Sir Ranulph Fiennes, named by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's greatest living explorer, is in New Zealand next month to speak at the Himalayan Trust Gala dinner in Auckland. He talks to Jim about his life achievements and what inspired him to devote his life to intrepid adventures.

A new study shows there is a need for care in the inappropriate use of commonly used medical terms like 'fat' and 'morbidly obese' in New Zealand. Senior lecturer at the University of Otago, Wellington, Lesley Gray, joins the show to discuss.

Oamaru's largest book sale, Rotary organised Bookarama is an annual fundraiser with as many as 35,000 books on sale for the price of a gold coin. One of the hard-working volunteers behind Bookarama is media personality and Waitaki District Councillor Jim Hopkins.

Police raids spook Aussie media; public media funding policy back to square one?; reporting local democracy in London; cattle crisis complacency goes under the radar.

Sleeping blissfully for eight uninterrupted hours is promoted as a modern ideal, but Darian Leader, a leading sleep researcher, says the idea is nonsensical and history shows human sleep has never conformed to neat patterns.

Insight - The Christchurch terror attack happened apparently without any indication of danger being flagged. So who is supposed to be keeping New Zealand safe? In this first part of a two part investigation, Phil Pennington asks how comprehensive New Zealand's security system is and why it now appears to be playing catch-up.

New Zealand photographer Amos Chapple has lived a rich and varied life behind the lens, including spending four years travelling the world photographing UNESCO world heritage sites. He joins the show from Prague to discuss his life in the Czech capital.

Once a year ministers are grilled by House committees. It’s a budget gift to opposition MP’s dreaming of their big moment.

Three Minutes Max: succinct opinions from New Zealanders about anything at all. Here's the Otago Regional Councillor Michael Deaker explaining why he believes it's time to thank the Windsors for their excellent service and get on with life without them.

Born out of a desire to publish scientific results that are not necessarily strong, attractive or catchy, Associate Professor Andrea Menclova from the University of Canterbury has created a new journal, The Series of Unsurprising Results in Economics.