All episodes
Sunday, 12 September 2021
- 8:11 Study shows Kiwis are more mindful about consumption
- 8:23 How often you should exercise to stay in shape - according to science
- 8:40 The Weekend Panel with Richard Harman and Rae Lamb
- 9:00 Mediawatch for 12 September 2021
- 9:37 Calling Home: Colin Macrae in Panama
- 10:05 Kimbra on the No 1 smash hit she never saw coming
- 10:29 My Current Song: Sam V - Wired
- 10:43 The psychologist who predicted how the pandemic would play out
- 11:06 How our smartphones are turning us into dopamine junkies
- 11:42 Music trumps TV and baking for feel-good lockdown moments
Sunday, 5 September 2021
- 8:13 The next major pandemic will hit by 2080 at the latest
- 8:30 Could more have been done to prevent LynnMall terror attack?
- 8:41 The Weekend Panel with Chris Finlayson and Josie Pagani
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 5 September 2021
- 9:38 Covid-19 update with Professor Michael Baker
- 10:16 Angela Scanlon: Making homeowners' wildest dreams a reality
- 10:45 Why you're paying too much for your printer ink
- 11:05 Charlotte Bellis: Taliban government inclusiveness "symbolic"
- 11:15 My Current Song: Jaedyn Randell, 'Patupaiarehe'
- 11:27 Jenny Lawson: Laughing in the face of mental illness
Sunday, 29 August 2021
- 1:12 Dr Richard Webby: 'We'll all catch Covid-19 eventually'
- 8:37 The Weekend Panel with Mike Williams and Linda Clark
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 29 August 2021
- 9:38 Covid-19 update with Professor Michael Baker
- 10:06 Why coins will continue to stand the test of time
- 10:34 Calling Home: Stephen Court in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 11:05 Top cooking tips with Vanessa Baxter: fast food
- 11:20 Lying blind: hiding vision loss in plain sight
- 11:40 Charlotte Bellis: 'I'll stay in Afghanistan as long as I can'
Sunday, 22 August 2021
- 8:10 Women journalists fear for their lives as Taliban takes over
- 8:26 Some types of obesity may increase dementia, stroke risk
- 8:41 The Weekend Panel with Lavina Good and Louis Houlbrooke
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 22 August 2021
- 9:37 Covid-19 update with Professor Michael Baker
- 10:06 How Elon Musk's 'bet of the century' is paying off
- 10:36 From escaping the Taliban to Kiwi academic excellence
- 11:06 Calling Home: Leone Patterson in Alameda, California
- 11:28 Ultimate scam lures elderly West Coast beekeeper
- 11:39 How to grow an online audience and make real money
Sunday, 15 August 2021
- 8:18 How fruit and veg may reduce risk of cognitive decline
- 8:40 The Weekend Panel with Richard Harman and Brigitte Morten
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 15 August 2021
- 9:48 Americans falsifying information to get third dose of vaccine
- 10:05 Calling Home: Sean Barry in Baku, Azerbaijan
- 10:36 Top cooking tips with Vanessa Baxter: Butter
- 10:47 My Current Song: Gitbox Rebellion, 'Dhoggs'
- 11:05 Testosterone's link to men's success questioned in new study
- 11:11 New Zealand -- the land of plenty (of housing issues)
- 4:41 Bubble burst: The rise and fall of chewing gum
- 5:28 138 Dates: an epic journey to finding true love
Sunday, 8 August 2021
- 8:10 Lavina Good on New Zealand's golden Olympics campaign
- 8:20 Professor Gary McLean: Things unlikely to be 'normal' until 2023
- 8:41 The Panel with Anna Fifield and Chris Finlayson
- 9:10 Mediawatch for 8 August 2021
- 9:37 Struggling to hear in noisy settings? It could be dementia
- 9:50 Trampoline medal brings long-held dream to fruition
- 10:17 My Current Song: KITA, 'Every Day'
- 10:30 Calling Home: Cathy Macleay in Punta Arenas
- 11:10 Are today's Olympic athletes really bigger, stronger, faster?
