All episodes
Sunday, 12 May 2019
- 7:11 Emmanuel Kalafatelis: Kiwis still on the fence over personal use cannabis debate
- 7:18 Solomon Israel: The Canadian cannabis model and life on the marijuana beat
- 7:25 Three Minutes Max: Tommy Kapai Wilson
- 7:30 The price of money: the reserve bank and the official cash rate
- 7:45 Calling Home: Hugh McCutcheon, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 8:10 Forget me not: Starting a new romance when your partner has dementia
- 8:38 Sue Chetwin: Consumer report shows 70% of counterfeit goods sold online
- 8:45 Dr Kathryn Bradbury: Research links coffee and tea consumption to lung cancer
- 9:37 Three Minutes Max: Mike Rehu
- 9:41 Michael Worboys: Modern day dogs are a product of the Industrial Revolution
- 10:04 Bret Easton-Ellis: Calling out the "crybaby generation"
- 10:45 Wylie Gustafson: The yodeler who sued Yahoo! and won
- 11:04 Dr Eugenia Cheng: Curing maths phobia with food and music
- 11:45 Musical Chair: Judy Norton
Sunday, 5 May 2019
- 8:10 Anonymity on the internet and fighting extremism
- 7:10 Natalia D'Souza: Workplace bullying destroys people's lives
- 7:21 Three Minutes Max: Murray Thom
- 7:30 A briefing, a farewell, and a paycheck at Parliament
- 7:45 Calling Home: Tom Hopkins in Victoria, Australia
- 8:37 Mohammed Ali: Last Man Sitting
- 8:46 Ian Smith: Making origami comedy and taking inspiration from the town of Goole
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 5 May 2019 - Tapping the readers for revenue
- 9:37 Bob Harvey: Laughing your way to happiness
- 9:50 Tim Beveridge: Paying tribute to 50 years of the music of James Bond
- 10:04 Markus Zusak: The pressure of an international best seller
- 10:35 Dr. Alice Gorman: Junk in space reflects life on earth
- 11:04 Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ: The Vatican's official star gazer
- 11:35 Musical Chair: Rob Hamill
Sunday, 28 April 2019
- 7:11 Robin Wright: How ISIS are able to radicalise upper and middle class recruits
- 7:18 Karen Kasler: What's driven 'Sleepy' Joe Biden to launch a third tilt at the US presidency
- 7:30 Parliament's Suicide Squad
- 7:45 Calling Home: Nick Ashley in Singapore
- 8:10 New alt-right political groups hiding in plain sight - investigation
- 8:34 3MM Martin Cocker
- 8:38 Dr David Moreau: Science shows you can't achieve everything you set your mind to
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 28 April 2019
- 9:37 3MM: Gary McCormick on school uniforms
- 9:44 Angus Kidman: Aussies have a leg-up in the trans-Tasman saving race
- 10:04 Mike Garson: my life as David Bowie's piano man
- 10:37 Nick Ferretti: The Kiwi musician who got to the finals of German Idol
- 10:50 3MM: Leonie Freeman
- 11:04 Neil Handley: How nearsighted people managed before there were glasses
- 11:20 3MM: Dave Read
- 11:34 Graham Russell: The story of Air Supply -- from humble beginnings
Sunday, 21 April 2019
- 7:11 Matt Heimer: Why Jacinda Ardern ranked No 2 in Fortune's Top 50 World Leaders
- 7:16 The search for a political solution to climate change
- 7:35 Some MPs have superpowers
- 7:45 Calling Home: Don Payne in Estonia
- 8:35 Three Minutes Max: Peter Lineham
- 8:40 Elaine Castillo: America is Not the Heart
- 9:10 Mediawatch for 21 April 2019
- 9:40 Three Minutes Max: Frank Ritchie
- 9:42 Toby Morris: Drawing talk and the power of the pen
- 10:05 Ben Elton: Back on the road for laughs
- 10:37 Lawrence Arabia: The Singles Club on tour for loyal members
- 11:05 Easter Service for 21 April 2019
Sunday, 14 April 2019
- 7:10 Ellen Nakashima: Julian Assange's extradition case could take several years
- 7:11 Bridget Welsh: Brunei's imposition of harsh shariah laws part of SE Asian realignment away from the West
- 7:27 Three Minutes Max: Heather Roy
- 7:30 The house with walls of noise
- 7:40 Gun law reform’s speedy select committee followed typical process
- 7:45 Calling Home: Emma G in Washington
- 8:10 Provincial Growth Fund - slush fund or lifeline?
