Sunday Morning

8:10  US correspondent Mitch McCann 

We get the latest from the US, including an update on Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s war of words, from our correspondent Mitch McCann in New York. 

 

8:20  The Sunday Morning Quiz 

Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back with his Sunday Morning quiz.    

Jack is the mind behind the questions on BBC's infamous quiz show Only Connect, known for being both hard — and at the same time totally obvious.     

Wake up your brain and have a go!  

 

8:30  Are all memories real? 

How reliable are repressed or recovered memories? And do we always have memories of significant events? Gabrielle Principe, Professor of Psychology at the College of Charleston, specialises in memory and joins Jim to discuss the intricacies of remembering. 

 

9:10 Mediawatch 

MediaWatch looks at big calls made by our two biggest publishers of news this week on the same day - Stuff twinned up with Trade Me and NZME shook up its boardroom. And both are now looking to property platforms for growth.  

Also - a media backlash against call to ban Run It and other dangerous big-money challenges. 

 

9:40 Best Song Eva: Robyn Malcolm  

This week the Australian drama series The Survivors has been launched on Netflix. Based on a novel by Jane Harper, it features NZ’s Robyn Malcolm in one of the leading roles.   Robyn joins Jim to talk about the new series and about her ‘Best Song Eva’.  

 

10:00 Dr Zazie Todd: Understanding strange dog behaviour 

Animal behaviorist and certified dog trainer, Dr Zazie Todd joins us once again. This week, Zazie and Jim discuss some of the curly questions around canine behaviour, like why do some dogs like to eat poo? 

Zazie’s most recent book is Bark!: The Science of Helping Your Anxious, Fearful, or Reactive Dog. 

10:30  Calling Home: Jake Harvey 

Wellingtonian Jake Harvey is introducing the people of Atlanta, Georgia to a bit of Kiwi cuisine – the meat pie.  Jake owns Heaps Pies and joins Jim to talk about his life in Atlanta and the popularity of his pies.  

11:00  WindowSwap: gazing from someone else’s window 

WindowSwap is a website that allows you to travel virtually and look at views through the windows of real people, all around the world.  

More than 100,000 people have signed up to enjoy other people’s outlooks. 

Jim speaks to WindowSwap’s co-founder Vaishnav Balasubramaniam about the genesis of the website and its surprising popularity.  

11:20   The McMigraine hack: does it really work? 

For people living with migraine disease it can be a debilitating condition that is invisible to others. In New Zealand, 753,000 people live with migraine, affecting three times as many women than men. 

Dr Fiona Imlach has lived with migraine for many years, and frustrated by the lack of migraine specific care, she co-founded Migraine Foundation Aotearoa New Zealand in 2022. Dr Imlach joins Jim to discuss migraine disease, its causes, and what can help. 

11:40 Will AI ever reach true consciousness?  

The dazzling growth of AI in recent years has reignited discussion around whether machines could reach a true state of consciousness. But what exactly is consciousness? Scientists are still trying to work that out, says Professor Paul Davies. He is theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist and best-selling science author based at Arizona State University. He joins Jim to discuss whether AI could develop a sense of free will.