Simran Kaur is the co-host of the podcast Girls That Invest. She talks to Kathryn about the volatility in the market, the rise in inflation and living costs, and has advice for how to ask for a raise during these high inflation times. This discussion is of a general nature, and does not constitute financial advice.

As winter sets in, and leaks and mould appear in homes around the country, the Citizens Advice Bureau wants renters to know their rights. It's landlords who hold the power, especially in the current rental market, says acting CE Andrew Hubbard, but tenants are being forced to chase them up to fulfil their obligations.

Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson talks to Kathryn about Starbucks and unionisation and whether the coffee chain is a a time capsule of what's going on in America. And consumer groups in 18 European countries have backed a report calling gaming loot boxes "exploitative". Rebecca explains what loot boxes are.

Kiran Dass reviews The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight, published by Allen and Unwin Pub by: Allen and Unwin RRP: $37.00

Today exercise is a multi billion-dollar fitness industry, and women account for more than half of all gym memberships, and dominate yoga, pilates and barre studios. But it hasn't always been this way. For much of the twentieth century, sweating was considered unladylike, and physical exercise was discouraged. Women were not allowed to run marathons in case they turned into men, or lesbians, and it was feared that physical exertion could damage a woman's reproductive organs or cause her uterus to fall out. Journalist Danielle Friedman has tracked the fascinating history of women's exercise culture through her book Let's Get Physical and found it was only in the sixties that a few forward-thinking fitness pioneers began to promote exercise for women, and women began to move en masse, setting in motion an exercise revolution.

Ron Elving in the United States, where the January 6 hearings will continue this morning, 10 Republican senators look like they're - tentatively on board for modest gun control measures and the price of petrol and diesel continue to spike inflation. Ron Elving is a Senior Editor and Correspondent, Washington Desk for NPR news

Elison Mae spent 17 years in and out of foster care suffering emotional, physical, sexual and psychological abuse which she says social workers knew about and turned a blind eye. The Royal Commission into Abuse in State care is holding a week long inquiry into abuse within the foster care system, and Ms Mae yesterday spoke for the first time of her experiences. Remarkably she survived that childhoo, went on to get a law degree, and worked for Child Youth and Family. She says the system must be fixed, and she's speaking out because she doesn't want any other child to go through what she did.

There are warnings of a "Great Resignation" with staff turnover in many sectors reaching up to 50 per cent. That's according to the annual Salary and Employment Report by Human resources platform MyHR, covering more than 1,250 companies, and 27,000 employees, in New Zealand between 2019 and 2022. In data also out today, job advertisements rose to a record high, up 3-percent, in May. Employment website Seek says this is 15-percent higher than this time last year. Applications for those jobs fell by 4-percent. There's been a sharp increase in demand for workers in particular in retail, hospitality and community services. So what does this all mean for workers and employers? Kathryn is joined by MyHR chief executive Jason Ennor and Professor of Human Resource Management at AUT's Department of Management Jarrod Haar.

Kennedy looks at the incredible migratory journeys of godwits from New Zealand to Alaska, which are happening at the moment, and which inspired a piece of choral music in praise of the birds. Also the fish that is destroying Caribbean coral reefs and how noisy oceans can affect the breeding of reef fish.

A Kiwi food company is winning over vegans, vegetarians and flexitarians with a range of alternative meat products sold under the brand name Plan*t. Sustainable Foods currently supplies plant-based burgers, mince and sausages to New Zealand supermarkets and takeaway chains and will soon enter the competitive international market.