Jim Mora

Travel writer Brandon Presser went to live on Pitcairn Island in 2018. While there, he pieced together a full story of the island, The Far Land - 200 years of murder, mania and mutiny in the South… Audio

Melis Yilmaz Balban is part or a researcher team at Stanford University that studied several different types of stress reduction techniques. Audio

We're joined by tennis coach, cake lover and Mum to Jamie and Sir Andy, Judy Murray who's just returned to Scotland after the Australian Open. Audio

Originally from Auckland, Kate Michell went off on her big OE in the 80s and made a life for herself in the UK. She now lives in the seaside town of Bognor Regis in West Sussex on England's South… Audio

On the final day of The World Memory Championships, we talk to Canadian memory athlete, Braden Adams. Audio

Global market analyst Jeffrey Halley looks at how global economic trends might play out here in Aotearoa. Audio

Award-Winning New Zealand Folk Singer & Songwriter, Anna van Riel joins us to introduce her latest song - and it's right on season. Audio

There are so many books about how to be happy. Now there's a new, local one, Cracking the Happiness Code, by a former GP, Dr Pamela Stoodley. Audio

Researchers from the University of Reading and UK Center for Ecology & Hydrology have been investigating more than 250 "restroom sink fungal communities" on a university campus. Bioinformatician and… Audio

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriter's Hall of Fame inductee Jackson Browne returns to New Zealand in April, with shows in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. He joins us to talk about his… Audio

Biological age changes with stress. Audio

We catch up with cook Rose Langbein in Portugal who has a delicious idea for something quick - but still special - for Christmas Dinner. Audio

Marko Stamenic is only 20, but he's playing football against the finest players on the planet, in the UEFA Champions League in Europe, playing for FC Copenhagen. Audio

Calling Home this week is Dunedin-born tenor Nicholas Madden. He's a Lay Clerk at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, and lives in the castle grounds. Audio

We look back at the major science breakthroughs this year with Auckland chemistry professor Dr Allan Blackman. Audio

The spud is back in favour in a new study out of western Australia's Edith Cowan University. Audio

Dr Padma Gulur has been looking into how green eyeglasses affect chronic pain and pain-related anxiety. Audio

Cannabis is no better than a placebo for treating pain. That's the claim of a new study of studies out of Sweden. Dr Filip Gedin is with the Pain Neuroimaging Lab at the Karolinska Institute. The… Audio

Micromorts - units of risk equating to a one-in-a-million chance of death - can help answer these questions. Mathematician and statistician David Spiegelhalter has done the numbers and shares what he… Audio

After analysing Facebook posts detailing break-ups, data experts discovered December 11 was the most common day for it. Jeremy Sutton is an Auckland barrister, family lawyer and divorce lawyer. He… Audio