Sunday Morning for Sunday 18 August 2024
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Dr Richard Webby: Covid-19 will be with us forever
8:10 AM.Sunday Morning regular Dr Richard Webby says Covid-19 is a now a year-round issue with the risk to people with underlying health issues and older people still ongoing. Read more Audio
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Calling Home: Jesse Kershaw from Switzerland
8:25 AM.Calling Home this Sunday is Jesse Kershaw who lives in Morges, Switzerland and works at the CERN laboratory near Geneva. Read more Audio
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Mediawatch - the good & bad of AI in news, advert aggravation
9:08 AM.Mediawatch looks at how the news media are using artificial intelligence these days. What is AI technology good for? What is it bad at? And do media need to be ready for the fake AI content that's… Read more Audio
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Embracing the benefits of being a tall woman
9:35 AM.ABC News journalist Candice Prosser says she has come to terms with her towering stature. Read more Audio
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The Police’s Andy Summers talks music and photography
10:05 AM.Andy Summers is best known as the guitarist in The Police alongside bandmates Sting and Stewart Copeland. He will be performing solo in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington later this year. Read more Audio
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Gregor Paul: All Blacks Redemption at Eden Park?
10:30 AM.The All Blacks bounced back to win against Argentina at Eden Park. Now what? Read more Audio
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The Sunday Morning Quiz with Jack Waley-Cohen
10:40 AM.Our quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back for another Sunday Morning quiz. Read more Audio
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Argue with Science
10:45 AM.Mary Argue is back guiding us through the latest weird and wonderful headlines from the world of science. Read more Audio
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What happens when teens ditch their smartphones for a month?
11:10 AM.When Sunday Times journalist Decca Aitkenhead tried to persuade her sons and their friends to stop using their smartphones for four weeks, their initial reaction was horror. Read more Audio
8:10 Dr Richard Webby: Covid-19 will be with us forever
Sunday Morning regular Dr David Webby agrees with many in the scientific community that Covid-19 is now endemic.
He says infectious disease is a now a year-round issue with the risk to people with underlying health issues and older people still ongoing.
Photo: AFP / NOBEASTSOFIERCE / SCIENCE PHOTO LI
8:25 Calling Home: Jesse Kershaw from Switzerland
Calling Home this Sunday is Jesse Kershaw who lives in Morges, Switzerland and works at the CERN laboratory near Geneva.
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9:10 Mediawatch
Mediawatch looks at how the news media are using artificial intelligence these days. What is AI technology good for? What is it bad at? And do media need to be ready for the fake AI content that’s undermining news? Also: further fallout from a controversial advert run by The New Zealand Herald.
Wednesday's Herald with the front page ad for Hobson's Pledge. Photo: supplied
9:35 Embracing the benefits of being a tall woman
ABC News journalist Candice Prosser is in the 99th percentile for height for an Australian woman.
She says she has come to terms with her towering stature and in her recent article for the ABC, she explained why it should be empowering to her and woman like her.
Candice Prosser says being a six-foot-tall woman has many advantages. Photo: ABC News: Che Chorley
10:10 The Police’s Andy Summers talks music and photography
Andy Summers is best known as the guitarist in The Police alongside bandmates Sting and Stewart Copeland.
He is also a solo artist and performs in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington later this year.
Andy joins Jim to preview these multimedia shows.
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10:30 Gregor Paul: All Blacks Redemption at Eden Park?
Following their shock loss to Argentina in Wellington, rugby writer and columnist Gregor Paul joins us to assess the All Blacks’ performance at Eden Park.
Scott Robertson. Photo: Photosport / Kerry Marshall
10:40 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!
Photo: RNZ
10:45 Argue with Science
Mary Argue is back guiding us through the latest weird and wonderful headlines from the world of science.
Photo: RNZ / Robert Whitaker
11:10 What happens when teens ditch their smartphones for a month?
When Sunday Times journalist Decca Aitkenhead tried to persuade her sons and their friends to stop using their smartphones for four weeks, their initial reaction was horror.
Jim talks to Decca and her son Jody (13) to find out how it went and if their opinions and habits had changed.
Photo: ERIC BERACASSAT