- 8:38 Three Minutes Max: Tommy Kapai-Wilson
- 8:41 Michael Rose: Reducing aircraft toilet noise
- 9:05 Mediawatch for 14 April 2019
- 9:37 Three Minutes Max: Dame Diane Robertson
- 9:40 Colleen Kirk: Why dog owners will pay more to save their pets' lives
- 9:50 Angus Vail: Christchurch tribute concert in New York
- 9:51 Courtney Collins: Armageddon event organiser
- 10:04 Kevin Ashton: The Internet of Things and what we should worry about
- 10:40 On the road with the Charlie Parker Tribute ensemble
- 11:04 All that sparkles: the life of Queen Henrietta Maria of France
- 11:42 Three Minutes Max: Chris Clarke
- 11:45 The sound of evil and classical music in film
Sunday, 7 April 2019
- 7:11 Lisa O'Carroll: Brexit - the gift that keeps giving
- 7:18 Paul Brislen: Huawei not in the business of dotting i's and crossing t's
- 7:27 Three Minutes Max: Dr Claire Matthews
- 7:30 How Parliament is fast tracking gun law reform
- 7:45 Calling Home: Gavin Bell in Norway
- 8:10 The shadow hovering over NZ's gun owners
- 8:35 Three Minutes Max: Lisa Tamati
- 8:43 Steve Creedy: Sale of additional Boeing 737 Max safety 'extras' blown out of proportion
- 8:50 Chris Lewis: Daylight saving, keep it or ditch it?
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 7 April 2019
- 9:37 Nick Liddell: Changing from wasteful consumerism to a circular economy
- 10:04 Sir Antony Beevor: acclaimed historian coming to Auckland Writers Festival
- 10:45 Mark Knoff-Thomas, drunk shopping phenomenon is not restricted to late night online purchases
- 11:04 Peter Cooke: New Zealand's pioneering engineers
- 11:33 Why the kiwi and moa stopped flying
- 11:43 Three Minutes Max: Catherine Robertson
- 11:46 Tomas Matthews: The key to getting people on the dance floor
Sunday, 31 March 2019
- 7:11 Dr Claire Matthews: NZ Super not enough for Kiwi retirees
- 7:18 Simon Farrell-Green: New Zealand's best home awards
- 7:26 Three Minutes Max: Raf Manji
- 7:30 Touring the hallowed halls
- 7:45 Calling Home: Jim Salinger in the US
- 8:10 NZ's heart-breaker: rheumatic fever rates on the rise
- 8:38 Three Minutes Max: Ali Jones
- 8:41 Raimund Muscheler: Earth not prepared for massive solar storm
- 8:54 Lisa O'Carroll: May hoping to hold fourth vote on Brexit deal
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 31 March 2019
- 9:37 Sean Gourley: NZ maths genius warns about the future of AI
- 10:04 Prof Robert Frank: Luck's the key to success not hard work
- 10:36 Dr Linda Blair: The folding fad is not the new Marie Kondo revolution
- 11:04 Marjorie Woollacott: Neuroscientist can explain spirituality and how it relates to the brain
- 11:30 Three Minutes Max: Rhonda Itaoui
- 11:35 Renee Hollis: On the road speaking to 120 100 year olds
Sunday, 24 March 2019
- 7:11 Dominic O'Connell: Brexit and being back home in Christchurch for the terror attacks
- 7:17 Angus Vail: Rocking out for Christchurch
- 7:30 How Parliament reacted to the Christchurch terror attacks
- 7:45 Calling Home: Craig Paterson in Latvia
