All episodes
Sunday, 21 September 2025
- 8:15 UK and US news with BBC Correspondent Rich Preston
- 8:25 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:40 Batteries on board: what are the risks?
- 9:40 Doug Gold: the incredible story of ‘Saving Elli’
- 10:20 Clarke Gayford on the making of 'Prime Minister'
- 10:48 Weekend sports chat with Lavina Good
- 11:06 How smells can help us detect disease
- 11:35 Why bosses exploit their most loyal employees
- 11:50 Useful Science with Bonnie Harrison
Sunday, 14 September 2025
- 8:12 Latest news from the US with Karen Kasler
- 8:25 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:38 How seriously should we take personality tests?
- 9:40 Does the 'Downton Abbey' finale hit the mark?
- 10:15 Calling Home: Hayley MacDonald from Bergen, Norway
- 10:45 Springtime budget gardening with Tony Murrell
- 11:05 What's my book about: Gerard Hindmarsh
- 11:34 Useful Science with Ayana Piper-Healion
- 11:40 Friendly chatbots: should they be trusted?
Sunday, 7 September 2025
- 8:12 US Correspondent Mitch McCann
- 8:25 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:30 Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York
- 9:39 Ali Hill: The Nutrition Edition
- 9:44 Frances Cook: No pay rise? How to ask for benefits instead
- 10:06 Humps and high speeds with motoring correspondent Dean Evans
- 10:32 Gregor Paul: All Blacks vs Springboks
- 10:45 Is self-help making us selfish?
- 11:06 How to do home alterations without having family altercations
- 11:25 I’m a Believer: End-of-life visions
Sunday, 31 August 2025
- 8:12 The latest from the UK with Christian Smith
- 8:30 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:44 365 Days of Rejection
- 9:38 Saved by the Dog: How a guide dog changed a life
- 10:06 What happens to the size of our brains as we age?
- 10:42 Ali Hill: The Nutrition Edition
- 11:06 Is Chat GPT influencing the way we express ourselves?
- 11:40 Are we working harder than ever?
Sunday, 24 August 2025
- 8:13 Prof Al Gillespie: is a deal on the horizon for Ukraine?
- 8:25 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:30 The Birds Nest: an all-woman tiny home village
- 9:40 Ali Hill: The Nutrition Edition
- 10:05 A statistics professor on the nature of 'luck'
- 10:48 It’s over and out for 'Sex and the City' fans
- 11:06 Best Song Eva: Jimmy Barnes
- 11:35 Calling Home: Bernard Long from Trinidad and Tobago
Sunday, 17 August 2025
- 8:14 News from the UK with Jamie Tahana
- 8:25 Sunday Quiz with Hamish McDouall
- 8:30 Eboni Waitere: Taking the helm at the Publishers Association
- 9:40 Calling Home: Alistair Wiggins from Pune, India
- 10:06 Best Song Eva: Temepara Bailey
- 10:35 Alice Taylor: making delicious, no-frills food
- 11:06 Will making nature sacred save it?
- 11:28 My Latest Track: Mohi
- 11:45 Teen Reads with Rosanna Williams
Sunday, 10 August 2025
- 8:13 Can Trump and Putin make headway?
- 8:33 Riley Knight: History's Strangest Deaths
- 9:40 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 9:46 Dr Stephen Best: Can we throw away our specs?
- 10:07 Calling Home: Lynda Flinn from Nova Scotia
- 10:35 Across the Tasman with ABC’s Angus Grigg
- 11:06 Could microbes help unlock the mystery of dementia?
- 11:32 Defective buildings: Holding those responsible to account
- 11:42 Posting ennui: Is social media getting less social?
Sunday, 3 August 2025
- 8:14 The latest from the UK with Christian Smith
- 8:40 Annoying people might be ageing you
- 8:49 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 9:40 Is tanning making a comeback?
- 10:06 Temuera Morrison on his new show Chief of War
- 10:17 Stylist Sarah Stuart on statement socks and perfect pants
- 10:40 Exercise can help older adults reduce 'memory glitches'
- 11:06 What’s My Book About: Lauren Roche
- 11:27 Costa Botes: Remembering Forgotten Silver
- 11:51 The difficulty of finding a job after 50
Sunday, 27 July 2025
- 8:12 Jack Watling: Drones and the Future of Warfare
- 8:35 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:40 John Moore: When photographs change the world
- 9:40 Downsizing and how to avoid the pitfalls
- 10:10 Sam Neill: Best Song Eva
- 10:35 NZIFF with Sarah McMullan
- 11:10 John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs
- 11:50 Voice cloning and the dodgy unsubscribe button
Sunday, 20 July 2025
- 8:13 Sleep expert: Professor Russell Foster
- 8:35 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:37 Report into Air India crash focuses on pilot's actions
- 9:39 Suddenly feeling older? That sounds about right...
