Sunday Morning Podcast Options

10:09 AM.During the Cold War the CIA managed to smuggle ten million books across the Iron Curtain. The banned titles included Hannah Arendt, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, George Orwell, and Agatha Christie.  Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Black Ferns legend Portia Woodman-Wickliffe joins Jim to talk about what lured her out of retirement, and she also chooses her Best Song Eva. Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Award-winning contemporary landscape artist Jude Fleming lives a six-hour drive from Sydney in Warren, population 1365.  Read more Audio

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

8:15 AM.How important were the UK local elections? Not very, you might suppose at first glance, but global media have covered them assiduously.  Read more Audio

11:50 AM.With less than one week to go before their election day, Canadians are voting early in record numbers - but what does this mean for pollsters and predictions?  Read more Audio

11:06 AM.The ability to count your own heartbeat could be the answer to lowering anxiety and managing other conditions like PTSD, psychosis and even some aspects of autism. This skill is called interoception.

10:40 AM.Priya Sami (Trip Pony, The Sami Sisters, Dateline) joins us to introduce the brand-new single from her latest project, Bub. Read more Video, Audio

10:20 AM.In his early years as editor of Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter's budget had no ceiling. It was a time of lavish parties, unchecked expense accounts, hugely expensive photographers - and it was the last… Read more Audio

9:38 AM.Colm Tóibín's latest book Long Island returns to the world of his novel Brooklyn, a book that was so popular in Ireland that one every 150 people bought a copy. Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Prince Edward Island is a place where the winters are cold, the beaches are long, lobster is affordable, and there's an abundance of potatoes. Read more Audio

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

8:15 AM.Argentinian writer and Journalist Marcela Mora Y Araujo joins Jim to discuss the Pope's legacy in his homeland, his huge passion for football, and whether or not his family were able to make it to… Read more Audio

11:36 AM.The Reverend Dr Lauren Artress first realised the power labyrinths at the height of the AIDS crisis, when she was Canon at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Should websites help protect users safety and privacy by having safety ratings, as we do for cars, appliances and even restaurants. Netsafe's Sean Lyons joins Jim to discuss. Read more Audio

10:27 AM.From the Roman Empire to Russian Tsars and the Scottish Highlands, Richard McLauchlan's new book The Bagpipes: A Cultural History explores the instrument's huge impact across the centuries.  Read more Audio

10:06 AM.When he bought his new iPhone, BBC technology correspondent Thomas Germain was keen to join what he calls the "case-free cult". Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Music is well-known to lift the spirits, but a pilot programme led by the Welsh National Opera suggests it can help people suffering with chronic pain.  Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Wake up your brain and have a go! Read more Audio

8:40 AM.During his 32 years as a sales executive at Ford in Detroit, Mike O'Brien collated an incredible spreadsheet of mixed metaphors and malaprops uttered in company meetings. Read more Audio

8:15 AM.In her book, Rebecca Hayter candidly tells of her adaptation to a new way of life - where she struggled but ultimately developed new skills and gained confidence.  Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Bruce Maunsell is currently sailing his 40ft yacht Bob around the Pacific. He left New Zealand in 2023 and has sailed to Japan, Micronesia and Saipan, up to British Columbia and down to Mexico. He's… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.New Zealand financial writer Martin Hawes has been planning for his own retirement. He didn't get it all right. In his new book Retirement Ready he writes about what he should have done. Read more Audio

10:43 AM.Victoria University Psychology Professor Dr Marc Wilson joins Jim to share his views on happiness and whether being in a live-in relationship has any impact on cognitive decline. Read more Audio