Bullies are everywhere and learning how to deal with them is something we need to come to terms with. We talked about emotional resilience and started the night by talking with motivational youth speaker Jonny Shannon. we had great calls from listeners who used to be bullies and those that have had to deal with being bullied. There's some great advice in here.

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We talked about the upcoming American election specifically Donald Trump. He has been one of the most controversial presidents in US history, and he may well be re-elected. Love him or loathe him he really is a polarizing figure. We heard from listeners their thoughts on Donald Trump. We started the night by talking with ex-TVNZ journalist and US correspondent Tim Wilson.

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Labour had a massive victory winning 64 seats in the election which marked an historic first. 2020 will go down as the first New Zealand election under MMP where a single party has more than half of all the seats in Parliament. We opened the phone lines and heard from people with all sorts of views. We started by talking with commentator Liam Hehir with his thoughts.

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The school holidays have wrapped up which got us thinking about who's at home looking after the kids? We talked about roles within the house.  

We tend to think we're progressive as a society challenging the stereotypical gender roles. Men are at home with the kids as much as women are. But are they really?   

We asked how do things work in your house? 

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In light of the recent presidential debates and our own leaders' debates do we now care more about entertainment than we do about substance and details? Luke and Andrew talked about engagement and are we actually engaged as a society? How do people absorb political information now?

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Mental Health is a topic we're all a lot more comfortable with now. We talked with various people with their different stories and started the night chatting with Mick Andrews who hosts 'Are You Mental' podcast and we also talked with communicator and musician Strahan with his thoughts on how Christianity intersects with mental health.

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On the Talk Sessions we talked marriage proposal stories and heard everything from a man proposing in a letter to his penpal on the other side of the world without ever meeting, to the proposal lasered into snow in Lake Tekapo NZ. So many amazing different stories. Have a listen, warning - it might make you feel all gooey.

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We talked about the prevalence of fake news, a phrase we've only really heard recently with the prevalence of social media and the ease which stories can be shared. So in this age of social media how do you work out what's real and what's fake? Where do you go to get your news from and how do you know it's reliable? Are you someone that fact-checks a social media post before you repost, do you think it's your responsibility to do that? 

We chatted with CEO of Netsafe Martin Cocker about their role and got some tips on how to distinguish what's real and what isn't and heard from a variety of people with different thoughts around news.

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Dad's play an important role in society but what happens when he's not there?

We talked with listeners who had great dads and also those that didn't have a Dad in their life and the hole that it left.

We started by talking with Leanne Ryburn the Development Manager for Pillars, a great organisation that works with children who have a parent in prison. 

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New rules have come in requiring passengers on public transport to use a face covering or a mask, what's not so clear is the expectation around mask-wearing in other public places. It's up to the individual to make the decision.

We asked whether wearing a mask should be mandatory? We heard from loads of callers all with very different views on both sides of the argument. We started by talking with ethicist from Massey University Dr Elspith Tilley.

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