- 10:06 An exceptional polo horse, her clones, and a business betrayal
- 10:44 How to spot and avoid 'ghost store' scams online
- 11:05 Sophia Malthus: Best Song Eva
- 11:45 How ‘woke’ is the new Superman?
- 11:50 Which occupations do we trust most?
Sunday, 13 July 2025
- 8:14 US Correspondent Mitch McCann
- 8:25 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:30 The burden of choosing the perfect baby name
- 9:40 Frances Cook: Is it wise to cut back on insurance?
- 10:06 How smelly was ancient Rome?
- 10:28 Have we got the job for you? The rise of job scams
- 10:50 Why 'The Salt Path' is stirring controversy
- 11:06 Calling Home: Jack Timings in Copenhagen
- 11:33 What's My Book About: Lindsey Dawson
Sunday, 6 July 2025
- 8:13 Rich Preston: UK Correspondent
- 8:25 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:35 John Koten: a 70-year-old's quest for youthful skin
- 9:38 The pros and cons of the weight loss drug hitting our shores
- 10:06 Hospice Heroes: the touching new show on end-of-life care
- 10:25 The long-term implications of Trump's 'big beautiful bill'
- 10:40 Why can’t we stand being alone with our thoughts?
- 11:35 Does the world need billionaires?
- 11:45 Best Song Eva: Sam Ruthe
Sunday, 29 June 2025
- 8:13 The latest from the Middle East
- 8:25 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:33 Bill Bailey: Modern Vaudevillean
- 9:39 Getting back to nature – is it truly beneficial?
- 10:06 Lisette Reymer: accidental war correspondent
- 10:40 Mark Vette: how to handle anti-social dogs
- 11:05 Celeb stylist Sarah Stuart on curating your winter wardrobe
- 11:28 Calling Home: Anne Malcom from St Louis
Sunday, 22 June 2025
- 8:14 War in the Middle East: What the future might look like
- 8:25 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:37 The Latest from FIFA Club World Cup
- 8:48 Dishing the dirt on the great Dishwashing Debate
- 9:39 Tiny Plastics, Big Questions
- 10:06 Calling Home: Cath Lealand in Tokyo
- 10:30 Why your posture might be the secret to aging well
- 11:06 What went wrong in Russia?
- 11:35 The unspoken bond between Soldier and Horse
Sunday, 15 June 2025
- 8:14 Mitch McCann: A week in the US
- 8:24 Israel and Iran - what next?
- 8:35 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:40 The Inaugural FIFA Club World Cup
- 9:40 Are Vegetarians more power hungry than meat eaters?
- 10:06 The latest on the Russia-Ukraine conflict
- 10:25 Death of the dating app
- 10:50 Is it time to invest in gold?
- 11:06 The terminal decline of the semi-colon
- 11:20 The battle over free speech in the UK
- 11:41 Can being generous kill relationships?
Sunday, 8 June 2025
- 8:13 US correspondent Mitch McCann
- 8:20 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:32 Are all memories real?
- 9:40 Best Song Eva: Robyn Malcolm
- 10:06 Dr Zazie Todd: Understanding strange dog behaviour
- 10:40 Calling Home: Jake Harvey
- 11:05 WindowSwap: gazing from someone else’s window
- 11:18 The McMigraine hack: does it really work?
- 11:38 Will AI ever reach true consciousness?
Sunday, 1 June 2025
- 8:32 Ruth Shaw: Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World
- 8:51 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 9:40 Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger on turning 90
- 10:07 Fred Schneider Talks Fresh Collab & Iconic Antics
- 10:32 Getting kids hooked on STEM subjects
- 11:06 What if the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning?
- 11:35 Calling Home: Ruby Stobart in the Barossa Valley
Sunday, 25 May 2025
- 8:14 Starmer faces new threat from Farage and Reform UK
- 8:25 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:30 The Vagus Nerve and Mental Health
- 8:52 Liam Lawson's luck lifts in Monaco F1 session
- 9:39 The evolution of a “Planetary Brain”
- 10:06 Can being a bit rude make your life easier?
