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The Sunday Morning Quiz
8:25 AM.Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back with his Sunday Morning quiz. Read more Audio
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Al Gillespie: Are we headed for World War 3?
8:14 AM.Waikato University's International Law professor Alexander Gillespie joins Jim to assess the prospect of another global conflict. Read more Audio
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The science of magic
11:50 AM.In the past 15 years, more than 150 papers have been written on the 'science of magic'. Read more Audio
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April the Cow: one of the best mums in the business
11:39 AM.To coincide with Mother's Day, New Zealand's largest herd improvement organisation LIC has inducted a super-cow into its ‘Hall of Fame’. Read more Audio
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The industry that takes people to the top of the world
11:09 AM.Award-winning writer, journalist, and avid amateur climber Will Cockrell joins Jim to discuss his book Everest, Inc. The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World. Read more Audio
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Autocracy Inc: The dictators who work to keep each other in power
10:37 AM.In her latest book Autocracy, Inc, Pulitzer-prize winning historian Anne Applebaum examines the power structures currently running the world. Read more Audio
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My Latest Track: Indy Yelich
10:18 AM.Devonport-raised, New York-based musician Indy Yelich has just released new single 'Sail Away'. Read more Video, Audio
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It was the worst of all opening sentences...
10:06 AM.The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest invited entrants "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels" - that is, one which was deliberately bad. Read more Audio
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Humanoid robots: what should we expect?
9:39 AM.American tech journalist Kurt Knutsson discusses the regulations he believes should be put around humanoid robots for the safety of the human race. Read more Audio
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Opulomania: the addiction to buying luxury goods
8:29 AM.The founder of a luxury mental health clinic in Switzerland says he's seeing a rise in 'opulomania'- an addiction to buying high-end goods. Read more Audio
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The Sunday Morning Quiz
8:22 AM.Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back with his Sunday Morning quiz. Read more Audio
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Russian satellite Kosmos-482 crashes back to Earth
8:13 AM.More than 50 years after being launched, Soviet satellite Komos-482 has crash-landed back to Earth. Read more Audio
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Can you post photos of suspected thieves?
11:50 AM.Is it legal to post photos or footage of another person, especially when claiming they may be scoping your property? Read more Audio
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Why are restaurants so noisy?
11:30 AM.Loud music, whooshing coffee machines, clanging cutlery and raised voices fill the air in many restaurants. Professor Carl Hopkins discusses why noise can be so uncomfortable. Read more Audio
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Report from the Vatican: Conclave set to begin
11:05 AM.The papal conclave forms to start the selection process for a new pope on Wednesday and Cardinals from around the globe have been gathering at the Vatican. Read more Audio
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Barrie Cassidy on the results of Australia's Federal Election
10:40 AM.Australia's incumbent PM Anthony Albanese re-won his seat in the 2025 Federal Election last night, ending a heated election which saw opposition leader Peter Dutton run a very "Trumpian" campaign. Read more Audio
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How the CIA's book smuggling helped lift the Iron Curtain
10:09 AM.During the Cold War the CIA managed to smuggle ten million books across the Iron Curtain. The banned titles included Hannah Arendt, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, George Orwell, and Agatha Christie. Read more Audio
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Best Song Eva: Portia Woodman-Wickliffe
9:40 AM.Black Ferns legend Portia Woodman-Wickliffe joins Jim to talk about what lured her out of retirement, and she also chooses her Best Song Eva. Read more Audio
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Calling Home: Jude Fleming from Warren, NSW
8:30 AM.Award-winning contemporary landscape artist Jude Fleming lives a six-hour drive from Sydney in Warren, population 1365. Read more Audio
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The Sunday Morning Quiz
8:25 AM.Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back with his Sunday Morning quiz. Read more Audio
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What the UK local elections mean
8:15 AM.How important were the UK local elections? Not very, you might suppose at first glance, but global media have covered them assiduously. Read more Audio
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Canada Elections 2025: Is early voting muddying the waters?
11:50 AM.With less than one week to go before their election day, Canadians are voting early in record numbers - but what does this mean for pollsters and predictions? Read more Audio
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Kiwi aid worker returns to Syria after fall of Assad
11:30 AM.Although Kiwi agency ReliefAid has been delivering aid to Syrian families since 2015, founder Mike Seawright had been prevented from entering the country under the dictatorial regime. Read more Audio
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Sarah Garfinkel: Interoception - your untapped sixth sense
11:06 AM.The ability to count your own heartbeat could be the answer to lowering anxiety and managing other conditions like PTSD, psychosis and even some aspects of autism. This skill is called interoception.
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My Latest Track: Priya Sami
10:40 AM.Priya Sami (Trip Pony, The Sami Sisters, Dateline) joins us to introduce the brand-new single from her latest project, Bub. Read more Video, Audio
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