Sunday Morning Podcast Options

10:45 AM.Movie director, the former child star Ron Howard on his new movie, 13 LIVES, shot on the Gold Coast of Australia.  Read more Audio

10:05 AM.This coming week the Auckland Libraries and the Genealogical Computing Group are running a Family History Expo, to be shortly followed by the Christchurch City Libraries later this month. Mia… Read more Audio

9:37 AM.The Outta Puff Daddys (OPD), a dance crew from Brighton in the UK have had renewed success online. They've been going for 10 years now, and their fame has gradually spread, rather than busting out… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.So much coverage of the Games in Birmingham, but last week we chatted with Selina Goddard our lawn bowler, who has been less visible. We catch up with her.  Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Dominic Hoey is a poet, he's an author and a playwright based in Auckland. His debut novel Iceland was a local bestseller, and long-listed for the Ockham Book Award. He uses art, yoga and meditation… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.There's many tales of struggle street for the young and creative. Research NZ set out to find out more about this past week. Its managing partner Emanuel Kalafatelis talks to Jim. Read more Audio

8:18 AM.The women's Hammer Throw final has concluded this morning our time in Birmingham, with Julia Ratcliffe defending her Commonwealth Games title. And she has won Silver. Julia talks to Jim. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The greatest rivalry in rugby history was revived this morning. It ended with Springbok victory over the All Blacks - 26 points to 10. Read more Audio

11:36 AM.Dr Sam Vaknin  is an expert on the narcissism and also been clinically diagnosed as a narcissist himself, so he's got some good insights to share, and to beware of.  Dr Vaknin speaks to Jim. Read more Audio

11:15 AM.Choosing the song this week is one of the young members of the Blackjacks, our Lawn Bowls team at the Commonwealth Games, 28-year-old Selina Goddard. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.On Aerospace.org this is being called a "massive uncontrolled re-entry". Dr Jan Eldridge is associate professor and HOD for Physics at the University of Auckland, and an expert in Astrophysics, he… Read more Audio

10:37 AM.Amanda Ripley is both a journalist and a NY Times best-selling author. She talks to Jim about her latest op-ed about the news media and how to fix it. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.He was born and raised in Hawai'i, he was a champion surfer until an injury put paid to that life; and he's sold 25 million records. Jack Johnson's with Jim to talk about his career and latest album… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.US correspondent Karen Kasler talks to Sunday Morning about \ the blue states and red states. Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Revolt among Greens' grass roots excites media; new public media legislation takes another step; conflict of interest claims; shock of the news - the art of short, sharp theme tunes. Read more Audio

8:30 AM.David Howard's coming up on Calling Home, from Croatia, where he met his wife, and has stayed. It's an area with turbulent history, its savage war of independence isn't a distant memory yet. Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Doubts have been raised about the efficacy of RAT test brands in Australia, but we've been reassured that the ones here are picking up the new variants. Dr Andrew Read is at Penn State, Pennsylvania… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Professor of Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington Marc Wilson shares the latest research on what stress does to us and what other issues it might signal. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.How do you address the problem many people have, and not just elderly people, of getting up at night to go to the loo? Read more Audio

10:06 AM.It's one of the least-studied human emotional states but one of the most important, cognitive neuroscientist Sophie Scott studies the science of laughter. As well as being interested in the serious… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Danish native Torbjørn 'Thor' Pedersen is nearing the end of his mammoth mission to visit every nation in the world in a single journey, without taking a single flight. Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Dr Richard Neutze is calling home this morning from Gothenburg, Sweden. He grew up on a sheep farm in mid-Canterbury and gained a PhD in Physics at the University of Canterbury before heading off… Read more Audio