- 10:38 Ali Hill: The Nutrition Edition
- 11:09 Professor Allan Blackman: investigating the “living glow”
- 11:19 Ray Woolf: Best Song Eva
- 11:32 What can Shakespeare teach us about happiness?
Sunday, 18 May 2025
- 8:14 Al Gillespie: Are we headed for World War 3?
- 8:25 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:33 What your emoji usage reveals about your personality
- 9:38 Andrew Hamilton: Jokes about the time I went to prison
- 10:10 The New Zealander behind some of Eurovision’s best hairstyles
- 10:25 Henry Alford: I Dream of Joni
- 11:05 Austria announced as Eurovision winner 2025
- 11:13 Do peptides give your skin a little pep?
- 11:38 Best Song Eva: Andrew Fagan
- 11:50 Frances Cook: How to ask your bank for a deal
Sunday, 11 May 2025
- 8:13 Russian satellite Kosmos-482 crashes back to Earth
- 8:22 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:29 Opulomania: the addiction to buying luxury goods
- 9:39 Humanoid robots: what should we expect?
- 10:06 It was the worst of all opening sentences...
- 10:18 My Latest Track: Indy Yelich
- 10:37 Autocracy Inc: The dictators who work to keep each other in power
- 11:09 The industry that takes people to the top of the world
- 11:39 April the Cow: one of the best mums in the business
- 11:50 The science of magic
Sunday, 4 May 2025
- 8:15 What the UK local elections mean
- 8:25 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:30 Calling Home: Jude Fleming from Warren, NSW
- 9:40 Best Song Eva: Portia Woodman-Wickliffe
- 10:09 How the CIA's book smuggling helped lift the Iron Curtain
- 10:40 Barrie Cassidy on the results of Australia's Federal Election
- 11:05 Report from the Vatican: Conclave set to begin
- 11:30 Why are restaurants so noisy?
- 11:50 Can you post photos of suspected thieves?
Sunday, 27 April 2025
- 8:15 The Pope's legacy in his homeland of Argentina
- 8:25 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 8:37 Calling Home: Alan Duncan from Prince Edward Island
- 9:38 Irish writer Colm Tóibín on new book 'Long Island'
- 10:20 Graydon Carter: The glamorous heyday of print magazines
- 10:40 My Latest Track: Priya Sami
- 11:06 Sarah Garfinkel: Interoception - your untapped sixth sense
- 11:30 Kiwi aid worker returns to Syria after fall of Assad
- 11:50 Canada Elections 2025: Is early voting muddying the waters?
Sunday, 20 April 2025
- 8:15 Rebecca Hayter: High heels and gumboots
- 8:40 We need to talk about the elephant in the closet!
- 8:55 The Sunday Morning Quiz
- 9:40 Can singing help treat persistent pain?
- 10:06 Is it time to ditch your phone case?
- 10:27 A cultural history of bagpipes
- 11:05 Should websites have 'safety ratings'?
- 11:36 The power of labyrinths for meditation
Sunday, 13 April 2025
- 8:13 Talking Tariffs with Jeffrey Halley
- 8:33 Ali Hill: The Nutrition Edition
- 8:35 The Sunday Morning Quiz with Hamish McDouall
- 8:50 Polk: the new doco on the gripping trial of Philip Polkinghorne
- 9:40 How good are we at reading dogs’ emotions?
- 10:05 Comedian Jimmy Carr gets philosophical
- 10:27 Dan Baumgardt: How the brain can switch off pain
- 10:43 Happiness with Marc Wilson
- 11:05 Martin Hawes: are you Retirement Ready?
- 11:30 Calling Home: Bruce Maunsell from the Marquesas Islands
Sunday, 6 April 2025
- 8:14 Is daylight saving bad for us?
- 8:35 The Sunday Morning Quiz with Jack Waley-Cohen
- 8:39 Do we need to wash the soles of our feet?
- 9:39 Give peas a chance: The Frozen Peas Cookbook
- 10:06 Piaf’s musical heir set to take the stage in NZ
- 10:26 Research NZ asks how businesses are coping in current climate
- 10:37 How will Trump's tariffs impact New Zealand?
- 10:52 Bob McMurray on the Japanese Grand Prix
- 10:58 Tina Pemberton: online dating in your 70s
- 10:59 Understanding Hitler's rise to power
