Afternoons for Monday 11 February 2019

1:10 First song: Strangely Arousing

Strangely Arousing are a 5 piece from Rotorua, they are performing at the Cupa Dupa street festival in Wellington at the end of March and joins us in studio for a live performance.

1:15 Nelson fires update

Fire authorities are working on a plan which would allow evacuated Wakefield residents to return home.

For the latest on the blaze and efforts to extinguish it we're joined by RNZ's reporter Conan Young from Nelson.

1:25 We're going on a ... Sasquatch hunt??

Adventurous Hamiltonians will soon be presented with the opportunity of a lifetime: heading out to explore the city's beautiful gardens in search of the mythical Sasquatch!

It's all part of a new two-man show which features in the city's Gardens Arts Festival, running from February 22-24.

One of the actors, Ian Harcourt, joins us to explain what it's all about.

1:25  Comedian Joshua Davies  "Look! I'm Blind"

Joshua Davies was born with a severe case of x-linked Retinoschisis - leaving him completely blind in his left eye, and with very poor vision in his right.

But he hasn't let that hold him back: early next month Josh will perform his one-man comedy show, Look! I'm Blind - shedding a bit of light on growing up with a disability.

It's part of the Wellington Fringe Festival - Josh joins us to let us know what audiences can expect.

1:40 Great album

2:10 Television Critic Verity Johnson

Surviving R Kelly - (TVNZ On Demand)

Russian Doll (Netflix) 

Derry Girls (Netflix)

2:20 NZ's new UFC superstar

The Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, isn't everyone's cup of tea ... but it's given rise to New Zealand's newest sporting supernova

Yesterday the Nigeria-born MMA fighter Israel Adesanya beat the man known as the Michael Jordan of mixed martial arts, Anderson Silva, via unanimous decision at UFC234 in Melbourne.

He's the highest-profile of three Kiwi fighters who fought last night - all of whom won

We talk to Don Rowe, a staff fighter for the Spinoff, who was AT the bout yesterday.

2:30 Expert feature - The New Zealand Space Agency

There's a lot of space in the news. Billionaires Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos are all bankrolling commercial rocket ventures. The Chinese recently put a probe on the far side of the moon. And New Zealand has its own stake in space with Rocket Lab. Is this a new Space Age?

One man with some of the answers, is Peter Crabtree, head of the New Zealand Space Agency, who joins us to explain a bit about the weird, wonderful world beyond our atmosphere.

3:10 Wrongful convictions and false confessions

The true crime documentary series, Making a Murderer, became a global phenomenon when it first aired three years ago featuring the case of Steven Avery and his nephew Brenday Dassey convicted of murdering a woman in Wisconsin. Dassey was 16 at the time and his lawyers say he gave a false confession that led to his conviction. Laura Nirider is Co-Director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, and says false confessions, dubious interrogation tactics and wrongful convictions are a global problem. 

She talks to us ahead of a stop in New Zealand in March on the Inside Making a Murderer tour.

3:35 Voices

3:45 The Pre-Panel Story of the Day and One Quick Question

4:05 The Panel with