- 8:42 Professor Kathleen Belew: Christchurch terrorist driven by classic white power ideologies
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 24 March 2019
- 9:37 Three Minutes Max: Associate Professor Dave Parry
- 9:40 Richard Beddie: New Zealand's inactivity rate amongst the worst in the world
- 9:50 Scott Esdaile: Vigil for the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings
- 10:04 Matt Parker on the not-so-serious side of mathematics
- 10:40 Elizabeth Stokoe: understanding the psychology of talk
- 11:06 Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman: Milli Vanilli on the violin
- 11:35 Three Minutes Max: Professor Mohan Dutta
- 11:39 Jake Knapp: six years of life with a distraction-free iPhone
Sunday, 17 March 2019
- 9:08 Social media feels the heat on hate after crisis in Christchurch
- 9:30 Police Commissioner Mike Bush update on Christchurch terror attacks
- 9:45 Dr Sarb Johal: Helping young people through the Christchurch tragedy
- 10:05 The rise and rise of nationalism in Europe
- 10:15 Dominic O'Connell: The bizarreness that is Brexit
- 10:30 Three Minutes Max: Al Gillespie
- 10:39 Julie Fry: mythbusting New Zealander's attitudes about ambition
- 11:04 Professor Virginia Eubanks: digital inequality
- 11:24 Jacob Vigil: the truth about medicinal cannabis
- 11:44 Petitioning Parliament for breast cancer treatments
- 8:10 NZ's heart-breaker: rheumatic fever rates on the rise
Sunday, 10 March 2019
- 7:11 Mubin Shaikh: Mark Taylor is at the "most extreme level of risk assessment"
- 7:18 Stephen Kearney: 25th season for the Warriors
- 7:27 Three minutes max: Raf Manji
- 7:30 Parliament briefed on food waste
- 7:45 Calling Home: Oliver Campbell-Calder in Denmark
- 8:12 Growing Demand - NZ's budding cannabis businesses
- 8:38 Shelith Hansbro: Babies in prisons stop women reoffending
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 10 March 2019
- 9:37 Dan Reed: 'Leaving Neverland' should not stop Jackson's music
- 10:04 Professor Brian Cox: Science of the Universe on stage
- 10:36 Dr Neal Roese: Romantic regret rules the roost
- 11:04 Jim Shockey: People are the biggest threat to hunters
- 11:35 Jan Preston: Queen of Boogie Woogie Piano
Sunday, 3 March 2019
- 7:11 Jean H. Lee: Breakdown in second US - North Korea Summit in Vietnam
- 7:18 Al Gillespie: Conflict on the India/Pakistan border and Michael Cohen testimony
- 7:23 Anne Stevens QC: Reaction to George Pell verdict and possibility of appeal success
- 7:30 Simon Upton, MP's professional green conscience
- 7:45 Calling Home: Sally Washington in Rome
- 8:38 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: encouraging the next generation
- 9:05 Mediawatch for 3 March 2019
- 9:37 3MM Lavina Good
- 9:40 Tatjana Buklijas: Trauma passed on through genes
- 10:04 Josh Komen: His race to stay alive
- 10:27 Three minutes max: Niki Bezzant
- 10:36 Executive time: Presidential slackers in history
- 11:04 Tim Minchin: Taking his art back and performing solo
- 11:45 How Hyperloop could change the way we live
- 11:59 Sunday Morning Feedback
