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New research from the University of Copenhagen has found that men in jobs with hard physical work have a 55% higher risk of developing dementia compared to those doing sedentary work. Associate… Audio

More than 40 percent of employed Kiwis worked from home during lockdown in April, reports Stats NZ.  Audio

Humans can draw on their 'surge capacity' for short-term survival in stressful situations. But when the disaster stretches out indefinitely - like the Covid-19 pandemic - your surge capacity can get… Audio

How many hours in a typical workday do you work? For many people, it's not even close to eight. Mexico City-based journalist Lizzie Wade believes it's actually impossible for most of us to achieve… Audio

New research out of McMaster University has found that cognitive behavioural therapy delivered electronically to treat people with depression is more effective than face to face. Dr. Zena Samaan is… Audio

Guyon Espiner talks with Robert Reich (a former USA Secretary of Labor), Anna Curzon (Xero), Prof. Douglas A. Irwin (Dartmouth College)

Three Minutes Max, succinct opinions from Kiwis on topics of their choice. Associate Professor Sara Walton from Otago University's Business School shares her thoughts on the 'next normal' and building… Audio

There are about 21,000 black cabs in London and many of them are also being used to provide free transport for patients. Karyn talks to Black Cab driver and muso, Geoff Hayden, about the situation for… Audio

Kinley Salmon, the New Zealand economist and author of Jobs, Robots & Us, talks about the future of work in a time of rapidly-developing automation. A 2020 New Zealand Arts Festival highlight. Audio

Professor Stephanie Coontz recently wrote an opinion piece saying "many different-sex couples would have happier and more satisfying marriages if they took a few lessons from their same-sex… Audio

In 1978, a seemingly straightforward experiment involving New Zealand rabbits discovered that kindness made the difference between a heart attack and a healthy heart. It's called the 'rabbit effect'… Audio

Sara Del Valle is an applied mathematician and disease modeller. She and other disease modellers have gazed into their computers to see the future of Covid-19 and the news, in her opinion, is not bad… Audio

High-flying New Zealander Nodira Khoussainova is the co-founder and CEO of Focused, a Silicon Valley startup that helps people accomplish undistracted work for a couple of hours in a study hall-type… Audio

The first suspected case of coronavirus in New Zealand has thankfully tested negative but questions remain about how to keep the virus out of the country. Professor Patricia Priest joins the show to… Audio

Filmmaker Sharon Hyman has lived just down the road from the love of her life, David, for 20 years. The couple live happily apart as 'apartners'. Sharon's second film, Apartners: Living Happily Ever… Audio

Six people have died in as many days in workplace-related incidents, at a time when most people are just returning back to work after the Christmas break. The most recent death was on Friday morning… Audio

We live in a society obsessed with performance. And the ways in which we define performance are getting ever-complicated. Dr Ben Walker 's research focuses on this potential identification with how… Audio

Three Minutes Max on Sunday mornings, interesting opinions from New Zealanders. Sculptor Cathryn Monro is also an educator, author, and the mother of two teens. She advises on leadership development. 

The Rugby World Cup kicked off in Tokyo on Friday night, so it is apt that Calling Home is heading there for the first time this weekend. We're joined by ground-breaking Kiwi lawyer Catherine… Audio