Jim Mora
The real-life cousins of Dune’s magnificent sandworms
With the second part of Denis Villeneuve's film franchise of Frank Herbert's fantasy novel, Dune, currently in cinemas, we ask if the fictional worms in the movie share anything in common with real… Audio
Add three years to your life by walking just 15,000 steps a week
There has been such a lot of talk about steps in the last decade… but how many should we take for health? Audio
James Taylor returns to NZ for two shows
Six-time grammy award winner, James Taylor, speaks with Jim Mora about his life and career ahead of his one-off New Zealand show 'An Evening with James Taylor and His All-Star Band' set for April. Audio
Eliezer Yudkowsky: The AI academic warning
Eliezer Yudkowsky, artificial intelligence researcher, decision theorist and co-founder of Machine Intelligence Research Institute, has a stark warning that we're moving too fast in the field of AI. Audio
Jack Whaley-Cohen: The Sunday Quiz
Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen joins us once again as our Sunday Morning question master. Audio
Rich Preston: The latest from the UK
BBC senior reporter, Rich Preston, joins Jim to discuss the Royal families' photo doctoring blunder and the latest on Andrew Tate's extradition to the UK. Audio
What the Luddites can teach us about the march of tech
Technology journalist for the LA Times, Brian Merchant joins us to talk about his book Blood in the Machine and his thinking around how we respond to the current moment of AI job automation. Audio
The Mixtape: Jim Mora
Sunday Morning host Jim Mora tells Trevor Reekie about his passion for music and some of his all-time favourite songs. Video, Audio
Best of Sunday Morning 2023
It has been quite the year for Sunday Morning and here host Jim Mora picks his 5 favourite interviews from 2023.
Kim Hill to hang up her headphones after 38 years at RNZ
Kim Hill is hanging up her headphones at midday tomorrow after her last Saturday Morning programme.
After 38 years in total with RNZ and international broadcasting awards from around the world and at… Audio
RNZ farewells longtime AK manager, producer Paul Bushnell
Today we bid farewell to one of RNZ's goodsorts.. . Paul Bushnell left his job as a drama teacher at Linwood College in Christchurch to come here almost 30 years ago. Since then he's been a producer… Audio
William Fajzel: A day in the life of the world
At McGill University's Earth System Dynamics Laboratory in Montreal, Canada, a team has found out how the average person spends each 24 hours. Audio
William Fajzel: A day in the life of the world
At McGill University's Earth System Dynamics Laboratory in Montreal, Canada, a team has found out how the average person spends each 24 hours. The researchers used a variety of methods including time… Audio
Martin Ford: The technology set to change our lives
We know we carry AI in our pockets every day, as people are fond of saying. Author Martin Ford says we're about to see the importance of an invention that's on a par with electricity in terms of its… Audio
Ashley Brown: Championing the cello
ABC Classic has run a poll of Australians to ascertain the nation's favourite classical instrument. The favourite classical instrument is the one that is said to be closest to the human voice, the… Audio
Robert Pagliarini: Sudden Wealth Syndrome
Robert Pagliarini is the president of Pacifica Wealth Advisors in California. He has a PhD in financial and retirement planning and specialises in helping clients cope with what he refers to as sudden… Audio
Calling Home: Brendan Lynch in The Dolomites, Italy
Brendan Lynch was born in Gore, but he grew up in Timaru. He now lives in a village in a beautiful valley in south Tyrol, up among the famous Dolomites. Audio
Avi Loeb: Underwater hunt for alien debris
In 2014, an interstellar object - thought to be from another star system - crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Papua New Guinea. Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb is now leading a sea-going search, hoping… Audio
Nigel Latta: The changing face of intergenerational wealth
New research shows when it comes time for New Zealanders to think about their legacy, money is not top of mind. Audio
Jack Watling: Putin after Prigozhin
Russia's government is moving to demonstrate it still has control over the country, following a brief mutiny by one of the country's most powerful military groups. Wagner Group leader Yevgeny… Audio