Sunday, 24 February 2019
- 7:12 Philip Duncan: Weekend of wet and wild weather
- 7:15 Karen Kasler: U.S. political correspondent
- 7:20 Saeed Ghandhari: Optimistic Mars One applicant
- 7:27 Three minutes max: Sir Bob Harvey
- 7:35 First words, confidence, and written questions
- 7:45 Calling home: Shannon Campbell in Berlin
- 8:34 John Minty: Splore festival director
- 8:38 Three minutes max: Nicky Pellegrino
- 8:42 Kevin Campbell: 30th anniversary of Flight 811 disaster
- 9:37 Justine Murray: Te Matatini
- 9:41 Three Minutes Max: Jules Older
- 9:45 Richard Mattson: Genetics could affect the quality of your marriage
- 10:04 Nicholas Crane: writing his way around the world
- 10:37 Dr Gregory Smith: from homeless alcoholic to grateful academic
- 11:04 Dr Adam Grant: Finding motivation and meaning in life
- 11:25 John Mathers: Changing made in China to designed in China
- 11:59 Sunday Morning Feedback
Sunday, 17 February 2019
- 7:08 Emanuel Kalafatelis: No desire to change the summer holidays
- 7:12 Dr Justin O'Sullivan: ground breaking findings by the Liggins Insitute through 3D gene mapping
- 7:27 Three minutes max: Janet Wilson
- 7:35 Debating who is better - PM's statement
- 7:43 Calling Home: Olly Spinks in London
- 8:08 Three Minutes Max: Amanda Miller
- 8:10 Fighting Nature's Fury - The Tasman Fires
- 8:40 Dr Parag Khanna: China's growing power and influence
- 9:09 Mediawatch for 17 February 2019
- 9:37 Jess Pryles: Women of Meatstock
- 9:40 Ashley Watts: Why psychopaths are attracted to each other
- 10:04 William Trubridge: NZ's world record holding freediving champ
- 10:36 Engelbert Humperdinck on touring and singing at 83
- 11:04 Josh Cohen: renewing the feeling of joy in not doing anything
- 11:30 Three Minutes Max: Tommy Kapai Wilson
- 11:33 Adrian Mann: The world's longest piano in Dunedin
- 11:45 Vincent Connare: on being the man who created comic sans
Sunday, 10 February 2019
- 7:11 Politics with Richard Harman
- 7:18 Tarawera Ultramarathon
- 7:23 Coast to Coast
- 7:27 Brodie Kane: Coast to Coast competitor
- 7:31 Three Minutes Max: Scott Campbell
- 7:34 Vegetarian Pets
- 7:43 Calling home: Alexander Gillespie
- 8:10 Teenagers who kill
- 8:38 Nelson Fires Update
- 8:42 Screentime for kids
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 10 February 2019
- 9:37 Three Minutes Max: Jacquiline Nairn
- 9:41 Myths around family bonding
- 10:06 Peter Wells: Writer, director, activist
- 10:36 Photographer Sam Jones on shooting stars
- 11:06 Leaving Facebook
- 11:18 The partner behind the social media influencer
- 11:25 The influential Simone Anderson
- 11:44 New book - Past Caring? Women, Work and Emotion.
- 11:59 Sunday Morning Feedback
Sunday, 3 February 2019
- 7:11 Economist Bernard Hickey: what to make of all the tax talk
- 7:18 Professor Timothy Frayling: early riser or night owl?
- 7:23 Tom Carstensen: Denmark building its own wall
- 7:30 Three Minutes Max: Mai Chen
- 7:45 Calling home: Chris Adams
- 8:12 Running Dry - Can NZ thrive without irrigation?
