Former US diplomat Brett Bruen was responsible for America's global brand at the White House under Barack Obama. He says Donald Trump has destroyed decades of diplomatic work in his four-year tenure as president.

Donald Trump has been compulsive viewing for many people throughout the world over the course of his first and likely only term as US president. However, writer Joe Berkowitz argues he has been bad for comedy.

Having been down on her luck and at sea in her personal life, Maria Konnikova sought out her life answers in the game of poker. Within a year, she was a national champion and won more than $80k in one tournament alone.

In 2007, Bryce Dinneen became a tetraplegic after a shallow water diving accident. He's dedicated his life to building a wheelchair-accessible fishing vessel, with a shiny silver catamaran now in the final stages of completion.

We spoke to New Zealander Lew Dagger several times at the start of this pandemic when China was in lockdown. Lew's lived in China for 20 years and has been honoured for it. His main mission in China has been helping attract people back to the countryside and away from those enormous cities. Lew's back in New Zealand and joins the show from quarantine in Auckland.

This week on Mediawatch: last Monday our biggest national news publisher said sorry to Maori this week for racism in its reporting of three centuries of NZ history.

On the Weekend Panel this morning, Chris Wikaira and Josie Pagani discuss the New Zealand climate emergency, local councils, whether we need to have more sick leave, and Stuff's apology for past racist journalism.

We all know that being part of families, schools, workplaces, and communities is vital to our wellbeing. But technology has changed the way we connect with others, and loneliness has become a global epidemic. Dr Kelly-Ann Allen is the co-director and founder of the International Belonging Research Laboratory. She's also the author of The Psychology of Belonging.

Wellingtonians Dave and Christie Cole live in Hoi An, Vietnam. In 2015, they quit their jobs, sold all their belongings and property and left New Zealand to explore the world, beginning in Malaysia and going from there. Dave is Calling Home.

GNS Science is one of 13 parties charged by WorkSafe over the Whakaari White island explosion. Professor Troy Baisden, president of the New Zealand Association of Scientists, talks to Colin about the questions the charges raise.