- 11:30 NZ developed machine could revolutionise cancer treatment
- 11:45 Dr Dave Gerrard completes a 57-year Tokyo Olympics loop
- 11:59 Listener Feedback for Sunday Morning 8 August 2021
- 3:04 Lisa Carrington's golden success: 'It's just trying to be better than I was the day before'
Sunday, 1 August 2021
- 8:10 Lavina Good live from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
- 8:41 The Weekend Panel with Josie Pagani and Chris Wikaira
- 9:07 Mediawatch for 1 August 2021
- 9:36 Calling Home: Tecwyn Evans in Kvidinge, Sweden
- 10:08 Dr. Pan Conrad: when science meets religion
- 11:07 Why life may indeed really begin at 40
- 11:43 Sniffing, swilling and spitting through the world of wine
- 11:50 Dawn Raid apology has the power to heal
- 3:22 Kiwi Sweet Tooth star: 'Bear' role was made for me
- 6:25 Four-day working week plan picking up steam
Sunday, 25 July 2021
- 8:18 Why more older New Zealanders are becoming entrepreneurs
- 8:28 Stress does really turn hair grey (but it's reversible)
- 8:41 The Weekend Panel with Nalini Baruch and Neil Waka
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 25 July 2021
- 9:37 Calling Home: Amanda Ellis in Honolulu
- 10:06 The evolution of human fatherhood
- 10:36 How voice cloning is revolutionising the way we communicate
- 10:46 Dave Gerrard at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo
- 11:05 Album features sound of black holes colliding 1.3 billion years ago
- 11:32 Why you'll need to quarantine before going to Mars
- 11:45 My Current Song: John Hanlon, This is New York
- 2:12 NZ helps create first-ever World Drowning Prevention Day
Sunday, 18 July 2021
- 8:12 England's lifting of lockdowns increases risk of variants
- 8:35 The ultimate stair climb to fight blood cancer
- 8:41 The Panel with Paula Penfold and Louis Houlbrooke
- 9:05 Mediawatch for 18 July 2021
- 9:50 A cup of coffee a day may keep Covid away
- 10:04 Why we need to rethink our attitude toward moving
- 10:41 My Current Song: Luke Buda, 'Here Comes The Wind'
- 11:05 Complete connection: the 75-year evolution of the mobile phone
- 11:40 Calling Home: Philip Toogood on Denarau Island
- 11:59 Feedback for Sunday Morning 18 July 2021
Sunday, 11 July 2021
- 8:12 Kiwi arrives in Haiti the day before president's assassination
- 8:20 Most New Zealanders want level 2 scanning made compulsory
- 8:26 Euro 2020 final preview with Andrew Clay
- 8:35 The Panel with Sam Stubbs and Ali Jones
- 9:05 Mediawatch for 11 July 2021
- 9:39 Calling Home: Matt Couper in Las Vegas
- 10:35 My Current Song - Shannen Georgia Petersen, 'Home Again 4'
- 10:41 Online learning and cheating means re-evaluating testing
- 10:47 Seven reasons why spouses lie about money
- 11:05 Still going strong after all these years
- 11:41 Flying car completes first intercity test flight
Sunday, 4 July 2021
- 8:12 Professor Gary McLean: 'Annual Covid-19 boosters likely'
- 8:20 It's in your eyes: pupil size a marker of intelligence
- 8:41 The Weekend Panel with Mike Williams and Lavina Good
- 8:45 UEFA European Championship 2020 update with Andrew Clay
- 9:37 Calling Home: Rebecca Kennedy in Macau
- 10:04 The Kiwi TV boss who believed in The Repair Shop
- 10:28 The special harmony behind The Lady Killers
- 10:48 What makes a great football anthem?
- 11:05 'Because we eat animals, we underestimate their mental abilities'
- 11:37 Early Māori astronomers predicted year ahead by stars of Matariki
- 11:45 How quitting maths can affect teens' brains
Sunday, 27 June 2021
- 7:10 Michael Baker: Wellington case identified gaps in system
- 7:16 New drug billed as a 'game-changer' in obesity crisis
- 7:45 Calling Home: Steve Marshall in Chapel Hill
- 8:11 Study reveals cardio health influences your coffee consumption
- 8:22 'Suction and swallow tool' labelled instance cure for hiccups
- 8:39 The Weekend Panel with Brigitte Morten and Chris Wikaira
- 9:37 That stuck-in-your-head song is helping you remember
- 9:50 The Great Resignation: nearly 40% of Kiwis looking for new jobs
- 10:04 Yulia returns to the stage: Edith Piaf à L'Olympia à Paris
- 10:25 New Zealand Fast & Furious 9 star: 'None of this feels real'
- 10:40 What impact does a conductor really have on an orchestra?
- 11:05 The death-defying 'aerial queen' of flying trapeze
- 11:35 The thriller writer who called the Covid-19 pandemic
Sunday, 20 June 2021
- 7:10 Professor Gary McLean: 'Two jabs is not a guarantee of protection'
- 7:45 Puppies are biologically wired to communicate with people
- 8:12 Calling Home: Jessie Williamson in Lerwick, Shetland
- 8:41 The Weekend Panel with Penny Ashton and Tim Watkin
- 9:37 How exercising your muscles can combat chronic inflammation
- 9:52 Defying body clock linked to depression and lower wellbeing
- 10:04 Richard Thompson-Ford: How we define ourselves through fashion
- 10:42 My Current Song - Jason Kerrison, 'The Timing'
- 11:05 The incredible master navigators of Pacific voyaging
- 11:24 Sports update with Clay Wilson
- 11:35 Poll: Only 43% of Kiwis regard Matariki as an important holiday
- 11:42 'How becoming a referee allowed me to master my ego'
Sunday, 13 June 2021
- 7:10 China correspondent on the 'lying flat' protest movement
- 7:45 Could hosting parasitic worms prevent ageing?
