In the first episode of Great Chats with Francesca Rudkin, Canadian music superstar Rick Astley talks his life, the dangers of fame and the memoir he released this year.

Then we hear from Celebrity Treasure Island and ZM host Bree Tomasel about her upbringing and coming to the New Zealand radio market as an Australian.

And TV show The Bear is one of the most critically acclaimed shows of recent years. Francesca caught up one of the show's stars, Matty Matheson.

Great Chats with Francesca Rudkin brings you the best interviews from Newstalk ZB's The Sunday Session.

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To mark the end of the year, Joan MacKenzie has outlined her favourite fiction books for 2024.

Her top five consists of:

The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S.Berry

Moscow X by David McClosky

Time of the Child by Niall Williams

Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey

Southern Man by Greg Iles

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

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Today (December 22) is the busiest travel day of the year.

Bloggeratlarge.com writer Megan Singleton flew through three airports to get home for Christmas – Auckland to Wellington to Napier.

In true Christmas travel fashion, her flight to Napier was cancelled due to lightening and bag drop chaos caused lines back to the baggage carousel.

Megan shares her tips for travelling during the busy season.

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