Sunday Morning Podcast Options

8:44 AM.Former deputy editor of the Listener Joanne Black and entrepreneur Annah Stretton join the show to discuss the recent move to alert level 2, the government's new budget, and how things look for the… Read more Audio

8:33 AM.Paul Keane has vast experience in New Zealand's commercial property industries and has closely viewed the growth of the shopping centre industry over the past 50 years. He joins the show to discuss… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Three Minutes Max, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on topics of their choice. Restaurateur Krishna Botica discusses the need to make big decisions very quickly to ensure the survival of NZ… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Professor Johan Giesecke is one of the world's most senior epidemiologists. He believes lockdowns like the one we've just had in New Zealand are just a way of delaying the inevitable. Professor… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Dr. Anna Dare is the Chief Resident at the Trauma Surgery service at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital, but as of a few weeks ago she was redeployed to the ICU to cover shortages and help look after the… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Gary McLean is a professor in molecular immunology at London Metropolitan University who specialises in infectious diseases, immunology and antibody engineering. He discusses the big international… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The eighth weekly survey on the impact Covid-19 is having on Kiwis' lives found people were simply looking forward to having more freedom as the country headed into alert level 2, and the top priority… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.Feel like you're dreaming a lot more recently? You're not alone. Many people are reporting unusually vivid dreams during the Covid-19 lockdown. Professor Mark Blagrove, a sleep and dream researcher at… Read more Audio

4:40 PM.Kiwi-born Welsh poet Tomos Roberts (aka Probably Tom Foolery) has captured the imagination of people around the world with his video 'The Great Realisation' which has now been viewed more than 30… Read more Video, Audio

3:10 PM.A vaccine for Covid-19 could be developed in the next 18 months, but it could be longer depending on how the virus mutates, the head of the Human Vaccines Project says Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Kiwi music legend Dave Dobbyn has been using his lockdown time to pin down some new songs. He joins the show to discuss the beauty of limitations when writing music, the search for truth, and the… Read more Audio

10:34 AM.Three minutes max, succinct opinions from Kiwis on topics of their choice. Here's New Zealand actress and acting coach Miranda Harcourt and her mother, Dame Kate Harcourt on kindness, Mother's Day and… Read more Audio

10:04 AM.Studies show that millions of us are lonely, and it is now more important than ever to be able to rely on our good friends. Clinical psychologist Linda Blair says we've learned a lot about friendship… Read more Audio

9:42 AM.Professor Michael Baker has been a constant and reassuring presence throughout the Covid-19 lockdown period. He returns to answer your questions and ours about the pandemic and the upcoming move to… Read more Audio

9:39 AM.Three minutes max, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on topics of their choice. Here's one of our most beloved comedians, Michele A'Court with her thoughts on Mother's Day. Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Linda Clark and Virginia Larson discuss the highly-anticipated move to Alert Level 2 and what it will mean for things like dining out and sports, and give their thoughts on the government's efforts to… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Art director Laura Taylor was on a job in Tunisia when Covid-19 took hold of the globe, and with the help of the British Embassy she was able to get back to her base in Sao Paulo. Now she is under… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.It's been yet another big week in US politics, with Joe Biden' sexual accuser Tara Reade calling on him to drop out of the 2020 presidential race. US correspondent Karen Kasler joins the show to look… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The seventh weekly Research NZ report on the impact Covid-19 is having shows a significant drop in respondents thinking that Kiwis are listening to government messaging about restricting their… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Artist Dick Frizzell has been busy during lockdown putting the finishing touches on his new book Me, According To The History Of Art. The self-described 'habitual isolator' joins the show to discuss… Read more Audio

11:26 AM.Why do good people do nothing in the face of discrimination, bad behaviour and abuse? In The Bystander Effect, Catherine Sanderson explains why we might be good at recognising bad behaviour but bad at… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Dr. Steven Winnett is a Nurse Anaethetist at a New York hospital who is on the front line caring for Covid-19 patients in an ICU. In his downtime, he brings smiles to faces by hosting massive… Read more Audio

10:44 AM.If the cruise industry sinks due to Covid-19, journalist Zachary Crockett will have limited sympathy for the big companies. Crockett decided to dive into the industry and found some questionable facts… Read more Audio