Dan Schreiber has made a career of combining quirky facts with comedy. He's a Q.I 'elf' - part of the team of researchers behind the popular quiz show Q.I, co-hosts a spinoff podcast called No Such Thing As A Fish, and is behind the Museum of Curiosity, a comedy talk show on BBC Radio 4.

US correspondent Ron Elving says with the US elections being held next month, voting processes are under stress and scrutiny. This amid a backdrop of inflation running hot, interest rates continuing to rise and a looming recession.

It's been a tough season for many whitebaiters - some say it's been one of the worst they can remember. NIWA freshwater ecologist Mike Hickford and DOC's Director Aquatic Kirsty Knowles join Kathryn to discuss how changes in habitat are affecting whitebait.

Changes to ADHD care under consideration by health officials are long overdue and will benefit a growing number of adults being diagnosed with the condition. Kathryn talks with ADHD NZ Chair Darrin Bull and Auckland mother-of-two Megan Hutchison who was diagnosed with ADHD in July.

Kennedy has an update on incoming flights of bar-tailed godwits, arriving on our shores from Alaska.

He also explores a remarkable new decision from the Supreme Court on the place of tikanga in New Zealand law, and takes us offshore to listen in on the humpback hit parade.

Kathryn speaks to Alex Elliott-Howery, one half of the Cornersmith cafe and cooking school in Sydney, which she runs with her longtime friend Jaimee Edwards. The Food Saver's A-Z: The essential Cornersmith kitchen companion is the result of many years of swapping ideas for making the most of what they've got.

Gareth Hughes is a former Green MP and now works for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa. Liam Hehir is a Palmerston North lawyer, political commentator and a National Party member.

David Hill reviews The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press

Former Kiwi rugby league star Kevin Iro has gone from sports champion to ocean champion. After an exceptional 14 year professional and international sporting career Iro moved to the Cook Islands where he was alarmed to find once vibrant reefs and lagoons, damaged and depleted.

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about the difficulties facing Italy's coalition of far-right and rightwing parties just weeks after winning elections. The death toll from an attack on a training centre for Russian recruits and a vigil has been held for two men killed in a shooting at a gay bar in Slovakia.