Sunday Morning for Sunday 29 January 2023
8:10 Jeffrey Halley: Global Economics, Local Effects
Global market analyst Jeffrey Halley looks at how global economic trends might play out here in Aotearoa.
Photo: 123RF
8:30 Braden Adams: Memory Athletics
On the final day of The World Memory Championships, we talk to Canadian memory athlete, Braden Adams about the tips and tricks he uses to improve memory that we can all use for that shopping list.
Photo: 123RF
9:10 Mediawatch
The first Mediawatch for 2023 looks at how Jacinda Ardern’s sudden resignation jolted a summer season in which other news was in short supply. Also - growing criticism of the government’s media plans - and angst over the state of our roads.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on 19 January, 2023 she will resign next month. Photo: AFP / Marty Melville
9:35 Calling Home: Kate Michell in Bognor Regis, England
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 Coast.
Photo: flickr/diamond geezer
10:10 Judy Murray: The Australian Open
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.
Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS
10:30 Melis Yilmaz Balban: Cyclic breathing and stress
Melis Yilmaz Balban is part or a researcher team at Stanford University that studied several different types of stress reduction techniques. They found that people who engage in cyclic sighing breathing exercises see a greater reduction in stress than those engaging in mindfulness meditation.
Graphical abstract. Photo: Cell Reports Medicine (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100895
11:05 Brandon Presser: The Far Land
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 Pacific.
Photo: Brandon Presser
11:30 Adam Cronkright: Using a lottery to pick politicians.
This week saw the signing in of a new Prime Minister and, unofficially at least, New Zealand political parties positioning themselves for the election later this year. Adam Cronkright is with the organisation Of By For, a non-partisan, non-profit in the U.S., with the goal of changing how we choose those who govern us.
Photo: THOMAS SAMSON