Sunday Morning for Sunday 27 November 2022

8:10 Coen Lammers: Qatar World Cup update

We catch up Live with Sports Journalist Coen Lammers on the ground at the World Cup in Qatar.

8:20 Michael Baker: Covid-19 susceptibility and long-covid

Epidemiologist Michael Baker joins the show to discuss boosters and the latest COVID-19 research.

8:30 Dr Rafael Pelayo: You can become a morning person

Researchers have confirmed that it’s possible to turn yourself into a morning person. Although our biology informs our sleep patterns, it doesn’t matter if you’re a night owl – you can change.

Dr. Rafael Pelayo, an expert sleep clinician, and professor at the world-renowned Sleep Medicine Clinic at Stanford University and author of “How to Sleep”, looks at the myriad issues that might be affecting your sleep.

9:00 Mediawatch

This week Colin Peacock talks to a whistleblower who exposed corruption in world football - and he looks at how a controversial drug rehab scheme ended up in the headlines this week.

But first he looks at coverage of the latest global climate change summit - COP 27.

9:35 Dr Zoe Krupka: Making multi-generational living work

As housing becomes increasingly unaffordable many people are considering multi-generational living solutions.

Dr Zoe Krupka is a psychotherapist and Senior Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy at The Cairnmillar Institute.  She says that despite some of the challenges, there are many advantages to living with extended family.

10:05 Charles Cockell: The genius of taxi drivers

“Are there taxi drivers on other planets?” A simple proposition with complex answers that lead to more questions.

Charles Cockell is a professor of Astrobiology at the University of Edinburgh, and the author of Taxi from Another Planet: Conversations with Drivers about Life in the Universe.

10:40 Pattrick Smellie: Your guide to the coming recession

The Reserve Bank lifted the official cash rate to its highest level since 2008. A recession is being forecast for New Zealand now, so what's it going to be like?

Pattrick Smellie joins the show. Pattrick is the editor and co-founder of BusinessDesk and the Hugo Group news service.

11:05 Charlotte Jee: Using AI to connect with loved ones who have died

An app-based company in California has created voice assistants which let you” talk” to people who have passed. Is it ethical?

Charlotte Jee is the news editor of Tech Review. She spoke to virtual versions of her parents (who are still alive) in the app.

11:20 Mike Seawright: ReliefAid on the ground in Ukraine

With over 8 million people displaced from their homes, ReliefAid is one the ground with emergency food, medical supplies and shelter materials until more permanent solutions can be found.

Mike Seawright is the founder and Executive Director of ReliefAid and he joins us from Kyiv. 

11:30 Alex Kay-Jelski: Feeling conflicted about the World Cup

You want to watch the World Cup in Qatar, but it feels wrong for so many reasons.

Sports journalist Alex Kay-Jelski joins the show to share how The Athletic will navigate the issue.

…it’s ok to feel horrible and excited at the same time.

11:40 Wang-Sheng Lee: Age gaps and marital satisfaction

Age gap relationships can raise eyebrows. In Western countries, around 8% of male-female couples have an age-gap of 10 years or more. That rises to 25% in male-male unions and 15% with female-female relationships. What might research tell us about martial satisfaction in such relationships? 

Professor Wang-Sheng Lee has studied age gaps, he's an economist with Monash University's Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability.