Sunday Morning Podcast Options

8:41 AM.Along with the continuing Omicron threat, our Weekend panelists Janet Wilson and Al Gillespie discuss the Russia/Ukraine situation, Kainga Ora, political polling and why people are shunning rum and… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.The Villa Aurora in Rome is back on the market after being listed for a starting price of nearly NZ$800 million - making it potentially the most expensive home in the world. The BBC's Rome… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Professor Gary McLean discusses the developing Omicron threat, the possibility of another bad mutation arriving, and the chances of getting Omicron more than once - especially for people who are under… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Our US correspondent Karen Kasler, who is the Ohio Statehouse Bureau chief, joins the show for the last time this year, talking about the state of America and the big stories that are in play there at… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.In his new book, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, British palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist Dr Henry Gee offers a rather blunt assessment of why humanity might already be a dead… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.A new FDA-approved eye drop medicine could replace reading glasses for millions of people who have age-related blurry vision. Dr Sid Ogra joins the show to explain how the eye drops work and what they… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Christmas Day is a time of tradition for a lot of people, but that sense of tradition doesn't always extend to the dinner table. Indeed, more and more people are shunning the season's traditional fare… Read more Audio

10:25 AM.Welsh IT worker James Howells has spent the last eight years asking the Newport City Council for permission to search its landfill after claiming he unintentionally dumped 7,500 units of the… Read more Audio

10:04 AM.New Zealand photojournalist Amos Chapple has just returned from a stint on the frontlines of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. Chapple, who is now back at his Prague base, reflects on his time on the… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:37 AM.Hawke's Bay native Dean Treml is a self-employed photographer who shoots mostly sports and worked for Red Bull for over 20 years, These days, he lives in the countryside in the canton of Luzern with… Read more Audio, Gallery

8:39 AM.Joining us on the panel this morning are Lynda Hallinan and Chris Wikaira. Among other topics, they'll be discussing Omicron threatening to cast a shadow over Summer, and whether the tide is turning… Read more Audio

8:32 AM.West Auckland primary teacher Harrison Sanders has just set off on his seventh marathon in seven days (a total distance of 295.4 kilometres) to raise money for children who are doing it tough this… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.We may think we have a handle on the Omicron variant, but are we sure? People are certainly being hospitalised, and some are dying, albeit thankfully in low numbers. Professor Gary McLean joins the… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Kiwis are going to be having their summer holidays - many of them in other areas - regardless of Covid-19. That's one of the key findings from the latest survey conducted by Research New Zealand… Read more Audio

3:06 PM.Professor Adrian North has spent his life studying the psychology of music and how people interact with it in different spaces. He's with us to discuss the psychological cues that music offers up and… Read more Audio

11:31 AM.Following your passion is a popular mantra for career decision-making throughout the world. But does passion have a dark side? Erin Cech is author of The Trouble with Passion: How Searching for… Read more Audio

10:42 AM.Did you know there are smart toilets? Yes, that's right. Smart toilets. Research professor Sonia Grego is currently working on a toilet that works as a health-screening tool, using sensors and… Read more Audio

10:27 AM.Paul Kelly, who was recently voted Australia's Most Respected Artist, has just released  Paul Kelly's Christmas Train, a 22-song double album which sees the troubadour take an extensive deep dive into… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Of the top 12 causes of death, there's only one in which women die at a higher rate than men. And 85 to 90 percent of centenarians are women. But why? Dr Steve Austad, an expert on ageing, is with us… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.It was during a deployment to the Solomon Islands in 2013 that former Wairarapa detective sergeants Tracey and Rob Rackliff decided they were going to resign from the police and try something new… Read more Audio, Gallery

8:25 AM.The asteroid 4660 Nereus did a flyby of the earth earlier this morning. Planetary astronomer Dr Michele Bannister, from Canterbury University's School of Physical & Chemical Sciences, discusses 4660… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.Professor Michael Baker is back with us to discuss the Omicron variant, the increased risks Covid survivors face, and the idea that the time of day a person receives their vaccine has an impact on the… Read more Audio

6:30 PM.Rowena Field is a PhD student in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney whose just-completed thesis investigated the effects of a low-carb ketogenic diet on chronic pain.  Read more Audio