Sunday Morning Podcast Options

8:22 AM.Victoria Arbiter has spent a lifetime in close proximity to the British Royal Family. The royal commentator joins the show from London to discuss the Platinum Jubilee celebrations and the limited role… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.New research out of Stanford University on adolescent brains suggests the reaction we have to certain voices changes over time, making our mother's voice feel less valuable. Psychiatrist Daniel… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.In her new science-based book, Influence Is Your Superpower: How to Get What You Want Without Compromising Who You Are, Dr Zoe Chance explains the new rules of persuasion and the science of… Read more Audio

10:47 AM.It's been yet another week to forget in the US, with the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School prompting the New York Times to ask whether the tragedy was confirmation that "America may be… Read more Audio

10:25 AM.In 'Listening to Kenny G,' director Penny Lane traces the saxophonist's rise from his start as a high school musician in Seattle through to the current day, highlighting what makes him tick and why… Read more Audio

10:04 AM.Motorsport star Scott McLaughlin has competed in plenty of big races during his career. But he will take part in what is easily the biggest race of his life when he lines up on the starting grid for… Read more Audio

9:37 AM.Investigative journalist Ashleigh Stewart lives in downtown Toronto with her husband Stuart McCready, but more recently she has been stationed in Ukraine covering the war there. She's Calling Home… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.No one has completed all 39,137 streets of Greater London, but in 2014, Noelle Poulson walked every street within London's congestion zone. She joins the show to discuss why she did it and what she… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.A new series of studies are questioning the conventional wisdom of using steroids and commonly used anti-inflammatory drugs to treat chronic back pain, suggesting they could instead prolong the pain… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Market analyst Jeffrey Halley joins the show to explain what stagnation is and why we don't need to start worrying about depression just yet, despite the economic outlook globally looking challenging… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Beloved Kiwi comedian Tom Sainsbury is busy as ever. He's about to hit the road with his nationwide Snapchat Dude Live! tour. The 15-stop tour, which kicks off in New Plymouth next Sunday, will see… Read more Audio

11:24 AM.The new documentary Ithaka documents 76-year-old John Shipton's campaign to free his son, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Shipton joins the show to discuss Ithaka and why he'll never give up on his… Read more Video, Audio

11:05 AM.In Dr Arika Okrent's latest book, Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme - and Other Oddities of the English Language, the linguist examines the weirdness of the English language… Read more Audio

10:38 AM.Journalist Greg Walters has been writing about how influencers and "beautiful people" posting glamorous selfies aboard Russian oligarchs' yachts are helping to bring down the incredibly rich people… Read more Video, Audio

10:05 AM.Dr Ross Stitt is a New Zealand writer and political commentator living in Sydney. He joins the show to analyse the 2022 Australian federal election, which took place yesterday, and what the result… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.Yanai Postelnik could never have imagined how his life was going to change when he arrived at Gaia House in Devon for a silent meditation retreat in 1990. He returned to Gaia House to work in 1991… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Cleaning has never played a bigger role in our lives than it does today. Whether it's wiping down workplace surfaces or disinfecting supermarket trolley handles, we're doing it all more… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.We've all heard about new Omicron subvariants with such names as BA.2, BA.4 and BA.5. The recent proliferation of variants begs the question: is Covid-19 mutating faster than ever before? Dr Sebastian… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Two weeks ago, Jacinda Ardern announced that our borders would fully reopen (including to cruise ships and international students) on July 31 - two months earlier than initially planned. A new poll… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Australians are waking up to life with a new Prime Minister, with Anthony Albanese and Labor ousting Scott Morrison's incumbent Liberal National coalition in yesterday's election. Political… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.It won't come as a surprise to many people to learn that taking a break from social media can lead to improvements in things like depression and anxiety. But a new study out of the University of Bath… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.American writer and editor Kate Tsurkan initially moved to the Ukrainian city of Chernivsti to work as a volunteer English teacher four years ago. Now she is living through the Russian invasion of her… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Are you someone who gives things like your phone or car names? When we give things like cars or other important objects in our lives names, we change the way we interact with them, and we may be more… Read more Audio