Afternoons for Thursday 3 June 2021

1.12 First Song:

 

1:17 Eating disorder care and assistance petition presented to Parliament

Rebecca Toms is a Christchurch mother of a recovered eating disorder sufferer and earlier this morning presented a petition to Parliament calling for urgent expert care and subsidy assistance for young people with eating disorders.a

She, along with Nicki Wilson, the chair of the Eating Disorders Association of New Zealand talk to Jesse about what changes they want to see for young people.

1:27 The last 40th year of the Brass Monkey Rally this weekend

This weekend the last ever Brass Monkey Rally will be held in Oturehua in Central Otago.

For 40 years the motorcycle rally has been held each year in the Ida Valley - one of the coldest places in New Zealand.

It's held on Ken Gillespie's farm and he talks to Jesse about the annual event coming to an end after four decades.

1:35 Popstars 2021 winner Christabel Williams

The 2021 version of Popstars has wrapped up with a new winner, Christabel Williams taking home the 100 thousand dollar prize to kick start her musical career.

The 20 year old from Auckland was one of four to make to the finals of the show which started with 12 acts back in April. She talks to Jesse about what's next in her career.

1:45 Great album: DIRTY MIND by Prince

Today for link 3 we are giving away a vinyl copy of Prince's third album released in 1980 DIRTY MIND.

The entire album was produced, arranged and composed entirely by Prince in his studio home, featuring tracks Uptown and She's So Unusual which was later covered by Cyndi Lauper.

2:10 Music Critic: Simon Sweetman

Today Simon reviews two covers albums, Dolenz Sings Nesmith by Micky Dolenz and Standing the Doorway by Chrissie Hynde.

2:25 NZ Screen History: Under the Mountain 

Time now for New Zealand Screen History, and today we're revisiting a sci-fi television show that terrified a generation of children. Under The Mountain was an eight-part series inspired by the Maurice Gee novel of the same name, which screened in 1981. It was innovative in its use of special effects, including humanoid aliens changing into giant slugs, and creepy underground tunnels.

The head designer of the show Rob Gillies, and actor Roy Billing are with Jesse to discuss how it was made. 

 

3:10 Link 3

 

3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm 

After speaking about reverse mortgages with Jesse one of the two banks which offers them, Heartland, got in touch with Mary to argue she was being too negative about taking up that financial option.

She updates Jesse on the challenge from Heartland bank to her earlier advice that the reverse mortgages were generally of more benefit for older people.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

In 1976, Dutch swimmer Enith Brigitha blazed the trail for future black swimmers by becoming the first ever black athlete to win an Olympic medal in swimming. when she took home bronze medals in the 100 and 200-metres freestyle from the Montreal Olympic Games. Most of the swimmers she lost to were East Germans who - it was later revealed - had benefited from a state-sponsored doping programme. She talks to Dan Hardoon.

3:45 The Panel with Lynda Hallinan and Chris Orr