All people dream, but for many of us, those dreams vanish as soon as we wake up.
Now researchers claim they are able to manipulate people's dreams thanks to wearable technology.
A study saw researchers programme the wearable to detect when people fell into an REM type of sleep, and then they played specific cues in the room of the sleeper and found that the thing that they played became part of the dream that the person recalled when they woke up.
Nanogirl Michelle Dickinson joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss what this could mean for the future of sleep.
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Bafta Award winner Jo Brand is one of the UKs most loved comedians, an actress, author and now film writer.
Brand first tested her writing chops with medical comedy Getting On, and is well-known for her appearances on panel shows and competitions such as QI and Taskmaster.
Now she has written her first film, The More You Ignore Me.  A film adapted from her novel of the same name, Brand stars in the movie as well as writing and executive producing it.
It’s out in New Zealand cinemas now, and Brand joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss adapting her own work for the big screen.
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It’s been 400 days since the All Blacks last played on home soil.
There was a point this year where it would have been hard to believe we would get a test at all but today, in Wellington, the All Blacks take on the Wallabies in the first Bledisloe Cup match.
Former Highlanders lock and now Sky Sport presenter Joe Wheeler has been making the most of the occasion, building up to the test with a rugby road trip … travelling the length of NZ in a campervan with former All Blacks Israel Dagg.
He joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss his journey and today's match.
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A busy time at the polls in the lead up to Election Day with more people expected to cast their vote this weekend.
Already more than 585,000 people have cast their votes.
New Zealand Herald reporter Jason Walls told Francesca Rudkin this year has been a stark contrast to other years.
"We've seen every single election period for the past number of elections has been steadily increasing this early voting trend, but this it has just been on steroids really."
The surge for people to cast their votes comes after a rocky week for the National Party, with leader Judith Collins dealing with leaks from her own caucus, troublesome MPs and a walkabout that saw accusations of planted party members.
Meanwhile, Jacinda Ardern has stressed repeatedly she is not taking anything for granted, as polling suggests the election is Labour's to lose.
Listen above as Jason Walls wraps up last week and previews the week ahead

A defiant President Donald Trump resumed public events with a divisive speech at the White House, where he potentially put lives at risk once again, just nine days after he revealed his own Covid-19 diagnosis.
After being sidelined from the campaign trail for more than a week, Trump leaned into his law-and-order message in a speech threaded with falsehoods that was clearly a campaign rally disguised as a White House event, which again featured scant social distancing.
Trump claimed that if the left gains power, they'll launch a crusade against law enforcement. Echoing his highly inaccurate campaign ads that suggest that Democratic nominee Joe Biden would defund 911 operations and have a "therapist" answer calls about crime, Trump falsely claimed that the left is focused on taking away firearms, funds and authority from police.
With just three weeks to go until an election in which he's trailing badly in the polls, and millions of voters already voting, Trump is deploying familiar scare tactics.
Biden has not made any proposals that would affect the ability to answer 911 calls. As CNN's Facts First has noted many times, Biden has repeatedly and explicitly opposed the idea of "defunding the police," and he has proposed a $300 million increase in federal funding for community policing.
As at all of his campaign events, Trump's law-and-order rhetoric applied only to his antipathy toward Democrats and the left. He made no mention of the growing power of right-wing hate and anti-government extremist groups, including those who were charged this week in an alleged plot to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and instigate a civil war.
Whitmer had argued in a speech that Trump's refusal to condemn White supremacists and hate groups during the recent presidential debate had only emboldened those groups. After the plot was made public, Trump excoriated Whitmer in a tweet for locking down the state as part of precautionary measures to protect Michiganders from the pandemic.
Saturday's event was purportedly aimed at Black and Latino Americans, who, Trump argued, are benefiting from his agenda. Attendees included members of a group known as "BLEXIT" that was founded by conservative firebrand Candace Owens to encourage African Americans to leave the Democratic Party. His speech, however, seemed aimed at White suburbanites who are not sympathetic to the Black Lives Matter movement.
The ignorance of Trump inviting a group of Black and Latino Americans, who have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus, to an event at the White House at a time when he might still be contagious, was appalling to Dr. Jeremy Faust, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
"The images we are seeing are absolutely extraordinary," Faust said on CNN's "Newsroom" as attendees on the South Lawn were closely packed together. "To literally draw (Black and Latino activists) into the White House, to a hot zone, is extraordinarily inept in terms of public policy and public health ... If you believe nuclear power is safe, you don't go and have a picnic at Chernobyl the next day to prove that point."
Still downplaying the virus while avoiding his own possible contagion
Trump skimmed over the details of his coronavirus diagnosis, saying he felt "great" and showing no signs that he's been chastened by his illness or the danger he potentially poses to others. He thanked attendees for their prayers and noted early in his speech that he had been criticized for leaving the hospital in an SUV with Secret Service agents last Sunday to thank supporters standing on the street.
"I took a little heat for it, but I'd do it again, let me tell you. I'd do it again," he said.
"We are starting very, very big with our rallies and with our everything," Trump said, alluding to his return to the campaign trail. He has three rallies planned for next week -- in Florida, Pennsylvania and Iowa.
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Listen above as Liam Hehir and Frances Cook discuss the travel bubble and the rest of the week's news with Francesca Rudkin on The Sunday Panel
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The Australian and NZ governments reached a deal Friday that would see people allowed to travel from New Zealand to New South Wales and the Northern Territory quarantine-free with flights linking the two nations beginning in two weeks, on October 16.
However, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it was still too early to let Australians into the nation of 5 million, meaning the travel will be one-way and New Zealanders would need to do two weeks of managed isolation on their return home.
Queenstown mayor Jim Boult described the Government's unwillingness to open the border to Australian visitors right now as a big blow for the tourism sector.
"I don't think Kiwis will be keen to go to Australia if they have to come back and isolate for two weeks when they come back. Where's the upside in that?"
Boult wants Australian states to be gradually cleared for travel to New Zealand.
National Party leader Judith Collins doubts whether a two-way travel bubble with Australia will be opened soon.
The party wants travel bubbles opened with Pacific neighbours, including Australia, as soon as it's safe.
But Collins said National would want a border protection agency operating in this country first.
"It's an obvious thing to do but I'm not going to push it until we've got the border protection place and safety. We don't want to do what the current government did last year and export measles to Samoa. We don't want to do that with Covid-19."
First phase welcomed in Australia
The federal government in Australia has said the deal is merely stage one in a more comprehensive travel bubble, which will slowly be rolled out according to international circumstances.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said he hopes it won't be too long until travel from Australia to New Zealand is approved.
"As more cities in Australia open up, this is likely to include new routes direct from New Zealand that the group has not previously offered, to make the most of the easing restrictions.
"This first phase of a travel bubble with New Zealand is the best news the industry has had in months.
"New Zealand was Australia's second-biggest source of visitors before the pandemic. It's obviously about to go straight to number one," Joyce said.
The airline did not directly answer questions on whether it would be creating a direct route to New Zealand via a Northern Territory airport.
Darwin residents Neil and Donna Linklater said when Kiwis arrive, they will welcome them with open arms.
"I'd love to see the Kiwis here, beautiful people. They're just like us. Enjoy beer, enjoy food," said Neil Linklater.
Donna Linklater said although the thought of international arrival makes her anxious, New Zealanders have controlled their cases.
"I still believe the economy has to go forward. International travel was eventually going to happen, it has to happen," she said.

