Sunday Morning Podcast Options

11:47 AM.More young people are living at home with their parents. The Australian Institute of Family Studies has reported that nearly half a million Australians between the ages of 25 and 34 are at home, or… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.A lot has happened in the fortnight since we last talked to Jack Watling about the war in Ukraine. Annexation referendums have taken place in Russian-occupied areas and their results have been… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.As many of us start to tentatively look beyond a world constrained by covid, new research findings on the after-effects of the virus shed some light on what "post-pandemic" may mean for some. New… Read more Audio

10:37 AM.We know about the nature versus nurture debate, the combination of genes and environment that affect our chances of success and happiness in life. What also seems important is a random kind of luck… Read more Audio

10:22 AM.According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) the world's leading economies are sliding into recession as the Ukraine war sparks energy and inflation crises and cuts… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.The American Geophysical Union has conducted the first-ever "global inventory of lake colour". Past studies have looked at the health of up to 200 bodies of freshwater at a time, this research looked… Read more Audio

9:39 AM.Grammy award-winning artist Richard Marx will play in New Zealand for the first time ever next year touring his 13th studio album Songwriter. His 1989 classic Right Here Waiting topped the charts in… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.More rancour on the road to a new public media entity; youth crime facts and headlines don't match; Christchurch Call digs deep into algorithms. Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Chris Donovan is calling home this morning, from Germany. Hailing from Putararu originally, Chris now lives with his partner Priscilla and their family near Stuttgart in the country's south-west in a… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.A brunch recipe this morning from Joshua Ross, the head chef at Bellamy's Restaurant at Parliament, and he has his own Upper Hutt restaurant, Twenty Eight. Josh is flying out this week to compete in… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.The passing of Queen Elizabeth II, has for many reignited the debate about New Zealand becoming a republic. Having canvassed the topic in the past, Research New Zealand have run a new poll to gauge… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Putin's order for partial mobilisation of military reservists along with the Russian-backed referendums in Donetsk and Luhansk heralds a new phase of the war in Ukraine. Alexander Gillespie, Professor… Read more Audio

11:44 AM.Professor Thomas Neitzert is emeritus professor of mechanical engineering at Auckland University of Technology. He's been taking a look at the future sustainability of electric vehicles. Read more Audio

11:20 AM.New research this week from the University of California confirming that adults have poorer cognition but better well-being, as they age. We see significantly worse symptoms of depression, anxiety… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.The idea that talking to your plants helps them grow has been mostly debunked, but new research has shed some light on the benefits for ourselves. Nearly half of the people in a Trees.com survey… Read more Audio

10:25 AM.So many people loved Jim Mora's first conversation with Dr Zazie Todd the animal behaviour expert agreed to come back. The author of Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy answers… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.We're on daylight saving time again as we spring forward an hour this weekend. On average you'll have lost 40 minutes of sleep last night as your body adjusted, but of course the trade-off is extra… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.If you've been keeping up to date with HBO's latest Game of Thrones sequel House of The Dragon, you might have some questions about the dragons. Not least, could something that size even get off the… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.QE2, queues and cultural cues; the push for open justice; minister prods TVNZ over public media progress; 'tis the season for tomato angst. Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Musician Ellery Daines is calling home this week from the northernmost city in the world, Tromsø in Norway, known as the gateway to the arctic. LatItude 69 degrees north; 69 degrees south brushes… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Food writer Rose Langbein recently shared two brunch recipes from her latest cookbook Summer at Home - Herbed Asparagus & Ricotta Fritters and a Best-ever Omelette. She chats to Jim Mora about cooking… Read more Video, Audio

8:08 AM.We get a reaction to the All Blacks performance in Saturday's Rugby Championship game from Gregor Paul, editor of Rugby World and the Herald on Sunday's voice of rugby. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.This past week, Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori /Maori Language Week, kawakawa's had boiling water poured over it up and down Aotearoa. Kawakawa's been used over the years for kidney and stomach problems… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.What happens now in Ukraine, with Russia seemingly on the back foot, and Ukraine being able to front-foot offensives using new weaponry from the West? Award winning analyst, Dr Jack Watling is our… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.The more you understand your cat's needs, the more contented it will be, says animal behaviour expert Zazie Todd. She's just released the book Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy. Read more Audio