The world is rightly horrified by the situation in Ukraine, but there's also the ongoing claim that the West has been partly to blame in this conflict. Waikato University's International Law Professor Al Gillespie joins us to look at the situation.

Russian president Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has drawn comparisons to Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussain. Radio Free Europe's Mike Eckel joins the show from an undisclosed location in Kyiv for an update.

Omicron case numbers are rocketing in this country, as we thought they would. Is there anything else we need to be aware of prior to about half of us getting infected? New Zealander Dr Gary McLean is joining us for a Covid-19 update.

Learning more about something that frightens or worries us may sound counterintuitive to some people, but according to psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr Jud Brewer, it's the first step to overcoming our fears.

Almost half the world will go through menopause. Yet it remains criminally underdiscussed. Niki Bezzant joins us to discuss her new book, This Changes Everything, which has been billed as a "must-read" for any woman over 35.

More and more couples are tapping into a trend of choosing weekdays for their weddings. Kay Gregory is one of New Zealand's best known marriage celebrants. She says roughly 75% of her bookings are now taking place on a Friday.

For many of us, chit-chatting with strangers seems like nothing less than cruel and unusual punishment. However, new research suggests our negative expectations of talking to strangers are generally way off the mark.

Beloved New Zealand actress Melanie Lynskey is arguably in the form of her career at the moment. Lynskey, who is currently filming the TV miniseries Candy, joins the show to discuss her star-studded career and what makes her tick.

Having twice lived in Berlin as a child, the pull to return to the German capital as an adult was always strong for Wellingtonian Claire Dugan. Claire lives and works in central Berlin as the Deputy Executive Director at Skateistan.

Mixed messages from media on Parliament protesters; extremism and the media; DomPost pushes back on public service obfuscation; sweary dad's live TV f-bomb double.