Sick and tired of the Covid sickness; property price predictions run hot in the media; the rugby clash that didn't make headlines.

During the Cold War, the US Air Force installed an arsenal of nuclear weapons across the rural West. About 400 Minuteman III missiles remain ready to launch at a few seconds notice in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Colorado and Nebraska. They are located on bison preserves and Indian reservations. They sit across from a national forest, behind a rodeo grandstand, down the road from a one-room schoolhouse, and on dozens of private farms like the one belonging to Ed Butchers, who has lived for years with a nuclear missile as his closest neighbour. As tensions mount once more betwen Russia and the US, Ed joins us from Fergus County, Montana

It's common to hear people say they can't think of a worse occupation than being a politician, with the stress and the scrutiny and the workloads. It may come as a surprise then, that,according to a resent study by Oxford University and the Queensland University of Technology, politicians live longer than the rest of us, have done across the long sweep of history, and continue to do so. One of study's authors was Professor Adrian Barnett from Queensland University of Technology.

Sports writer, Mark Reason gives his verdict on the All Blacks performance the the series decider in Wellington on Saturday night, with more tests to come against South Africa, Argentina and Australia in August & September .. and longer term - a World Rugby Cup later next year.

Knees, like all our joints, are integral to our entire human system working efficiently. Renowned orthopaedic surgeon practising in San Francisco, Dr Kevin Stone, reckons if you take care of your joints, they can last a hundred years!

From the street, panel beater Ken Patten's home looked much like any other council house. That little council house in Sheffield, England is the subject of the documentary titled A Film About Studio Electrophonique.

A memoir of a doctor's first year providing assisted dying in Canada has just been released. Dr Stefanie Green shares some of the most profound moments she has witnessed with the people she has helped.

World record holding Kiwi freediver William Trubridge spends much of each year working in the tropical island paradise that is the Bahamas. He's this week's calling home guest.

The worst of times?; Hospo can't find workers - but neither can the media; RNZ changes the tunes for news.

Batch-cooking meals which can be frozen and reheated later is a great idea, says food safety expert Vincent Arbuckle, but we don't want to invite bacteria to the party.