Sunday Morning for Sunday 10 March 2024

8:10 Legendary Scottish Formula 1 Driver Jackie Stewart’s crucial latest race 

Jackie Stewart is widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time. 

Following his wife, Helen’s diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, Sir Jackie founded the global charity Race Against Dementia, to fund pioneering research into the prevention and cure of dementia. 

8:35 Jack Whaley-Cohen: The Sunday Quiz    

Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen joins us once again. 

Jack is the mind behind the questions on BBC quiz show Only Connect which is known for being both difficult to crack and totally obvious.   

It’s Sunday morning, so wake up your brain and have a go!   

8:40 Eileen Merriman's new novel 'The Night She Fell'

Doctor turned young adult writer and now adult fiction writer, Eileen Merriman, has a new book out, 'The Night She Fell'. The story follows the death of a clever law student from a wealthy family who fell from three stories up in her Dunedin student flat. Whodunnit, or whodunwhat? And why?

Eileen is clinical director of haematology and lead thrombosis clinician at North Shore Hospital.

9:05 Mediawatch 

Mediawatch looks back at another worrying week for NZ journalism with yet more cutbacks to TV news - this time at TVNZ. 

9:40 Peter Antonucci:  Life aboard "The World"

Six years spent on board the exclusive private residential ship for millionaires, ‘The World’, served as the real-life inspiration for former resident turned author, Peter Antonucci. The retired lawyer has gone on to publish three novels set on a fictional ship, the most recent of which, ‘Tides of Betrayal’ promises “secrets, sins, and scandals” on the high seas. 

10:06 David McAlpine: Is noise cancelling technology safe? 

Noise cancelling devices are big business, and it’s no surprise with excess noise exposure linked not only to hearing loss but even increased risk of cardiovascular disease and depressive symptoms. 

But it turns out too much noise reduction comes with its own warnings. Multiple studies have shown that constant earplug wearing, day and night, over just one week is enough to result in new-onset tinnitus.  

Professor David McAlpine, is the academic director of Macquarie University Hearing. He joins Jim Mora to discuss the pros and cons of noise cancelling technology. 

10:40 Marc Wilson: When is our mental health good enough?

Victoria University of Wellington Professor of Psychology, Dr Marc Wilson joins us once again looking at how we decide if life is "good enough" without resorting to therapy, medication or drugs & alcohol to improve it. 

11:06 Karra Rhodes: My Latest Track 

Christchurch based singer-songwriter, Karra Rhodes, chats her latest release, a modern country-pop track ‘Why Can't I Love You Less'. 

The Scottish-born, Aōtearoa-based polymath, not only writes a song a week, but has also just completed her debut fantasy novel, on top of working on her NZ law exams. 

With a full album on the horizon, she caught up with Jim Mora to discuss what’s in stall for 2024.  

11:25 Calling Home: Max Gilbert in Taipei, Taiwan 

Wellington native, Max Gilbert is calling home from Taipei in Taiwan where he runs the Ugly Half craft beer brewery. 

11:50 Liam McEwan looks ahead to the Oscars 

Entertainment journalist, New Zealander Liam McEwan will be reporting from the Vanity Fair Oscar party this weekend. He joins us from his home in Los Angeles ahead of the big event.