anne Applebaum examines the power structures currently running the world.  Read more Audio

10:18 AM.Devonport-raised, New York-based musician Indy Yelich has just released new single 'Sail Away'. Read more Video, Audio

10:06 AM.The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest invited entrants "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels" - that is, one which was deliberately bad.  Read more Audio

9:39 AM.American tech journalist Kurt Knutsson discusses the regulations he believes should be put around humanoid robots for the safety of the human race. Read more Audio

8:29 AM.The founder of a luxury mental health clinic in Switzerland says he's seeing a rise in 'opulomania'- an addiction to buying high-end goods. Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back with his Sunday Morning quiz.  Read more Audio

8:13 AM.More than 50 years after being launched, Soviet satellite Komos-482 has crash-landed back to Earth.  Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Is it legal to post photos or footage of another person, especially when claiming they may be scoping your property? Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Loud music, whooshing coffee machines, clanging cutlery and raised voices fill the air in many restaurants. Professor Carl Hopkins discusses why noise can be so uncomfortable. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.The papal conclave forms to start the selection process for a new pope on Wednesday and Cardinals from around the globe have been gathering at the Vatican. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Australia's incumbent PM Anthony Albanese re-won his seat in the 2025 Federal Election last night, ending a heated election which saw opposition leader Peter Dutton run a very "Trumpian" campaign. Read more Audio