Voting is a privilege right? We asked if you're going to vote this year and had a bunch of interesting calls come in. We also chatted with political commentator Brigitte Morten and the editor of The Civilian Ben Uffindell.

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Us Kiwi's are known for being able to do anything with a piece of number 8 wire! We talked about innovation and inventions, esp the Kiwi way.

Dr Keith Alexander came up with the Springfree tramp so we chatted with hime first about the process of developing an idea and then we talked with Clint Randell who hosted the TV show Let's Get Inventin' the show where kids could get their amazing ideas created.

We heard from Gailene who had ideas on utilising methane gas and using the energy from moving cars,  Chris who loves to draw and an app for mental health.

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We talked about toxic workplaces sparked by the allegations against Ellen DeGeneres who has been accused of having a toxic work environment by Hollywood stars and employees. 

We're started by talking with corporate anthropologist Michael Henderson from Cultures At Work he has 35 yrs experience transforming over 300 workplace cultures and had some great calls after that.

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New Zealanders are generally known as friendly, hardworking and laid back. But we also have a bad habit of criticising one another. It ranges from good-natured ribbing to nastiness on social media and everything in between. We tend to pull others down when we perceive them to be above their station, known as Tall Poppy Syndrome.

We chatted with TV presenter and broadcaster Petra Bagust with her thoughts and also Jay Geldard from E Tu Tangata about their work with young people.

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It was open mic on the Talk Sessions with anything goes as the topic. We talked about tenants and landlords but the hot topic was the COVID 19 quanrantine hotel escapees.

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We talked about weddings and marriage, and we also played matchmaker with a couple of listeners - can't wait to see what happens!

During the night we asked what would be your piece of advice for someone thinking about organising a wedding? Did you love your wedding, if you could do it all over again would you change anything? Are professional photos money well spent?

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There can be a fine line between have a laugh and causing offence, it seems that these days it's very easy to cause offence, so are we in danger of becoming too serious.

We started by talking with Dr Joe Guse a former comedian in Chicago and now a psychologist in NZ with his thoughts on humour and finding the line.

We also talked with the Content Director of Life FM and Rhema Luke Weston with his thoughts on navigating through political correctness and comedy...... you can imagine that managing a Christian radio station means he's having to work that out regularly, so what does he weigh up when it comes to humour in-air?

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In the upcoming election in September there will be a non-binding referendum on the 'Cannabis Legalisation and Control' bill.

The bills purpose is to reduce cannabis-related harm to individuals, families and communities. It's not about medicinal cannabis which came into effect in April this year, but about recreational use.

We wanted to hear from bothe sides of the debate starting with Ross Bell the executive director from the Drug Foundation and then Aaron Ironside the spokesperson for Say Nope to Dope.

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We talked about protesting on the Talk Sessions. The Black Lives Matter protests have garnered attention around the world and NZ. So, we asked what would compel you to protest? What does a good protest look like? Have you ever protested and do you feel it was worthwhile? Do you believe that protests lead to change? We started by talking with well-known poltical activist John Minto about his experiences.

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On the Talk Sessions we talked about diversity and how important is it really?

This was after Todd Muller facing criticism for the lack of diversity on the front bench. 

We asked how important is diversity on a board, within management, in church leadership? 

If you were in charge would you be looking for the most qualified person for the job or would you be looking for diversity in terms of gender, race, age, religion at the expense of job experience? 

What does diversity bring? Are you someone in a management position that is diverse, have you faced any criticism, defiance or worse? Are you someone that wants to go further up the ladder but feels they don't fit the mold? 

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