A package for family and sexual violence sits across eight different portfolios so some of those responsible told a select committee how it will work.

This week MPs voted with their feet. Quite literally. And it was very personal.

The House will continue working on the Budget 2019 bill and debate the second reading of the End of Life Choice Bill this week says Leader of the House Chris Hipkins.

Former New Zealand politician Georgina Beyer has lived a rich and varied life. She's gone from drag queen performer and sex work to becoming the world's first openly transgender Member of Parliament to speaking at the Oxford Union. She puts her musical hat on today to offer up a couple of tracks that are dear to her heart.

25 years on since a jury acquitted O.J Simpson of murdering his wife and her companion, his trial lawyer, F. Lee Bailey is incensed that there's cloud over his innocence. He explains why he's written a book to settle the score and direct the public to the trial transcripts which exonerated Simpson. He explains to Jim that he never stops fighting and why.

Global popstar, internet sensation and LGBTQI icon Troye Sivan is on his way back to New Zealand for a major headline show in Auckland in September. The Perth-born, LA-domiciled artist who sensationally performed with Taylor Swift at her Rose Bowl show last year, joins Jim to discuss his musical journey and return to NZ

David Robson is an author and science journalist whose new book, The Intelligence Trap, examines the reasons why smart people make stupid mistakes and offers a cognitive toolkit for ways to avoid them. He joins the show to look at some of the themes in his compelling and wide-ranging book.

The Scottish Maritime Museum recently decided to adopt gender-neutral signage for its vessels, dropping "she" for "it" after two signs were vandalised. Ella Tennant, an English Language Teaching Fellow at Keele University, explains why the practice of using the feminine pronoun for inanimate objects is no longer acceptable.

Short, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on subjects of their choice. Screenwriter and playwright Kathryn Burnett on New Zealand drivers' issues with indicators

Otago University Professor of Primary Healthcare, Tony Dowell, talks about research in the U.S which pointed to a drop in male suicides when there was an increase in the minimum wage. He has researched at length the links between poverty and mental health and explains why income affects men more than women.