This week on the Tuesday Wire Casper was joined in studio by Dr. Allan Blackman who caught us up on the latest science news.

Casper had his weekly chat with the National Party’s Dr. Shane Reti, talking this week about the latest inflation figures.

Also on the topic of inflation Casper spoke to Dr.Murat Üngör from the University of Otago.

And finally, Emily had a chat to Dr. Rose Crossin on a new Otago study linking acute alcohol use to 26% of suicide deaths in Aotearoa.