For many people the days of the 30-second commute may be drawing to a close. We talk to Professor Jarrod Haar from AUT about why the commute is something many people dread.

Sticking with football, next year NZ will co-host the biggest women's sporting event in the world, the FIFA Women's World Cup. Jim talk's to Dr Mandy Hagstrom is a kiwi sports scientist at the University of New South Wales about the lack of research into women in sport.

Coen Lammers joins us once again live from Qatar with the latest highs and lows from the World Cup.

Most of us have heard of the Hamptons, where rich people from New York own mansions. Apparently, Florida has an equivalent, it's called Vero Beach. Mike Temara is calling home from there this week.

Media merger meets mounting resistance as clock ticks; Stuff's regional rejig of news - and staff strife; local papers: from rivers of gold to news deserts - and some green shoots.

The phrase "goblin mode" has been selected by the Oxford Dictionary as its word of the year. In an online vote, it was decided that "goblin mode" best sums up the temper of the times. Wellington author and blogger Emily Writes joins us, to talk about eating chips straight from the bag, not wearing pants, and watching junk TV.

Such is the interest in what we eat and drink that mainstream media pluck findings from the annals of science, and some of it needs putting into perspective. Dr Ali Hill joins us again from the Department of Human Nutrition at Otago University: Skipping meals, black tea if you're old, why? And stress-reducing fermented foods.

A wild new hypothesis suggests that Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) could be a form of 'Gravity Intolerance'. Dr Brennan Spiegel argues that it might not be just IBS where gravity may be at play in our health.

Alexi O'Brien is calling home this morning from Qatar. Alexi's from Christchurch, a former TVNZ journalist she now works for Al Jazeera. What's it like to live in Doha, not just visit there?

We catch up Live with Sports Journalist Coen Lammers on the ground at the World Cup in Qatar.