Sunday Morning for Sunday 1 September 2024

8:10 Your guide to the best weather apps 

Spring is officially here so we’ve asked New Zealander of the Year, international climate scientist Jim Salinger to give us a quick guide to choosing your best weather app. 

8:20 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 The best places in the world to retire 

From Costa Rica to the Philippines, some countries offer a variety of financial incentives for foreign retirees.  Laura Kiniry, a journalist for Conde Naste Traveller magazine gives us her top picks. 

9:10 Mediawatch 

For years the most comprehensive annual survey of Kiwis’ media habits has shown local media losing ground to offshore invaders like YouTube, Netflix and Spotify. But has the tide turned this year? Also: TVNZ’s news boss and RNZ’s CEO on why they went public this week to address the public trust problem. 

9:35 Calling Home: Trevor Coleman in Seville, Spain 

Calling Home from Seville in Spain this morning is musician Trevor Coleman, originally from Dunedin. Trevor is both a player and composer of music, three-times Emmy nominated. He's created more than 100 soundtracks for Discovery and National Geographic, the BBC, and for NZ shows.  

10:10 Timothy Winegard: How horses changed humanity and history  

The Horse: The Galloping History of Humanity takes readers on a sprawling journey through the histories of technology, transport, agriculture, war and urbanisation.  

Throughout his book, Timothy C. Winegard explores how horses — or the equine revolution as he calls it — permanently altered the fabric of humanity and history.  

 A New York Times bestselling author of six books, Winegard also holds a PhD from the University of Oxford, served as an officer in the Canadian and British armies, and is an associate professor of history at Colorado Mesa University. 

10:40 Argue with Science 

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

10:50 All Blacks face the Springboks at Ellis Park

Rugby writer and columnist Gregor Paul joins us. 

11:10 Examining the stereotype of the only child 

There's an only child stereotype. They're spoiled, inevitably self-centered and lonely. How much of that is true? 

Amanda Ruggeri is a journalist who spent eight years on the BBC's international features team. She's been the editor of BBC future. She specialises  in the science of parenting and child development, and she's been examining the evidence around how growing up without siblings affects personality traits and well-being. 

11:40 What fathers and sons need from each other 

Victoria University Psychology Professor Dr Marc Wilson looks at father-son relationships and the tools we need to improve them.