Afternoons for Thursday 15 April 2021

1.12 First Song:

 

1:17 Reserve Bank's independence under attack?

Has government interference in monetary policy-making gone too far?

Dr Dennis Wesselbaum, who's a Senior Lecturer in Otago University's Department of Economics, thinks so...

He's just written an opinion piece for Newsroom arguing that the independence of the Reserve Bank is currently "under attack".

1:27 Baby food pouches offer little nutritional value

Baby pouches are low in iron and sweet, without offering much nutritional value to the children consuming them.

Otago University researchers have been looking closely at the nutritional quality of the pouches that are commonly available in most supermarkets

To tell us more about the results, we're joined by Ioanna Katiforis from the university's Department of Human Nutrition, who's led this research as part of her Master of Science degree.

1:35 Why negative thoughts intrude just before we go to bed!

Ever gone down a negative rabbithole of thoughts just before bed?

It's a widespread problem and that late night rumination causes a lot of people fatigue and, annoyingly, more worry! 

Professor of Clinical Neuroscience Sean Drummond, who's the director of the Sleep and Circadian Rhythms Programme at Monash University, tells Jesse why worries invade our mind just as we are trying to sleep.

1:45 Great album

 

2:10 Music Critic: Flo Wilson

Today RNZ's own Flo Wilson talks to Jesse about music from New Zealand artist, Reuben Winter and Kara-Lis Coverdale from the US.

2:25 NZ Screen History: Billy T James

This week in our New Zealand Screen History series, we are looking at the work of the late, William James Te Wehi Taitoko - better known by his stage name Billy T James.

He started in the Maori Volcanics show band in the 70's with Prince Tui Teka, and became a a household name in the 1980's thanks to his sketch show, The Billy T James Show which ran for 7 series.

He died of heart failure in 1991. But his legacy lives on in the form of the Billy T award for up and coming comedians.

To look back on making The Billy T James is Billy's former co-star and co-writer, Peter Rowley.

 

 

3:10 Link 3

 

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Steve Wyn-Harris

Today farmer Steve Wyn-Harris talks to Jesse about the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, mass vaccinations on farms and track conditions in the Hawkes Bay.

3.25 History with Dr Grant Morris

Today historian Dr Grant Morris talks about the history of strange NZ sports team names.
Have you ever wondered why some of New Zealand's sports team have very strange names and where those names have come from?  Grant has and with Jesse explores the history behind some of those names so it makes more sense.  Some of the stories will surprise you.

3:35 Spoken Feature: Conversations With My Immigrant Parents

Over the next few weeks we will feature excerpts of podcast and video series Conversations With My Immigrant Parents, hosted by Saraid de Silva and Julie Zhu. This podcast sees different generations within immigrant families sitting down to share intimate stories together.

In Kirikiriroa, Donally and her father Alfredo discuss parenting that contradicts society's expectations, how Filipino men are expected to 'get on with it', and life after tremendous grief.

3:45 The Panel with Ella Henry and Dean Hall