- 8:10 Calling Home: Sam Schoeller in Klosters, Switzerland
- 8:37 The Weekend Panel with Lavina Good and Richard Harman
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 13 June 2021
- 9:37 Greg Murphy urging Kiwi men to get regular health checks
- 10:06 Amy Winehouse 'despised fame more than anything else'
- 10:41 Fifty years since the birth of the barcode
- 11:05 Are men biologically transformed by fatherhood?
- 11:24 People of Action: 100 years of the Rotary Club in New Zealand
- 11:37 Partner of billionaire's son arrested in shooting of policeman
Sunday, 6 June 2021
- 7:10 Ashburton farm recovery likely to take years
- 7:18 Country legend 'humbled' by Hall of Fame induction
- 7:45 Calling Home: Sene Naoupu in Dublin
- 8:10 How a hot bath mimics the benefits of exercise
- 8:33 Live cross to the 40th and final Brass Monkey rally
- 8:40 The Weekend Panel with Josie Pagani and Louis Houlbrooke
- 9:08 Mediawatch for 6 June 2021
- 9:38 Scientists sense they are getting closer to discovering aliens
- 10:08 Canine obsession: The not-so-secret life of dogs
- 10:35 Why our brains are hardwired to focus on the negative
- 11:05 Polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's stunning survival story
- 11:30 Prefer pets to people? You're not alone
- 11:46 Live cross to the Steampunk NZ Festival in Oamaru
Sunday, 30 May 2021
- 7:10 Severe weather update with Philip Duncan
- 7:16 Why the Law Commission is reviewing succession law
- 7:45 Michael Baker: 'Staging the Olympics is a very bad idea'
- 8:10 Calling Home: Rowan Bashford in Iceland
- 8:33 Weather update -- Erin Cassie at Erewhon Station
- 8:41 The Weekend Panel with Josie Pagani and Chris Wikaira
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 30 May 2021
- 9:37 How longer working hours are killing us
- 10:04 Live cross to the Auckland 'Liberate the Lane' rally
- 10:16 A Glitch in the Matrix: Are we living in a digital simulation?
- 10:38 Why we're so bad at daydreaming - and how to fix it
- 11:11 Centrepoint survivor: 'Adults who failed us need to step up'
- 11:35 Why the next pandemic could be a potentially deadly fungus
Sunday, 23 May 2021
- 7:10 Survey: Only 68% of Kiwis feel safe on public transport
- 7:18 Professor Gary McLean on mixing and matching vaccines
- 7:45 'We don't need to be nervous about double digit inflation'
- 8:11 Calling Home: Megan Adams in Buenos Aires
- 8:41 The Weekend Panel with Sam Stubbs and Brigitte Morten
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 23 May 2021
- 9:32 'Insufficient evidence' support herbal, dietary supplements
- 10:05 Why Finns don't believe they are the "happiest" people
- 10:40 My Current Song: Georgia Lines, 'No One Knows'
- 10:50 Are cryptocurrencies like bitcoin here to stay?
- 11:05 A.C. Grayling: The 'great universe' of the yet-to-be-discovered
- 11:35 Why fruit flies, mosquitos are 'brainier' than people suspect
- 4:30 Thin evidence for most herbal weight loss remedies
Sunday, 16 May 2021
- 7:10 Dr Nicola Lee: Harm caused by meth on the rise
- 7:18 US correspondent's wrap of the week
- 7:45 Calling Home: Dr Lisa Fletcher in Kathmandu
- 8:41 The Weekend Panel with Mike Williams and Lavina Good
- 9:37 Artist posed as billionaire to gain access to NYC's best views
- 10:35 Covid-19 in Peru: 'vaccine' made from guinea pig poop
- 10:48 My Current Song: Malcolm Black, 'Julia'
- 11:05 The travel world through Anthony Bourdain's eyes
- 11:31 Kiwi in Bethlehem: 'We can only pray that the situation will ease'
- 11:36 How 'emotional inflammation' could impact your mental health
- 11:42 Why we should embrace our fidgeting tendencies
- 1:34 Alice Cooper: 'Covid-19 was like being hit by a truck'
- 5:25 Vegetarians have healthier biomarker profiles than meat-eaters
Sunday, 9 May 2021
- 7:10 Chinese rocket to crash-land today
- 7:18 Covid cases skyrocket in Nepal
- 7:18 Survey shows almost half of Kiwis pushed reset during lockdown
- 7:23 The Kiwi app helping mothers ease pregnancy-related stress
- 7:45 How listening to calming music at bedtime can help you sleep
- 8:10 Calling Home: Rosa Nolan in the Cayman Islands
- 8:41 The Weekend Panel with Ali Jones and Brigitte Morten
- 9:37 Could consuming more mushrooms reduce cancer risk?
