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Saturday, 22 August 2026
Weekend Breakfast mixed practical lifestyle advice with a strong run of interviews on back training, supplement use, road safety, and parenting, before ending on AI, arts and a women’s history book.
- 06:25
Brad Phillips said back training should focus on hip hinges, pulls, retraction and controlled tempo; deadlifts, rows and shrugs all target different muscle groups, but technique and professional guidance come first.
- 06:45
Dr Fundi Nyati said supplements are only really indicated for documented deficiencies or specific conditions like anaemia, B12 deficiency, malabsorption, pregnancy or older age; routine over-the-counter stacking is usually unnecessary and can cause problems.
- 07:12
Warren Tucker said barefoot driving is legal but not ideal, and flip-flops, loose shoes, bottles, dogs under pedals and children on laps all raise crash risk because they interfere with braking, steering and airbag safety.
- 08:16
Debbie McCrystal argued that children learn consequences best through calm boundaries, curiosity and consistent follow-through: remove the toy, take the device away at the set time, and teach the skill instead of labelling the child bad.
- 09:13
Dr Mark Nasila said OpenAI’s call to slow AI development should mean building brakes, kill switches, oversight and independent testing now, because current safety controls lag far behind the speed of model development.