A recent article in the New York Times pointed to Covid-induced stress as a potential factor for bruxism - clenching or grinding of the jaw - which can cause side effects such as pain, sensitivity, headaches and even tooth fractures. Professor Mauro Farella from Otago University has spent many years researching bruxism, and says it is too soon to know if the psychological consequences of the pandemic have cause an uptick in bruxism - but he offers some simple advice for awareness and self-management of bruxism.

In 2018 photographer Guy Needham lived among the semi-nomadic Samburu people of northern Kenya, under the sacred mountain O'Lolokwe. While there, the Auckland-based photographer shot a series of intimate portraits which are being displayed at Studio 541 this month as part of Artweek Auckland 2020. Guy joins Colin to discuss his work.

When America Stopped Being Great is the latest book from BBC New York correspondent Nick Bryant, which follows on the heels of his 2014 title The Rise and Fall of Australia. In his new book, Nick argues that while the presidency of Donald Trump is commonly seen as an historical accident, by 2016 it had become almost inevitable. He says not only are we witnessing America's post-millennial decline, but also the country's disintegration.

Whare Hauroa is an organisation that measures the healthiness of homes by using sensors to record temperature, humidity and dew point index. Kaiwhakahaere (CEO) of Whare Hauora Hiria Te Rangi was moved to join the organisation when her own Nan died of pneumonia. Hiria joins the show to discuss the issues of housing, data collection from a tikanga Maori perspective, and finding out her long-lost biological father was Wellington's Ben Hana, aka Blanket Man.

Our weekend panellists Jane Clifton and Richard Harman offer their thoughts on the past week's news from Aotearoa and abroad.

The unflinching new book When Darkness Stays by historian Paul Moon is based on the time he spent capturing the oral history of late Tuhoe tohunga, H ¯hepa Kereopa. Dr Moon thought he was "the last person on the planet" to take on such an important task, and was resistant to the idea when it was suggested to him. But when he met Kereopa for the first time something just clicked.

For the last few years travel vlogger Nick Fisher has based himself in Hungary and travelled the globe, shooting videos for his YouTube channel Indigo Traveller. The channel documents Nick's travels to what he says are "misunderstood parts of the planet" and has an impressive 784,000 subscribers. He was in Pakistan when it became obvious that Covid-19 was serious, and so he returned to Hungary to bunker down.

He was one of the first recipients of NZ On Air New Music Pasifika Funding for his song 'Alo I Ou Faiva'. Now, Dunedin-based gospel singer Lani Alo has taken out two major trophies at the 2020 Pacific Music Awards, which took place as an online ceremony last night. Lani has won both Best Pacific Gospel Artist and Best Pacific Song for 'Alo I Ou Favia'. Lani graduated from Otago University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Music and went on to complete a Postgraduate Diploma in Music Performance with distinction in 2017. He has performed with and opened for local and international acts including Six60, Paramore and the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra.

American president Donald Trump is in hospital after he, his wife Melania, and one of their top aides contracted Covid-19. The fallout has already seen US stock futures plummet, and with the country's election only a month away there is an air of uncertainty swirling. It all adds up to the most tumultuous year in American politics in recent history, perhaps ever. Washington DC correspondent Simon Marks joins the show to give us an update.

The next major pandemic could be inflicted by terrorists unleashing a bio-engineered virus on to the world, according to distinguished fellow at Harvard Law School, Vivek Wadwha. He joins the show to discuss the threat.