- 10:04 The Musical Chair: Rob McCallum
- 10:40 Richard Langston's heartfelt Mother's Day poem
- 10:50 Cruising Kiwis' adventures continue despite Covid
- 11:05 Sue Kedgley: 50 years at the feminist coalface
- 11:30 Al Gillespie - China and its treatment of Uyghurs
Sunday, 2 May 2021
- 7:10 Professor Gary McLean on Covid-19 vaccine side effects
- 7:45 Should couples have joint or separate bank accounts?
- 8:10 Calling Home: Jason Williams in New Westminster, B.C.
- 8:41 The Weekend Panel with Josie Pagani and Louis Houlbrooke
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 2 May 2021
- 9:37 Living on liquid: the floating house called Freedom Cove
- 10:05 The Musical Chair: Erin Boag
- 10:40 My Current Song: Stewart Allan, 'Shall We Dance'
- 11:05 Why our brains solve problems by adding things
- 11:39 Travelling to countries that do not officially exist
Sunday, 25 April 2021
- 7:10 The forgotten men and women of World War One
- 7:50 ANZAC tradition holds strong in tiny Tinui
- 8:10 Osteoarthritis a growing concern for New Zealanders
- 8:40 The Weekend Panel with Heather Roy and Al Gillespie
- 9:41 Calling Home: Shannon Digby in Zons, Germany
- 10:11 Gerry Beckley: 'We now actually have a horse named No Name'
- 10:33 Dion Peat: marking ANZAC in South Korea
- 10:39 Ganesh Raj shares ANZAC recipe for Bully Beef Hash
Sunday, 18 April 2021
- 7:11 Prince Philip funeral: how it all happened
- 7:22 Just half of Kiwis in favour of trans-Tasman travel bubble
- 7:47 Extreme chilli eating: 'People like watching others suffer'
- 8:12 Calling Home: Kane Harnett-Mutu in Copenhagen
- 8:41 The Weekend Panel with Penny Ashton and Mike Williams
- 9:00 Mediawatch for 18 April 2021
- 9:40 'The Crate Escape' stowaway looking for lost accomplices
- 10:04 Life through the seasons on a high country Kiwi station
- 10:55 Does drinking coffee help burn body fat?
- 11:05 Northwest Passage: 'Just tell me I'm not going to die'
- 11:35 Thor's world-first adventure remains on hold in Hong Kong
- 3:10 Ugly Duckling helps change the NZ male ballet narrative
- 3:37 Drug use among older adults a 'hidden epidemic'
- 4:05 Vespa rally runs length of NZ for mental health
Sunday, 11 April 2021
- 7:10 Professor Gary McLean on the longevity of Covid-19 immunity
- 7:45 Is it time to make the switch to private browsers?
- 8:12 Calling Home: Flick Taylor in Laikipia County, Kenya
- 8:41 The Weekend Panel with Brigitte Moreton and Chris Wikaira
- 9:00 Mediawatch for 11 April 2021
- 9:37 Why your brain is programmed to love (or loathe) your boss
- 10:44 Digital health tools associated with weight loss
- 11:45 UK royal correspondent on Prince Philip's death
- 4:17 Peter Frampton: 'Living in the limelight was never for me'
- 5:05 'We need a building ministry': doco reveals high-rise horrors
Sunday, 4 April 2021
- 8:12 The real risks and health benefits of cold-water swimming
- 8:33 One third of Kiwis want daylight saving system changed
- 8:40 The Weekend Panel with Peter Dunne and Josie Pagani
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 4 April 2021
- 9:42 Will stick shifts soon be a thing of the past?
- 10:35 Calling Home: Ron Hanson in Taichung City, Taiwan
- 11:05 The Musical Chair: Jenene Crossan
- 5:47 Stevie Van Zandt: 50 years of brotherhood with Bruce Springsteen
Sunday, 28 March 2021
- 7:11 Why are more shipping containers falling overboard?
- 7:18 Is any amount of coffee safe for baby during pregnancy?
- 7:45 Why H&M was deleted from the Chinese digital landscape
- 8:10 Calling Home: Rachel Kirby in Santa Ana, Costa Rica
- 8:41 The Weekend Panel with Bernard Hickey and Ali Jones
- 9:06 Mediawatch for 28 March 2021
- 9:37 How 'microbreaks' can boost your work day
- 9:46 Do you find ending conversations hard? You're not alone
- 10:10 The incredible impact our mind can have on our physical health
- 10:40 My Current Song: Love Square, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
- 11:05 New book sheds light on Earth's other humans
- 11:45 'Pope Francis is still the biggest ally of the gay people'
