Film and TV correspondent Chris Schulz joins Susie to talk about Say Nothing, which is a mini-series based on four decades of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, based on the book by Patrick Radden Keefe. He'll also look at new movie Gladiator II, and National Geographic's Endurance details the incredible work that was done to locate Ernest Shackleton's ship from his ill-fated 1915 expedition to Antarctica.

Wellington speech and language therapist Christian Wright talks with Susie about developing comprehension in toddlers and when to be concerned.

Technology commentator Bill Bennett looks at Australia's proposed 'duty of care' laws that would force online giants to take preventative action on mental health harms. Roblox is to give more controls to parents over their child's activity, after the gaming platform was accused of making it easy for its young users to be groomed. Two undersea cables in the Baltic have been cut - how, and how dependent are we on such infrastructure? And a Polish radio station has replaced human presenters with...

Che Baker discusses recent updates in Southland including the $2.2 million government loan to boost acquaculture in the region.

Quentin Johnson reviews Fifty Ships that Changed the Course of History by Ian Graham published by Exisle Publishing.

Achieving a flow state at work is rare, temporary and unclear as to how to achieve it, according to American psychologist and author Daniel Goleman. 

Correspondent Matthew Parris shares the latest news from the UK.

From stunning auroras and the brightest comet seen from Earth in decades, we look back at a year in space. 

Research by the outdoor pursuits programme Outward Bound has found most teenagers and young people want to spend less time online. 

Cocaine use is up, the price of meth is down and for the first time, more people vape nicotine than smoke tobacco, according to an annual Drug Trends Survey. 

Science correspondent Allan Blackman looks at a new analysis of Uranus and its five biggest moons that's found it might not be as sterile as first thought. 

From the mid-50s to early 1960s parts of Australia played host to the UK's nuclear ambitions. It had a major impact on Aboriginal communities close by.

Peter discusses the latest events in Northland including the first ever "State of the Far North" address.

Stella Chrysostomou of Volume Books reviews Orbital by Samantha Harvey published by Vintage.

Around 230 workers will lose ther jobs when the Kinleith Mill discontinues paper production next year. 

Michael Deagler didn't want to add to the growing stack of memoirs about sobriety - so instead, his debut novel Early Sobrieties follow a young man's journey with it instead. 

Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to talk about more charges being laid against former radio host Alan Jones.

Mortgage brokers are unhappy with the time it is taking banks to turn around home loan applications, stressing buyers. 

It's been described as a silent pandemic: anti-microbial resistance or AMR. But could the next generation of antibiotics offer some hope? 

Sports commentator Sam Ackerman discusses the inquest into the death of Olivia Podmore after an emotional first day. 

Anapela Polata'ivao has recently returned from South Korea, having directed Tusiata Avia's The Savage Coloniser Show for the Seoul Performing Arts Festival. 

BusinessDesk editor Victoria Young talks to Kathryn about how the corporates are measuring emissions and why overall output may not be as useful a measure as emissions intensity. 

Ellen speaks with Kathryn about the Buller District Council recently pulling all but emergency advertising from the daily paper. 

Claudia Herz Jardine from Scorpio Books in Christchurch reviews Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit by Emma Neale published by Otago University Press