Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

Older people are holding, maybe even hoarding, a disproportionate share of wealth and political power, while younger generations struggle to get a foothold in jobs and housing says historian and legal scholar Dr Samuel Moyn. He calls it "the great aging". In his new book Professor Moyn asks what happens to a democracy when political power becomes increasingly detached from the generations who will live longest with its consequences. He offers suggestions for prying some of those resources away from the old to help the young in his book, Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth and What to Do About It.

Easy Eats means Kelly Gibney is here to share a recipe that's light on time but heavy on flavour!

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Time for heading off - that's our weekly segment where you share your travel tales. We love chatting to you about where you've been so please do get in touch on 2101 on the text, or [email protected] via email if you've got a story you think others would love to hear. This week we're doing something a bit different ..travel writer Grant Bradley has just returned from a special voyage on the world's largest cruise ship... "Legend of the Seas" Grant chats to Jesse.

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Questions to Ministers DAN BIDOIS to the Minister of Finance: How is the Government helping New Zealand businesses to invest in productive assets? Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government's statements and actions? JENNY MARCROFT to the Associate Minister of Health: What recent reports has she seen on aged care? CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Prime Minister: E tautoko ana ia i nga korero me nga mahi katoa a tona Kawanatanga? Does he stand by all of his Government's statements and actions? Hon CARMEL SEPULONI to the Minister for Women: Does she stand by her statement that "The Government is committed to supporting women"; if so, why? Dr CARLOS CHEUNG to the Minister of Housing: Is the Government considering removing interest deductibility on residential property? Hon BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: Does she stand by all her statements and actions? Hon MARAMA DAVIDSON to the Prime Minister: E tautoko ana ia i nga korero me nga mahi katoa a tona Kawanatanga? Does he stand by all of his Government's statements and actions? Dr VANESSA WEENINK to the Minister for Media and Communications: Is he considering implementing a streaming tax? Hon Dr AYESHA VERRALL to the Minister of Health: Is it correct that the net increase in Health New Zealand full-time equivalent nursing staff between the quarters ending March 2024 and March 2026 is 54 FTE? SUZE REDMAYNE to the Minister of Agriculture: Are the Government's tax policies supporting the primary sector to grow; if so, how? INGRID LEARY to the Minister for Seniors: Is it still the Government's plan for its policies to reflect the "reality" that "older people are a vital and growing part of New Zealand's workforce, economy, and communities"?

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

Our Changing World's Claire Concannon joins Jesse to chat about a major Antarctic drilling project, and a sediment core they recovered from beneath the ice.

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Education Minister Erica Stanford speaks with Guyon Espiner about the government's $31 million plan to convert modern learning environments into traditional classrooms. Major General John Howard, a retired military leader and former Chief of Defence Intelligence for the NZDF, was also Deputy Director for Commonwealth Integration at the US Defense Intelligence Agency. He speaks with Guyon Espiner about Defence Minister Paul Goldsmith cancelling an appearance at a meeting in Canberra with Australian and Japanese counterparts. Cotality's latest Housing Affordability Report shows the ratio of house values to household incomes has returned to 2015 levels. Cotality chief economist Kelvin Davidson talks to Guyon Espiner.

We're going to talk about brain fog now. It's one of those terms we hear a lot - especially if you have a menopausal woman in your life - and is often blamed when you can't find a word, or forget why you walked into a room, or opened a cupboard. But what is brain fog really? And can you do anything about it? Dr Kiri Brickell is a neurologist at Auckland Medical Specialists and an affiliate of the University of Auckland's Centre for Brain Research. She joins Jesse to chat.

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University of Canterbury engineering student Zac Hemmings has come up with an idea to help declutter your life, home or garage. It's called cluttr (cluttr.co.nz) and it earnt him a spot as a finalist in the Momentum Student Entrepreneur category at this year's KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards. He chats to Jesse.

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