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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

8:14 AM.Dr Jack Watling, senior research fellow for land warfare at the Royal United Services Institute, gives us the latest on the war in Ukraine and what the next steps are for all involved in the conflict.

11:41 AM.When Chris Thompson-Lang served with the Australian military in Afghanistan, he felt mentally prepared to witness the fall of his fellow soldiers. It was the suffering of civilians that was his… Read more Video, Audio

11:34 AM.Professor Elodie Briefer of the University of Copenhagen is an expert on communication with animals, and how their vocal signals contain information about what species they are, which group they're… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.When it comes to modern relationships, our thumbs do the talking. We swipe right into a stranger's life, flirt inside text bubbles, spill our hearts onto the screen, use emojis to convey desire… Read more Audio

10:34 AM.Costa Botes has had a long career directing both drama and documentary film. His latest observational documentary When the Cows Come Home, premieres at this years Whanau Marama: New Zealand… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.When British comedian and writer Max Dickins decided to propose to his girlfriend, he realised there was no one he could call on to be his best man. But Max quickly learned that he wasn't the only man… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.During the Cold War, the US Air Force installed an arsenal of nuclear weapons across the rural West. About 400 Minuteman III missiles remain ready to launch at a few seconds notice in Montana… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.It's common to hear people say they can't think of a worse occupation than being a politician, with the stress and the scrutiny and the workloads. It may come as a surprise then, that,according to a… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.Sports writer, Mark Reason gives his verdict on the All Blacks performance the the series decider in Wellington on Saturday night, with more tests to come against South Africa, Argentina and Australia… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.in this one hour music feature Karyn Hay connects tracks with little know things in common. It might take you to places that you don't want to go but it won't last for long, you'll soon be somewhere… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Knees, like all our joints, are integral to our entire human system working efficiently. Renowned orthopaedic surgeon practising in San Francisco, Dr Kevin Stone, reckons if you take care of your… Read more Audio