Sunday Morning for Sunday 24 July 2022
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What happens now in Ukraine?
8:14 AM.Dr Jack Watling, senior research fellow for land warfare at the Royal United Services Institute, gives us the latest on the war in Ukraine and what the next steps are for all involved in the conflict.
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Calling Home with Richard Neutze
8:35 AM.Dr Richard Neutze is calling home this morning from Gothenburg, Sweden. He grew up on a sheep farm in mid-Canterbury and gained a PhD in Physics at the University of Canterbury before heading off… Read more Audio
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Thor Pedersen - Once Upon A Saga
9:40 AM.Danish native Torbjørn 'Thor' Pedersen is nearing the end of his mammoth mission to visit every nation in the world in a single journey, without taking a single flight. Read more Audio
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The science of laughter
10:06 AM.It's one of the least-studied human emotional states but one of the most important, cognitive neuroscientist Sophie Scott studies the science of laughter. As well as being interested in the serious… Read more Audio
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Night-time toilet tips
11:06 AM.How do you address the problem many people have, and not just elderly people, of getting up at night to go to the loo? Read more Audio
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Memoir of an anthropologist
11:25 AM.The name Higham is highly distinguished in the field of archaeology. Last year we interviewed Oxford University's Professor Tom Higham, originally from Dunedin, on his book How Science is Revealing a… Read more Audio
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The science of feeling good, and new antidepressant research
2:40 PM.Professor of Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington Marc Wilson shares the latest research on what stress does to us and what other issues it might signal. Read more Audio
8:10 UKRAINE
Dr Jack Watling senior research fellow for land warfare at the Royal United Services Institute gives us the latest on the war in Ukraine and what the next steps are for all involved in the conflict.
Photo: Anatolii Stepanov / AFP
8:30 CALLING HOME
Dr Richard Neutze is calling home this from Gothenburg, Sweden.
He grew up on a sheep farm n Mid Canterbury and gained a PhD in Physics at the University of Canterbury before heading off overseas finally settling down in Sweden where he's been living since 1998.
9:00 THOR
Thor Pedersen -- of Once Upon A Saga fame -- is now beardless after the arrival of his wife in Hong Kong. Photo: Supplied
Danish native Torbjørn 'Thor' Pedersen is nearing the end of his mammoth mission to visit every nation in the world in a single journey, without taking a single flight.
9:30 MEDIAWATCH
10:00 SCIENCE OF LAUGHTER
Photo: Zibik / Unsplash
It's one of the least-studied human emotional states but one of the most important, cognitive neuroscientist Sophie Scott studies the science of laughter. As well as being interested in the serious science of brain function Professor Scott likes to have a laugh herself.
10.35 SHOWING STRESS
Generic, stressed worker. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King
Professor of Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington Marc Wilson shares the latest research on what stress does to us and what other issues it might signal.
11:05 NIGHT TIME TOILET TIPS
Photo: 123rf
How do you address the problem many people have, and not just elderly people, of getting up at night to go to the loo?
11.30 MEMOIR OF AN ANTHROPOLOGIST