Could the boss of the country's biggest news publisher joining a local ginger group alongside political figures compromise her own company's coverage in the capital? Also: award-winning NZ Geographic adopts maximum transparency to secure its survival.

Earlier this year, Joe Bennett the self-described "pensioner with an iffy prostate" stuck out his thumb once again adding four new chapters to his classic yarn A Land of Two Halves.

It's Sunday morning, so wake up your brain and have a go!

Our US Correspondent, Simon Marks, joins us with the latest.

Jeffrey Halley is Sunday Morning's man on the money.

Dr Mandy Hagstrom is a senior lecturer in health sciences based at the University of NSW. She joins Jim to discuss micro-exercising.

Olivia Spooner joins us to talk about her new historical fiction The Songbirds of Florence, based on New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Army Corps welfare workers - known as "the Tuis".

Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker joins us once again. What can we expect from the summer surge and how useful are boosters and antivirals?

Originally from Auckland, Natasha Crampton leads Microsoft's Office of Responsible AI as the company's first Chief Responsible AI Officer. She's calling home from Seattle.

Jack Whitehall and his dad Michael join Jim to talk comedy, fatherhood and what audiences can expect from their shows in Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington.

Dr Ali Hill from Otago University's Department of Human Nutrition is back to discuss the nutritional value of bread.

How US media have coped with the controversial campaign for the upcoming election there - and how our media fared covering the election here one year ago.

According to a recent article in The Boston Globe, people in their 30s and 40s are reporting an unprecedented wave of memory problems. 

Our quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back for another Sunday Morning quiz. It's Sunday morning, so wake up your brain and have a go!

Karen Kasler is the Statehouse Bureau Chief for public radio and television in Ohio, she joins Jim to share an update on the campaigns.

Victoria University Psychology Professor Dr Marc Wilson joins us once again for a chat around habits and personality traits and whether we can ever really change.

 NZ Comedian Josh Thomson plays Martin, the head of Human Resources in the newly launched season of The Office Australia. He joins us to pick his best song ever.

In 2011, New Zealander Jayne Bailey started Project Moroto, a faith-based charity that provides a safe place and home for 22 orphan girls in Northeast Uganda. 

Professor Mark Orams is a world champion sailor and he's been analysing the racing off Barcelona in columns for the NZ Herald as 'The Sailing Professor'.

In early 2022, Andrew Fagan set sail in an attempt to set the world record for “The smallest boat to sail solo around the world via the Great Capes”.  

In recent years, microplastics have been found in our liver, kidneys, lungs, gut, brain - the list goes on. New Scientist health reporter, Grace Wade has been looking into the implications for our health.

Our US Correspondent Mitch McCann takes a look at the different ways of polling for and predicting the upcoming US Presidential Election and the benefits and drawbacks of each method.

Coverage of capital's troubled Council - and claims the government could intervene. Also: news publishers respond to a survey showing more Kiwis dodging their news - and surge in social media scam posts co-opting big brands in news media.

Erie County, in the northwest corner of Pennsylvania, is what election watchers call a "boomerang county". Can it predict what will happen this year? 

The Washington Post's security reporter, Joby Warrick talk to us about his deep dive into the details of Israel's elaborate plan to sabotage Hezbollah communications devices to kill or maim thousands of its operatives.