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The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin

News, opinion, analysis, lifestyle and entertainment – we’ve got your Sunday morning listening covered with The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin on Newstalk ZB.

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4:08

Michelle Dickinson: The secret to living longer; how...

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/28

Bat's ability to host pathogens like coronaviruses while not getting sick that could be the secret to a longer life. One of the key signs of ageing are telomeres - these are the protective end bits on your chromosomes. As we age these telomeres get shorter until they no longer protect the DNA and the cells die. A study that microchipped the longest-lived bats (Greater Mouse-eared bats) and drew blood over their lifetime found that their telomeres didn't shorten with age. They can somehow protect

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5:14

Steve Newall reviews Raised by Wolves and Only...

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/28

Steve Newall reviews new Neon sci-fi show Raised by Wolves, a 10-part series from Alien creator Ridley Scott. Newall also reviews Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez in Disney+’s Only Murders in the Building.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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13:58

Brynley Stent: How lockdown has postponed her comedy...

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/28

Brynley Stent is the rising talent of New Zealand comedy.She was the 2021 winner of the Billy T Award for her sketch comedy show Soft Carnage. She also featured on Shortland Street, Funny Girls, Golden Boy, Taskmaster, Have You Been Paying Attention and she’s a contestant on the upcoming season of Celebrity Treasure Island. Brynley was set to relaunch her award-winning show Soft Carnage this week … but like many things, Covid has dealt to that. Brynley spoke to Francesca Rudkin from her bubble

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6:35

Lillian Hanley: On the life changing decision that...

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/28

Imagine you have 50-50 chance of inheriting the gene mutation that leads to Huntington’s disease. A simple blood test can determine whether you carry the gene – but would you want to know or would you rather carry-on life unaware? This is the agonising decision facing 27 year old Lillian Hanley. Lillian has made a short documentary about it that is now available as part of the latest season of Loading Docs. The documentary is called Fifty Percent. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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9:33

Rachel Bryant: Living with Covid

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/28

While New Zealand is in lockdown, experiencing Delta for the first time, many around the world have simply had to learn to live with Covid, elimination no longer being an option. One of those is New Zealander Rachel Bryant, who lives with her husband and daughter in Andorra. Rachel shared her experience with Francesca Rudkin.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:03

Erin O'Hara: How supplements could reduce covid symptoms

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/22

Wellness expert Erin O'Hara talks about how supplements like Vitamin C, D and Zinc could help reduce symptoms and risk of hospitalisation if you catch Covid.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:52

Paula Tesoriero: 'Our athletes are excited'

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/22

The New Zealand team are in Tokyo ready for the Paralympic Games.Chef de Mission Paula Tesoriero says "our athletes are excited to finally be here after the postponement of the games."LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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13:07

Michael Baker: Delta in the community, likely to peak...

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/21

It's Day 5 of Alert Level 4 lockdown.Another 21 community cases were confirmed yesterday, bringing the number of people infected in this outbreak to 51.There are 179 exposure sites with 219 visits - the majority being in Auckland with some in Wellington and Coromandel. 10,000 close contacts have been identified.Epidemiologist Dr Michael Baker says we should see the cluster peak very soon.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:24

Joan Mackenzie: Prison Break & People Like Them

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/21

Prison Break by Arthur Taylor - NZ career criminal, a man who’s had a wretched life and says that it would have been completely different if he hadn’t been sent into care as a boy. People Like Them by Samira Sedira - Set in a small French village this is a very assured first book, a psychological suspense novel inspired by a true story about a couple in an insular French village whose lives are upended when a family of outsiders moves in, with devastating consequences. Whitcoulls is still taking

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4:20

Megan Singleton: why it pays to use a travel agent

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/21

Megan Singleton tells you why it pays to use a travel agent.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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14:43

Michael Robotham: On writing from the perspective of...

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/21

Former journalist turned author, Michael Robotham is a crime writer who has three consecutive number ones, over six million books sold across 50 countries in 24 different languages.He’s also the only Australian to twice win the CWA Gold Dagger award – the award presented for best crime novel of the year.His new book When You Are Mine, and is set in the UK. He says this is the first book he's written where he hasn't gone to the UK to research it before writing it (due to covid) and has instead

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3:43

Dr Michelle Dickinson: The lockdown boredom buster...

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/21

Dr Michelle Dickinson tells you how you why that failed sourdough loaf is a perfect natural trap for slugs and snails in the garden.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:09

Steve Newall reviews specialist streaming services

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/21

Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newell reviews specialist streaming services DocPlay and Shudder.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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14:42

Abbas Nazari: 'we knew if we ventured into the cities...

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/21

Abbas Nazari was just 7 years old when he and his family decided to flee the Taliban rule in Afghanistan.Out at sea, on a small fishing boat, with over 400 other asylum seekers, their boat started to sink.The group were saved by a Norwegian cargo ship, The Tampa. Turned away by Australia, Nazari and his family were some of the few resettled in New Zealand.That terrifying journey was 20 years ago this week and Nazari bus has shared his story in a book ‘After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New

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3:59

Francesca Rudkin: Making a lockdown birthday memorable

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/21

Heading into a level four lockdown was a pretty simple process for my family this time around - bearing in mind no one in our house was trying to shut down a business or travel the length of the country to get home. There was a scramble to find computer chargers and wine; the rest we decide to leave to chance; including a car which broke down on Tuesday evening – thank you to the AA for coming to my rescue on Wednesday. The first hour after you learn you’re going into a lockdown is a mix

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5:13

Mike Van de Elzen: Bao Buns

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/21

This week I want to bring you a recipe that will not only challenge our little ones, but gets them thinking about yeast, but most of all keeps them busy for a while!Instead of making a sourdough or bread rolls, let's mix it up at bit and make Bao Buns.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:04

Joan MacKenzie: Recommends Red Traitor and What Comes...

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/15

Red Traitor by Owen Matthews: set during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 this concerns Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vasin who is employed by the KGB and given the job of rooting out a purported traitor in the highest levels of Russian intelligence – and as he goes about that work starts to hear whispers about a military action – four submarine with nuclear weapons on board are steaming towards Cuba to set up a blockade, and each of the commanders has the sole power to make decision about whether to

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3:34

Megan Singleton: This week's border announcement

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/15

Megan Singleton chats to Francesca Rudkin about the borders possibly opening up.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:04

George Fenwick: MIQ booking issues and feeling...

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/15

George Fenwick is a Kiwi trying to return home. For many reasons he wasn’t able to return at the beginning of the pandemic, and now is struggling to get home due to issues booking a spot in MIQ.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:12

The Sunday Panel: Borders opening and the need for an...

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin ·

2021/08/15

Former National staffer Monique Poirier and political commentator Shane Te Pou join Francesca Rudkin to talk about the borders opening next year and the need for an independent sports commission.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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