RNZ Sunday Morning

05/12/2023

We "turn and burn" with planespotting brothers Peter and Josh Solorzano.

You'll find planespotters camped out at most airports around the world watching incoming and outgoing aircraft.

04/12/2023

Dr Marc Wilson on the difference between genders when it comes to self-disclosure, the benefit of a gratitude list, and whether pets make us happier.

Victoria University of Wellington Professor of Psychology, Dr Marc Wilson, joins us once again.

04/12/2023

All Blacks Mental Skills Coach Gilbert Enoka talks to us about his time with the team – from boy to man – and where life may lead him now.

All Blacks Mental Skills Coach Gilbert Enoka, is moving on to on new pastures.

03/12/2023

What does it mean to be human? Author Sebastian Faulks, and “one of the best" interviews on his latest book, ‘The Seventh Son’.

Sebastian Faulks, worldwide bestselling author of Birdsong, is back with a new thriller, inspired, he tells us by a tweet from Richard Dawkins.

03/12/2023

We follow up on our recent chat with Dr Ali Hill on Fried Rice Syndrome … and the benefits of wasabi.

After our chat with Dr Ali Hill from Otago University's Department of Human Nutrition last week, many of you got in touch with questions.

02/12/2023

We speak to Professor Lisa Kaltenegger about extraterrestrial life – including the possibility of dinosaurs on other planets – and giant telescopes capturing ‘cosmic rain’.

If there was life on other planets, what might it look like, and would they even bother coming to Earth? Lisa Kaltenegger is the Director of the Carl Sagan Institute to Search for Life in the Cosmos at Cornell and Associate Professor in Astronomy.

01/12/2023

On this week's show:
8:10 Lisa Kaltenegger: The search for life on other planets
8:40 Ali Hill: The Nutrition Edition
9:00 Mediawatch
9:40 Marc Wilson: Do pets actually make us happier?
10:10 Sebastian Faulks: On being Homo Sapiens
10:40 Peter & Josh Solorzano: The brothers making planespotting cool
11:10 Gilbert Enoka: Mental skills for sport and life
11:30 Martyn Craddock: Why retirement homes must be better
https://mailchi.mp/rnz/sunday-morning-with-jim-mora-3rd-december-2023

29/11/2023

Catch up with our top stories from last Sunday. https://mailchi.mp/rnz/sunday-morning-catch-up-iov3x26yim

25/11/2023

Kim Hill: The Jim Mora interview
"There is nobody who fails to be interesting"

On Saturday, Kim Hill brings the curtain down on a 38-year career at RNZ. After making her name as an unparalleled interviewer, she switches places and let Sunday Morning's Jim Mora ask her questions.

24/11/2023

8:10 Kim Hill: The Jim Mora interview
8:40 Catherine de Lange: The best exercise for the mind
9:00 Mediawatch
9:40 Ali Hill: The Nutrition Edition
10:10 Anna Ptaszynski: The strange and interesting world of sport
10:40 Martyn Craddock: Why retirement homes must be better
11:10 Terry Hayes: bestselling author returns with “The Year of the Locust’
11:40 Daniel Oppenheimer: The Benefits of Handwriting
https://mailchi.mp/rnz/sunday-morning-with-jim-mora-26th-november-2023

21/11/2023

Sunday Morning catch-up - in case you missed it. https://mailchi.mp/rnz/sunday-morning-catch-up-gg88t9l0qi

20/11/2023

We find out what’s in the headphones of New Zealand Golfer, Ben Campbell after his win at the Hong Kong Open.

We find out what's in the headphones of New Zealand Golfer, Ben Campbell, after his win at the Hong Kong Open.

20/11/2023

This week Sue McGregor is calling home from Lusaka, the capital of Zambia.

Originally from Green Island, Dunedin, Sue McGregor speaks to us from Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Sue (or Sister Sue as she's often known) initially thought she'd be there for a year. That was in 2004. She lives in the Presentation Sisters convent and works with people in the city affected by sub...

19/11/2023

New research shows the vital role of circadian rhythms - ranging from the optimal time to think, sleep and even when to take medication.

Once considered a fringe science, circadian rhythms have gone mainstream. Professor Russell Foster is the Director of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at the University of Oxford. His book Life Time: The New Science of the Body Clock, and How It Can Revolutionize Your Sleep and Health,...

19/11/2023

If you want to make your life feel more meaningful, try seeing it as a hero’s journey.

If you want to make your life feel more meaningful, try seeing it as a hero's journey. Researchers have found that the hero's journey is not just for legends and superheroes, but that individuals can achieve greater well-being and resilience by 'restorying' their lives. Lead researcher Benjamin Roge...

19/11/2023

Jack Watling on the ways modern technology is reshaping the weapons of warfare.

As conflicts erupt around the world, the technology of war and warfare is evolving. Dr. Jack Watling is no stranger to Sunday Morning on RNZ. Senior Research Fellow for Land Warfare at the Royal United Services Institute, he has regularly provided his expert analysis on the war in Ukraine both from....

19/11/2023

When Rachel McAlpine's GP predicted she would live to 99, she rushed out and interviewed a bunch of people between 90 and 101...

Is life worth living after 90? Ask the experts! Writer Rachel McAlpine was shocked to the core when her GP predicted she would live to 99. Like most people, she had opinions about very old age but no experience. She asked local people in their 90s about their lives and found their revelations broke....