- 8:38 Laura Watts: Orkney's sustainability revolution
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 3 February 2019
- 9:35 Three Minutes Max: Ian Telfer
- 9:37 Karen Becker: ambiguity in the workplace
- 10:06 Richard Baldwin: The globotics upheaval
- 10:45 Sarah Gallagher: Scarfie flats phenomenon
- 11:06 Graeme Simsion: unusual path to becoming a best-selling author
- 11:35 Wash Westmoreland: 'Collette' years in the making
Sunday, 27 January 2019
- 7:11 Ron Mark, Minister of Defence off to middle east
- 7:40 Three Minutes Max: Verity Johnson
- 7:45 2019 Auckland Folk Festival: Hayden Donnell
- 7:50 Calling home: Joanne Black
- 8:05 Insight: Survival mode - Rural emergency services
- 8:10 Survival mode: Why some rural emergency services are under threat
- 8:40 Three Minutes Max: Lizzie Marvelly
- 8:45 David Tamarkin: Food author
- 9:40 Mike Merrill: Man who sold shares in himself
- 10:10 Dr Peter Turchin: Concerns for the future of civilisation
- 10:45 Rufus Wainwright: singer, songwriter and composer
- 10:55 Three Minutes Max: Alan Blackman
- 11:05 Ollie, Harry and Mac: Small boys on big adventures
- 11:30 Mel Schwartz: free your mind by leaning in to uncertainty
- 11:50 Laurel Watson, professional chef and baker
Sunday, 23 December 2018
- 7:30 Parliament's last act for 2018
- 9:05 Mediawatch for 23 December 2018
- 11:55 Feedback on Sunday Morning
- 11:59 Wallace signs off from Sunday Morning
Sunday, 16 December 2018
- 7:11 Meg De Ronde: the problem with 'tough guy' world leaders
- 7:20 Marc Edelman on the rights of peasants
- 7:30 A year of changes from the Speaker, and more to come
- 7:50 Micheal Warren: how the Olympics shaped NZ's identity
- 8:38 Tim Dunlop: sorting out society with sortition
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 16 December 2018
- 9:37 Marilyn Waring: still counting the value of women's unpaid work
- 10:04 Bryn Evans: risks and rewards in documentary making
- 10:04 James Hook: pressing desire to iron
- 11:04 Charley Pride: country music legend on the hits
- 11:30 Graeme Isaako: on a magic carpet from Panmure to Aladdin
- 11:55 Sunday Morning Feedback
Sunday, 9 December 2018
- 7:11 Louise O.Fresco: future-proofing food production
- 7:30 Parliament's collaborative committees
- 7:47 Elena Casas-Montanez: Protests in France
- 8:10 Battling to turn around the lives of young criminals
- 8:38 Allan Matson: fighting facadism
- 9:05 Mediawatch for 9 December 2018
- 9:37 Dean Poole: design as a language
- 10:04 Lyndal Roper: why religious rebel Martin Luther is not a hero
- 11:04 Joanna Mathers: the stories of NZ live music venues
- 11:30 Karyn Hay: making a name as a novelist
- 11:55 Sunday Morning Feedback
Sunday, 2 December 2018
- 7:11 Ludo Campbell-Reid: explaining Access for Everyone in Auckland CBD
- 7:20 Hannah Rodgers: sending love to the lonely this Christmas
- 7:30 The man who juggles Parliament’s impossible diary
- 7:45 Pink and White Terraces brought to life
- 8:10 Frittering away - Why whitebait is in decline
- 8:38 Kim Dovey: how Melbourne shaped itself as a great city
- 9:37 Candice Harris and Rebecca Armour: the working mum's conundrum
- 10:04 John Hellemans and Andrea Hewitt: a special bond
- 10:37 Cirque Du Soleil's Mike Tyus: beating the odds
- 11:04 David Freiberg - still going strong with Jefferson Starship
- 11:40 Rebecca Rice on the significance of the Terracotta Warriors
- 11:59 Sunday Morning listener feedback
Sunday, 25 November 2018
- 7:16 Bike Auckland's Jolisa Gracewood: Taming cycle lane critics and debates
- 7:30 Annual reviews of IPCA, SFO, Privacy, and Law Commission
- 7:45 Richard Beddie: exercise awards and trends
- 8:10 Difficult and dangerous - why truck drivers are quitting
- 8:40 Diana Ürge-Vorsatz: how buildings contribute to climate change
- 9:10 Mediawatch for 25 November 2018
- 9:37 Paul Smith: obsolescence in appliances and no repairers
- 10:04 Mary Holm on making the most of the money you have
- 10:30 Barbara Plester: workplace humour in the modern world
- 11:04 Michael McGirr: books that saved his life
- 11:30 Anthonie Tonnon: trains and tunes
- 11:55 Feedback for 25 November
Sunday, 18 November 2018
- 7:11 Tim Hazledine: time to give Kiwibank teeth
- 7:35 MMP turns 25: more women, Asian, and Maori MPs
- 7:45 Melodie Robinson: Black Ferns lose to France, but silver lining
- 8:10 Has the time come for Genetic Modification?
