Sunday Morning Podcast Options

11:52 AM.Kim Crossman was already into the sixth day of a self-quarantine period when it was announced on Friday that the city of Los Angeles was going into lockdown due to the Covid-19 outbreak.  Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Following in the footsteps of esport stars playing games like Fortnite in front of thousands of adoring fans, full-time chess streamer Alexandra Botez is at the forefront of the revolution that is… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Accompanied by his distinctively colourful wardrobe, former UK cabinet minister turned TV presenter Michael Portillo travelled almost 15,000km around 'The Lucky Country' by train for his latest… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.The Musical Chair is designed for busy people, and this week's guest, league star Georgia Hale is certainly no exception, despite the fact her sporting season is currently in limbo due to the Covid-19… Read more Audio

10:04 AM.Nobel prize-winning Australian immunologist Professor Peter Doherty says need to think like we’ve already got Covid-19 if we want to protect our most vulnerable. Read more Audio

9:37 AM.The Green Bank Radio Telescope is the largest steerable telescope in the world. The telescope needs to be isolated from all the radio noise that humanity produces. Which means that WiFi in Green Bank… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Professor Michael Baker discusses the practicalities of what the PM has announced for New Zealand, primarily that anyone incoming must self-isolate unless they are from the Pacific Islands, and fields… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.3 Minutes Max, New Zealand commentators with succinct opinions. Vanessa Baxter from The Fearless Kitchen shares some thoughts on essential items for your larder to help through social distancing or… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Insight - The state of many of the country's public hospital buildings is compromising medical care. For the first time there's been a national stocktake. Phil Pennington looks at what's wrong, and… Read more Video, Audio

7:54 AM.Nicholas Holmes travelled in French Guiana to pick his daughter up and take her back for a holiday in his home country, but he now finds himself locked down in a Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni apartment… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Jo Tovee is currently stuck in a hostel in Lima after only five days into her solo-trip to Peru after the Peruvian government declared a 15-day state of emergency. She says foreigners are being made… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Gary McLean is a professor in molecular immunology and infectious diseases specialist. He says things are being done well here in relation to the spread of Covid-19, but offers a stark warning that it… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.A new survey from Research New Zealand Limited shows that Kiwis continue to be in favour of euthanasia legislation, while opinion is more polarised but possibly changing in favour of the recreational… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Former All Black Kieran Crowley is living in a state of lockdown in the Italian province of Treviso, where he coaches the area's pro rugby side, Benetton Rugby. He is with us to discuss how the… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Comedian Stephanie Laing falls down... a lot. But she always gets herself back up again. And then sometimes falls down again. Stephanie's back in Wellington to perform her new show, Butterfingers, at… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.New Zealander Brother Peter Bray is the Vice Chancellor and CEO of Bethlehem University, the only Catholic university in the Holy Land. He joined the show earlier in the year to share his fascinating… Read more Audio

11:17 AM.Australia's top court has reserved its ruling on whether Cardinal George Pell's bid to quash his sexual abuse convictions has been successful. Jeremy Gans is a Professor at the Melbourne Law School… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Three Minutes Max, New Zealand commentators with succinct opinions. Here's Latin teacher Robert Griffiths on the importance of keeping what some consider a 'dead' subject alive. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Angus Vail is no stranger to Sunday Morning, having featured last year when he helped arrange a US fundraiser for the victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks. He returns to look at the coronavirus… Read more Audio

10:25 AM.Author Sarah Ell's new book Lost Wonders: Vanished Creatures of Aotearoa is an all-ages introduction to the vanished creatures of Aotearoa New Zealand, from the long extinct species to those now on… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.In the light of the Prime Minister's announcement that from midnight Sunday every person arriving in NZ will have to isolate themselves for 14 days, public health expert Michael Baker returns to… Read more Audio

9:55 AM.The country's first professional rugby league team, the Auckland Warriors, played their debut match 25 years ago this week. Warriors mega-fan Dai Henwood reflects on this highs and lows of a quarter… Read more Audio

9:37 AM.New podcast Widows of Shuhada shares the journey of four Muslim women widowed by the Christchurch mosque attacks that took place a year ago. Farah Talal is one of those women. She joins the show with… Read more Audio