17/11/2023

8:10 Jack Watling: The Future or Warfare
8:40 Rachel McAlpine: Is life worth living after 90?
9:10 Mediawatch
9:40 Benjamin Rogers: On becoming your own hero
10:10 Calling Home: Sue McGregor in Zambia
10:30 Russell Foster: Circadian rhythm and the science of our body clocks
11:10 Phillip Norman: The Reluctant Beatle
11:30 Ben Campbell: What I’m Listening To
https://mailchi.mp/rnz/sunday-morning-with-jim-mora-19th-november-2023

15/11/2023

In case you missed last Sunday's show https://mailchi.mp/rnz/sunday-morning-catch-up-rbia28bx0d

11/11/2023

Prof. Julian Paton on understanding blood pressure and his interesting research

High blood pressure has become a focus of attention in many quarters. The condition affects one-third of adult New Zealanders and disproportionately more Maori and Pacific people. It's the biggest risk factor for cardiovascular disease - the leading cause of death here and globally - and researchers...

11/11/2023

Local historian Margaret Lovell-Smith tells the stories of the people who made Christchurch the leading city in the peace movement during WWI.

With Armistice Day being marked across Europe and the World, we head to Christchurch where the period before, during and after New Zealand's involvement in World War I the city became a flashpoint for pro- and anti-war sentiment. In her book 'I Don't Believe in Murder': Standing up for peace in Worl...

11/11/2023

Mike Seawright from the NZ charity Relief Aid is managing to get help into Gaza...the team have taken a different route from some of the other charities.

Mike Seawright is the Aucklander who was once an investment banker with a yacht. Then Mike discovered a new purpose in life - he founded the NZ charity ReliefAid, run by hard working volunteers on the ground here, and ReliefAid has also been on the ground in most of the major conflict and natural di...

11/11/2023

Kiwi musician and Spotify star Robinson is preparing for winter in London. She shares her prettiest single yet 'It's All Over You'.

London based New Zealander Robinson introduces us to her sparkling new EP Chasing Nirvana. She chats to Jim about her songwriting, the approaching London winter, and finding her creative groove. She shares her newest. prettiest song yet with Sunday Morning, 'It's All Over You'.

11/11/2023

Ex-Rangitoto College student Liam McEwan is calling home from Los Angeles, California.

Ex-Rangitoto College student Liam McEwan is calling home from Los Angeles, California. After humble beginnings at Flea FM in Devonport, he's now made a name for himself interviewing the stars. Elton, Ringo, Miley, and Ariana are among the A-Listers he's interviewed and is working on getting on a fir...

11/11/2023

George Lockyer on the real kiwis behind the handlebars

The Harley-Davidson motorcycle, the most polarising motorbike in the world and also the most legendary, made so by movies like Easy Rider in 1969. One of our most peripatetic writers has just put out a book about them. George Lockyer has already penned Long and Winding Aotearoa, Kiwi Garages, Tales....

11/11/2023

At last count more than 12% of New Zealanders were on antidepressants, 16% of females, 9% of males, 22% of women over age 65. Neuropsychologist Professor Barbara Sahakian talks about new research from Cambridge University.

Cambridge University neuropsychologist Professor Barbara Sahakian talks about new research from her team using data from the UK biobank to reach conclusions about mental health. The study used neuroimaging to see the differences in the brain, changing volumes of areas like the hippocampus, vital for...

11/11/2023

Superstar violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter on playing Harry Potter's theme song, her music life and why she decided not to retire at 50.

For the very first time in Aotearoa New Zealand, world-renowned violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter joins forces with the NZSO. [picture id="4KZT4LR_fileadmin_media_presse_2015pix_2_2015_12_ANNE_SOPHIE_MUTTER_01_034_V3_FINAL_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"] Mutter, a longtime friend and collaborator with m...

11/11/2023

Pro-Palestinian marchers have rallied today in London in large numbers, on Armistice Day. BBC producer Will Flockton, formally RNZ Morning Report, was there.

It's the evening of Remembrance Day, Armistice Day, in the UK. Pro-Palestinian marchers have rallied in London in large numbers, and former defence force generals there have defended their right to do so, in the face of opposition from Home Secretary Suella Braverman. She described the rallies in ad...

11/11/2023

Good morning. A couple of additions to the show this morning.
8:13 Will Flockton Live after the protests in London
8:20 Anne-Sophie Mutter: Violin virtuoso visits New Zealand
8:40 Barbara Sahakia: New research into avoiding depression
9:10 Mediawatch
9:40 George Lockyer: Kiwis on Harley-Davidsons
10:10 Calling Home: Liam McEwan in Los Angeles
10:35 Robinson: My Latest Track
11:05 Mike Seawright: Aid team on the ground in the Gaza
11:10 Julian Paton: Understanding blood pressure and links to dementia
11:30 Margaret Lovell-Smith: A radical history of Christchurch

Join us on RNZ Sunday Morning

10/11/2023

Anne-Sophie Mutter: Violin virtuoso visits New Zealand
Catherine de Lange: The best exercise for the mind
Mediawatch
George Lockyer: Kiwis on Harley-Davidsons
Calling Home: Liam McEwan in Los Angeles
Robinson: My Latest Track
Julian Paton: Understanding blood pressure and links to dementia
Margaret Lovell-Smith: A radical history of Christchurch
https://mailchi.mp/rnz/sunday-morning-with-jim-mora-12th-november-2023