Afternoons for Tuesday 20 April 2021

 

1:12 First Song

 

1:17 Understanding the football Super League implications

Europe's governing football body, UEFA, has held an emergency meeting to address a move by 12 of Europe's top football clubs moving to compete in a new Super League.

That's prompted calls for a ban on those players and clubs competing in both the European championships and international competitions.

World Watch's Max Towle talks to Jesse about why the stand off has big implications.

1:27 Device developed to stop quad bikes from rolling

Last year seven people died as a result of quad bike accidents at work... and there were more than 800 active ACC claims for quad bike injuries.

When Lachlan Coleman was a student at St Paul's Collegiate in Hamilton, he began working on a device that could stop quad bikes from rolling. He explains his invention to Jesse.

1:35 Catching up with Kimbra

Kiwi musician Kimbra has been living in the US but she's getting back to her roots as a judge on the new season of the talent show Popstars,

She's also working on her fourth studio album and a new music industry venture. She catches up with Jesse from New York.

1:50 How to Write a Foreword

Today's how to write looks at what should be included in a foreword in a book.

Author Catherine Robertson joins Jesse to talk about what a foreword is, who should write one and how to.

2:10 Book Critic: Catherine Ross

Today Catherine Ross reviews Alanna; The First Adventure Book one of The Song of the Lioness Series by Tamora Pierce and   Daughter of Smoke and Bone Book one of a trilogy by Laini Taylor.

She also talks abou Maurice Gee books: The Halfmen of O, Book one in the 'O' trilogy, Under the Mountain and
Stand alone. For older children she recommends, A Court of Thorns by Sara J Maas, which has five books in the series. Another for 16 years + is The Wrath and Dawn, book one in the Shades of Magic series, by Renee Ahdieh.

2:20 The life and legacy of Billy Preston

Billy Preston was an American keyboardist and singer/songwriter. He won Grammy awards in the 1970s and had number one hits. But he is best known as one of pop music's great session musicians - working with some of the biggest names in music history. He was even unofficially the "Fifth Beatle", playing on some of the band's greatest songs. One other claim to fame is that he wrote one of Joe Cocker's biggest hits. Simon Sweetman tells Jesse the  story of Billy Preston and shares some of the legendary music he helped to create.

3:10 Justine Bateman embracing ageing

When former teen star Justine Bateman Googled her name several years ago, she was shocked to see critics talking about how old she looks.  She didn't get offended, she got mad about the pressure women are under to do the impossible and stay forever young. She says she embraces every wrinkle and imperfection and wants other women to understand that aging faces do not need to be fixed.  Her new book is called Face: One Square Foot of Skin.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Sporting Witness

In 1990, two of Ghana's most talented sprinters, escaped from their national team's accommodation at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland. The pair had made friends in New Zealand and wanted to flee from a country with an increasingly repressive government. They were helped by an extended Maori family, who hid them in the New Zealand back country and helped them apply for citizenship....with one of them later becoming the New Zealand record-holder at 100 metres.

3:45 The Panel with Laila Harre and David Farrar