Sunday Morning for Sunday 23 July 2023

8:10 Tim Balme: Season 9 of The Brokenwood Mysteries 

We first knew Tim Balme as an actor on TV series like Outrageous Fortune and The Almighty Johnsons, with roles in feature films as well, and on stage. 

But a decade ago now, Tim was made head writer and co-producer of The Brokenwood Mysteries.  

He had no experience in the murder-mystery genre, but that has proven to be no obstacle to success. Season 9 launches tonight on TVNZ, and with Tim at the helm this is a television show that is viewed across the globe.  

 

And here's a Spotify playlist of the music used in the show:

8:30 Dan Carter’s new book on leadership and purpose 

When All Blacks great Dan Carter retired from the game in 2021, he found no obvious career move at his doorstep. 

His new book, The Art of Winning: Ten Lessons in Leadership, Purpose and Potential, focuses on a series of hard-learned truths over his career and in the years to follow. 

Dan Carter tells us more about his new book, which he says, is not about rugby. 

9:10 Mediawatch 

Mediawatch looks at how the media reacted to the shocking shootings in Auckland on a day the Women’s World Cup kicked off. Also - coverage of political parties rolling out policies to combat crime - and the latest political opinion poll. 

9:35 Calling Home: Aaron Hodges in Buenos Aires 

Whakatane-born Aaron Hodges’ job as a fantasy writer allows him to live anywhere he wants. 

So in 2019, he moved to Buenos Aires to learn Spanish, and has been there ever since. 

Aaron calls home to tell us about life in the vibrant Argentinian capital. 

10:10 Stephanie Dowrick: How to beat anxiety 

Dr Stephanie Dowrick is an award-winning writer, psychotherapy researcher and coach, public speaker, workshop leader, interfaith minister and the founder of The Women's Press in London. 

Her latest book Your Name is Not Anxious includes step-by-step guides that explain anxiety is treatable, despite more and more of us being or becoming anxious. 

Dr Dowrick gives us a preview of what we might learn in the 60-chapter read. 

10:35 Johnny Green’s 11,000-strong egg cup collection 

At the Easter of 1939, on the cusp of WW2 and when Aucklander Johnny Green was just nine years old, his mother gifted him an egg cup. 

It featured three ceramic chicks, contained a single chocolate egg, and it meant the absolute world to him. 

Johnny kept it with him always, even when he joined the British Army, and made the six-week voyage to New Zealand. 

He now has a collection of more than 11,000 cups which he proudly displays at Sunday markets around Tamaki Makaurau to raise money for Hospice.

11:10 Emery Schubert: Why earworm songs get stuck in our heads 

Do you ever hear a snippet of a tune and before you know it, it's on rotate in your head, and you can't seem to shake it for hours... or days, or even weeks? 

You're not alone. This pesky phenomenon - a catchy tune that runs through a person's mind - is known as an 'earworm'. 

A study of 240 American university students in 2020 showed 97% had experienced an 'earworm' in the past month. 

Professor Emery Schubert is from the School of the Arts and Media at the University of New South Wales. 

11:25 Jean Twenge: Generations 

Dr. Jean Twenge is a Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University, and the author of more than 140 scientific publications. She was last on RNZ six years ago discussing the less happy and more isolated smartphone generation of young people.  

 

Her latest book, Generations, looks at the six generations and how they connect, conflict, and compete with one another 

• The Silents, born 1925–1945 

• Baby Boomers, born 1946–1964 

• Gen X, born 1965–1979 

• Millennials, born 1980–1994 

• Gen Z, born 1995–2012 

• and the still-to-be-named cohorts born after 2012