Sunday Morning Podcast Options

10:21 AM.Abbas Nazari authored the book After The Tampa from Afghanistan to New Zealand.  Abbas is back in Auckland for the writers festival, Jim catches up with him. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.For 45 years now George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers, the name of the state tends to be left out these days, have played what was once-called lunchbucket rock and roll. George Thorogood talks… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Well-known master chef and now food importer Simon Gault has some tips about making a great brunch including a perfectly poached egg. Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Stuart Muir lives in Lexington, Kentucky, the horse capital of the world, and Stuart's a farrier at the world-famous, world-leading, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital. Stuart is this week's Calling Home… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.RNZ's Clay Wilson was at the AB's vs Pumas match. He joins Jim for a break down of the game. Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Dr Mark Thomas from Auckland University explains the science behind good handwashing. Read more Audio

11:29 AM.Dr Antonius Wiehler is a cognitive neuroscientist at Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in France, and thinks he and his colleagues may have an answer about being mentally tired. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.The annual Auckland Writers Festival is upon us, Waituhi o Tamaki, one of the best-attended festivals in the world, and on Festival Director Anne O'Brien talks to Jim.  Read more Audio

10:21 AM.Australian Anne Perrottet is a counsellor with a number of degrees to her name, based these days in the U.S. Her husband John worked for the World Bank, he's a financial consultant. She's also raised… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Exercise is important, but when to do it? It depends on what you need exercise to do for you. Dr Mandy Hagstrom is a New Zealander at the University of NSW, she's an exercise scientist whose work… Read more Audio

9:38 AM.Andrea Sheardown found a new way of living after being told she hardly any time left. She talks to Jim about her next challenge and what happened 7 years ago when she was told she only had six weeks… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Calling Home this morning, a very familiar name, and voice Don McGlashan.  He's calling home from Canada where he lives with his wife Canadian, Ann Macdonell, Director of Library Advancement at Simon… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.An intriguing boxing contest is on this morning in Saudi Arabia, the rematch between the UK's Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk from Ukraine. Kevin Barry talks to Jim. Read more Audio

8:14 AM.There was interesting and much-discussed opinion from Westpac this past week about how the New Zealand economy won't enter a recession.  Jim talks to Jeffrey Halley about the latest economic data. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.This week Professor Hypponen talks to Jim about vitamin D and calcium supplements and any links it has to alzheimer's - a query that has come from our listeners. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Irish singer David Gray will soon be touring his most famous album - White Ladder: The 20th Anniversary Tour in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM. The lead singer of Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett talks to Jim about their upcoming "Resist" tour of NZ. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.It's Elvis Week in Memphis, running till this coming Thursday New Zealand time. Elvis Week 2022 marks the 45th anniversary of Elvis' death. Angie Marchese is in charge of the Graceland archives.  Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Dr Matthew O. Jackson is a Professor of Economics at Stanford. Dr Jackson talks to Jim about the research which concluded that having wealthy friends in childhood boosts your income when you grow up.

8:45 AM.They call it the Cauldron of South African rugby, Ellis Park in Johannesburg, and this morning the All Blacks faced the Springboks in their second Rugby Championship clash of 2022. Marc Hinton joins… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Philip Short's book is big, six centimetres thick, but its subject matter is big, too. It's Putin - His Life and Times. Philip is a British journalist and author. He joins Jim to talk about his latest… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.One of the world's great annual events is underway, has been since Friday, the Edinburgh Festival. It includes the Edinburgh Fringe and the famous Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Kiwi soprano Marla… Read more Audio