Celebrity cook and food writer Chelsea Winter is back, but with a little difference.
After a three year absence, Winter has released her sixth cookbook Supergood – it still looks like the decadent, comfort food we have come to expect from Chelsea Winter but this time it’s all plant based.
She joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss the wait for a new cookbook and the move to plant-based recipes.
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Auckland Zoo has had plenty to celebrate lately, including the launch of the brand new primate habitat for orangutans and siamangs.
The first phase of the zoo's $60 million South East Asia Jungle Track has finally been completed following five years of planning and two and a half years of construction.
The new primate habitat will span one-fifth of the zoo and will also feature other habitats for Sumatran tigers, Sunda gharial (crocodiles), Asian small-clawed otters, fish and other reptile species.
There's also the adorable new addition of a baby rhino - the first newborn of the species at the zoo in 20 years!
Travel blogger Megan Singleton joined Francesca Rudkin to explain why the new renovations make the zoo worthy of a visit.
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All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton
His first book a couple of years ago became a huge bestseller (Boy Swallows Universe). Set in Darwin during WW2 when Japanese planes are bombing the city, about a young girl called Molly Hook who is a motherless gravedigger’s daughter and believes that someone has put a curse on her family which she’s determined to have revoked. The landscape is huge in this book as you’d imagine being set in that part of the world. It’s great narrative with a hint of magical realism.
Home Stretch by Graham Norton
He’s not only a talented TV interviewer but writes really well – this is his third book and I think his best yet. It is 1987 and a small Irish community is preparing for a wedding. The day before the ceremony a group of young friends, including bride and groom, drive out to the beach. There is an accident. Three survive, but three are killed. The lives of the families are shattered and the rifts between them are felt throughout the small town. Connor is one of the survivors. But staying among the angry and the mourning is almost as hard as living with the shame of having been the driver. He leaves the only place he knows for another life, taking his secrets with him.

Australia announced a one-way trans-Tasman travel bubble this week. Or the TTTB, as I’m calling it these days.
I know we have to start somewhere and sometime, but this was a very modest beginning.
So late this week, the Australian and New Zealand governments reached an agreement allowing people to travel from New Zealand to New South Wales and the Northern Territory from 16th October. This only applies to New Zealanders who have been in a non-COVID hotspot for 14 days, and if that’s you, the exciting part is that you won’t have to quarantine when you get to Australia.
However, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern isn’t throwing down the welcoming mat to our neighbours just yet. Ardern said it was too early to let Australians into New Zealand, and when New Zealanders return home they would need to complete the 14 days of managed isolation.
It’s worth pointing out that National’s leader Judith Collins doubts whether a two-way travel bubble with Australia will be opened soon. She would want a border protection agency operating in this country first, so goodness knows when those in the aviation and tourism industries will catch a break.
So where does this deal get us?
Well, to Sydney and Darwin, and for a considerable stay to make the returning quarantining, and its cost, worth it.
I can’t see many New Zealanders taking up this offer. Maybe those who like to spend several months at a time in Australia, those keen to attend a special family event, or be reunited with family members.
But in such a challenging and uncertain year, I’m not sure many of us have the time to quarantine, or the money to pay for it.
And let’s not forget, we have been talking about a Trans-Tasman travel bubble since July 1st. I admire Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s determination to make it happen, but who knows what’s around the corner? There’s no certainty that this will kick off on October 16th. All I can say is Flexi-fares, people!
The announcement is surely a blow to the aviation and tourism industries. I feel for Queenstown, well, actually the whole of the South Island and all those places around the country that have only had a handful of Covid 19 cases all year.
While the announcement may be underwhelming for those keen to spread their wings, and those desperate to welcome tourists to their regions and businesses, maybe we need to just accept this as the first step? An opportunity to test the waters?
We all knew opening up was going to be harder than locking down. We’ve sacrificed so much, got on top of the border, and don’t want to see elevated alert levels again. I get it, it’s all about the border, it’s our best defence.
But at some point, we are going to have to be brave, to pry open the door and join-up with parts of the world in the same situation as us. We can always slam it shut again.