Tom Newfield from Earl Bistro shares Celery & White Bean Stew.

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Kate Rodger joins Jesse to share what she's been watching at the New Zealand International Film Festival. Minotaur, The Fox and the classic French film BETTY BLUE.

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Retail NZ boss discusses new citizen's arrest laws; Latest from Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji; Lillian Hanly discusses the week in politics.

The place for all your strange, unexplainable experiences. We'd love to hear from you if you have your own Freaky Friday tale to share - just text us on 2101 so our producers can get in touch. Today we're joined by Helen Shrewsbury, who's taking us back a few decades to tell us about a strange encounter her then 4-year-old had.

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Some new research out of Harvard University caught our eye .. it's found a connection between women finding love and a job .. if they are slimmer. The study compared the marriage and employment rates of women on GLP-1 drugs, like Wegovy, to a control group of women who wanted to take the drugs but hadn't yet started. Around 18,000 New Zealanders are taking Wegovy after prescriptions became available in New Zealand last year. AUT Associate Professor for Planetary Health Julie Trafford chats to Jesse about the study and its findings.

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Tomorrow morning - at 5AM NZ Time - the All Blacks kick off a tour of South Africa The schedule is a demanding one: three provincial matches, four Tests against the Springboks, and a one-off clash with the Lions. It's the first full tour since 1996. That's 30 years ago, and well before most of the current squad were even born. The tour has been branded Rugby's Greatest Rivalry, and few people know what that rivalry feels like better than former All Black Murray Mexted. He toured South Africa with the Cavaliers and played three seasons of domestic rugby there. He chats to Jesse.

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Shelly Hamilton has lived experience with one of her children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and another currently going through testing.

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