Afternoons for Monday 29 March 2021
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Framing timber shortage in NZ
1:15 PM.Marty Verry, CEO of Red Stag group talks to Jesse about the current shortage of construction timber for building homes and how long he expects that to last. Red Stag is a privately owned, independent… Read more Audio
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Fake COVID tests offered to returning NZers
1:32 PM.There's concerns being raised that New Zealanders are being offered fake COVID tests to make sure they can get home. Otago University epidemiologist Michael Baker talks to Jesse about the issues. Read more Audio
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100 years of ads for sanitary products analysed
1:45 PM.An Australian survey of how sanitary products for women were advertised has found that until very recently periods were treated as a dirty, unhygienic secret. Dr Jane Connory talks to Jesse about her… Read more Audio
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Great NZ Album - Fur Patrol PET
1:53 PM.After overcoming multiple hurdles including a pandemic, lockdowns, exploding vinyl pressing machines, shipping delays, and snowstorms in Texas (not even kidding), chart-topping kiwi rock band Fur… Read more Audio
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The process of deciding to receive a moko kauae
2:21 PM.Charle Krause recently made the decision to receive a moko kauae, or chin tattoo. After posting the photo on her Twitter account she had a huge repsonse, so we thought we'd have a chat to her. Read more Audio
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Expert feature: Mangroves
2:34 PM.If you live in the upper North Island, mangrove forests may be a familiar sight. The coastal trees get a bit of a bad rap but Dr Sharon De Luca, a marine ecologist believes mangroves are… Read more Audio
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'Junk food is as addictive as other drugs'
3:06 PM.If you can't eat just one hot chip or lollie that's because they're engineered to be not just moreish, but downright addictive. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Michael Moss explains the science to… Read more Audio
1:12 First song
1:17 Framing timber shortage in NZ
Marty Verry, CEO of Red Stag group talks to Jesse about the current shortage of construction timber for building homes and how long he expects that to last.
Red Stag is a privately owned, independent timber company based in Rotorua.
1.27 Fake COVID tests offered to returning NZers
There's concerns being raised that New Zealanders are being offered fake COVID tests to make sure they can get home.
Otago University epidemiologist Michael Baker talks to Jesse about the issues with fake tests for people who are coming back to our shores.
Photo: 123RF
1.34 100 years of ads for sanitary products analysed
An Australian survey of how sanitary products for women were advertised has found that until very recently periods were treated as a dirty, unhygienic secret.
Dr Jane Connory talks to Jesse about how women were discouraged from talking about their cycles and that at one stage was considered a medical condition. She's gone over the ads in women's magazines from 1920 to 2020.
Photo: 123RF
1:45 Great NZ Album
2:10 Television Critic: Linda Burgess
National Treasures (TVNZ on Demand)
A Grand night in - the story of Aardman (Netflix)
2:20 The process of deciding to receive a moko kauae
Charle Krause recently made the decision to receive a moko kauae, or chin tattoo.
After posting the photo on her Twitter account she had a huge repsonse, so we thought we'd have a chat to her.
Charle Krause Photo: Supplied
2:30 Expert feature: Mangroves
If you live in the upper North Island, mangrove forests may be a familiar sight.
The coastal trees get a bit of a bad rap but Dr Sharon De Luca, a marine ecologist and partner at environmental planning firm Boffa Miskell believes mangroves are misunderstood.
Dr De Luca is today's expert, talking all about mangroves.
Photo: Penguin.co.uk
3:10 Junk food is as addictive as other drugs
If you can't eat just one hot chip or lollie that's because they're engineered to be not just moreish, but downright addictive. Junk food can be just as addictive as cigarettes and alcohol says Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Michael Moss. He journeys into the underbelly of the food industry's ruthless exploitation of science to get us to put more of what they make in our bellies. His new book is called Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions.
3:35 Voices
On Voices, Kadambari Raghukumar talks about the Ethiopian conflict with diaspora members.
3:45 The Panel with Nadine Higgins and Guy Williams