- 8:40 Gabrielle Baker: institutional racism an awkward conversation
- 9:38 Hanelle Harris: breaking ground with Baby Mama's Club
- 10:04 Ethan Plaut: overloaded by media - how much is too much?
- 10:40 Adam Saunders: chemistry with Keisha Castle-Hughes
- 11:04 David Burton: 40 years of restaurant reviews
- 11:20 History of Toys: Warwick Henderson
- 11:43 Louise Ayling: the art of shoemaking
- 11:59 Feedback for 18 November 2018
Sunday, 11 November 2018
- 7:13 Jo Brookbanks: War Memorial Museum Armistice Commemorations
- 7:23 Other Armistice events
- 7:30 Going through the Motions
- 7:45 Rupert and Chris Powell: descendants' big part in special day
- 8:10 Learning revolution or pathway to ignorance?
- 8:40 Steve Miller: protecting premature babies' brains
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 11 November 2018
- 9:25 Anne Tenney: Pop-Up globe serenity
- 10:07 Ruth Pointer of The Pointer Sisters: she's pretty excited
- 10:35 James Nokise: eating fried chicken in the shower, as you do
- 11:05 Peter Jackson on They Shall Not Grow Old
- 11:20 Jane Tolerton: Kiwi teens on the Western Front
Sunday, 4 November 2018
- 7:11 Christopher Pugsley on the legend of Le Quesnoy
- 7:45 Andrew Little and Chris Penk discuss the Criminal Cases Review Commission Bill
- 7:48 What's up at the Labour Party Conference
- 7:53 Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary rejected
- 8:10 The next pandemic - are we ready?
- 8:38 Herb Farrant: Le Quesnoy museum a dream finally being realised
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 4 November 2018
- 9:37 Josh Davis and the science behind super-recognisers
- 10:04 Are we letting China breach New Zealand's sovereignty?
- 10:40 Jan Wright heads a new conservation effort in the south
- 11:04 Colin Hogg: Sam Hunt's show no longer on the road
- 11:22 Spin king Shane Warne sets the record straight
- 11:55 Feedback for 4 November Sunday Morning
Sunday, 28 October 2018
- 7:11 Wellington mayor on where to see Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
- 7:17 Bronywn Kelly: cup of royal tea at Maranui Cafe
- 7:30 Members' bills: Lasers, sharks, coward's punch and second languages
- 7:45 Dr Nick Wright: eating a plant-based diet
- 8:12 PNG to host APEC - but is it leaders before locals?
- 8:38 Tracey McIntosh: investing in state care not state prisons
- 9:38 Michael Lewis: The Fifth Risk and Trump's chaotic first few months
- 10:04 Jennifer Ward-Lealand: on the big screen in Vermilion
- 10:34 Dr Ingrid Visser: Orca spotter extraordinaire
- 10:50 Renee Porter: speaking up for those in care
- 11:04 Scott Dixon: 'It doesn't feel that fast when you're driving'
- 11:30 Valerie Mason-John: from orphan to inspiration
- 11:55 Listener feedback for 28 October 2018