Sunday Morning for Sunday 28 July 2024

8.10 Sam Hollis: Top 5 Olympic Games themed movies 

RNZ producer and movie buff Sam Hollis shares his top 5 Olympic Games themed movies. 

8.25 Lavina Good: Olympic Games opening ceremony

International sports broadcaster Lavina Good Lavina Good joins Sunday Morning from Paris where the Olympic Games get underway.   

8:30 The Sunday Morning Quiz with Jack Waley-Cohen   

Our quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back for another Sunday Morning quiz.   

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!       

8:35 Should we keep some cash in our back pocket? 

After the global CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage it has become apparent how reliant society is on digital payments.   

Jim is joined by independent financial journalist and commentator Frances Cook.  

9:10 Mediawatch 

9:35 The three words that describe Jim Mora’s dress style 

Allison Bornstein is a US-based stylist who coined the term “wrong shoe theory” to describe choosing an unexpected accessory or shoes for an outfit. 

Allison also advocates for her “three-word method”, which means thinking of three words to characterise your style and ensuring your outfits, without fail, express all three.  

Allison is on the line to get to the bottom of Jim’s style. 

10:10 Calling Home: Amy Yip in Brooklyn, NYC 

Calling Home this week is Amy Yip who owns Brooklyn-based cake shop Yip.Studio founded during the Covid lockdowns of 2019. 

She talks to Jim about life in the United States and her cake designs inspired by her own rock collection – which have even been featured in Vogue Magazine.  

10:30 Understanding our food stories and accepting our bodies 

Why do some cultures have lower obesity rates than others? Why does weight loss not always bring us happiness? How can we learn to accept the person in the mirror? 

Nutritionist, functional medicine practitioner, freelance journalist and regular contributor for BBCGoodFood.com , Nicola Shubrook joins us once again. 

10:50 Argue with science  

Mary Argue is back guiding us through the latest weird and wonderful headlines from the world of science.  

11:10 Parenting by astrology for a week  

Why would a self-described astrology hater download an astrology app for parenting and use it to help look after her 21-month-old son? 

Philadelphia-based writer Mindy Isser explains why she looked to the stars, used the app for a week and what she found out.  

 

11:40 Deo Kato: Running from Cape Town to London  

Once again, we speak to runner Deo Kato who is running from Cape Town to London covering around 1400 kilometers and numerous countries along the way.  

Last time we spoke with Deo he was in Uganda and since then has spent 22 nights in a South Sudanese jail. 

He’s in Luxor in Egypt and calls Jim for an update.