Sunday Morning Podcast Options

7:30 AM.Last week the OCR dropped 25 basis points. What is the OCR, why does it matter, how’s the Government involved, and why weren’t the basis points better attached? Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Succinct opinion from New Zealanders about life in Aotearoa. This morning we start with Tommy Wilson, from the Te Tuinga Whanau Trust on the 'reeferemdum' and why people feel the need to get high in… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Solomon Israel's a full-time cannabis reporter in Canada. He talks to Jim about what's happened there since cannabis was legalised in October 2018. Read more Audio

7:11 AM.A  Research New Zealand poll suggests there is not as much support for legalising marijuana in New Zealand. Emmanuel Kalafatelis talks about the survey results. Read more Audio

6:55 PM.This week three MPs were booted from the debating chamber but was it a case of rule-breaking or bias? Read more Audio

6:55 PM.MPs have begun a 10 hour debate on whether or not public money was well spent in the 2017/2018 financial year. Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Billions of dollars are channeled by the government into public services every year and every year MPs question whether or not it was money well spent in the Annual Review Debate. Read more Audio

11:35 AM.The trans-Atlantic rowing champion joins the show for the first installment of Musical Chair, where he will update The Cruising Kiwis' story to the backdrop of a couple of musical tracks that are… Read more Audio

11:04 AM.Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ is the Vatican's official astronomer and advisor to the Pope. He's been touring New Zealand this week and stopped by at RNZ for an exclusive interview with Jim.  Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Australian archaeologist Dr. Alice Gorman (aka Dr Space Junk) has been a pioneering figure in the field of space archaeology for over 15 years. She speaks to Jim about about space junk and our… Read more Audio

10:04 AM.Award winning writer Markus Zusak speaks to Jim ahead of his appearance at the Auckland Writers' Festival. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Tim Beveridge is bringing to life the world of James Bond music in a thrilling symphonic event, The Music is Bond... James Bond, celebrating over 50 years of 007. He joins Jim to discuss the event.  Read more Audio

9:37 AM.Today is World Laughter Day, and a unique Laughter Yoga event will take place in Auckland. Bob Harvey is a certified trainer of Laughter Yoga Leaders and joins the show to explain what Laughter Yoga… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Tapping readers for revenue - the Herald puts up its paywall; NZ media freedom enters uncharted waters after Christchurch; slush and burn. Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Multi award-winning English comedian Ian Smith is back for his second appearance at the NZ International Comedy Festival. He speaks to Jim about drawing inspiration from origami and his home town of… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Sitting down for three days straight has seen Fijian man Mohammed Ali win a new house worth $60k and claim an unofficial world record. Jim caught up with Ali to find out how he managed to do it.  Read more Audio

7:45 AM.We're heading across the ditch to rural Victoria this week, where we're joined by Auckland-born and bred firefighter Tom 'Hop' Hopkins.  Read more Audio

7:30 AM.The House rounds up some of the happenings at Parliament this week including a briefing on women, peace, and security, a farewell speech from Nuk Korako, and funding for the watchdogs.  Read more Video, Audio

7:21 AM. Murray Thom on the inspiration behind The Offering Project. It's an album of hymns performed by New Zealand artists and accompanied by original art works -- an idea that originally came to Murray… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Dr Natalia D'Souza speaks to Jim about the ways bullying in the workplace can be dealt with and how good leaders could be trained to effectively deal with the problem which is showing no signs of… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Insight - The internet has helped those wanting to spread extremism and in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attacks anonymous forums have come under scrutiny. Max Towle investigates whether… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.You may think that the opposition are the group in Parliament whose job is to ‘hold the government to account’. You’d be wrong. 

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6:55 PM.A select committee has heard the intent of a bill to reclassify synthetic cannabinoids is supported but the bill could unintentionally affect prosecutions Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Some weeks Parliament is a cavalcade of gripping bills, some weeks the interest is in what won’t be happening. Read more Audio

11:34 AM.Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock have been making music together for over 40 years as Air Supply. Graham talks to Jim about the secrets of their success.  Read more Audio