Sunday Morning

8:10 Prof Al Gillespie: is a deal on the horizon for Ukraine? 

Waikato University International Law professor Alexander Gillespie joins Jim to assess the wheeling and dealing between Trump, Putin and Zelensky. 

8:25 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 The Birds Nest: an all-woman tiny home village 

An hour or so outside of Dallas, Texas, is an all-woman tiny home village founded by 70-year-old Robyn Yerian. Established in 2022, the village dubbed The Birds Nest is a retirement community which espouses privacy and autonomy while also providing caring and mutual support for its 11 inhabitants and their pets. 

Robyn joins Jim to discuss her vision for The Birds Nest and what it’s like living in a village of independent women. 

9:10 Mediawatch 

Mediawatch looks at the lucrative business of stock images - and what we can learn from a case of a woman who recently became the face of a campaign for a political cause she didn't support. Also - can our media finally claw back some money from the AI operators currently harvesting their content online? If so - how can it be done? 

9:40 Ali Hill: The Nutrition Edition 

Dr Ali Hill from Otago University's Department of Human Nutrition is back with us on Sunday Morning. This week we discuss how cooling rice or pasta after cooking can help make them healthier, the rise of the matcha trend, and the numerous benefits of kiwifruit. 

10:10 A statistics professor on the nature of 'luck'

Self-described ‘mild-mannered statistics professor’ Jeffrey Rosenthal found himself embroiled in an online chess drama when he was asked to work out whether the long winning streaks of one of the world’s top chess players could be likely.  

The University of Toronto professor joins Jim to discuss whether the chess player may have been cheating, opinion polls, superstitions, luck, and the lottery fraud he helped uncover. 

10:40 It’s over and out for Sex and the City fans 

Film and TV critic Sarah McMullan is with Jim to talk about the fizzling out of Sex and the City’s sequel And Just Like That. She has also been watching Outrageous – a series based on the true story of the witty and occasionally scandalous Mitford sisters. 

11:10 Best Song Eva: Jimmy Barnes 

Scottish-born, Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes is with Jim to chat about the 40th anniversary edition of his album For The Working Class Man – due for release in November.  It’s not the only production Jimmy's been working on – he and his wife Jane have been writing a new cookbook, with recipes inspired by produce from their bountiful garden. Jim’s asking Jimmy to make a difficult decision – to pick the best song eva.... 

11:40 Calling Home: Bernard Long from Trinidad and Tobago 

Bernard Long grew up in Rotorua but has been living in Trinidad and Tobago for the past 30 years. The New Zealand-trained chef has a business that caters for weddings and corporate and embassy functions. Bernard is also a cocoa farmer and chocolatier.